Scuderia SC Caracchi ROBERTO ROLFO AND STEFANO CARACCHI TOGETHER FOR CHALLENGE 2006 WORLD SUPERBIKE (Bologna 2006, January 1) Last Thursday, December 29, has been signed an agreement for 2006 World Superbike series between the fast Italian rider Roberto Rolfo and Scuderia SC Caracchi. After a MotoGP apprenticeship season with a Ducati Desmosedici GP04, Rolfo will go on to defend the Italian firm colours riding the Ducati 999F05. The first tests on the new bike are scheduled from 6 to 8 January at Valencia Circuit. Stefano Caracchi doesn’t cover his satisfaction for this agreement. “Roberto is one of the most interesting young riders of world motorcycle racing arena, coupling his youth with a large experience. More, he as the experience of a full season with the MotoGP and so he has the knowledge of four strokes engines, also if there are several differences between MotoGP and Superbike. I believe that Roby, who has been a first class star in 250GP arena winning 3 world events, could successful follow the Marco Melandri’s winning model after a short apprenticeship, the fee to pay in a Championship which becomes, season after season, harder for a non-works team, looking at the efforts in money and technology that the work-supported teams invest in this series. We have to approach the championship with unpretentiousness and well knowing our possibilities, but I’m confident we’ll be able to offer to Roby Rolfo the possibilities that his talent, in which we have full trust, deserves. More if we want to look also at the statistics and curiosity of our agreement we could see as Roberto won 3 world events and reach 18 times the world podium in his career, just like the Scuderia SC, and well Roby picked as racing symbol a smiling wolf, likewise the logo of the historic Scuderia NCR, from which Scuderia SC is the natural heir; we are hoping that this will means a positive and successful season for both of us.” Roberto Rolfo profile and highlights Born in Torino 1980, March 23 102 starts in 250GP and 17 in MotoGP, 3 wins in 250GP (Germany and Australia 2003, Spain 2004), 18 world podiums As a teenager he raced in the 125 Production Italian Championship and in the 250 Aprilia Trophy, but soon graduated to European Championship to finish 3rd in 1997. Roberto’s GP debut was as a wild card entry in the 1996 Mugello GP. 1998 was his first full GP season with Honda, finishing 14th overall in the 250cc class. He remained in the 250 championship for the 1999, finishing 14th with Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia. For the 2000 season Roberto rode with a wild card on an Aprilia 2500 for Racing Factory, finished 16th overall; in the 2001 season he rode an Aprilia 250 for team LCR finishing 4th and he won the Michel Metraux Trophy as best rider on a non-works bike. In 2002 riding an official Honda for Gresini Team he finished 3rd at the end of the season, being first Honda classified; in 2003 he finished 2nd in the 250 class with the Team Gresini Honda. In the 2004 season he rode a Team Fortuna Honda, ending 8th overall. Moved to MotoGP in 2005 on a Ducati Desmosedici GP04 for Team D’Antin, finished 18th overall.