If your name isn’t Valentino Rossi or Jorge Lorenzo, finding a personal sponsor to back you is tough going, especially if you think that many riders support their own rides living off their helmet, leather and boot money, and such is the case of French rider Valentine Debise.

Debise who’ll be racing for Moto2 SpeedUp team this season, needs support and is asking his fans to help him out, and since necessity is the mother of ingenuity, has come up with this pretty unique idea.

For the sum of 2053 euros you can see your own name stamped on the front of his leathers for one GP race, alongwith 2 tickets to one of the European GP races of your choice, paddock pass with a guided tour by Debise in the SpeedUp team garage and a year subscription to MotoGP.com (video and live timing) and the usual personalized T-shirts.

If 2053 euros is a little too steep for your pockets, Debise is offering other items at lesser prices to members of his I Love VD53 P’tit Gaz’ support club. Check out his website here.

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Valentin Debise is another Moto2 rider that has gotten an early Christmas gift this year, because he’s been confirmed with Luca Boscoscuro’s Speed Up team for the 2011 season.

Debise secured a ride with the Italian team after the Moto2 testing at Jerez last month. The former 2008 French 125cc champion debuted in the 250cc World Championship in 2009 with Moto CIP Honda and in the inaugural 2010 Moto2 championship raced under the WTR San Marino Team banner with an ADV AT02 and didn’t pick up a single point during the season.

“Racing for the Speed Up Team is a springboard for better results next season” said the 18 year old Debise. “This year my main objective was clearly to pick experience with Moto2, I couldn’t have expected to win or to fight for the top positions. I still have a lot to learn, but I know with Speed Up I’ll have the means to fight at the top of the series and grow as a rider during the season”.

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Another two riders have been confirmed to ride in next season’s Moto2 championship:

Team WTR San Marino have confirmed French rider Valentin Debise as their Moto2 rider for next year. The 17 year old finished 21st in the 250cc championship with Team Cip Moto GP250. The Sammarinese will be using the AT02, developed by German based ADV Advanced Technology that was seen during the Moto2 tests in Valencia and was tested by Alessandro Brannetti.

Forward Racing (former Hayate Racing Team) has also decided on a French rider and it will be Jules Cluzel, who finished the 2009 250cc season in 12th place. Cluzel will be riding a Suter MMX.

Besides Forward Racing, Italtrans, Technomag CIP and Kiefer Racing will also be using the chassis produced by the Swiss-based manufacturer Suter Racing Technology.

Source | motogp.com

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