Ajo Motorsport
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Ajo Motorsport is a Finnish team competing in the 125cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, in the World Supersport Championship, and in the Spanish and European championships. The team's leader is former racer Aki Ajo.
The team's debut at a world championship race was in 2001 at Sachsenring, where the team entered Mika Kallio as a wildcard rider. The team and Kallio also took part in the competition in Valencia later in the year. The team's bikes were named as Honda, even though Ajo supplied the engines.
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[edit] History
[edit] 2002
This was the first season in which Ajo was a regular competitor in the World Championship, with Kallio as their main rider. Their best result that season was coming fifth in Jerez. Kallio was named "Rookie of the Year", beating riders like Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.
[edit] 2003
The team expanded to two bikes, with Kallio being joined by the Japanese competitor Masao Azuma. Kallio left the team in August, after receiving an offer from KTM, but to be relieved of his obligations with Ajo, he had to pay a large amount of compensation to Ajo. Andrea Ballerini took the ride, and in Australia, the team enjoyed a 1-2 victory, with Ballerini winning and Azuma second. A big part of the win was wet weather and Bridgestone tyres, which worked very well in those conditions.
[edit] 2004
The team had two new riders with, Lukas Pesek and Danish Robbin Harms. The season was mostly disappointing as Pesek had lots of crashes while Harms suffered injuries. Pesek moved to the Derbi team for the next year.
[edit] 2005
The team had Japanese Tomoyoshi Koyama and French Alexis Masbou as their riders. Koyama won the Rookie of the Year title, the team's second in four years. Koyama's best positions were second place in Australia and third in Turkey. In overall standings he was 8th.
[edit] 2006
The team kept their same riders but got new bikes from Malaguti. Both riders suffered lots of injuries which affected their season. Masbou could ride only eight races and he didn't score any points. Koyama's best result was sixth in Estoril and he ended in 15th place in the championship.
[edit] 2007
The team races with Derbi bikes, with Michael Ranseder and Robert Muresan as their riders.
