Video provided courtesy Daniella Malena.
American Rossi Moor finished 11th while racing as a wild card in the CIV Aprilia RS 660 Cup season finale Sunday at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola, in Italy. Riding a spec Aprilia RS 660 supported by BK Corse and MMR Racing, 16-year-old Moor led several laps of the race, including the penultimate lap, then crashed on the final lap. He was able to remount and finish 11th.
The race was won by Filippo Bianchi by 1.449 seconds over pole-sitter Edoardo Colombi with Edoardo Maria Savioli placing third.
More, from a press release issued by Fairium NGRT:
INCREDIBLEWEEKEND FOR ROSSI MOOR AT IMOLA WITH BITTERSWEET ENDING
Rossi Moor was invited by BK Corse Aprilia Racing to take part in the last round of the CIV, the national Italian championship. This was Rossi’s first time at Imola, and his first experience on the Aprilia RS 660.
On Friday, he had two free practices on the new bike and immediately showed his capability to run at the front with the fastest. On Saturday’s combined qualifying practice, with a lap time of 1:58.450, Rossi took the second position on the grid, only 0.350 from the lap record.
With this result, Rossi was looking for a very good result from the Sunday race. He started strong, and for the first few laps was in the pack with Bianchi and Colombi. By lap 4, Rossi had taken the lead position, and the three riders diced for several laps. Rossi led the pack onto the front straight through laps 8, 9, and 10. In the last corner before the Variante Bassa on the final lap, due to an unlucky technical issue, Rossi laid the bike down. He picked it back up and captured 12th place.
Overall, the racing weekend was an incredible experience for Rossi in a very strong championship with very strong riders. It proved that Rossi is ready to step up to the Twin Cup category.
Rossi Moor: It’s been an incredible weekend, first time at such a historic track like Imola, with a bike I’ve never rode before. Friday I got the feeling fairly quickly with the bike, it’s a very different riding style then the RC 390 I rode this year. It was similar to the bikes I train with and it suits my riding style very well so I was able to adapt fast with this fantastic bike. Going into the race I had a great feeling, I had pace to go in first and battle until the last lap where due to a unlucky technical issue it ended my race a few corners short. I would like to thank the BK Corse-MMR Racing Team for allowing me to have such a great experience, my dad, Jesse Davis my mechanics this weekend, Eddy my telemetryst from whom I learned a lot of things about the bike and track, I would like to thank you Massimo Rivola of Aprilia Racing, Giacomo Moresco, Massimiliano Morlacchi, Massimiliano Marcon of BK Corse-MMR racing for the opportunity.
Favaro Stefano (Rossi’s Manager): I’m very happy about the whole weekend of Rossi and I’m really very sad for what happened in the last lap. Rossi showed that is ready for the next step in his career, we are planing to be in MotoAmerica in 2024 in the Twins Cup category. Also I would like to thank you very much Massimo Rivola of Aprilia Racing, Giacomo Moresco, Massimiliano Morlacchi and Massimiliano Marcon of BK Corse-MMR Racing to believe in Rossi and give him this possibiity.
Giacomo Moresco (BKCorse): Rossi Moor was a big surprise for all of us, considering that he had never ridden an Aprilia RS 660 and after only one day of test, was able to ride on a track like Imola and reach such amazing results and shows the incredible skills of the rider. We would like to work with Rossi going forward because of his young age. The show that he put on on the track was adrenaline-filled. Unfortunately, he did not finish the race as he deserved. But he was one of the riders that shined the most this weekend.
