30 years of Gresini Racing: In honour of MotoGP icon Marco Simoncelli

The Gresini Racing team has been a fixture in the GP paddock for 30 years. To mark this milestone anniversary in style, Gresini will compete in Sunday’s Grand Prix at Misano with a special livery.

The colours will be those that accompanied the Italian Marco Simoncelli during his brief MotoGP career. The livery was unveiled on Thursday evening in the presence of Paolo Simoncelli – Marco’s father – Carmelo and Carlos Ezpeleta, Ducati Corse CEO Gigi Dall’Igna, and the entire Gresini team led by Nadia Padovani.

Alex Márquez and Fermin Aldeguer will therefore be racing in white and red on Sunday at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Both the Ducati Desmosedici bikes and the riders’ leather suits are decked out in these iconic colours.

Die Vorstellung des Simoncelli-Designs in Misano

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Marco Simoncelli: The tragic death of the 250cc World Champion

Marco Simoncelli was born in Cattolica, just a few kilometres from the circuit. In 2008, he became World Champion in the 250cc class. In 2010, Simoncelli contested his first MotoGP season with Gresini Racing. On 23 October 2011, he was killed in a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang. Marco Simoncelli was just 24 years old.

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In 1997, Gresini Racing contested its first season in the 500cc class of the Motorcycle World Championship. Their first rider was Alex Barros – riding a Honda NSR 500 V, the Brazilian finished 9th in the overall standings. To date, the team has secured four riders’ titles in the World Motorcycle Championship: Daijiro Kato (250cc, 2001), Toni Elias (Moto2, 2010), Jorge Martín (Moto3, 2018) and Matteo Ferrari (MotoE World Cup, 2019). The Italian team currently competes in MotoGP and Moto2.

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Foto: Gresini Racing