MV Agusta return to GP motorcycle racing

The history of motorcycle racing is closely linked to MV Agusta’s history  with 75 world titles (38 rider and 37 manufacturers) from 1952 to 1974. The MV Agusta team lined up for the very first race and the debut of the series that has become the MotoGP World Championship. Carlo Ubbiali scored a fourth place in the first championship year on an MV Agusta.

From 1949, the champion riders, Carlo Ubbiali, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and then, of course, Giacomo Agostini became legends and defined the history of motorcycling, riding a MV Agusta motorcycle. The success of MV Agusta also became part Italy’s history, a shining symbol of the rebirth and success of an entire nation.

Forty-two years later, MV Agusta is back on the top, joining the Moto2 World Championship with Forward Racing Team.

MV Agusta decided to rely on Forward Racing Team due to their success in running a Moto2 World Championship since its inception in 2010, reaching the podium in the inaugural race and obtaining their first victory in the 5th Grand Prix in Silverstone. Forward Racing Team has also participated in the MotoGP World Championship, obtaining the first place in the world ranking reserved for Open bikes in 2014 with Aleix Espargaró .

The first Moto2 prototype motorcycle that will run in the 2018 Moto2 World Championship is already in advanced stage of development, with the debut set for July 2018.

“The return of MV Agusta to the Grand Prix is a great honour for me. The Moto2 World Championship is very competitive and in order to be successful we need to apply the best of our technology and experience in racing motorcycle development”, said Giovanni Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta.

“The dream of bringing MV Agusta back to the World Championship was born with Claudio Castiglioni, to whom I have always been linked by deep esteem and friendship, and the dream came true with his son Giovanni” said Giovanni Cuzari, Forward Racing Team CEO .

“I find it difficult to express with words what this means, to be actively part of a common project with both MV Agusta and CRC, the two Italian excellences that created the most beautiful motorcycles in history. I worked many years for this to happen, and now I feel proud to announce that MV Agusta will race in the Moto2 World Championship with Forward Racing Team. I am also aware of the great responsibility involved in having such a prestigious brand on our motorbikes. Our team, along with MV Agusta and CRC, will strive to achieve, in the shortest possible time, what all the fans, and we first, expect and dream”.