Triumph Confirms 2011 World Supersport Commitments

Triumph BE1 Racing will enter the 2011 Supersport World Championship with an exciting line-up of British star Chaz Davies and all-action Italian rider Luca Scassa racing the factory Daytona 675s.

Davies, 23, stays with the squad for his second full season on the three-cylinder Triumph. The British racer currently lies fourth in the 2010 Supersport World Championship standings, having finished on the podium three times this season.

Meanwhile former Italian supersport champion Scassa, known to his many fans as 'The Rocker' will be making his debut in the middleweight class with Triumph. The 27-year-old from Arezzo is a popular figure in the international paddock and has been one of the sensations of this year's world superbike campaign, scoring several impressive qualifying performances and a string of top 10 finishes on a privately entered Ducati.

"I'm really happy to be doing a second year with Triumph and BE1 Racing", commented Davies. "It's a long time since I have been in that situation and I really want to take advantage of all the good work that we've done this year. I enjoy working with this team and we have plans to further develop the Daytona 675. We have shown this year that we can run at the front and we can only move forward in 2011".

Scassa added: "I have been riding 1000cc bikes in recent years but I have experience of supersport racing from the Italian championship. I am looking forward to riding the Daytona 675. This will be my first experience of a three cylinder bike and I think that the extra torque will prove advantageous at some tracks. BE1 Racing has ambitions to be at the very top and one of my motivations for signing is that I can see the desire to win in the eyes of Giuliano Rovelli (owner of BE1 Racing). It is important for me to be racing with a factory team again and I can see the great progress that Triumph has made in the championship over the past few years".

Owner Giuliano Rovelli said: "The renewal of Chaz's contract is the logical result of the excellent job he has done throughout the season. As well as getting onto the podium, Chaz has proved that he can take advantage of every situation thanks to the serenity with which he tackles his job and his exceptional poker of concentration. I'm convinced that as he is still young he's still got a lot of time to improve. Luca Scassa is the big news for 2011, he has impressed me for the determination he takes onto the track. He and Chaz will make up a strong pairing".

In addition to running Triumph's official entry in the Supersport World Championship, BE1 Racing will again run the ParkinGO European Series, a monomarque championship run at selected Superbike World Championship rounds using Triumph machinery.

Vittorio Iannuzzo signs with Triumph

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing and Vittorio Iannuzzo have reached a deal that will see the latter race in the second half of World Supersport. The Italian will ride the Daytona 675 starting from the next round, held at Misano Adriatico and will therefore fill the void left by Jason DiSalvo's departure. Iannuzzo, who has been racing in Superbike in the last few seasons, won the European Superstock title with team Alstare in the seat of a Suzuki in 2003. He made his Superbike debut on the same machine the year after. Despite being born in 1982, Iannuzzo has raced for 12 seasons at world level and has the experience to reach important goals.

Vittorio Iannuzzo

Vittorio Iannuzzo: "I was close to signing with the team two years ago, now we've finally reached the deal. I'm sure I can score important results and I will work hard to get to grips with the bike as soon as possible. I'm going to be a factory rider yet again and this makes me really proud, so I would like to thank Giuliano Rovelli for giving me this opportunity. I haven't raced in Supersport for 5 years, my last season in the competition was in fact in the seat of a Suzuki, racing for team Alstare, where I scored great results. Now that I have more experience, I'm confident I can do even better".

Giuliano Rovelli: "After DiSalvo quit, we have received interesting proposals, but we chose Vittorio because we believe he possesses the talent to battle with the front runners right away and his riding style fits our machine's characteristics. I wish him the best of luck for his debut at Misano".

WSS '10 Round 3 | Valencia, day 1

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing's goal for tomorrow is qualifying in the front row. The result could have been obtained today but David Salom finished fifth, just two hundreds of a second off of fourth place. His teammate Chaz Davies finished just behind him to take sixth.

Chaz Davies

Jason Di Salvo had to settle for ninth place due to some drop in performance from the engine in the most important phase of the session, while Matthieu Lagrive is still trying to improve his feeling with the bike.

DAVID SALOM | Triumph Daytona 675 | 5th in 1'36.792 : "We started working on the fork early in the morning in order to improve the feeling when entering the corner. We reached a very good setup, which allowed me to go faster by almost a second compared to the test. We can however improve and hopefully will qualify in the front row tomorrow".

CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 6th in 1'36.933 : "I have the same goal as my teammate: the front row. We're almost there setup-wise, hopefully will get a better feeling when entering the corner. Although this is my first race at Valencia, I liked the track from the first laps".

JASON DI SALVO | Triumph Daytona 675 | 9th in 1'37.658 : "I know I could've done better if it wasn't for that engine issue. We've made however some progress suspension-wise and now the bike fits my riding style. I hope to redeem myself tomorrow".

MATTHIEU LAGRIVE | Triumph Daytona 675 | 13th in 1'38.453 : "My feeling with the bike keeps getting better lap after lap. I just hope to catch up with the others and start some racing".

Qualifying 1st Session:

1 37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.319
2 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.585
3 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.709
4 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.778
5 25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.792
6 7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.933
7 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.532
8 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.541
9 40 DiSalvo J. (USA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.658
10 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.020
11 99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'38.143
12 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.355
13 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'38.453
14 5 Lundh A. (SWE) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.608
15 4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.309

Event Schedule:

Saturday
09.45-10.30 45' W SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE
16.05-16.50 45' W SUPERSPORT QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Sunday
09.50-10.10 20' W SUPERSPORT WARM UP
13.30 W SUPERSPORT RACE (23 LAPS KM. 92.115)

Broadcast Schedule:

Eurosport(Pan European)
Sunday 11 April 2010 Supersport 19:30 - 20:00 Delayed

Eurosport 2(Pan European)
Sunday 11 April 2010 Supersport Race 13:00 - 14:00 LIVE

TV Broadcast of ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing Launch

Eurosport International and Italian network La7 will broadcast the presentation of Triumph and ParkinGO' s planned programmes for 2010.

The two networks will air the event, starting on Wednesday March 17th with a press conference launching the Triumph ParkinGO European Series and Factory Team Triumph ParkinGO BE1, who is back from the Australian WSS round.

Journalists from the most important motorcycle publications will attend the event. At Valencia, they will have the opportunity to test both standard and Supersport Daytona 675 and the Street Triple R, machine that will be used in the Triumph ParkinGO European Series . The challenge will start on the 11th of April at the Valencia circuit.

WSS '10 Round 1 | Phillip Island, day 1

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing kicked off the season with two practice sessions which determined the provisional starting grid of round 1 of World Supersport. The team did improve considerably compared to this week's testing as Chaz Davies set the sixth fastest time, just three tenths behind the pole position. Sebastien Charpentier finished ninth and adapted the bike to his riding style while Jason Di Salvo found a better feeling with the track improving his position compared to the test. The only bad piece of news was a banal failure of communication between the Spanish and international Federations due to an erroneus license number which prevented David Salom from racing today.

The bike livery that the "Four Musketeers" will be racing on this season was also unveiled on this occasion.

CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 6th in 1'34.939: "I improved my performance by over half a second compared to the test in the third section but I can do better. We're trying to get more grip in that section of the track and hopefully finish in row one".

SEBASTIEN CHARPENTIER | Triumph Daytona 675 | 9th in 1'36.039: "I tried out different cycle part solutions today as well. I'm starting to know the bike better. I think I'm on the right path and I'm confident I can further improve tomorrow".

JASON DI SALVO | Triumph Daytona 675 | 10th in 1'36.208: "I did very well in the first lap right away and finished seventh. We then tried to push a little bit more but that setup solution didn't help us improve although we made a tremendous amount of progress since the test. My goal for tomorrow is to get a better starting position".
 
Free Practice 1st Session:
 
1  26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'34.629
2  50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.634
3  54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.683
4  37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'34.783
5  51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.918
6   7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 1'34.939
7  99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'35.233
8 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'35.762
9  16 Charpentier S. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.039
10  40 DiSalvo J. (USA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.208
11 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.295
12  55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.345
13   4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.015
14   5 Lundh A. (SWE) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.608
15   9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.402

Event Schedule:

TIMING (GMT+11)
 
Saturday    
09.45-10.30  45'  W SUPERSPORT  FREE PRACTICE
16.05-16.50  45'  W SUPERSPORT  QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Sunday    
09.50-10.10  20'  W SUPERSPORT  WARM UP
13.30   W SUPERSPORT  RACE (21 LAPS KM. 93.345)