"I love the GPs and I’m very happy to stay in the MX2 World Championship thanks to Kawasaki, CLS and the team sponsors. It was like a dream to score a podium result in Qatar; for sure the next races were not as good but that didn’t affect my motivation. I’d like to thanks KRT who offered me a ride for the first few GPs, but now I’m impatient to be in Italy where I will race for the first time with the CLS Kawasaki."
Making room for the teenager from Alabama in the CLS MX2 squad will be Alessandro Lupino; the Italian has had a fairly torrid start to what would be his final year in MX2 due to the age-capping rule, and has jumped at the chance to show his skills on a 450.
CLS tem owner Jean Jacques Luisetti: "We are of course very pleased to welcome Thomas, who raced with us last year in England. There was an opportunity to sign him for 2014 and 2015, and we couldn’t miss it; with him and Dylan we’ll have two very talented kids with us next season, as Arnaud and Alessandro have to move to the MXGP class.
"We offered Alessandro the possibility to start next weekend riding a 450; it’s a good opportunity for him to show what he can do in this class and I’m sure that his smooth riding style will suit our 450 perfectly.
"Concerning Tommy Searle; he has never stopped training physically, and we expect to see him back in Holland or Spain; Thomas will be based with him in England, and when Tommy returns to racing we’ll have two riders in the MX1 class thanks to Kawasaki and all our partners."
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