Pedercini launches full team for 2011

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The largest branch of the Pedercini Team has already had a busy start to the season as Roberto Rolfo and Mark Aitchison have competed in the Superbike World Championship races at Phillip Island and Donington. For the rest of the Pedercini push Assen will be the first round of the season and thus the team decided to have the public launch as a full unit on 2 April, in Monzambano, Italy, near Lake Garda.

During the event the team's Superbike riders Mark Aitchison and Roberto Rolfo were in attendance with their full race versions of the Ninja ZX-10R. Then the three Superstock 1000 FIM Cup riders - Italian Marco Bussolotti, Argentine Leandro "Tati" Mercado and Aussie Bryan Staring - unveiled their new Kawasaki Ninja in its nice aggressive colours.

It was also a good opportunity to introduce the Italian Superstock 1000 and Superbike championships riders. In the Superstock Italian championship Team Pedercini will line up with the same riders as the FIM Cup while in Superbike the riders are Marco Borciani (two-times Italian Superbike champion) and Fulvio Faccietti.

Team owner Donato Pedercini said of the evening: "It is a day to celebrate, with our team reaching 18 years of age. Everything is in place for us to have a good season this year. The team have been working hard in the first two Superbike races. We have a competitive line-up both in Superbike and the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup and I am sure that we will be celebrating the kind of results that we know the team is capable of."

Lucio Pedercini, himself a well-respected WSBK rider before he began to focus on team management full-time, stated: "I am happy that we are able to work this year with two riders of the calibre of Rolfo and Aitchison, while in Superstock our riders are young but very competitive and eager to win. We think this will be a good season for us. Kawasaki have given us a great bike and we are looking forward to Assen and can't wait to get on track for the third race of the Superbike and the first race of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup."