At 27 years of age, Andrea Locatelli faces his fourth season within the World Superbike Championship, at all times with the Pata Prometeon Yamaha workforce. Over time, he has achieved a number of podiums, together with two second locations on the Phillip Island spherical that kicked off the 2024 season. Group supervisor Andrea Dosoli is happy with what he sees in his rider.
The workforce supervisor said, quoted by the Corse di Moto web site: ‘He has taken a giant step ahead. This was not solely mirrored in his efficiency; for me, crucial side was his method to the weekend. Earlier than touring to Phillip Island, Andrea and his crew chief, Tom O’Kane, had a really clear aim in thoughts: they wished to win a race, and their performances on monitor confirmed that they’ll do it’.
Dosoli has no doubts that Locatelli now has a profitable mentality: ‘He has proven a brand new degree of maturity as a result of all through the weekend he confirmed a profitable mentality; he’s considering like a winner. It’s a mixture of steps taken by him, but in addition what he realized from the brand new crew chief. It’s solely a matter of time till he will get his first victory within the WorldSBK’.
However the Yamaha chief even anticipates one thing greater for Locatelli: ‘An important factor is that he has proven his potential to battle on the entrance. Locatelli may very well be a title contender this yr’.
