The World Superbike grid will have 21 riders this season as Team Pedercini has chosen Mark Aitchison to be their second rider alongside Roberto Rolfo, over the highly tooted, but reluctant to race in Superbikes Gabor Talmacsi, but also Lukas Pesek and Andrew Pitt, who were all previously in talks with the Italian run Kawasaki team.

The 27-year old Australian isn’t new to the world scene, he debuted in 2007 in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with team Celani, raced in Supersport with the Triumph BE1 and Honda Althea teams.

In 2010 he debuted in the Moto2 CEV Championship with A&R Racing Team but was axed after one round, but he managed to salvage the final part of his season racing in the final four races for World Supersport Honda Kuja Racing team.

Continue reading: Pedercini Superbike team completes line-up with Mark Aitchison

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2009 and 2010 Australian Superbike champion Bryan Staring who’ll be racing with Team Pedercini this year in Superstock FIM Cup 100, will be getting a racing bonus as the Italian team will be fielding him alongside Roberto Rolfo in the season opener at Phillip Island, in the World Superbike race.

This will give Aussie racing fans a chance to see Staring and wildcard entry Josh Waters on the Yoshimura Suzuki compete against each other again, and this could also mean that Gabor Talmacsi who tried out the ZX-10R at the Kawasaki test at Sepang, will not be racing anytime soon for Pedercini.

Source | bikeracing.it

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Kawasaki is going all out to try to ensure that in 2011 they are going to be on the podium, and their upcoming test at Sepang from January 10th to 14th is another example of their intention, with at least nine riders that are going to be testing the 2011 Ninja in Malaysia.

Tom Sykes, Joan Lascorz and Chris Vermeulen, the official Kawasaki SBK riders, add Stuart Easton in case Vermeulen is still not fit enough, and test rider Katsuaki Fujiwara and Team Pedercini’s newly signed Roberto Rolfo.

Pedercini will also be taking to Malaysia all three of their Superstock riders, Marco Bussolotti, Leandro Mercado and the 2010 Australian Superbike champion, Bryan Starling who was suggested to the Italian team by Troy Bayliss.

In a long interview with Motosprint.it Lucio Pedercini confirmed that his team will field a second rider in 2011 alongside Roberto Rolfo, and they’re in talks with numerous riders who are offering themselves to ride for the Kawasaki privateer team. Names on the short list include two former Moto2 riders, Gabor Talmacsi (jobless after the Jack&Jones team folded) and Lukas Pesek (axed from Matteoni Racing). Andrew Pitt’s name is still on the table, if he lowers his economic requests, and Massimo Roccoli is also on the list

Pedercini also confirmed that they will have full technical support from Kawasaki.

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World Superbike and Superstock 1000FIM Cup Team Pedercini in a press release have confirmed that will continue their collaboration with Kawasaki in 2011 and will be using the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that the we saw testing at Suzuka.

In WSBK Team Pedercini currently fields Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco, while in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup the teams is fielding Chris Leeson and Danilo Petrucci, who also races in the Italian CIV.

Team Pedercini:

During the last round of the World Superbike Championship and Superstock 1000 FIM Cup held in Brno, Team Pedercini had an opportunity to meet Kawasaki Europe to discuss the 2011 schedule, especially concerning the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX 10R.

Continue reading: WSBK: Team Pedercini to continue with Kawasaki in 2011

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After being linked to race for DFX, Matteo Baiocco has instead signed a deal with Italian run Team Pedercini and will ride the Kawasaki ZX10R in this year’s World Superbike Championship.

The 26 year old Baiocco, who has experience in the Italian CIV and in Superbikes, last year was one of the unfortunates, who had to switch teams during the season, with the first part of the season riding for financially strapped PSG-1 Corse and with Guandalini Racing in the final rounds.

Baiocco will team up with WSBK rookie Roger Lee Hayden, who got his first taste of WSBK testing at Portimao in January, but was almost dead last in the unofficial test times while on his learning curve, getting used to the new track, new tires and overcoming the language barrier.

Source | matteobaiocco

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Roger Lee Hayden won’t be heading to Moto2 in 2010, but will debut in the World Superbike Championship on a Kawasaki with Team Pedercini..

Roger Lee is the youngest of the Hayden brothers and has raced in the AMA Superspsort and Superbike class He placed second in the AMA 600 Supersport class to his brother Tommy in 2004 and 2005 and in 2006 was nominated Rookie of the Year and in 2007 won AMA Supersport Championship.

Hayden will be the only American on the WSBK grid after Ben Spies’ departure to MotoGP. Team Pedercini is still negotiating with several Italian and Spanish riders to complete their rider line up.

Roger Lee Hayden:

“I’m really happy to compete in the World Superbike championship with team Pedercini. I always wanted to join a team in World Superbikes and now this dream has come true. I know it will be a completely different experience compared to my past, but I feel ready to face this new challenge. I’ve already ridden the Kawasaki AMA Superbike so everything won’t be completely new to me. It will be fun and exciting racing and learning new circuits, apart from my home race in Salt Lake at Miller Motorsports Park. My first contact with my new team will be at Portimao late January and really can’t wait to get back on a bike.”

Continue reading: WSBK - Roger Lee Hayden signs with Team Pedercini

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