Bruforce KTM sign Spaniards for GPs.

The Bruforce Racing KTM team has extended its international representation by signing Spanish riders Jonathan Barragan and Alvaro Lozano for the 2003 Motocross World Championship.

The Spanish delegation visited the team's head office, in Belgium, yesterday [18 December], and after a protracted meeting with KTM racing chief Kurt Nicoll and team manager Swa Goffings, a deal was struck.

Barragan will compete in the 125cc class and Lozano in the Motocross Grand Prix class.

Barragan could prove to be another superstar in the making when he joins fellow seventeen year olds Tyla Rattray and Tanel Leok in the team's 125cc GP line-up, having won numerous national championships in various classes in his homeland.

The currant Spanish champion is also no stranger to international competition, having finished second in the 2001 FIM 125cc Junior World Championships (behind teammate-to-be Leok), and had a sensational start to the 2002 European Championship series, when he won the first event at Castelnau De Levis in France.

Although a mid-season injury kept him from participating in the final two rounds of the series, he nevertheless ended up 8th in the championship series.

Twenty-two-year old Lozano finished fourth in the 2002 Spanish Open Championships, and has successfully qualified for several 250 GP's class. His most recent success in international competition was a third place at the Barcelona Supercross.

Bruforce Team manager Swa Goffings was delighted at the successful culmination of the negotiations with the pair.

"These talks have been going on for months between the KTM factory, KTM Spain and ourselves," he said. "It is a great relief to finally put the deal to bed."

With riders from Belgium, South Africa, Estonia, Spain and Holland, the Bruforce Racing equipe must now surely rank as the most international of all teams.