Team JCR presented with Cros, Maseras and Prieto

A few days ago the JCR team was presented at the McDonald’s in Vic, where the press witnessed the official launch of the new Team Suzuki JCR Rockstar for the 2012 season, with a major change and great eagerness to start the adventure. Until now, the main rider, Joan Cros, was riding Honda, but they have decided to try new horizons and bet on Suzuki.

Although this brand is no novelty for Cros, as he already rode Suzuki bikes back in 2005, he will need to readapt and give it full throttle in training to arrive in the best possible shape for each of the rounds. Furthermore, in 2012 he will have a lot of work, as they have decided he will take part in several rounds of the Championship of the World MX3, and try to surpass himself in the Elite National in MX1.

Statements from Joan Cros:

I am very happy with the SUZUKI and I am adapting very well, and I believe I will be able to get a lot out of it. Last year I was the best rookie debutant in MX1 Elite and 5th in Spain. I will try to improve on that position, and in the World Championship I will try to finish in the top ten in some of the rounds.

But Cros is not alone; he has the addition of someone with a lot of present and future: Maria Maseras, who will compete with her Suzuki 125cc in the Women’s National, where she will try to beat her result from last season, when she finished 8th. So she is aiming for much more, but not only that: Maria wants to take on everyone and will also compete in the Spanish MX2 Championship, where her goal will be to push all the riders on the grid.

Statements from Maria Maseras:

I am very happy with the project and I will try to do my best.

For his part, the other member of the team is Jorge Prieto, the rider from Palencia will have at his disposal the Suzuki 250cc for the MX2 category of the National, and also for the Castilla y León Championship in the Open category. A very young rider who has been racing motorcycles for three years and still has a lot to learn, but who will gradually carve out a place for himself in the National.

Statements from Jorge Prieto:

I am very happy, I had never been in a team before. I will try to do my best and try to win the Castilla y León Championship and perform as well as I can in MX2.

At the launch were the team’s press chief, Sagi Raurell, the owner of McDonald’s, Mr. Joan Ramón Cazorla, one of the major sponsors along with Rockstar, and Oriol Latorre.

The team has already made its debut, as last weekend the international race was held in Crevillente. As soon as we know the results we will comment on them, although the excitement doesn’t end there: on the 26th they will be in Albaida for the first round of the National MX.

Source and photos | Team JCR