MV Agusta Reparto Corse is
MV Agusta
MV Agusta (, full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is an Italian high end motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded by Domenico Agusta, Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of ...
's
factory
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motorbike racing
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team. MV Agusta Reparto Corse formerly competed in the
Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles.
The championship was founded in . The Superbike World Champion ...
. The team currently competes in the
Supersport World Championship
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.
History
Giovanni Castiglioni, chairman and President of MV Agusta, signed an agreement with Alexander Yakhnich, Chairman of Yakhnich Motorsport, to establish the new ''MV Agusta Reparto Corse'' for the 2014 season. The team was operated by Yakhnich Motorsport and competed in the World Supersport and World Superbike Championships.
In June 2014 Castiglioni and Yakhnich signed an agreement which stipulates that MV Agusta will take over all operations concerning the racing team.
MV Agusta Reparto Corse partnered with Team Vamag in late 2017 in preparation for the
2018 Supersport World Championship
The 2018 Supersport World Championship season was the twenty-second season of the Supersport World Championship, the twentieth held under this name.
Race calendar and results
Entry list
*All entries used Pirelli tyres.
Championship standings
...
. The team was known as ''MV Agusta Reparto Corse by Vamag'' that season.
Superbike World Championship
For the
2014 WSBK Season,
Claudio Corti rode a race-prepared
MV Agusta F4 for the team
and finished 17th in the championship.
Leon Camier
Leon Stuart Camier (born 4 August 1986) is an English former solo motorcycle racer.
After working as a race team manager, from 2024 he is a rider-coach for Sam Lowes and Elf Marc VDS Racing, a long-established team in Moto2, having a new en ...
substituted for Corti at
Laguna Seca
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.
In
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
and
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
, Leon Camier was the rider for the team, finishing 13th, 8th and 8th in the Championship in these years.
Jordi Torres
Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and .
He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...
was the team's rider except for the last two races, where Maximilian Scheib rode. Torres finished 13th in the championship and Scheib 26th.
WSBK Results
Supersport World Championship
For the
2014 Supersport World Championship
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Reparto Corse fielded riders
Jules Cluzel
Jules Cluzel (born 12 October 1988 in Montluçon, Allier) is a French former motorcycle racer.
After retiring from competition in 2022, from 2023 he is a rider-coach for Yamaha Thailand, a Supersport World Championship team.
In 2019 he compete ...
and
Vladimir Leonov on race-prepared
F3 675s. Leonov was replaced by
Massimo Roccoli from the
Misano round onwards. Cluzel scored 3 wins for the team and finished 2nd in the championship this season.
Jules Cluzel and
Lorenzo Zanetti
Lorenzo Demetrio Zanetti (born 10 August 1987) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He currently races in the CIV Superbike Championship, aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale.
Racing career
Born in Brescia, Zanetti finished second behind Luca Di Giuseppe i ...
rode for Reparto Corse in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
Cluzel winning 3 races.
Due to injury, Cluzel was replaced by
Nicolás Terol
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for the last three rounds.
In
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, Cluzel and Zanetti were retained by Reparto Corse, Cluzel winning 2 races.
Massimo Roccoli rode instead of Cluzel in the last race in
Qatar
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.
P. J. Jacobsen and Alessandro Zaccone
rode for Reparto Corse in
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
.
MV Agusta Reparto Corse partnered with Team Vamag in late 2017 in preparation for the
2018 Supersport World Championship
The 2018 Supersport World Championship season was the twenty-second season of the Supersport World Championship, the twentieth held under this name.
Race calendar and results
Entry list
*All entries used Pirelli tyres.
Championship standings
...
. The team was known as ''MV Agusta Reparto Corse by Vamag'' that season.
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 ...
and
Ayrton Badovini
Ayrton Badovini (born 31 May 1986) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in , the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Championsh ...
were the two riders for the team.
In 2019 Raffaele De Rosa was retained by Reparto Corse and joined by
Federico Fuligni
Federico Fuligni (born 1 June 1995) is an Italian motorcycle racer. In 2021 he races in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale V2.
His younger brother Filippo is also a racer.
Career
Born in Bologna, Fuligni appeared in s ...
.
WorldSSP Results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Season still in progress.
References
External links
Official websiteSBK Superbike
{{World Supersport Championship Seasons
Superbike racing
Motorcycle racing teams
MV Agusta
Motorcycle racing teams established in 2013
2013 establishments in Italy