WP PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS PRESENT 2013 （WP性能系统目前的2013）.pdfVIP

Press release November 8th 2012 Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana WP Performance Systems Presentation WP PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS PRESENT 2013 MOTO2 CONCEPT AND OUTLINE FUTURE PLANS WP Performance Systems today explained the technology and philosophy that assisted the factory Red Bull KTM team to a historic achievement in the first year of the new Moto3 category. The thirty-five year old firm also unveiled their next generation suspension system with which they will enter the Moto2 class in 2013 as the Austrian-based specialists further look to establish themselves at the highest level of road racing. Below is a transcript of the presentation delivered by Head of RD Toby Gustafson and Head of Racing RD Jurgen Peko with full details and information of the goals and ambitions of the company and the system and components planned for 2013. PARTS OF YOUR SUCCESS WP PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS PRESENT 2013 MOTO2 CONCEPT AND OUTLINE FUTURE PLANS Toby Gustafson Can you tell us a little bit about WP – how the company has evolved through the past decades, has been a major player in off-road and now this emphatic return to MotoGP with the Moto3 title in the first year? TG: I think that almost everybody knows WP from the past and from our great success in off-road. The company is almost 35 years old and been involved in all kinds of racing with more than 200 world titles in many categories from Off-road, Road-Racing, Superbike to F1. The company had some difficult years in the late-90s and did focus mainly on off-road but in 2007 WP moved all activities to a new plant in Austria and by the end of 2009 everything except for the off-road racing side was at this facility. Development of the company in Austria has been really great and the Moto 3 title from Sandro Cortese is very much a confirmation that we made the right decisions and that hard work pays off in th