David Philippaerts and Gautier Paulin will again represent the factory Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team for the 2011 FIM MX-GP World Championship.
Yamaha Motor Europe announced that the Italian and Frenchman will extend their current association with the Italian set-up into next year‰Ûªs campaign.
Philippaerts will be aiming to recapture the MX1-GP title he secured in his first season with Yamaha in 2008 while Paulin is slated to attempt the MX2-GP series in which he was primed to be a major protagonist this term until an unfortunate pre-season leg break caused him to miss the first four rounds.
Philippaerts gave the new and innovative rear-slating YZ450FM its debut Grand Prix win last month in France and is currently third in the world championship table with four podium appearances from the ten rounds run so far. The 25 year old has also grabbed two pole positions.
‰ÛÏ2011 will be my fourth year with Yamaha and I am happy to have made a new deal,‰Û
