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Dorna and Telecom Italia renew agreement with TIM sponsorship
Dorna Sports S.L. and Telecom Italia are extremely pleased to announce the prolongation of their relationship for a further three years, which will include the continued presence of the company’s brand on trackside signage as well as the title sponsorship of the Grand Premio d’Italia TIM at Mugello. The relationship between Dorna and Telecom Italia is already well established, having started in 2005, and the company’s widely-recognised brands has until now been their most visual presence in the MotoGP World Championship.
From 2010 TIM will be the chosen title brand of Telecom Italia in MotoGP, with the company’s image continuing to be seen by millions of MotoGP fans around the world thanks to its prominent visual existence on turns and bridges in several events, as well as the title sponsorship of the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM.
Dorna Sports S.L. Managing Director Pau Serracanta said: “We’re delighted with this agreement because after so many years supporting teams and events of the Championship, Telecom Italia still believes that it is a very good option to remain involved in MotoGP. Moreover, it is always a pleasure to sign an agreement with a company with whom we share the same philosophy of a constant technological evolution.”
“With the long term renewal of this partnership- said Carlo Fornaro, Head of External Relation at Telecom Italia - the company confirms its commitment to young people and to sports of social gathering through the TIM brand. We look with increasing attention at motorcycling, a discipline with long standing tradition, which shares with the world of telecommunications, a climate of competition, of selective challenge and the push towards technological innovation”.
Devoted to woman
Special event dedicated to 'Woman planet' with a ticket for TIM Italian Grand Prix that Mugello Circuit will host in June, 6th. "Ticket in pink" (in italian Biglietto in Rosa) is devoted to all the women (and to those people that get a nominal ticket with a femine name). It will be possible get tickets for 2-3 days or for race-day only in Centrale Grandstand, Poggio Secco Grandstand or Materassi Grandstand with a discounted price of 20-30%.
It is enough to enter in one of the 700 Ticketone points you can find in Italy or through the website www.ticketone.it. This special advancement will be enabled in March, 6th, 7th, 8th. "The feminine component of the Italian Grand Prix grows year in and year out, Mugello Circuit's CEO Paolo Poli said. This special initiative confirm our aim to make the Grand Prix a gala day".
Happy debut for the Mugello Motor fest
About ten thousand people for the first Mugello Motorfest: one thousand of them have been able to test the bikes of every disciplines: road racing, off road, motard, pit bike.......
Spring sun for Mugello Motor Fest
It's a good beginning for the Mugello Motor Fest: spring sun, people of all ages, big activity on track, paddock and off-road area (Palagio's area) where it's easy to find young (and less young) riders testing the bikes.
Mugello Motor Fest show its potential to represent an event where all the fans of two wheels can easily test their favourite bikes and meet friends.
28th february timetable: 8/18, ticket 5€, free of charge under 14.
Sepang test: Yamaha and Ducati, a giants-battle !
Three Yamaha (1st Rossi, 4th Edwards, 5th Spies) and two Ducati (2nd Stoner, 3rd Hayden) at the top in the second and final day of the MotoGp test session in Sepang.
In the first five positions, three riders are stars and stripes....
The unofficial classification:
1. Rossi (Yamaha) 2.00.271; 2. Stoner (Ducati) 2.00.512; 3. Hayden (Ducati) 2.00.703;
4. Edwards (Yamaha) 2.00.988;5. Spies (Yamaha) 2.01.014;6. Capirossi (Suzuki) 2.01.320;
7. Dovizioso (Honda) 2.01.439;8. Pedrosa (Honda) 2.01.478; . Aoyama (Honda) 2.01.692;
10. Bautista (Suzuki) 2.01.732;11. De Puniet (Honda) 2.01.980;12. Melandri (Honda) 2.02.078;
13. Barberà (Ducati) 2.02.408; 14. Kallio (Ducati) 2.02.082; 15. Espargarò (Ducati) 2.02.367;
16. Simoncelli (Honda) 2.03.689;
Mugello Motor Fest for young boys and girls
Electric quads for teaching an appropriate behaviour about safety and liability on the road: mini cross and mini enduro courses and minibike. There will be a lot of opportunities for young boys and girls who intend take part at the Mugello Motor fest, inside Mugello Circuit, on saturday 27th and sunday, 28th.
Junior riders will be able to test off road, under the co-ordination of Motorbike Italian Federation while Monnalisa foundation will create a mini course for quad's test. Timetbale of acitivities: saturday and sunday 9-17.30.
'Il Mugellino', the special minitrack inside the circuit, will be dedicated to go-kart and motard.
Mugello Motor Fest: an event for the family
Mugello Motor Fest intend to be ad event for all people and the family too.
It will be organized special events for the youngests: they can test mini cross and mini enduro bikes with a special course created for them with driving instructor of Motorbike Italian Federation. With a cooperation with Monnalisa Foundation, eletric quad free of charge will be able used to teach boys and girls safety and liability on the road. Minibike can be rent, always free of charge.
Opening hours: 27th february, 8/22; 28th february, 8/18. tickets: 5€.
To test is better to see.
Count down for the Mugello Motor Fest
There's a few days for the beginning of Mugello Motor Fest, a new event to discover the two wheels' world that we host in februray, 27th and 28th. . For the first time there will be a speciel area fully dedicated to trial, enduro, off road: through Palagio's gate it will be possible to discover the prodcuts of KTM, Yamaha, Beta e Rieju that confirmed their presence. On track there will be road racnig sector with Yamaha, Kawasaki while Bimota that will show the bike for the new Moto2 championship. Road safety will represent another important part of the activity of these two days with Promo School and a stage, organized by FMI, to the riders under 18 years rnning in 125 and 250-4 stroke.
Opening hours: 27 february, 8/22. 28 february, 8/18. Tickets 5€.
Mugello Motor Fets: it's better to test than to see.





