Published on 20 November 2018

Butron secures an MXGP ride

Since moving up to the MXGP World Championship, Jose Butron has been with the Marchetti KTM team. However, the Marchetti team have decided to shift focus to the MX2 World Championship in 2019 which left Butron’s future in doubt.

The Spaniard has announced that he’s signed with Czech team, JD 191 KTM Racing for the 2019 season.

The Czech team who usually only contest the European rounds of the series but have decided to make a big jump for 2019 and will contest all twenty rounds which is a bonus for Butron.

Butron will join Richard Sikyna awning the awning as well as Petr Polak who are MX2 riders.

The Spaniard confirmed the news on social media:

 

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Despues de varios meses sin poder hacerlo publico llego la hora de dar la noticia… en 2019 correre todo el mundial MxGp completo con mi nuevo equipo… @jdgunnexktmracingteam thanks for the oportunity, we will give our best in MxGp! #czechrepublic

A post shared by Jose Antonio Butron (@josebutron17) on Nov 19, 2018 at 10:46am PST