Nicholas Spinelli

Formalized in recent days the partnership between MTA Italia and Reale Avintia Racing, the sports project in the FIM CEV Repsol 2020 under the insignia of the Reale Avintia MTA Junior Team takes shape with the finalization of the agreement with Nicholas Spinelli. The eighteen-year-old Italian driver will face his first full season in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship with one of the two KTM prepared by the facility headed by Alessandro Tonucci.

Class 2001, Spinelli after continuous assertions in the European Minimoto and Italian MiniGP 50cc has established itself among the most successful Italian talents on the national scene. CIV Moto3 champion in 2017 and 2019 with a total haul of 12 wins in 48 races, Nicholas thus reaches the personal milestone of racing in the World Junior Moto3, a springboard to reaffirm his qualities on a first-rate international stage.

Nicholas Spinelli will be one of the two riders who will defend the colors Reale Avintia MTA Junior in the CEV Moto3, while in the European Talent Cup the team will be able to count on the contribution of the very young Noah Dettwiler and Torin Collins.

Alessandro Tonucci: “The agreement with Nicholas Spinelli reaffirms the philosophy of the Reale Avintia MTA Junior Project for the 2020 season. Nicholas needs no introduction: the achievements he achieved in the CIV are beyond question, as well as his talent and potential. We are proud to have him with us for the World Junior Moto3, a goal he has been chasing for a long time and, with Reale Avintia MTA Junior Team, finally made possible. You can count on a competitive KTM and the contribution of a technical staff of proven experience to progressively climb positions in a championship as fought and high level as the CEV Moto3.“

Nicholas Spinelli: “I am happy to join the Reale Avintia MTA Junior Project for the CEV Moto3. Running in the Junior World Championship has always been a goal that I wanted to achieve, I finally succeeded and I will have the opportunity to face the 2020 season with a top team. I thank those who made this agreement possible, I am looking forward to starting this new adventure!“