The third member of the De Carli set-up is teenager Alessandro Lupino. The seventeen year old commences his second season as part of the team and looking to gain his first Grand Prix points after a learning experience in 2007.

‘The Wolf’ is viewed as hot property in Italian Motocross circles. The teenager started racing at the age of eight and quickly progressed, winning every minicross title of note in his country. Without a doubt his finest campaign in a very short career occurred in 2006, where he claimed 85cc Italian, European and World Championships for a dominant ‘triple’.

Team manager Claudio De Carli was said to be impressed with Lupino’s strength and character and had been following his results and development for some time. The youngster’s racing education continued in 2007 and he qualified for the second round of the series, the Spanish Grand Prix, at Bellpuig.