Carrasco: “Leaving Kawasaki means leaving a family, but I want new challenges”

We had already published the news that Ana Carrasco will race in Moto3 with team Boé this season, but now the Kawasaki team with which the rider has raced for five years also confirms the “separation”. “Not only a highly successful racer in her own right, Carrasco has also been a role model for women globally”, reads the press release.

A winning partnership

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Ana was able to win the Supersport300 title aboard the Kawasaki Ninja 400. Carrasco scored seven race wins and reached the podium on twelve occasions, amassing a total of 420 points. Guim Roda, KRT WorldSBK team manager and co-owner of Provec, had this to say about Ana’s departure: “Ana’s move to Moto3 is a fitting end to a journey we started together in 2018. We are so proud to be part of the history now, and a Kawasaki Ninja will forever be recognised as the first ever bike that powered a woman to an FIM Motorcycle Open Championship. In 2018 she won the Championship, which was magical year, but I think 2019 and 2020 were when she performed the best. In 2019 she fought every race just losing second position in Championship on the last lap of the last race. In 2020 she pushed for the title again before her big crash in Estoril that was very nearly life changing – but Ana fought back to health as only she can. On behalf of in all in the Kawasaki family we wish Ana all the best and hope she can continue making history motivating women and demonstrating that they deserve the same opportunities in life as men.”

Carrasco: “You’ve been a family”

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Carrasco herself states: “Racing is tough, not just on track where people see but also at times like this when you have to make tough decisions. My ambition is always to grow as a rider, to set myself new goals that other’s see as impossible and to achieve them.  When my parents bought me my first minibike and then I started racing of course my dream was like any rider “one day I want to be a World Champion”. This I achieved in 2018 and even today that feeling is magical; but anyone that understands racing will know that every racer needs to push, to be ambitious and to test themselves again and again. This opportunity to ride in Moto3 is a logical step in my mind even if the emotional step is hard. I would like to thank everyone at Kawasaki who truly made me feel part of a racing family. I hope I can repay your kindness with a second World Championship. Thank you.”

Translated by Heather Watson

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