VOL. 50 ISSUE 21 MAY 29, 2013
P29
MV ON THE PODIUM!
O
n August 29, 1976, Giacomo
Agostini rode the 500cc MV
Agusta to victory in the German
Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
On Sunday, Roberto Rolfo rode
the MV Agusta F3 675 to third
place in the World Supersport
round at Donington Park – some
37 years later.
"I am delighted and thrilled
with this first podium result
for the F3 675," said Giovanni
Castiglioni, president and CEO
of MV Agusta. "It has been a
great challenge to bring this
important brand back on the
racetrack. The amazing thing
is that this podium was conquered on the same day as
the Claudio Castiglioni Memorial organized by the Lombardia
Robby Rolfo put
MV Agusta back
on the podium
with his thirdplace finish at
Donington Park
on Sunday.
Moto Club Cagiva yesterday at
our plant in Schiranna. I would
like to dedicate this success to
my father, the man from whom
we inherited our great passion
for racing. My gratitude goes
to the Rovelli brothers and the
members of the ParkinGo team
for the amazing effort they are
putting into this project. There
is still much work to be done
and they have all our support."
FIRST LOOK: HONDA'S PRODUCTION RACER
H
onda recently released an
action photo of the production racer it plans on releasing for
the 2014 MotoGP World Cham-
pionship, with the bike looking a
lot like Honda's current RC213V
factory bike.
No details were released from
the test, though Honda Shuhei Nakamoto said the bike "showed more
than what we had expected…"
The new model will be Honcontinued on next page
"Essentially, at the moment, I do
not have a job so I am back into
the same situation I was in a while
ago. It is very disappointing, but
all I can do is laugh about it at
the moment. I am not sure at this
point in time what will happen.
My contract is worded for the
World Superbike Championship.
I found out on Monday afternoon,
just before Donington."
Gordon Ritchie
Honda recently completed a test
of the production racer it plans
to release for next year's MotoGP
World Championship.
