Raffaele Fusco completes the line-up

A few weeks after the formalization of the partnership between MTA Italia and Reale Avintia Racing for the 2020 season, the Reale Avintia MTA Junior Team completes its line-up of drivers for the FIM CEV Repsol. Raffaele Fusco, seventeen-year-old Italian motorcyclist, will race with one of the two competitive KTM of the structure directed by Alessandro Tonucci in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, alongside the already announced Nicholas Spinelli.

Class of 2002, Fusco has established himself among the most successful Italian talents among the Minimoto (Italian SAV and European Junior B champion), continuing his technical-competitive training with outstanding performances between the MiniGP and the CIV PreMoto3 125cc 2-stroke, category where he graduated vice-Italian champion in 2016.

Fresh from a three-year experience in CIV Moto3 with a haul of 1 victory, 5 podiums and 4th place in the 2018 championship, Raffaele Fusco will thus be able to play his first season in a championship of international connotation. At the start of the World Junior Moto3, Fusco will join Spinelli, with the sports project of the real Avintia MTA Junior Team that will also extend to the European Talent Cup with the very young Noah Dettwiler and Torin Collins.

Alessandro Tonucci: “Raffaele is a rider with undisputed potential and has shown this in recent seasons. We are happy to count on him for the 2020 season, he represents the right profile to complete a line-up of talented drivers, speed and with the right attitude to work together with the team to grow race after race. We therefore welcome Raffaele, impatient to be able to face as soon as possible the first tests of approach to the first round planned by the calendar.”

Raffaele Fusco: “Starting 2020 with the opportunity to join the Reale Avintia MTA Junior Team makes me extremely proud. It is a challenging season, but with the support of the team, I am convinced, we can grow together. A thank you to the team, my family and those who made it possible to define this agreement: now I can’t wait to get on the track!“