Ken Roczen To Genuine Honda For World Supercross

Its official, Ken Roczen has found his home for the upcoming two-round World Supercross Championship. He’ll still be on a Honda, but not the same American Honda we’ve seen him on for the past six years. He’s secured a deal with Genuine Honda (Fire Power Honda), the Australian Factory Honda team run by Yarrive Konsky. It also sounds like Roczen will bring along some of his current sponsors like Fox and Red Bull (the team has a current gear deal with Fly Racing). This seems like a best case scenario for the 94 as he gets to race relatively familiar equipment during the new series, but no word on where this leaves him for the 2023 AMA series. The full press release can be read below.

 

Roczen will stay on a Honda with the Genuine Honda team. Photo: Brown Dog Wilson

With the opening event of the 2022 FIM World Supercross Championship just weeks away, Honda Genuine Honda Racing is pleased to announce a collaborative effort with Ken Roczen for the two-round season that will include events in the United Kingdom and Australia.

“Yarrive and his team are experienced, and they have achieved creditable results across the globe. I want to race this off season, and the Honda Genuine Honda Racing team is working with me and my personal sponsors,” said Roczen. “I am looking forward to seeing parts of Europe that I have not experienced as an adult, and I am really looking forward to travelling to Australia too! I have friends and fans there and can’t wait to enjoy some off season racing and great people.”

Roczen is going to compete this off season aboard a CRF450R that will be built and prepared by the HGA squad. Showa suspension is going to be equipped to his ‘red’ steed – Factory Connection has assisted by building and preparing chassis components. Competing aboard machinery that he is comfortable on will aid Roczen in his quest for the WSX title.

 

Roczen testing his blank Honda with the Factory Connection techs. Photo: Instagram

“Ken is one of the fastest and most experienced racers in the world. I believe that experience is going to help the team,” said Yarrive Konsky – Honda Genuine Honda Racing Team Owner. “Additionally, his popularity will only help the sport grow globally as he races in new countries. It is a rare opportunity for me to learn and for fans of supercross around the world to see him in action. We are happy to play a small part in that.”

October 08 marks the beginning of the 2022 FIM World Supercross Championship. The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, will host the historic event. Roczen last raced in front of the British fans in the August of 2011 – he won the FIM Motocross World Championship round that was run on that day and took the MX2 world title in that same year.

The FIM World Supercross Championship announced tickets were on sale for the first Grand Prix at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which can be found HERE. The FIM World Supercross Championship 2022 will serve as a “pilot” season, allowing the championship to establish itself and build momentum going into 2023. From 2023, and subsequent years, the FIM World Supercross Championship expand annually between June and November, with up to twelve events in 2023