The last Superbike race in Lombardy dates back to May 12, 2013, on the Monza track. Now, 11 years later, the World SBK races will return to our region and it will be Cremona itself that will welcome the racing cars back after a long time at the Cremona Circuit in San Martino del Lago, next 21 and 22 September.
It will be a great show of speed, capable of giving impetus to the entire territory. A challenge won by all.
“Today we press the button, we declare to the world that the Superbike World Championship is back in Lombardy – he began with satisfaction Alessandro CanevaroloCEO Cremona Circuit – . It was a great challenge, when it was proposed to us we were 9 months away from the event and we achieved the impossible. Despite the weather delays in the work, we will be able to finish it in time.”
This morning the presentation to the press at Palazzo Lombardia, in the presence of the Ducati Go Eleven team rider Andrea Iannone: “There is a growth plan behind this project and that’s what matters – said Andrea Iannone, SBK rider of the Ducati Go Eleven team, present at the press conference today -. We will make more complete evaluations from September onwards. However, there are the characteristics to do great things, having a Grand Prix in Italy, near Milan, is important. There are great companies, if things go as well as I think, there will be great margins for growth. I’m positive.”
The president of the Lombardy Region also shares Iannone’s enthusiasm Attilio Fontanta: “The return of the Superbike to Lombardy is a great success, more than ten years after the last race on the historic Monza track. A great event to promote the territory that goes together with the big events, I’m thinking of the 2026 Olympics, which will arrive in our region Let’s not forget the great importance of motorcycling in Lombardy, with its riders, one above all Giacomo Agostini, with the many enthusiasts, practitioners and companies and brands with beautiful stories that have made the history of racing. the Lombards appreciate this world, and the Region can only be alongside those who are working to bring the World Series-derived motorcycle championship back to Cremona”.
Also present at the press conference were the Undersecretary of the Presidency with responsibility for Sport, Lara Magoni, and several professionals, including Alessandro CanevaroloCEO Cremona Circuit, Andrea Dosoli, Motorsport R&D /Road Racing Manager, Motorsport Division Yamaha, Lorenzo Mauriteam manager Motocorsa Ducati, Stefano Pacchioli, COO & Executive Board Member WorldSBK Dorna e Ivan Bidorini, president of the Federmoto regional committee.
The regional councilors of the Cremona area also intervened, Matteo Piloni And Marcello Maria Venturaand the president of the Province of Cremona, Paolo Mirko Signoroni.
“We believe in sport and big events – said Magoni – thanks to the private individual who chose to intervene here. For us, motorcycling is important, with 22 thousand members, 307 sports clubs. There are large companies, in the sector and beyond, who believe in sport, a universal instrument of values. Which generates 360-degree economy, making the territory known to all the enthusiasts who will come to Cremona by the thousands”.
The Cremona Circuit track is relatively young, founded in 2011 and since 2016 with the current management, it has the highest number of visitors in Europe, over 150,000 people, including motorbikes, cars and karts. With an incredible impact on related industries. “We are taking important steps, with large investments – added Canevarolo – and it is right that the home of the Superbike world championship returns close to the Lombards”.
“An absolute prestige for speed lovers, a return that has been awaited for years, and great satisfaction for me personally – said Ivan Bidorini, president of Federmoto Lombardia -. We stand by the organizers, high-level motor sport has won again in Lombardy. There will also be a great tourist and economic impact with this race, which will only consolidate and grow over the years.”
“For us, Cremona was immediately an excellent investment, – said Stefano Pacchioli, COO & Executive Board Member WorldSBK Dorna – we were presented with a five-year project, with growth prospects. We are realizing that growing small and medium-sized circuits brings value to the territory. The state of health of the championship is brilliant. The long investment and vision plan, the growth of young drivers, the welcome of great drivers in our format, the growth of entertainment and the fan zone, which provide entertainment and create connection with our world. We were precursors of races ‘close’ to enthusiasts. We believed in the Women’s World Cup project, which is growing. A fun world that is bringing great results.”
