Team Pedercini is an Italian

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team competing in the

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using

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and in

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with

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motorcycles.

History

The team was founded in 1993 by

Lucio Pedercini Lucio Pedercini (born September 22, 1972) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer and current motorcycle racing team owner. Career Born in Volta Mantovana, he began racing in the Grand Prix world championships in 1992. He had ...

. Pedercini rode in the 500cc World Championship with a ROC-

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until

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, when he switched to

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. The team then extended its participation in the following years also to the Italian Championship and the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship. Pedercini raced with his team until

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, when he retired from racing. The team used

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motorbikes until 2008, when they started using Kawasaki machinery. In

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, the team competed in the World Superbike Championship with riders Alessandro Andreozzi and

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. The also fielded a team in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup consisting of

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, Balazs Nemeth, Romain Lanusse and Javier Alviz. In

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, the team were chosen by Kawasaki to be their satellite team competing in the World Superbike Championship with Javier Alviz and

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riding

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motorcycles.

World Superbike

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Official website
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