Only three tenths of a second separated Luca Scassa from his first victory in the Italian Superbike Championship. At Vallelunga Circuit near Rome last weekend during the third round of the championship, the official rider of Team UnionBike Gimotorsports MV Agusta got off to an excellent start and was in the lead at the end of the first lap. After gaining a sufficient gap on championship leader Claudio Corti, Luca conceded the lead of the race to Luca Conforti's Honda with the intention of playing his cards toward
Following on from last season racing in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, 18-year-old Tommy Bridewell has secured a deal to race in not one, but two major European Championships in 2008. The Devizes, Wiltshire rider will contest the Italian Superbike Championship armed with a pair of Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7's and as well as that, he'll be gunning for glory in the Suzuki GSX-R 750 European Cup where he'll be taking on some of the best up-and-coming riders in the world.