THE EVE OF THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA ROUND OF THE WORLDSBK HIT UP
Great crowd from Friday and anticipation for the debut of the women’s world championship
Also FIM President Jorge Viegas at the presentation of the CIV Racing Night on August 3rd
Misano World Circuit, 14 June 2024 – A huge audience, starting on Friday, is creating the conditions for a record edition of the Emilia-Romagna Round of WorldSBK which at this point aims to well exceed the 70 thousand attendances predicted on the eve of the weekend. The signs are clear: all the commercial hospitality venues sold out, as well as the stands for Ducati and Yamaha fans, large participation in the events in the paddock and at the MWC Square, as well as a very strong interest in the debut of the WorldWCR, the FIM World Championship women’s event which will have its first historic race tomorrow at 11.50.
On the track right from free practice it is clear that the duels will be at the highest level in all three categories on the track, with the riders in pursuit of the leaders: Bautista in SBK, Huertas in WorldSSP and Mogeda in WSSP300.
All the Italian riders are eagerly awaited, with WorldSBK wild card Michele Pirro, Nicolò Bulega, Andrea Locatelli, Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci, Nicholas Spinelli, Axel Bassani and Michael Rinaldi.Tomorrow at 11.00 the Superpole and at 2.00 pm race 1 of the Emilia-Romagna Round WorldSBK. Five races scheduled for the day.
Today after the second free practice session the fastest is Nicolò Bulega ahead of teammate Alvaro Bautista, then Gardner, Iannone and Razgatlioglu.
SUNDAY THE ITALIAN ANTHEM PLAYED BY THE YOUTH BAND CITY OF RIMINI
The Città di Rimini youth band, directed by maestro Andra Brugnettini, will perform the Italian anthem on the starting grid before the start of Race 2 of the WorkdSbk, on Sunday at 2.00 pm.
The group, which can range from 25 to 35 girls and boys aged 8 to 18 who attend or have attended the Band Music School, has been active since 2012 and has performed on numerous occasions since then. In particular, he represented the Emilia-Romagna region on the occasion of an important event held within the Milan EXPO 2015.
CIV RACING NIGHT POSTER SIGNED BY ALDO DRUDI
Save the date: 3 August 2024. Today the new edition of the CIV Racing Night was presented, an unmissable summer event with SBK and SuperSport riders competing under the artificial lights of the Misano World Circuit.
The presentation was attended by the top management of the FMI, with President Giovanni Copioli and the head of the FMI speed sector Simone Folgori, with special guests the world president of the FIM Jorge Viegas and Andrea Albani, managing director of MWC. The official poster, presented in the morning, is signed by Drudi Performance.
“We have many expectations – said Copioli – because last year’s success is still fresh in the memory, with so many spectators and tourists arriving from the nearby Riviera – We have seen how the night race amplifies the great overall growth of the CIV and in a facility like MWC there is the opportunity to grow further. We work to enrich the evening with new emotions so that it is truly a memorable experience for the participants.”
“You Italians are incredible – underlined Viegas – and in organizing these events you are one step ahead. I am amazed by the images seen and the intuition is really excellent.”
“The CIV Racing Night – said Albani – is the synthesis of a now solid path, which combines events with hospitality, enhances all the components of motorsport by giving value to businesses, to offer a high-level show, with the addition of that we have in our DNA. MWC was born in 1972 with night events in mind and we have successfully relaunched that intuition. The event has grown a lot together with the entire CIV and we are expecting a lot of people on the 3rd too.”
“This is a lucid madness – Folgori’s words – which over the years has become a splendid reality. When motorsport adds real content, it always proves to attract the attention of the general public. We are now one of the important events in the tourist promotion of the Riviera. This year we will add new elements: the online ticket office dedicated to the evening, a final party and the even wider possibility of getting on the grid with the drivers. On the sporting front we work for prestigious wild cards”
The drivers Michele Pirro and Luca Ottaviani also spoke at the presentation, recalling the emotion of the night race and the performances substantially similar to daytime races and in complete safety.
TICKETS
Tickets are available on the Ticketone.it portal and on the misanocircuit.com website. With some types of tickets it is also possible to access the paddock and attend the awards ceremonies directly and contact the WorldSBK champions. Also supporting the riders are the stands chosen by Ducati (Grandstand C) and Yamaha (Grandstand B) to bring together the fans
