IN
THE
WIND
P22
MELANDRI
LOOKS GP
BOUND
W
ith the Red Devils looking
more and more likely to
be a semi-official team in World
Superbike in 2015—with the
new RSV Aprilia V-four to play
with—it appears more likely that
Marco Melandri will go to Mo-
toGP.
The Italian rider, who has
been one of the strongest of all
the World Superbike competi-
tors, is being swayed by some
of the things he understands
about the Aprilia MotoGP proj-
ect, but, as yet, no final deci-
sion has been made on whether
he will race in World Superbike
or MotoGP for Aprilia.
Red Devils is looking good
to stay—probably with Leon
Haslam—with factory support,
but no full works team. Aprilia is
too small a company to run of-
ficial teams in both MotoGP and
World Superbike.
Gordon Ritchie
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
With the
departure of
factory Aprilia
in World
Superbike, it
appears that
Marco Melandri
will return to
MotoGP.
WORLD
SUPERBIKE TESTING
W
ith some question marks still hanging over
some of the top teams in World Superbike,
the roster of pre-season testing dates is already
filling up for others.
If there is a Red Devils Roma Aprilia team, they
will start off things for the main teams, then the
dates and venues come thick and fast.
The pre-season 2014 testing schedule: Novem-
ber 13-14 - Motorland Aragon (Red Devils) (TBC);
November 17-18 - Motorland Aragon: (Kawasaki,
Ducati SBK, Sofuoglu World Supersport, Media
Bike Test); November 24-25 – Jerez (KRT, Sofuo-
glu WSS, Honda SBK, Suzuki SBK and MotoGP,
Red Devils); November 26-28 Jerez (Ducati SBK,
Ducati MotoGP); November 27-28 Jerez (Kawa-
saki, Honda World Superbike);
The pre-season 2015 testing schedule: January
19-20 - Motorland Aragon (Kawasaki, Red Devils);
January 21-22 – Portimao (Ducati SBK); January
26-27 – Jerez (Ducati SBK, Ducati MotoGP, Red
Devils); January 27-28 – Jerez (Kawasaki).
Gordon Ritchie
World Superbike
testing for 2015 kicks
off in November at
Motorland Aragon.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
