Red Bull KTM Announces 2023
SuperMotocross Team
T
he 2023 Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing Team will be made up of
five riders: Cooper Webb, Marvin
Musquin, Aaron Plessinger, Maxi-
mus Vohland and Tom Vialle.
Webb, Musquin and Plessinger
will head up the 450cc class,
while Vohland and Vialle will com-
pete in the 250cc class.
Webb hopes to win back the
number-one plate in Supercross
and win his first title outdoors.
"I'm really looking forward to the
upcoming season," Webb said.
"It'll be another great year with
the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
team. We had a bit of a rough year
last year, but we're looking to get
things back on track for this year.
The crew's been working hard,
and we've been doing a lot of test-
ing. I'm back with Aldon Baker, so
we're back exactly like we were
in 2021 and 2019. I'm looking
forward to getting back on top this
year, the goal is to go out and try
to win a championship again."
Musquin is back full-time with
the team, and Vialle, the 2022
MX2 World Champion, is new to
the team. "For me, it's a new life,"
said Vialle. "After winning the title
in 2022 in MX2 World Champion-
ships, I moved to the U.S., and it
was a tough decision, but so far,
everything has been so good. I'm
training in Florida with Aldon and
the group at The Baker's Factory,
and so far so good. I like it a lot. I
enjoy riding supercross; it's a new
discipline for me, so I have a lot to
learn. I'm doing a good job training
with the team and mechanic—every-
one is really nice to me, so we've
really moved forward. I've never
raced a supercross here in the
U.S., so I'm really excited about it.
Just to go there and see what it's
going to be like to ride at night in
the stadium and to ride in front of so
many fans is going to be a big thing
for me. And then, I will move to
motocross in the summer; I am also
excited for that. That will be a new
challenge for me—a little bit closer
to what I've been training for the last
four years in Europe—but I'm really
excited about racing both SX and
MX for the first time in the U.S. For
me, a lot of new things are coming,
and I can't wait to start racing."
Team Manager Ian Harrison said,
"We have made some progress
on the bikes, and it seems like it's
working well at the moment for the
riders—you never know until you
go racing. We have a big team, the
biggest we've had since I've been
a part of KTM—with five riders. We
have 250 riders on each coast,
which we are excited about."
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VOLUME 58 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 13, 2021 P49
The Red Bull KTM Team will now have 250cc riders on both
coasts with Max Vohland and Tom Vialle.
