Bimota returns to the Kawasaki-affiliated Superbike World Championship

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The iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Voted will return to global competition in 2025 competing in FIM Superbike World Cup with Kawasaki as a joint venture that will result in a Bimota chassis with a Kawasaki engine, as the official Japanese team has made public.

It will not only be the basis of the current Ninja ZX-10RR, but also most of the team’s personnel, as Kawasaki transitions its personnel to the Bimota racing program. This is part of the close cooperation and synergies between Bimota’s majority shareholder Kawasaki and the Rimini-based Italian manufacturer. The new team will operate under the title ‘Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team’.

Winners of the 350cc World Championship in 1980 with Jon Ekerold driving a two-cylinder, two-stroke Bimota YB3, they also won the Formula 1 TT with the legend Virginio Ferrari aboard a YB4R taking Championship honors in 1987 .In 1988, the year of the first Superbike World Championship, Bimota won no fewer than seven races thanks to Davide Tardozzi (5) and Stephane Mertens (2). Even in 2000, Bimota managed to win a WorldSBK race thanks to the great Anthony Gobert aboard an SB8R who climbed to the top of the podium on a rainy weekend at Phillip Island.
The President and CEO of Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., This is Hiroshistated that “Bimota enjoys an enviable reputation for excellence in motorcycle design and manufacturing. As part of our vision for the evolution of this popular brand, we see racing as the next logical step both in terms of product and brand development. Exposure on the global stage is our commitment to WorldSBK as strong as ever and we hope that this new competition project will inspire Bimota and Kawasaki fans who remain and we look forward to having ‘Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team’ on the WorldSBK grid in 2025.”

On behalf of Bimota, the Director of Operations, Pierluigi Marconicommented that “the engineering, technology and daily commercial support already offered by Kawasaki has brought Bimota back to media and potential customer awareness, now is the time to take another step in our evolution. Bimota has had racing as part of its DNA from day one and competing in WorldSBK at the same time as developing our new product range, while expanding the European and global dealer network, has an undeniable logic from the experts of current Kawasaki racing team, with the full support and cooperation of Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. in Japan, fills us with pride and optimism The ‘Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team’ will undoubtedly form the foundation of the next chapter in the history of. Voted.

Guim RodaKRT team director, concluded that “for the last thirteen years, I and everyone working at the KRT headquarters in Granollers, have dedicated ourselves wholeheartedly to the Kawasaki Superbike project and won seven World Championships. WorldSBK during this , in addition to many titles as a team and manufacturer Today, after Kawasaki has competed for almost four decades in the Superbike championship, we are proud to be part of a new era, building the infrastructure of the new ‘Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team.

“We will certainly need some time to reflect and continue Kawasaki’s legacy in Superbike racing, but we are also very excited to be an integral part of the new joint venture of Bimota and Kawasaki. This is an evolution of Kawasaki at the highest level. production level. career and we are honored to play our part in this new project. I am confident that we have the technology and human resources necessary to succeed and it will be a new and exciting experience to align a wonderful two-rider team for the 2025 Motul FIM. WorldSBK Championship.”

Source: La Verdad

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