This weekend’s upcoming round of the World Superbike Championship at Monza will not only see Yukio Kagayama debuting with the famous Yoshimura Suzuki racing team, but also an Italian CIV team.

Fabrizio Pellizzon and Federico Sandi who race in the CIV championship for Team Gabrielli and will wild card in the fifth round with their official Aprilia RSV4 F machines.

In the CIV, Team Gabrielli mount Michelin tires so the team will have their work cut out for them in order to adjust to the Pirelli tires, who are the sole tire supplier for the World Superbike championship.

Monza Entry List after the jump:

Continue reading: WSBK: Italian CIV Team to Wildcard at Monza with Aprilia Bikes

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World Superbike Team Reitwagen BMW sat out last weekend’s fourth championship round, a delay due to economic difficulties with some of the investors in the team and some internal restructuring that forced the Austrian based team make the difficult decision to skip Assen.

Andrew Pitt, one of the team’s two riders, speaking to Motonline.com says that his new team aims to be back for the upcoming round at Monza, that takes place on May 7-9.

“Obviously I’m disappointed that I’m a spectator here at Assen and I love this circuit. I found out we were not racing here during the week. I’m told there is some financial restructuring going on and that there is no point racing until the bike can be further developed, so the aim is to make a comeback at Monza.”

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