Motovision Racing Suzuki has announced that they will field three riders in the 2005 FIM Motocross World Championships - Yoshitaka Atsuta (top pic) and Neville Bradshaw in MX1 and Jason🐬 Dougan in MX2. The line-up will also mount a challenge on the British championships.

After a head turning 2004 world championship campai♍gn with Tanel Leok (middle pic), in which the Estonian claimed 6th spot overall in the premier MX1 division, the team have seen their profile scale new heights.

Using the RM 250cc two-stroke from the outset, Motovision often gave factory squads a close run with a string ಞof high top ten results and finally were rewarded with prototype 450cc machinery fro꧃m Japan for the second half of the Grand Prix calendar. Leok completed an impressive season with his first ever top three moto finish at the penultimate round in Ireland.

With the teenager moving onto pastures new, at the factory Kawasa♏ki team, for 2005, Motovision have already started to build on the success of '04 by increasing their personnel roster with a view to cementing their status in the world championship paddock.

Atsuta was Japanese 250cc Champion in 2001 and made his world Championship debut in 2002 as part of the CAS Honda team. After a tough three year grand prix apprenticeship the twenty-seven year old was finally showing some of his speed towards the end of the 2004 MX1 term, collecting a host of top ten finishes with 5th place in the second moto at Sun City in South Africa being the highlight. Atsuta finished 4th 😼in this season's MX Open British Championship.

"I wanted to sꦡtay in Europe and have been looking for some other options," he said. "The offer from Mark (Chamberlain - team manager) was good enough and I am pleased with how𓆉 professional and friendly the team seem. Next season will be a new adventure but as always I will give my best and hope to stay away from injury."

"Yoshi has been learning the hard-way with some injuries and crashes in the last couple of seasons but his commitment is impressive and I feel that he is beginning to assert himself as a strong member of the MX1 field," said Chamberlain. "With two young riders it was important for us to have someone with experienಞce and who knows all about World Championship racing."

South African Bradshaw signed with the team at the start of the 2004 season. With the exception of one race in the 2004 Maxxis MX2 championship, Bradshaw improved his results every round before gaining his first podium at the final meeting on the Isle of Wight. The twenty-one-year old is now anticipating 𝕴an exciting 2005 competing against 🦄some of the fastest riders in the World.

"I'm looking forward to a good year and riding in the MX1 class will be a great experience," he said. "I will be training extr✤a hard over the off-season and build up my strength for the 450. I know I will be up against the really fast guys every weekend but I'm hoping for some good results by the end of the season. I guess I will be a bit nervous to begin with, but I'll handle it; I will tr🦂y my best and try not worry about anyone else apart from myself."

"Neville is another one of those South African riders will a lot of potential and he is coming along in good steps," remarked Chamberlain. "I feel that he can be a good GP rider and🐲 soon a top ten regular; that is the sort of level we would like him to reach in two years. 2005 will be his first seas𒁏on in MX1 so there will be no pressure."

Dougan returns to the team where he made his name as a promising teenag🍌er in the 2003 British 125cc contest; taking his and Motovision's first ever victory at Culham. After an unhappy season riding a Honda for the RTT squad, Dougan is looking to re-establish his credentials as one of the UK's young starlets. The eighteen year old missed t🎀he end of this year's calendar due to a broken ankle but is eager to renew old alliances.

"It is great to be back with the team," he said. "They are all good people and I think that environment will bring out the best in me. I have started riding and my ankle feels OK, it is not 100% yet but I amꦇ getting there. I love the Suzuki, it is a pleasure to ride and basically I am looking forward to t𝓀he season so I can try and forget 2004."

"I hope Jason can get back to being the rider we saw in '03 and then start to progress from there," continued Chamberlain. "It largely depends on what kind of pre-season he has and if he can stay injury free, looking to begin the year confident and ready. We will want him to be touching the points in the GPs."

"I am happy with♊ the riders we have and I think we will make a strong outing, especially in the British Championships," summed up Chamberlain. "We will aim to do as well as we can in the Graꦬnd Prix. Our aim is to become a consistent 'top ten' team and get as close as we can to the top five year-in and year-out.

"We want to show what the team is capable of. I hope Yoshi can keep developing and build on the two years he has established in 𝕴the world championships. He will be supported by two up-and-comin✱g riders and it will be exciting to see what they can produce."

Motovision can already rely on increased support from Suzuki ﷽GB and Chambeꦏrlain is currently in negotiation with several parties over a larger slice of sponsorship; the results of the 2004 season have already started to bear some fruit.

"We have hired some more mechanics and the base of the team is a lot better to work from than in pre🎃vious years," he said. "Suzuki GB have already told us we will have more support. We have a few sponsors confirmed but are still talking and hope to make a further announcement in the next few weeks."

The squad will also support Ben Taylor in tജhe British MX Open Champ🍃ionship and the KWS national series with a 250cc two-stroke.

After Christmas the team𓄧 will spend most of January in California for track time before heading back to the UK for pre-season tests and international meets.