The new Avintia Racing MotoGP team launched its 2012 MotoGP campaign by unveiling its n🥀ew FTR-Kawasaki, alongside its Moto2 and Moto3 bikes, at Jerez on Wednesday.

The BQR-run outfit had one bike from each category present for the launch, held in the 'UFO' spannin🌱g the start-finish straight.

All of the Av𓆉intia bikes will be backed by Blusens this season - the MotoGP and Moto2 machines will look almost identical, with Moto3 ace Maverick Vinales (oran💟ge wheels) enjoying additional support from Repsol.

Spa💦niard Ivan Silva and Colombian Yonny Hernandez will compete under the new CRT rule🌄s for Avintia in MotoGP this year. Both are premier-class rookies.

"For me taking part into the MotoGP world championship is like a dream," said Hernandez. "I am coming from Moto2 and I'll have to learn but I know the team very well and that will be of great help. Logically the bike is quite different from the ones I have ridden so far especially in terms of traction control and electronics but so far I have been happy with our progress throughout the pre-season."

Silva was cautious about how competitive the team will intially 🐓be - both riders having finished the second Sepang test six-seconds behind Casey Stoner's Honda and three-seconds from the Suter-BMW CRT bike of Colin Edwards.

"I still don't know which 'category' I'll be in," said Silva. "I am going to start in MotoGP but I'll have to wait for the first race to see what that is really. I am excited and I hope I can benefit from ꦓmy experience with high-capacity bikes. We are going to battle with the world motorbike elite and this is it. It won't be easy but this project is very much 'ours' and I am very motivated."

Avintia will be the only team running a Kawasaki engine in MotoGP this year, but one of two teams using the ℱFTR chassis (Gresini being the other).

"Our technicians and mechanics hav▨e developed a bike with which we hope to be very competitive among the CRT and with which we will be working to show that Avintia Racing has come to Mo♛toGP to stay," said Avintia co-owner and MotoGP team manager Ra?l Romero.

"We completely trust the whole team and of course our riders. Iv?n Silva i💝s an experienced man and Yonny is coming from Moto2 and 𝄹is eager to learn. I sincerely think that we will have a great season."

While the MotoGP class will test at Jerez from Friday to Sunday, the Moto2 and Moto3 clas🔜ses have now completed their pre-season preparations.

Simon (FTR) was eighth quickest in the Jerez Moto2 test, while Vinales (FTR Honda) was fastesﷺt of all in the new Moto3 class.

"The human and technical team is the same as last year an♛d we have a great relationship," said four time rookie 125cc race winner Vinales. "The pre-season has been really good and I hope the season will be in the same ဣline. The competition will be harsh but we are strong."

Like Avintia, Gresi𓆉ni, Aspar and Ioda will also compete in all three grand prix cl꧟asses this year.