Rockstar replace Red Bull as Husky MXGP sponsor
By Adam Duckworth
Red Bull will no longer be the backer of the official Husqvarna GP team🅘s, 🐟replaced by rivals Rockstar Energy in a global deal that sees them also partner with Husky's official factory race teams in motocross, supercross, enduro, US Off-Road racing and Rally.
So in GPs, the team will field Max Nagl, Christophe Charlier, Max Anstie and 𝓰Thomas Covington while Christophe 🍷Pourcel, Jason Anderson and Martin Davalos, Zach Osborne form the American Supercross and motocross squads.
Mathias Bellino, Danny McCanne✱y, Pascal Rauchenecker, Josep Garcia, Graham Jarvis, Mario Roman a𝓰re the official world enduro team while Jacob Argubright, Andrew Delong, Josh Strang, Mike Brown and Colton Haaker race US off-road and Ruben Faria, Pablo Quintanilla, Pierre-Alexandre Renet do Dakar and long-distance rallies.
Husky boss Robert Jonas said: "Aligning all of Husqvarna Motorcycles' worldwide factory racing activities with Rockstar Energy Drink ensures a globally cohesive approach to all of our racing activities. Everyone within Husqvarna Motorsports has worked extremely hard to re-establish Husqvarna as a winning brand, and within all of our teams we have riders at the very top of their disciplines, all looking for success in 2016 and beyond. We're looking forward to a strong, enjoyable and positive relat♚ionship with Rockstar Energy Drink."