AUSSIE JOEL KELSO TO RACE MOTO3 IN 2022

After making two Moto3 starts as a replacement rider for the CIP Green Power team, Australian Joel Kelso has been signed by the squad to race full-time in 2022.

Kelso currently sits seventh in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship and took an impressive victory at the Algarve International Circuit earlier this year.

“I’m very excited and grateful for this opportunity to be with the CIP team in the world championship for my first year in Moto3,” Kelso said.

“I’m stoked about it. I can’t wait for the adventure and the things I will learn and the great things to come.

“Overall very excited and happy to be with the team.”

In his maiden full-time Moto3 season the Australian will join Japanese rider Kaito Toba who has been racing for the team this year, scoring a podium in the German Grand Prix.

It was the German Grand Prix in which Kelso made his debut replacing the injured Maximilian Kofler, finishing an impressive 17th, backing it up in the Dutch TT with a 22nd place finish at the next round.

“After the two races in Germany and the Netherlands, we decided to rely on Joel Kelso for the next season,” said team owner Alain Bronec.

“He is a promising young Australian rider, and we are convinced that he will do well in his first year in the world championship.

“He is another Australian who will fly our colours just like Remy Gardner did a few years ago. Welcome to Joel!”

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