Next year, Cremona will host the Superbike World Championship for the first time. Expectations are high, but the necessary renovations represent a significant investment – around nine million euros.
Alessandro Canevarolo, the managing director of the venue, revealed to SPEEDWEEK.com: ‘There will be grandstands at turns 1 and 2, and another set at turns 4 to 6. Also, a new grandstand will be placed at the exit of turn 13, where the pit lane exit is also located. The total investment is between eight to nine million euros’.
Apart from the grandstands, the track needs to be approved with an FIM grade B, requiring design changes – the most significant between turns 11 and 13, making them much faster: ‘This is achieved by altering the radius and inclination. The circuit perimeter will increase from 3,704 meters to 3,768 meters’, Canevarolo revealed.
The official also talked about attendance expectations: ‘We expect 50,000 to 60,000 spectators over the weekend. There will certainly be fewer on Friday, and on Saturday and Sunday, we are limited to 25,000’.