KTM's Walkner wins MX3 World title
Monday 23 September: 25 year-old Austrian Mathias Walkner is MX3 World Champion. The 9th and finale round was at the FIM MX1/Mx2 World Motocross Championship finale at Teutschenthal, Germany this morning.
Image: Youthstream
The race day started on another high note for KTM with yet another title
going to the Austrian brand after the opening MX3 moto. Matthias
Walkner of Austria sealed the MX3 World Title to complete a trio of
titles in MX1 (Cairoli) and MX2 (with Jeffrey Herlings). It was the
first time that a world title has gone to an Austrian rider since the
legendary Heinz Kinigadner won the 250 cc World Championship titles in
1984 and 1985 riding for the KTM factory team. This, added to the AMA
450 title won by Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey makes it a record year for
rider’s titles for KTM.

Matthias
Walkner - image: Youthstream
The 25-year old Walkner said he had not
known what to expect after changing classes in 2012. "But it was clear
to me that a good result at the end of the season was possible when
everything went well, even though I didn’t think about the world
championship title when the season began. It was a dream, unbelievable!”
Image: Youthstream
Results: Youthstream