The Honda HRC World Superbike rider, Iker Lecuona, No door is closed and if last year he stepped up to cover the defeats of Honda riders in the MotoGP World Championship – he rode seven Grand Prix – he signed with the SGR team to compete in the first round of Spanish Supermoto Championshipscheduled for April 13 and 14 at the Albaida international circuit.
The Valencian will enter the competition in the SMRoad category, asphalt only, where he will face a very high level of rivals looking to create a career in the world of speed. His association with SGR Honda will serve as a preparation for the next World Superbike events -Assen will be on April 19-21-, as well as for the continuous modification of the CRF450-R, a motorcycle that reaches its highest standard thanks to the work of SGR technical staff.
“I am really excited to be part of the SGR structure. I have been racing supermoto since I was ten years old and I have known Engel all my life, it is without a doubt a very competitive and professional team. I consider this race, in a circuit as special as Albaida, to have fun and enjoy riding a bike again after several injuries and a very complicated start to the season,” he explained. Lecuone.
For his part, the SGR team manager, Angel Grauassures that it is “a great pride that the riders of the World Cup have chosen us as a team to continue to grow in pursuit of their goals. We know that the supermoto modality will help them as a quality training, something seen in names like that of our colleague and friend Diogo Moreira in previous seasons. Over the years, there have been several international pilots who have supported our efforts, filling us with happiness to see that we have and are working in the right direction.”
Source: La Verdad
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