Team Pedercini

Team Pedercini is an Italian motorcycle racing team, currently competing in the Superbike World Championship and FIM Superstock 1000 Championship with Kawasaki ZX-10R motorcycles.

Team Pedercini
2019 namePedercini Racing Kawasaki
Base Volta Mantovana, Italy
Team principal/sLucio Pedercini
Race ridersSuperbike World Championship
81 Jordi Torres Supersport World Championship
86 Ayrton Badovini
111 Kyle Smith
MotorcycleKawasaki ZX-10R
TyresPirelli
Riders' Championshipsnone

History

The team was founded in 1993 by Lucio Pedercini. Pedercini rode in the 500cc World Championship with a ROC-Yamaha until 1998, when he switched to World Superbike Championship. The team then extended its participation in the following years also to the Italian Championship and the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship. Pedercini raced with his team until 2006, when he retired from racing. Other riders who raced in the World Championship with Team Pedercini were Marco Borciani, Mauro Sanchini, Serafino Foti, Nello Russo, Gianluca Nannelli, Alessio Velini, Ivan Clementi, Max Neukirchner, Kurtis Roberts, Ayrton Badovini, Vittorio Iannuzzo, Luca Scassa, David Salom, Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco. The team used Ducati motorbikes until 2008, when they started using Kawasaki machinery.

In 2014, the team competed in the World Superbike Championship with riders Alessandro Andreozzi and Luca Scassa. The also fielded a team in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup consisting of Lorenzo Savadori, Balazs Nemeth, Romain Lanusse and Javier Alviz.[1] In 2015, the team were chosen by Kawasaki to be their satellite team competing in the World Superbike Championship with Javier Alviz and David Salom riding Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R motorcycles.[2]

References
  1. "Team Pedercini Racing 2014 racing season officially launched". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. "David Salom returns to Team Pedercini". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.


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