After the cruel death of Marco Simoncelli during the race during the 2011 Malaysian GP, his father Paolo created to honor his memory a team, a “Corsican squadra”, which from 2013 featured Devis Bergamini and Diego Goretti in the Italian Championship Moto3 125 2-stroke. This team has grown, with for example in 2015 two riders in CIV Moto3, two in Pre Moto3, one in MotoGP Rookies Cup and two in Moto3 FIM CEV Junior.
Paolo Simoncelli's organization being impeccable, Dorna accepted his registration in the Moto3 World Championship for this year. The SIC58 Squadra Corse was presented at the end of January at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, with its drivers Tatsuki Suzuki and Tony Arbolino.
“It seemed to me that we had achieved our goal when we arrived in the Moto3 World Championship, explained Paolo Simoncelli, but now I see that we have to start from the beginning. The team is preparing and once we have the right structure we will start testing. We hope we will make it to Qatar. We have a good team, a good crew chief, and two good drivers. What are we missing? We hope we will be in the lead. »
Tatsuki suzuki was born on September 24, 1997 and after racing in CEV he was integrated into the structure ofAlain Bronec the CIP Team to debut in the Grand Prix. Twenty-eighth in the Moto3 championship in 2015, he moved up one place last year, finishing twenty-seventh. For the Japanese, “ The goal is to try to finish in the top five in the World Championship, because I have gained a lot of experience in the last two years. Now I have to use this experience and I think the team can help me do that. It is possible to obtain good results. »
Tony Arbolino won the CIV PreMoto2014 3 125T Championship in 2 already with the “Sic58 Squadra Corse”. In 2015, he placed twelfth in the CEV Moto3 (Junior World Championship), then ninth last year.
Honored this presentation with their unwavering friendship Charles Pernat (Marco's manager, and who told us he was partially involved in team communication, in the broad sense), Fausto Gresini (Marco’s team manager) and Claudio costa (founder of Clinica Mobile).
The SIC58 Squadra Corse team took part in its first tests in Valencia today.
