Italian Moto3 Star 'Lorenzo Dalla Porta' Joins Mahindra

Lorenzo Dalla Porta has joined Mahindra to become one of its factory riders for the 2017 season. His contract with the company recognizes him to take up one place in the highly successful Mahindra Aspar Team aboard an MGP3O. According to the deal, there is an option for the 2018 season also; however, both parties are excited to collaborate together.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta stated, “It’s a great honour for me to be a part of a major company like Mahindra. I know with them I will be a proper factory rider and to be inside a team with as strong a history as Aspar is wonderful. You need these things in a championship as hard as the Moto3 World Championship. We know that the bike can fight and can win; Pecco has shown what the MGP3O can do. When I was riding in Assen I was in the same group as him and you could see the bike was quick! I’m excited to get on the bike but right now I’m focussing on the CEV championship, I want to join Mahindra as a champion and keep winning once I arrive.”

Lorenzo Dalla Porta was born in Prato, Italy, on June 22, 1997, and his first big success came in 2012 when he took the 125cc crown in the Italian Championship. In 2015, he made his way to Spain and began to sharpen his skills for the CEV Championship.

This rising Italian Moto3 star has already made 11 Grand Prix starts with a best finish of eighth place, which he achieved at the British GP in 2015. Though he is currently leading the prestigious FIM CEV Repsol Moto3 Junior World Championship, he has chosen to begin his first full-time World Championship campaign with Mahindra & Mahindra.