Vertex Pistons

VERTEX PISTONS MXGP CHAMPIONS 2025

Oct 23, 2025 Michael Le Pard

At the end of a fantastic season decided in the last round held in Australia, the Vertex GP Racers Choice pistons won the MXGP world title alongside the factory Kawasaki KRT rider Romain Febvre. […]

Inspiration Friday: Privateer Contingency Racing!

Feb 17, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Are you fueled by a desire to go faster and win races? Crave the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat? Then MotoAmerica, King of the Baggers, Super Hooligan National Championship (SHNC) or American […]

Vertex Pistons celebrates 70 years in Business

Feb 8, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Vertex Pistons celebrated 70 years of developing and manufacturing high performance 2 and 4 stroke pistons for off-road, street, scooter, ATV, UTV, snowmobile, go-kart, ultralight and other motorsport applications. The Italian American company appreciated […]

Maxime Renaux and Vertex Pistons world MX2 champions

Nov 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

2021 Motocross World Champion. This is the title won by Maxime Renaux, rider of the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team, and the GP Racer’s Choice piston of the Italian specialist company Vertex Pistons. […]

First woman to win the world championship four times in a row

Sep 23, 2021 Michael Le Pard

New title in the Vertex Pistons palmares: Kiara Fontanesi is the 2021 Italian champion Five rounds, ten races, seven first and three second places for a new fantastic title: Kiara Fontanesi and Vertex Pistons […]

Vertex Pistons 2021/2022 FIM Motocross World Championship season Partnership

May 18, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Youthstream is pleased to announce that the partnership with Vertex Pistons will also continue for the 2021 and 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship seasons. Vertex Pistons are the multi-titled pistons that for decades have […]

VERTEX PISTONS’ SHIFTING CORE BUSINESS

Feb 11, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Since way back in 1953, when two-strokes ruled the off-road world, professional motorcycle racers and serious amateurs alike have put Vertex Pistons in their engines. And while a lot has changed in the world of […]

Motocross, Enduro and Supermoto World Champions in MXGP, MX2, WMX, Enduro GP and S1GP

Nov 24, 2020 Michael Le Pard

In the recent concluded Motocross, Enduro and Supermoto World Championships 2020, there was always and only one name sticking with the titled riders: Vertex Pistons. VP Italy, famous Italian manufacturer of Vertex Pistons, continues year […]

Vertex Pistons inaugurated 2020 by winning all four titles of the Internazionali d’Italia

Feb 12, 2020 Michael Le Pard

After the brilliant 2019 season, Vertex Pistons inaugurated 2020 by winning all four titles of the Internazionali d’Italia with three of its riders: Tim Gajser won the MX1 class and the Supercampione, Maxime Renaux the […]

VERTEX PISTONS SUPPORTING MX, MX2 AND MXGP MOTOCROSS TEAMS

Feb 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The Vertex pistons, after the brilliant 2019 season in which they dominated the MXGP championship with Tim Gajser, are once again supporting the major official teams, that also this year chose the quality and performance […]