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We'd pre-announced it almost a year ago and now the news is official: in 2018 the SBK will travel to Argentina, for the first time in its history. Hosting the round will be the brand new Villicum Circuit, still under construction, located in the province of San Juan.
The Argentinian designer and architect Leonardo Stella, who has planned a track that will be 4. 2 kilometres long, with 19 corners of which 11 left-handers and 8 right-handers. The new track is located along the symbolic Route 40, a road 5000 km in length that divides Argentina and offers various tourist attractions along its route.
With this addition to the calendar, Argentina will become the 26th country to host a SBK weekend. If it all goes to plan, the track's international homologation will be confirmed later this year and the production-derived bikes will race at the new facility for 3 years. Interestingly, the news was confirmed today, while the MotoGP is racing at Rio Hondo, also in Argentina.
Carmelo Ezpeleta is pleased about the news: “knowing that the SBK will race in Argentina is great news - declared the Dorna CEO- and a big step forward. Soon Argentina will have both the MotoGP and the SBK, proving that the local people's passion for bikes is strong and well established”.
