Last Friday, as part of the champions’ gala of the German motorsport association (DMSB) in Wiesbaden, the team was honoured for its successes by DMSB president Wolfgang Glas. In a festive atmosphere at the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden and in front of over 400 invited guests, 3C-Racing Team received the DMSB cup for the title of drivers’ and manufacturers’ champions in the SUPERBIKE*IDM superbike class.

Our team for the upcoming season will shortly be presented here.

Together with you we are looking forward to an exciting and fascinating season 2015.

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The open practice session on Friday was held under sunny conditions and all the riders in the 3C-Racing Team wanted to put in as many laps as possible. Apart from a short practice session in Mugello beforehand, they had hardly had a chance to get a feel for the new WSBK bike. This was a major handicap because there is a considerable difference between the engines and chassis of the IDM and WSBK bikes.

The 3C-Racing Team was supported in the pits by five Ducati engineers and its IDM partners Öhlins and Pirelli. Both companies sent their technicians from the IDM series to Magny Cours to provide the best possible support for the wild card start of the IDM-winning 3C Racing Team.

Xavi Forés qualified directly for the superpole 2, whilst Max Neukirchner and Lorenzo Lanzi had to take the long route via the superpole 1. Neukirchner (12th position) lined up with Forés (11th position) on the fourth row of the starting grid. Lanzi ended up starting from 15th position.

It rained non-stop on the Sunday of the meeting and both legs turned into wet races. Forés rode brilliantly and had the chance of finishing in the top 5 in both races. However, he fell in the first race whilst lying in 6th place and unfortunately also had to drop out of the second race with a technical defect.

Neukirchner secured his best World Championship placings since 2009 with 6th and 9th positions and thus earned the 3C-Racing Team two top 10 places on its first World Championship appearance.

Lanzi lived up to his reputation as a rain specialist. In the first race at Magny Cours he crossed the finishing line immediately behind Davide Giugliano (Ducati works team) in 8th position and thus one place ahead of Neukirchner. Lanzi managed an even bigger sensation in the second race by finishing 5th, his converted IDM 3C-Racing Team machine was the best placed Ducati in this race – over 40 seconds in front of the works machine of Chaz Davies (9th position).

Team boss Karsten Jerschke: "The technical level and the riding skills in World Superbike racing are very impressive. It's exciting to have so much competition all of a sudden, the gaps between all the riders are minimal. All in all, 3C was able to keep up with the world's elite. From a standing start, the team has conjured up a bike capable of taking on the best in the world on a completely different basis to that in the IDM series. In view of the fact that the competition has had a whole year to fine-tune their machines, our result is almost sensational."

Xavi Forés and Max Neukirchner, the newly crowned champion and runner-up in the SUPERBIKE*IDM, attended the Ducati stand at the Intermot fair for two days to meet fans face-to-face. The pair then made their way straight to Magny Cours for the World Championship meeting.

At the press conference for the world premiere of the Ducati Scrambler, Claudio Domenicali (CEO Ducati) and Walter Bauer (general manager of Ducati Germany) thanked the 3C-Racing Team and its victorious riders in person for their achievements. The three titles were then celebrated in appropriate fashion.

The winning bikes of the 3C-Racing Team were on display to the general public every day at the fair with the team's partners Ducati and Öhlins. This gave visitors to the fair in Cologne the opportunity to admire the IDM Superbikes ridden by Forés and Neukirchner at close quarters.

The 3C Racing Team crew broke camp early in the evening of the last IDM meeting in Hockenheim to travel back to Mugello. Xavi Forés and Max Neukirchner will be practicing there for two days ahead of the impending World Superbike Championship together with the Ducati works team.

The 3C Racing Team web site will shortly reveal more details on the upcoming meeting in France.