Althea Racing is a

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team based in

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, Italy. For 2019, two versions of the team operate within the

World Superbike Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded in ...

, as

Moriwaki Moriwaki Engineering is a Japanese manufacturer of speciality high performance products and motorcycle accessories. __TOC__ Company founder Mamoru Moriwaki is a Japanese motorcycle tuner, race team owner and founder of Moriwaki Engineering, a ...

Althea Honda Team having two riders in conjunction with HRC,Fast Talk – Midori Moriwaki
''Australian Motorcycle News'', 2 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019 and as Althea MIE Racing Team with one rider using

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motorcycles. In 2020, the race season was disrupted by the

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after the first round in March hosted in Australia; on resumption in August

Jordi Torres Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and . He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...

was replaced by Lorenzo Gabellini for three rounds until Althea's Italian management split from Moriwaki. Althea previously competed the defunct

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, winning in 2016 with rider

Raffaele De Rosa Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016. Career 125cc World Championship ...

.Italian rider steps in as full-time Althea BMW Racing Team rider
WorldSBK.com, 26 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019

Race Results

World Supersport Championship

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