[Moto] More Chinese motorcycles arrive at MotoGP: Avintia, Valentino Rossi's Moto3 team, will race with QJMotor

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The Chinese presence in the MotoGP World Championship is gradually making itself felt, and the last step is the arrival at the QJMotor World Championship. The Chinese giant has announced an agreement with the Avintia Moto3 team to rename their bikes with the name QJMotor, making it the second Chinese brand present on the grid.

QJMotor goes by the real name of Qianjiang Motorcycle, a Chinese motorcycle giant that owns Benelli and distributes Harley-Davidson models in the Chinese market. His entry into the world championship is a clear response to his great rival, CFMoto, the other Chinese brand that will enter Moto3 in 2022.

 

QJMotor will rival CFMoto using VR46 pilots

QJMotor's alliance with the Avintia will make us see the logo and distinctive colors of the Chinese brand on the KTM fairing. It will be a kind of sponsor, although completely changing the name of the team, but something different from what KTM itself does on the Moto3 grid with associated brands.

 

KTM has already put some brands from its own conglomerate on the Moto3 grid. Max Biaggi's team runs under the name of Husqvarna, while Jorge Martínez Aspar's team runs with GasGas, although all these bikes are still the same KTM that the Austrian official team, Ajo Motorsport, also carries.

 

It is through this same formula that the CFMoto brand has entered the grid. The Prüstel GP team next season will race with these Chinese motorcycles, which will actually be KTMs like the others, ridden by Spanish riders Xavi Artigas and Carlos Tatay. It was the movement that triggered the entry of QJMotor.

CFMoto and QJMotor are the two major motorcycle manufacturers in China, so the latter have been quick to get onto the Moto3 grid at the same time as their great rival. They will do it hand in hand with Avintia and, tangentially, with Valentino Rossi, since this is the VR46 Academy team in the small category.

In fact, the QJMotor drivers are going to be the young Italians Elia Bartolini and Matteo Bertelle, two riders who already contested a race last year but who will now complete their first full season. Both come from the Valentino Rossi's Young Driver Academy.

 

Thus, the Chinese presence in MotoGP continues to grow little by little. In the absence of a Grand Prix again, and why not a rider, the presence of CFMoto and QJMotor on the 2022 grid shows that there is still some interest in motorcycle racing in China. Surely this new rivalry will offer something to talk about.

 

Link: https://www.motorpasionmoto.com/motogp/motos-chinas-llegan-a-motogp-avintia-equipo-valentino-rossi-moto3-correra-qjmotor