MV Agusta makes its official return to racing with the russian YAKHNICH MOTORSPORT team

Varese, 14 November 2013 - More than 37 years after its last success in the World Championship, MV Agusta makes its official return to championship racing.

The historic Italian brand that has one of the most significant trophy collections in the history of motorcycling, with 37 constructors’ and 38 rider world championship titles, has said "yes" to an official return to competition and it will do it thanks to an agreement made over the last few days between the President of MV Agusta Motor S.p.A., Giovanni Castiglioni, and Alexander Yakhnich, owner of Yakhnich Motorsport. 

The Russian Yakhnich Motorsport team has already shown that they are one of the strongest teams in the racing world by winning the 2013 World Supersport title, just two years after their rookie year in the championship.

Since Yakhnich Motorsport is the organiser of the World Superbike round in Russia, the cooperation with them will also be important in terms of international relations between Italy and Russia.

In fact, the agreement signed by the Italian manufacturer and the Russian team results in the formation of the Official “MV Agusta Reparto Corse - Yakhnich Motorsport” Team, which will participate in the World Superbike and World Supersport Championships starting in the 2014 season.

MV Agusta and Yakhnich Motorsport will be jointly committed to developing the bike for World Superbike and Supersport. They will also closely work together to build replica bikes for satellite teams that may decide to race with the glorious Italian brand.

With this agreement MV Agusta and Yakhnich Motorsport also anticipate a long-term cooperation, so as to develop important commercial, industrial and communication synergies together in the Russian territory. 

The goal for the 2014 season is to compete as a key player in Supersport, in which the F3 has already demonstrated a high level of competitiveness in 2013, and to develop the F4 RR for the Superbike World Championship (Factory derivative category) in anticipation of being a leading protagonist in the 2015 season.

The MV Agusta Reparto Corse - Yakhnich Motorsport team will debut with two riders in the Supersport class and one rider in Superbike, whose names will be announced by the end of November.

Yakhnich Motorsport and MV Agusta will be fully committed to renewing the glory of the historic Italian brand and building a new history for Yakhnich Motorsport.

At the contract signing Giovanni Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta, had this to say: "The official return to racing is a very important and ambitious step for MV Agusta. However, my decision came from the heart. Racing was always my father's great passion and he led his companies to victory in every speciality: from the 500 Class and the Paris-Dakar with the legendary Cagiva to the first world championships won in Superbike with Ducati and on dirt with Husqvarna. But his true dream was to see MV race again. I am very proud to be able to see that happen." 

Alexander Yakhnich, President of Yakhnich Motorsport said: “We worked hard to achieve great results in 2013. With MV Agusta, new and important opportunities are opened up to us. We are very pleased with this agreement and we are counting on fresh victories very soon.”