Althea Racing is a

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team based in

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, Italy. For 2023, the team operates within the

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, as

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Althea Racing Team, using one rider only,

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. In 2020, the race season was disrupted by the

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after the first round in March hosted in Australia; on resumption in August

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was replaced by

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for three rounds until Althea's Italian management split from Moriwaki. Althea previously competed the defunct

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, winning in 2016 with rider

Raffaele De Rosa Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian road racer of solo motorcycles. He has competed mainly in the Supersport World Championship. From 2024 he will ride for QJ Motor, a Chinese manufacturer new to the Supersport World ...

.Italian rider steps in as full-time Althea BMW Racing Team rider
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Race Results

World Supersport Championship

References

External links

Official website
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