His son, former racer Niklas Ajo, is also involved in the team as crew chief and race engineer in the Moto3 programme.

The team's bikes were labelled with the Honda brand name, even though the engines were supplied by Ajo.

The year 2002 was the first season in which Ajo was a regular competitor in the World Championship, with Kallio as their main rider.

Their best result that season was fifth place in Jerez, and Kallio was named "Rookie of the Year", beating riders such as Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.

Ajo attributed a large portion of their success to the combination of wet conditions and Bridgestone tyres, which are optimal for damp weather.

Ajo Motorsport continued with Derbi for the 2008 season, with Mike Di Meglio and Dominique Aegerter as their riders.

In the 2010 season, Ajo Motorsport fielded Marc Márquez, Sandro Cortese and Adrián Martín.

Márquez scored twelve poles and ten victories, and brought the team its second title in three years.

On the Aprilia was future Moto3 champion Danny Kent, and Jonas Folger who also bought the team a podium and a win at the British GP.

The 2013 season saw Ajo cut back to a single team fielding three riders, and with two wildcards in Malaysia.

Ajo expanded greatly for 2014 fielding four teams with five full time riders and two wildcards.

The Moto3 effort saw another strong season with Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira joining the team and taking sixth and second respectively in the championship.

Binder and Oliveira continued to perform well in Moto2 ultimately taking third and second in the championship with another six wins and eight podiums to their combined tally.

Can Öncü became a full time rider but could not replicate his previous success managing only eight points across the season.

Gardner took the championship by four points from rookie Fernández after a season long battle with both taking multiple wins and podiums.

Hikari Okubo remained with the team in MotoE and his season long point scoring resulted in a sixth overall.