The British Utag Yamaha.com team have secured the services of young American Zach Osborne f꧑or the 2009 FIM MX2 World Championship.

The 18-year-old from Abingdon, Virginia will thus steer a YZ250F in next year's series after impres💛si๊ng in a several outings this season.

The teenager reeled off a series of excellent lap-times on his world championship debut through one of the hardest tracks of the schedule - Lommel, in Belgium - and was then agaiꦬn quick seven days later on the hard-pack of Loket🐲 for the round in the Czech Republic.

Osborne reached the front of the pack with emphatic determination two weeks ago in Irelan🌸d and won the first moto in w💦hat was only his third international appearance for the team.

"I am happy that we have reached a deal," said Osborne. "Steve Dixon and the♏ team have been superb for me so far; their support has been great. I am looking forward to the challenge next season. I do not want to make any predictions but I will be doing my best for the guys and for Yamaha."

"We had already spoken with Zach about 2009 a couple of weeks ago and his win in Ireland showed that h𝔍is commitment to us and the effort we have made in supporting him should hopefully lead to a promising full attempt next season," added team principal Steve Dixon.

"We are delighted that Zach will be racing for Yamaha in the MX2-GP World Championship," said Yamaha Motor Europe Racing Division manager Laurens Klein Koerkamp. "After very encouraging results as a junior he has recovered from some bad luck with injury and has started to show his potential on the grand prix scene and wit🌱h Utag Yamaha.com. He should be an exciting ⛦addition to our line-up in the class for 2009."