Bezzecchi signs with CIP Team in Moto3™

Italian to join team with one year contract

Marco Bezzecchi will ride in the Moto3™ World Championship in 2017 with the CIP Team. Bezzecchi was recruited  by  the  VR46  Riders  Academy  and during  2015  and 2016 has  been  racing  in  the  FIM CEV Repsol Moto3™  Junior World Championship.

The  new  CIP Team rider  has  a  little  experience  in  Grand  Prix  racing, having already  riddin  in  four  Grands  Prix  (two  in 2015 and other two in 2016) replacing other Moto3™ riders. He is also a former Italian Moto3™ Champion (2015).

Marco started to ride the new Mahindra bike with the CIP Team in Jerez  and  Valencia during  four  days  of testing .

Alain Bronec: “We are very happy to have  Marco  in  our  team  and  work  with  him  for  the  2017 season. I’m sure that he is one of  the  future  stars  of  the Championship.  The VR46  Riders  Academy  and  Mahindra support him and we’ll do our best to bring him the best condition  to  grow,  improve  and  show  all  his  potential.  The whole  team  is  very  glad  to  have  him  with  us  and  we  will work  as  hard  as  we  can  to  achieve  the  best  possible results”.