Misano sees intense PR build-up for WSBK riders
With just a day to go before the eighth round of this year's HANNspree
FIM Superbike World Championship, a series of collateral activities
involving riders, teams and public have been confirmed in the build-up
to this weekend's San Marino event.
PR activities for the protagonists of the WSB championship get underway
on the morning of Thursday 18 June with the traditional pre-event
press conference organized in the historic centre of San Marino, where
riders representing the seven manufacturer supported teams (Max Biaggi,
Aprilia; Ruben Xaus, BMW; Noriyuki Haga, Ducati; Carlos Checa, Honda;
Broc Parkes, Kawasaki; Yukio Kagayama, Suzuki; Ben Spies, Yamaha) will
be introduced to the San Marino authorities and meet the national and
international press. The 7 riders will subsequently try their hand at
a crossbow mini-tournament and inaugurate the exhibition "San Marino
Superbike Expo". The appointment is scheduled for 11.15 in the office
of the Secretary of State for Tourism and Sport of the Republic of San
Marino.
Later in the afternoon the Open Paddock in the Misano World Circuit
will give fans an opportunity to get close up with their Superbike
and Supersport heroes, as the riders take part in the traditional
autograph session in the SBK Paddock Show. Entry is free of charge and
the autograph session lasts from 2pm until 5.30pm.
The intense pre-Misano media day comes to an enjoyable end in the
evening at Bagno Romina 8&9 (Pierfrancesco Chili's lido at Misano
Adriatico) with a Beach Tennis Challenge involving top riders (Michel
Fabrizio, Ben Spies, Tom Sykes, Ruben Xaus, Leon Haslam, Karl
Muggeridge, Jonathan Rea and Jakub Smrz) who will each be teamed up with
a professional beach tennis player. The tennis action gets underway
at 6pm, and it will be followed by a canoeing challenge between WSBK
riders, beach tennis players, media and an Infront/sponsors team.
DediKated to SuperBike
And again at Pierfrancesco Chili's bathing establishment, an initiative
called "DediKated to SuperBike" has been organized by the Italian rider
for media and friends. DediKated to Superbike is in memory of the late
Japanese rider Daijiro Kato, who lost his life in 2003 and who spent
much of his free time in and around Misano.
-credit: wsbk
