Metcher officially signs off with Rivamoto
2011 European Superstock Champion Jed Metcher has officially put pen to paper in signing a one year contract with the Russian ran team, Rivamoto which will see the young 21 year old Australian from Eltham, in Victoria go head to head with some of the best riders in the up coming 2012 World Supersport Championship season.
Metcher will join forces with two 38 year old Russian riders, Oleg Pozdneev from Moscow & Eduard Blokhin from Omsk, who is a inspiration of the team & has big plans for the team and is supporting Metcher’s 2012 season.
Team Rivamoto, who are currently based in Cartagena in Spain, but will move to Bologna in Italy after round 1 at Phillip Island will have former 250/500cc racing star Jeremy McWilliams at helm being the team manger for the 2012 season.
“I am very excited about being involved with a developing team in the World supersport championship. The idea of exposing our sport on Russian soil is the under lying objective of the Rivamoto team but in the process my goal is to Impress as much as possible in the Super Sport class. Its an honor to work with Jeremy McWilliams and with his support I believe we have a chance to make an impact” Metcher said.
Jed Metcher has got his goals all sorted for the season and will aim for a top 8 in the 2012 World Supersport championship, and could quite easily be on target if 2011 was anything to go by.. As the saying goes in Motorsport, to finish first, first you have to finish, and in 2011 Metcher scored 7 podiums from 10 racers, two 3rd’s, four 2nd’s & one win which came at Aragon in Spain.
“With the current direction of motorsport I can not afford to have an up and down season” added Metcher.
With only about five weeks to go before the opening round at Victoria’s Phillip Island circuit, Metcher and his new Rivamoto team will have a bit of time to iron out any bugs in the Yamaha YZF-R6 with a two day test in early February in Almeria, about a 230km drive from Cartagena, another two days at Jerez, then a four day test in Cartagena before the official test on the Monday & Tuesday on the week building up to the first round on Metcher’s home soil at “The Island”.
For any rider its a special feeling to race in front of your home crowd, but for an Australian what is it like?…
“I have raced before in front of the big crowds at the 2008 Motogp as a 125GP wild card. I am looking forward to racing in the WSS in 2012 in front of my home crowd mainly because I have the advantage of the track knowledge and it will be a great way to start off the season on a high”! said Metcher.