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2023 name | Althea Racing Team |
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Base | Civita Castellana, Italy |
Team principal/s | Genesio Bevilacqua |
Race riders | Federico Caricasulo |
Motorcycle | Ducati Panigale V2 |
Tyres | Pirelli |
Riders' Championships | 2011 Carlos Checa WSBK 2011 Davide Giugliano 2016 Raffaele De Rosa STK1000 |
Althea Racing is a motorcycle racing team based in Civita Castellana, Italy. For 2023, the team operates within the Supersport World Championship, as Ducati Althea Racing Team, using one rider only, Federico Caricasulo.
In 2020, the race season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic after the first round in March hosted in Australia; on resumption in August Jordi Torres was replaced by Lorenzo Gabellini for three rounds until Althea's Italian management split from Moriwaki. [1]
Althea previously competed the defunct European Superstock 1000 Championship, winning in 2016 with rider Raffaele De Rosa. [2]
Year | Team | Bike | No | Rider | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts | Constructors | |
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2022 | Althea Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 64 | Federico Caricasulo | SPA 8 | SPA 12 | NED 5 | NED 25 | POR 5 | POR Ret | ITA Ret | ITA 6 | GBR Ret | GBR 4 | CZE Ret | CZE 6 | FRA Ret | FRA 9 | SPA 4 | SPA 6 | POR 3 | POR 4 | ARG 3 | ARG 2 | INA 2 | INA 7 | AUS 7 | AUS 2 | 5th | 222 | 2nd | 368 |
2023 | Althea Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 64 | Federico Caricasulo | AUS 10 | AUS Ret | INA 2 | INA 1 | NED 6 | NED 3 | SPA 5 | SPA 6 | EMI 3 | EMI 4 | GBR 4 | GBR 3 | ITA Ret | ITA Ret | CZE 10 | CZE 11 | FRA 8 | FRA 10 | SPA 4 | SPA 3 | POR 6 | POR 5 | JER 3 | JER 5 | 4th | 258 | 1st | 540 |
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