Following three successful
years in the STK FIM World Cup, MV Agusta has decided to concentrate its
efforts in developing the SBK version of the F4 RR 312 in collaboration with
Team Gimotorsports, headed by Gigi D’Esposito, and Team Factory SBK of Leo
Ghelfi.
The racing program
for 2008 will see MV Agusta compete in the Italian Superbike Championship and,
depending on the level of competitiveness achieved, in select rounds in the
World Superbike Championship. Luca Scassa will be the only factory backed rider
and will ride for the Unionbike Gimotorsports Team. His bikes will be developed
directly by the MV Agusta racing department in Schiranna – Varese (Italy).
The Factory SBK Team
headed by Leo Ghelfi will follow an independent development program but will
coordinate its efforts directly with MV Agusta’s racing department. The rider
for 2008 will be Maurizio Pratichizzo.
MV Agusta’s racing
program in the Australian Superbike Championship will continue throughout 2008
at the highest level thanks to top-level rider Kevin Curtain who will ride for
Steve Trinder’s Team TBR Racing. In the German IDM-SBK Championship the bikes
will be run by Team Inghart and ridden by Kay Borre (2 in last
year’s IDM-SBK Championship) Georg Wechselburg and Marco Erdmannhausen.
Participation in the
AMA SBK Championship with Team Fast by Ferracci and in the English Superbike
Championship with teams X Bikes and STP Motorsports is still to be organised.
Fabrice Montoya and
his Team Moto-TV will increase their efforts in the French SBK Championship and
in every round of the Endurance World Championship.
