SAN MARTINO DEL LAGO – «The return of Superbike to Lombardy was 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 great events, I think of the 2026 Olympics, which will come to our region. Let’s not forget the great importance of motorcycling in Lombardy, with its riders, one above all James Augustinwith the many enthusiasts, practitioners and companies and brands with beautiful stories that have made the history of racing. Our region, the Lombards, appreciate this world, and the Region can only be alongside those who are working to bring the World Championship of series-derived motorcycles back to Cremona.»
He greeted the President of the Lombardy Region in this way, Attilio Fontanathe return of World Sbk to Lombardy, at the Cremona Circuit, on the weekend of 21 and 22 September.
The presentation to the press at Palazzo Lombardia, in cornice of the Belvedere Silvio Berlusconi, in the presence of Andrea Iannone, Ducati Go Eleven team rider, of the Undersecretary of the Presidency with responsibility for Sport, Lara Magoni, and several professionals, including Alessandro CanevaroloCeo Cremona Circuit, Andrea DosoliMotorsport R&D /Road Racing Manager, Motorsport Division Yamaha, Lorenzo Mauri, Motocorsa Ducati team manager, Stefano Pacchioli, COO & Executive Board Member WorldSBK Dorna e Ivan Bidorini, president of the regional committee Federmoto.
The regional councilors of the Cremona area also intervened, Matteo Piloni e Marcello Maria Venturaand the president of the Province of Cremona, Paul Mirko Signoroni.
«We believe in sport and major events – said Magoni – thanks to the private individual who chose to intervene here. Motorcycling is important for us, with 22 thousand members, 307 sports clubs. There are large companies, both in the sector and elsewhere, who believe in sport, a universal instrument of values. Which generates an all-round economy, making the area known to all the enthusiasts who will come to Cremona in their thousands.»
«There is a growth project behind this project and that is what matters – he said Andrea Iannone, SBK rider of the Ducati Go Eleven team, present at the press conference – . 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 am positive.”
«Today we push the button, we declare to the world that the Superbike World Championship is back in Lombardy – Alessandro Canevarolo, CEO of Cremona Circuit, began with satisfaction. 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 delays in the work due to the weather, but we will be able to finish it in time.»
Cremona Circuit has a relatively young history. The track was founded in 2011, under the current management since 2016, and 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 an excellent investment from the very beginning, – he said Stephen 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.»
