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NEW CRG FACTORY AT DESENZANO DEL GARDA

CRG OPENS ITS BRAND-NEW FACTORY AND CELEBRATES ITS

CHAMPIONS AND WORLDS DEALERS

GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW AND VERY ADVANCED CRG FACTORY, COMPLETION OF AN IMPORTANT

INDUSTRIAL WIDENING PROJECT OF THE GROUP. AWARDS GRANTED TO THE DRIVERS FOR THEIR WINS

IN 2009 AND FOR THE DEALERS FOR THEIR IMPORTANT 2009 ACHIEVEMENTS.

Desenzano del Garda (Brescia

Italy)21stDecember 2009.

Last 18th December,CRG,

the prestigious Italian

manufacturing firm,completed its project of

widening and modernization

of its structure with the

opening ceremony ofits very

advanced brand-new factory

at Desenzano del Garda.

In the same area, during the

last two years, the CRGgroup

had already opened the two

new factories of Maxter

Engines and Maranello.All the most important

representatives of karting

were invited at the party

given for the occasion.

The new plant, with its

innovating architecture and

its accurate and refined

design of the rooms, has

three stories and an overall

surface of 10,000 square

meters. Together with thenearby Maxter and Maranello

plants respectively 1,450

and 1,350 square meters

the new complex is now a top

industrial hub for karting.

The old CRG factory, not far

away from the new one, will

keep on working and will

house the CRG Racing Team

structure and Primatist,one

of the brands of the group

G i a n c a r l o T i n i n i b e t w e e n h i s 2 0 0 9 W o r l d C h a m p i o n s , J o n a t h a n T h o n o n ( K Z 1

W o r l d C u p ) a n d K o k o A r n a u d K o z l i n s k i ( S F K W o r l d C h a m p i o n ) .

A p a r t i a l v i e w o f t h e n e w C R G f a c t o r y a t D e s e n z a n o d e l G a r d a .


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specialized in theproduction

and selling of connecting

rods, drive shafts and other

accessories for karting.All the major dealers for CRG

from all over the world with

allthe members of the

official racing team drivers,

mechanics, technicians -took

part in the opening

ceremony, together with

karting VIPs and several

representatives of the

national and international

press.This important event was the

occasion for the traditional

CRG prize-giving ceremony,

during which prizes for the

2009 season were given to

CRG drivers and dealers.

A season full of crucial

achievements: CRG excelled

in the most important world

championships: from the win

of Koko Arnaud Kozlinski in

the Super KF World

Championship and in the

WSK International Series, to

the third win in a row of

Jonthan Thonon in the KZ1

World Cup.

Among the CRG dealers, the

Best Dealer Award went to

Christian Marchandises

French firm KCM. Further

prizes for this particular

ranking went to Dominique

Labreques Canadian firm PSL and

to the German Prespo of Manfred

Brandl.

A b o v e , t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e s h o p i n t h e n e w C R G f a c t o r y . B e l o w , t h e p r i z e - g i v i n g

c e r e m o n y o f t h e 2 0 0 9 C R G M a j o r D e a l e r s . L o w e r p i c t u r e : J o s V e r s t a p p e n a n d

h i s s o n M a x .


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This is Giancarlo Tininis

comment, chairman of

C.R.G. S.p.a.:It was a great

celebration for CRG. All our

friends and major dealers of

our brand took part in it,

coming from all over the

world.

Its been two years since our

last ceremony before

Christmas, since we

suspended it because of my

fathers death. He was a

great supporter of this

annual appointment and he

was always sopleased to

represent our brand. Without

him I felt it was pointless to

keep on organizing the event.

But the achievements of this year the opening of the factory and the wins in the championships -pushed

me to resume the tradition.

I was pleased to realize how happy our guests were and it is always great to see such an enthusiasm

surrounding our brand. The opening of our new factory is a crucial moment in our business enterprise. The

new structure is essential to increase the production and to simplify the goods handling, with the possibility

of adding new equipment. Our aim was to work better.

Everything seems so big, but in the end you always need more room. Anyway, we definitely took a big step

forward. Now our commitment is to step up the production. We are quite satisfied for the achievements of

the year at the moment.

Our production is at the same level of last year production: good news considering the general conditions

of the worlds economy. We got excellent selling results in France, followed by Canada and Germany. We

recorded a light increase in Japan but aworrying downward trend in America that we will try to recover. In

2010 we think we can increase our sales, even though it wont be easy.

Regarding the racing we are about to complete our official team: our goal is to get as many trophies as

possible, according to our tradition. Jonathan Thonon will take part in KZ1 and KZ2 competitions together

with Gary Carlton, while Koko, Davide For and Eddy Tinini will compete in Super KF. In this class we will

have FeliceTienes comeback, the winner of this year KF2 Asia-Pacific Championship. Giovanni Martinez

will compete in KF2, Luca Tilloca in KZ2. In KF3 we will have thed b u t of the promising young kating driverMax Verstappen, son of the F1 champion Jos Verstappen.

Soon we will have the names of the drivers of our new junior team, besides probable new drivers in KF2

and KF3.

Jonathan Thonon: I want to thank Giancarlo Tinini for his confidence. I have been racing for CRG for nine

years, with the VDK Team first and then with CRG Official Team. This is something Im so proud of because

its a continuity that is hard to get in the world of sports; it is based on a great and mutual respect, and this

is fundamental for me. It makes me very self-confident.

My season will be focused on KZ1 in the WSK World series and in KZ2 in the WSK Euro Series. The only

exception will be the Winter Cup, where I will compete in Super KF. For 2010 we have lots of novelties,

starting from the engine, and Im sure well have a top level season.

G i a n c a r l o T i n i n i , C . R . G . S . p . a . C h a i r m a n .


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Arnaud Kozlinski:It is the

first time I take part in a CRG

celebration and I had thefeeling to be a member of a

big family. A beautiful

feeling.

Concerning my racing

activity, in these last weeks I

have been following the

development of the new

engine, and I must say that

we are at a satisfactory

stage.

We are all happy with theequipment, for the power

and the reliability at top

levels. My season will be

focused on Super KF in the

WSK, both in the World

Series and in the Euro Series, besides the opening race in the Winter Cup.

Davide For:Im expecting much from 2010. I have tested the new Maxter KF engine and I noticed it has

been greatly enhanced. It offers excellent reliability, it is much smaller than the previous one and this is the

reason why the chassis offers a better efficiency. Its given me positive emotions, thats why Im so

confident.

Press Office

C.R.G.S.p.A.

CRG 2010 OFFICIAL TEAM(temporary list)

KZ1 (e KZ2)

Jonathan Thonon (B)

Gary Carlton (USA)

Super KF

Koko Arnaud Kozlinski (F)Davide For (I)

Eddy Tinini (I)

Felice Tiene (I)

KZ2

Luca Tilloca (I)

KF2

Giovanni Martinez (I)

KF3

Max Verstappen (NL)

K o k o w i t h h i s m e c h a n i c M a u r i z i o a n d h i s 2 0 0 9 W S K t r o p h i e s .

new crg factory at desenzano del garda

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