Lydd’s Brad Ray is ready to do battle in the FIM CEV Moto2 European
Championship on board a brand new machine after signing for the Vyrus Factory
Race Team.
After turning many heads in a successful 2014
season, the 17 year old now steps up onto the 600cc machine in the search of
the 2015 European Moto2 title.
‘The Bard” completed a very positive two day test
late on in 2014 for the Vyrus Factory Team at the Valencia Ricardo Tormo
circuit, in which he impressed the bosses of the team after regularly chipping
away at his times on his first outing on a 600cc machine.
Brad completed his hectic 2014 calendar with a
fourth in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with three podiums along the way,
third place in the Motul British Motostar 125cc Championship after many
dominant performances throughout the season, and 11th in the CEV
Moto3 Championship despite missing some rounds in both the Motostar and CEV
Championships due to date clashes.
All smiles ahead of the new season...
Vyrus are privately an exclusive motorcycle brand
creating exciting and beautiful machines to be ridden on the road, but have now
turned their attentions to fielding a racing machine.
After months of research and development, and
many days of testing, the team are now ready to move forward and launch an
attack on the Moto2 European Championship with the radical Vyrus machine.
A jubilant Brad said after signing for the team:
“This is a really exciting project and I can't wait to race and help develop
the Vyrus with the team and their sponsors for the up and coming season on
their Moto2 bike.
“This is a great opportunity for me and I would
like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in setting up this project.”
Brad’s first official
test on the Vyrus Factory machine will be run on the 20th/21st/22nd of February
at the Cartagena circuit in Spain.
Photography By:
Bonnie Lane & Andrea Bardi
