Hungarian racer Bitter joins Farquhar's team for 2011 TT assault
Wednesday 27 April 2011
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TT winner Ryan Farquhar has announced Sandor Bitter will join his KMR Kawasaki team for the 2011 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy.
The Hungarian racer is the third member of the team for the 2011 season, his deal coming hot on the heels of the news veteran Adrian Archibald had signed up.
Bitter will campaign a Superstock-spec Kawasaki ZX-10R at the TT, North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix in the Superbike and Superstock races.
Having already lapped at more than 120mph on the Mountain coutse, Bitter has a great chance of bettering his previous results at the TT this year.
His first outings for Farquhar’s KMR team will come at this weekend’s Cookstown 100 and the Tandragee 100, opening rounds of the Irish National road race season and rounds of the Duke Road Race Rankings, which Farquhar has dominated in recent years.
Farquhar said:
“We’ve been discussing the possibility of running a second rider at the Internationals for some time now and we’re all delighted to welcome Sandor into the KMR Kawasaki fold.”
“It’s a good move for all concerned and will give the team and all the sponsors a lot more exposure whilst also giving Sandor a tremendous opportunity and experience that he’ll benefit from greatly.”
“We’ve got a bit of work to do to get the bikes ready now we’ve decided to run Sandor at Cookstown and Tandragee rather than starting at the North West 200, but we’re more than up to the task and eagerly looking forward to the Irish road racing season getting underway.”
Bitter added:
“Road racing is what it’s all about for me and to be joining Ryan’s team is a fantastic opportunity and one I fully intend to make the most of. Ryan is a truly great rider and a great guy too so I’m very happy to be riding in the same team as him and it will be a great experience for me.”
“He’s an extremely dedicated racer and he runs a very professional team so I’m sure I’ll be able to learn a lot from him and improve my lap times and results, especially at the TT.”
“I couldn’t be happier and I can’t wait for the season to start.”