With the official Infront Superbike tests due to kick off on Monday at Phillip Island and ahead of the openining round next Sunday, WSBK newbie ParkinGO team has revealed via the team’s Facebook page, the livery that they will be using on Chaz Davies’ Aprilia RSV4.

ParkinGO has a new main sponsor and will be debuting under the MTC ParkinGO Aprilia banner and the graphics were designed by Italian indiVisual.it | race design.

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Guliano Rovelli’s World Supersport ParkinGO winning team will make the jump to World Superbikes next season with 2011 World Champion Chaz Davies. The Australian champion will be at the helm of a Ducati according to British website MCN, even if there hasn’t been an official announcement yet.

Rovelli had be planning to make the switch by taking over the soon-to-be in mothballs Yamaha R1s after the Japanese manufacturer announced they would be withdrawing from the World Superbike championship at the end of this season. His proposal however was shot down by Yamaha Europe’s Racing Manager Laurens Klein Koerkamp who was in talks with a South African group (the offer disappeared), so the Italian manager instead of waiting around turned to a much more interested Ducati management, who was more than happy to listen to him and give his ParkinGO squad a Ducati 1198 with factory support for the upcoming season.

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When Yamaha announced that they would be pulling out their factory team from the World Superbike championship at the end of the season, World Supersport Championship leaders Yamaha ParkinGO stepped up and offered to take over the team, however it seems that team manager Giuliano Rovelli’s request has been turned down.

Apparently Yamaha is in negotiations with some Anglo-South African marketing agency willing to manage the entire operation, lock, stock and barrel for the 2012 and 2013 seasons and the decision deadline is tomorrow Wednesday September 21st.

Rovelli, is a proven manager and his team that switched last season from Triumph to Yamaha and riders Chaz Davies and Luca Scassa have won seven of the nine races so far and Davies could be celebrating the championship title this Sunday at Imola, is at loss of why Yamaha won’t consider his offer.

Speaking to Motosprint.it Rovelli said, “Our plan for next year’s World Superbike championship was to field Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies, who we believe is an emerging talent, but Laurens Klein Koerkamp (Yamaha Motor Europe racing manager) told us they were already in talks with this South African group that I read about in the newspapers. He told us that in our business plan regarding Superbikes there were errors and then he wished me luck with another manufacturer. Too bad, we are in contact with another manufacturer, but it seemed logical and natural that we make this switch to Superbikes with Yamaha.”

Continue reading: Yamaha refuses ParkinGO offer to run WSBK team

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Since Yamaha’s announcement on Monday that they would be withdrawing their World Superbike factory effort, there’s been talk that Yamaha could do a Ducati, that is give their bikes to a private team to run (privateer Carlos Checa isn’t a faring so bad with 10 wins) and that team could be World Supersport team ParkinGO.

The Yamaha ParkinGO team is currently dominating in World Supersports with Chaz Davies (4 wins) and Luca Scassa (2 wins), taking home six out of the eight races so far this season and Giuliano Rovelli who runs the team was already thinking of making the switch to Superbikes as he revealed to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“We are working on it from April,” said the Italian manager. “Yamaha Europe did not seem convinced, but that scenario has changed.”

Rovelli is also in talks with Ducati and Aprilia, if Yamaha should decide not to give him the R1’s at a decent price, but according to the British press it seems that Shaun Muir could represent Yamaha if he should decide to take his Swan Yamaha BSB team into the international scene, now that the World Superbikes are going for the one bike rule and limited testing time.

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Garry McCoy will be returning to the championship after his heavy crash and, riding with the Triumph Italia BE1 team at Portimao. The Australian rider is very well-known for his aggressive riding style.

Team Manager Giuliano Rovelli has said they’ll be trying three motorbikes at Portimao: ” Our goal is to line up three motorbikes at Portimao where we feel confident to have the chance to grab a very good result. I’m really glad to have Garry with us, on a new track where all the teams have no point of reference. Garry’s big experience will be really helpful to carry on our growth.”

Garry McCoy is also happy to have the opportunity to ride for the Triumph Italia BE1 racing bikes. He likes the bike and he believes the Daytona 675 has a big potential, he said: “after the testing session at Mugello, I think that was we could finish in the top five. The test was useful in order to get a feedback about my physical conditions. No problems at all, except a light pain at one rib when I change direction quickly, but I think I’ll be ok within fifteen days at Portimao.”

Source | triumph BE1

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