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The rumor had circulated at the winter tests and in Australia, now the confirmation has come. Lucio Pedercini also renounces the Barcelona and Assen rounds after the Phillip Island one, but will be regularly at the start of World Superbike. He will do so starting with the Misano round, scheduled for mid-June, relying again on Isaac Vinales, who is committed to Kawasaki.
Despite some rumors of an alleged withdrawal spread in recent hours, apparently groundless, the team has denied the rumors, confirming its commitment to World Superbike.
Below is the statement.
TPR Team Pedercini Racing is forced to change its plans regarding the 2024 racing season. In a difficult situation for the entire world economy, some sponsors have recently had to review their support for Lucio Pedercini's team. This has led to a change in the program that was initially established and which in any case did not include participation in the first round of WorldSBK held in Australia.
The level of the premier class of the Superbike world championship is increasingly high and requires a very important economic and technical commitment, for this reason, in light of the recent changes in its budget, TPR has decided to forgo the next two rounds in Barcelona and Assen and then start its season in Misano Adriatico, and subsequently dispute all the events scheduled on the calendar, with the confirmed Spanish rider Isaac Vinales.
As a reminder, Team Pedercini has been present in World Superbike since 1998 and is therefore the one that has competed the most races, first with Ducati bikes (Lucio has raced an impressive 176 races with the Italian red, a record surpassed only a few years ago by Chaz Davies) and later with Kawasaki bikes.
Lucio Pedercini then clarifies, "I am very sorry not to be able to participate in the next two rounds in Barcelona and Assen, but unfortunately our budget has changed only a few weeks before the second round in Catalunya. This does not preclude our participation in World Superbike 2024, but I felt it was right to take the time to strengthen our team not only technically, but also in terms of our structure. It makes no sense to take on one of the most difficult and competitive championships in the world without having the proper means and preparation. We will use the time between now and the Misano round to carry out some tests and work on a general strengthening of our team, so that we can present ourselves at our best at the first Italian round of WorldSBK 2024."
Automatic Translation by DeepL
