Knight back to KTM

From KTM Racing

David 'The Knighter' Knight, who rejoined the Maxxis Enduro World Championship competition this season riding for KTM Farioli as a KTM-supported rider, returns to race Orange in 2011 and 2012 as a full factory rider.

The Manx-born rider was in Mattighofen, Austria at KTM's headquarters this week to put his signature on the new contract, team officials have confirmed.

Knight, who currently leads the E3 World Championship standings with a 30-point gap over Christophe Nambotin, is enjoying an excellent current season and has never been off the podium in the competition's first five rounds. He has netted six wins, two seconds and two third places and while there are still 150 points up for grabs in the rounds scheduled for Greece, Turkey and France, Knight is well on the way to seeing his name on the trophy in 2010.

In May this year he also claimed the first ever British Enduro Sprint Championship, wrapping up the title with yet another double victory in Saints Well, Mid Wales in May to indicate that at 32 years old, he is at the top of his game.

As well as his seven other national titles, Knight is a double World Enduro Champion (2005/6), GNCC champion (2007/8), GBXC champion (2008), AMA Endurocross champion (2007), has twice won the Erzberg Extreme and the U.S. Red Bull Last Man Standing and was overall ISDE winner in 2005.