Moto Team union of forces

Neil, a former British motocross champion, Grand Prix racer and highly rated team manager of the former CAS Honda squad, will be managing the development of the race machinery and mentoring the riders while Paul, who is a well-recognised ambassador of the sport as a former British Quad, Enduro and Speedway Champion, will oversee the general running of the team to his usual high standard.

The team is excited to announce a superb rider line-up with former British Champion Brad Anderson contesting the Honda CRF450R in the ACU British MX1 Championship and the Red Bull Pro National series, along with upcoming youngsters Luke Hawkins and Anthony Reville in the British MX2 Championship and the EMX-2 series aboard CRF250R machinery.

Anderson has truly established himself as the face of British motocross and is known for his gritty determination to win races. The ultra-experienced 29-year-old has won numerous championships, most notably the British MX1 title in 2009, and is excited to be competing with the PAR Honda squad for the third year running. Anderson will be looking to re-take the prestigious MX1 title having finished third in the series this year.

Aboard MX2 machinery once again will be 17-year-old Hawkins, whom has shown excellent speed in his first year in the pro-class after being thrown in at the deep end. The youngster has enjoyed top ten finishes in the super-challenging British MX2 championship, and finished an exceptional fifth overall in the E-MX2 series with a podium finish towards the end of the season. This steep learning curve and experience that has really brought on his speed is something Luke will be looking to capitalise on in 2011.

Joining the team will be Anthony Reville, who hails from Sturton-by-Stow in Lincolnshire. The 17-year-old has only been racing in the national series for four seasons, but has shown good promise and speed this year while running out of his privateer set-up in his first season at pro-level. The youngster finished fourth overall at the final round of the Under 23 championship, has shown good speed in the British MX2 series and is incredibly excited at being given the opportunity to step into a professional team set-up to bring his learning on even further.

The team is already working hard heading into the winter off-season developing its machinery for 2011 and is looking forward to launching the team at the opening British Championship round in February.

Paul Rowlands – PAR Honda

"It's great to be able to announce that we will be working with Neil in 2011. This should bring to the team the technical support and training for the riders that maybe we didn't have during the week, and help us go to the next level. I'm really looking forward to working with Neil and development of our bikes for testing is going well in readiness for next season. It's also great that we will be working with Brad again, and we will be looking to retake the British title we won in 2009. Luke has also come on really well in the last year, and we will contest all of the British MX2 and E-MX2 championship with him and Anthony, who is new to the team for next year."

Neil Prince – NP Racing


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