This has been a very good year for Vertex Pistons of Italy - always a favoured choice of leading race teams 2016 has seen the company add to their impressively long list of race credentials.
In MXGP Vertex 'Racer's Choice' forged pistons have bee the product of choice for Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha riders, with Yamaha's Romain Febvre scooping the World Championship using their F1 inspired high resistance treated alloy racing profile special coating external treatment pistons.
He finished ahead of Honda HRC riders Gautier Paulin and Evgeny Bobryshev, also racing with Vertex pistons and who were also part of the impressively successful French Motocross of Nations team.
In EMX250 the title was taken by Vertex 'Racer's Choice' pistons equipped Dutchman Nick Kouwenberg of the Honda JTech team; in the Supermoto World championship Thomas Chareyre (first) and Ivan Lazzarini (second) raced with Vertex; in the Enduro World championship Eero Remes (E1) and Ales Salvini (Honda, E2) also benefitted from the experience and expertise goes into all Vertex OE, race, and replacement and aftermarket-retro-fit off-road and street piston.
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