Four months after the
press conference held in Moscow in which Paolo Flammini, CEO of
Infront Motor Sports and Alexander Yakhnich, CEO of YMS Promotion Ltd
announced a partnership agreement, a contract has now been signed in Rome
between the two companies on Wednesday making YMS Promotion Ltd the
official organizer of the Russian Round of the FIM Superbike World
Championship.
The accord, which will have a ten-year duration, stipulates that next
year the FIM Superbike and Supersport World Championships will make
their first appearance in Russia at the Moscow Raceway circuit on the
outskirts of Moscow.
The date scheduled for the event is 26 August 2012.
Paolo Flammini said: "In the last few months we have been working
very closely with Alexander Yakhnich and his team and we have managed
to define all the details in preparation for the arrival in Russia of
the championship in 2012.
"To hold a race in Moscow, in the very first
year, was our declared intention and we are therefore extremely
satisfied with the choice of Moscow Raceway, a truly state-of-the-art
circuit that is in an advanced phase of construction, and which will
be completed in a few months time.
"World Superbike will be the first
championship to arrive in Russia, a demonstration of Infront Motor
Sports' commitment to opening up important new markets for motor
sport," Flammini concluded.
Alexander Yakhnich added: "We are delighted to be able to officially
represent such a prestigious championship as Superbike in Russia.
"We
know that months of hard work lie ahead of us for the organization of
the event but we are certain that in August everything will be ready
to give a worthy welcome to the Superbike and Supersport Championships
and their protagonists.
"The commitment of my group for the development
of motorcycle sport in Russia will also be shown by the debut of the
Yakhnich Motorsport team in the 2012 FIM Supersport World Championship
with Russian rider Vladimir Leonov and another rider still to be
decided".
