For the fifth consecutive year, the Piaggio Group and Aprilia Racing are devoting the last race of the MotoGP season to supporting the work of (RED), the association founded in 2006 by Bono and Bobby Shriver.
Since its creation, (RED) has been active in the fight against neonatal HIV/AIDS and, in this difficult year 2020, also against Covid-19.
(RED) and Aprilia Racing are together to raise awareness among the vast audience of MotoGP fans about issues such as the often underestimated or even forgotten AIDS and the extremely topical fight to prevent the spread of Covid. These are social awareness battles in which the entire motorcycling community and all motorcycle enthusiasts can join, by participating in the Shopathon campaign launched on Wednesday where PRODUCT(RED) items are produced, the sales of which directly contribute to supporting the Global Fund . One of these products is the UMask, worn specifically by the entire team throughout the Portimão race weekend.
(RED) brings together the world's most iconic brands and millions of people in a monumental challenge to permanently eradicate diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Since its founding, (RED) has contributed $650 million to the Global AIDS Fund and the assistance provided by (RED) has impacted the entire population, through outreach activities. prevention, care, advice and assistance service.
Aleix Espargaro: “I am proud to see that my team, Aprilia Racing, is once again alongside (RED) this year for such an important goal. This year has been complicated and initiatives like (RED) are the concrete hope of being able to win the battle against pandemics. »
Lorenzo Savadori: “MotoGP has a huge following around the world and all fans of our sport can help us support an important initiative like the one that (RED) is leading and to which I am honored to contribute. »
David Zanolini, Marketing and Communication Director of the Piaggio Group : “Especially in this extremely difficult year, the Piaggio group could not fail to provide its constant support to RED and the Global Fund, not only with the Vespa, as we do throughout the year, but also with the the Aprilia Racing team which, for five years now, has set out, voluntarily and in a great spirit of collaboration, to raise awareness throughout the racing world of major health problems such as AIDS and now also COVID-19, in particularly for children from the most disadvantaged areas of our planet. »
