WorldSSP: DeRosa switches to ORELAC Racing for 2021

Raffaele DeRosa is leaving the MV Agusta Reparto Corse to ride Kawasaki machinery with ORELAC Racing VerdNatura, who are making their return to the World Supersport category.

DeRosa is set to ride the Kawasaki for the first time with the Orelac run team at the Circuito De Jerez winter test.

Going into his seventh season in WorldSSP, DeRosa will go into his 2021 championship campaign stronger than ever coming off the back of a successful 2020 season where he bagged 4 podiums to add to his collection of 12 in total in the class.

The former European Superstock 1000 rider ventured into WorldSSP in 2013 on a Honda CBR600, which he eventually took to the podium in 2014.

Raffaele DeRosa

“I am very happy to be part of this project. I see that Nacho is a person who values ​​me and believes in me, and that is a great motivation. This project is very interesting, and I think we will take a big step forward together. I’m really very happy, I know the Calero family and they have all my respect. I am very happy to be part of this family.”

The Nacho Calero run team will compete in both the World Supersport and World Superbike categories in 2021, with 2020 WorldSSP rider Isaac Viñales fronting their World Superbike campaign.

Orelac Racing Team Manager Nacho Calero

“This year 2021 is like starting from scratch. The whole weight of the team is on my shoulders and we wanted to start strong and high. That is why we decided to bet on Raffaele, a rider with great experience on the track and who, as can be seen in his results, It is capable of giving us great results, as well as giving us a lot of serenity, effort and work. Together we will be able to get where we propose, because we want to take our team to the positions it deserves, we have been working hard for many years and it is time to start collecting all that we have been sowing, so we trust that he can do it better than anyone.”