Althea Racing

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Althea Racing
2023 nameAlthea Racing Team
Base Civita Castellana, Italy
Team principal/sGenesio Bevilacqua
Race riders Flag of Italy.svg 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.

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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]

Race Results

World Supersport Championship

YearTeamBikeNoRider123456789101112PointsRCPointsTCPointsMC
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2022 Althea Racing Ducati Panigale V2 64 Flag of Italy.svg 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
2225th2228th3682nd
2023 Althea Racing Ducati Panigale V2 64 Flag of Italy.svg 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
4th2582584th5401st
2024 Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2 5 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Antonelli AUS
Ret
AUS
17
SPA
9
SPA
18
NED
15
NED
4
ITA
23
ITA
9
GBR
19
GBR
16
CZE
27
CZE
18
POR
Ret
POR
13
FRA
30
FRA
21
ITA
Ret
ITA
DNS
SPA
13
SPA
Ret
POR
16
POR
14
SPA
9
SPA
13
4617th5615th5561st
43 Flag of Denmark.svg Simon Jespersen AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA POR POR SPA
18
SPA
20
049th
74 Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Biesiekirski AUS AUS SPA
17
SPA
Ret
NED
21
NED
12
ITA
18
ITA
15
GBR
18
GBR
17
CZE
Ret
CZE
Ret
POR
16
POR
16
FRA
29
FRA
15
ITA
17
ITA
18
SPA
15
SPA
18
POR
13
POR
DNS
SPA SPA 1026th
2025 Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2 35 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Taccini AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA POR POR SPA SPA 0*NC*0*NC*0*NC*
43 Flag of Denmark.svg Simon Jespersen AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA POR POR SPA SPA 0*NC*

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References

  1. MIE Honda scales down to one bike after Althea split motorsport.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020
  2. Italian rider steps in as full-time Althea BMW Racing Team rider WorldSBK.com, 26 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019