Melandri Signed By Telefonica Movistar Honda For 2005 MotoGP World Championship

Melandri Signed By Telefonica Movistar Honda For 2005 MotoGP World Championship

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From a press release issued by Telefonica Movistar Honda/Gresini Racing:

THE TEAM TELEFONICA MOVISTAR HONDA MOTOGP IS NOW COMPLETE

Marco Melandri signed today with Fausto Gresini for the 2005 season

FAENZA (10.11.2004) – Today the Gresini Racing and Marco Melandri reached an agreement for the 2005 season. The young Italian will ride a RC211V with the Telefonica MoviStar Honda MotoGP Team as Sete Gibernau’s new team mate.

Thanks to this agreement, the Team is now complete and Fausto Gresini will line up next year the 22 year old 250 World Champion together the experienced Sete Gibernau, MotoGP Vice Champion for the second year in a row.

Fausto Gresini, team Manager:

“I’m very satisfied and proud to announce that Marco Melandri will ride for us next season. We tried to do something together since Marco moved on the 250 class but we never succeeded, now we have finally reached an agreement thanks to the support of Telefonica MoviStar and Honda. I’m sure that we can offer Marco the right atmosphere to work and that he will give us many satisfactions.

Being an Italian team, we are very happy to have an Italian rider, the last time it happened was in the 1999 with Loris Capirossi. Today starts a new adventure and we are ready for it.”

Marco Melandri:

“I’m enthusiast to become part of this team that it’s more than a team for me, it is a family. We have worked hard to reach this agreement and now that we made it I’m much more serene. I’m motivated and ready for this new challenge, I look forward to it and would like to start as soon as possible.”

After having signed in Faenza where Fausto Gresini has the offices, he went to visit the Race department in Misano Adriatico. Together with Fabrizio Cecchini, his Chief mechanic, they started to prepare the forthcoming season.

Marco Melandri will ride the RCV211 for the first time in occasion on the next test session scheduled at Jerez de la Frontera on the 24th, 25th and 26th of November.



Marco Melandri
Date of birth: 7.08.1982
Place of birth: Ravenna (Italia)
World Titles: 1 – World Champion 250 (year 2002)

Carreer
1997 Italian Championship 125GP (Honda)
winner of Honda trophy 125 Rs
1997 European Championship 125 (Honda) 4th classified
1998 World Champion 125 (Honda) 3rd classified (2 victories)
1999 World Champion 125 (Honda) 2nd classified (5 victories)
2000 World Champion 250 (Aprilia) 5th classified
2001 World Champion 250 (Aprilia) 3rd classified
(1 victory, 8 podiums)
2002 250 World Champion (Aprilia)
2003 MotoGP World Champion (Yamaha) 15th classified
2004 MotoGP World Champion (Yamaha) 12th classified (2podiums)

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