WorldSSP: ParkinGo switch to Yamaha for 2021 with Manuel Gonzalez

The ParkinGo World Supersport team announced they will be running the Yamaha R6 for their 2021 WorldSSP campaign.

In 2020 they had been running 2019 the World Supersport 300 champion Manuel Gonzalez on a Kawasaki ZX6, with the rookie seeing much success in first season on a 600. The youngster finished 7th in the standings, with consistent top 10 finishes.

The ParkinGO company and Yamaha Motor Racing have already been in business together since mid-2016, with ParkinGo providing their service to the Yamaha MotoGP factory team during their travels.

The relationship between the two companies dates from long before then, as ParkinGO also owned and sponsored Yamaha’s title winning Supersport team in 2011.

With ParkinGo now running their own WorldSSP team, ParkinGo owner Giuliano Rovelli and Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli have signed an agreement for the ParkinGo team to run the Yamaha r6 for 2021.

ParkinGo Team Manager Edoardo Rovelli

“ParkinGO Team is excited to be part of this project because we will be working closely with Yamaha. We have vivid memories of this partnership that led us to win the World Championship with Chaz Davies in 2011. With a strong and determined rider like Manuel Gonzalez, the professionals who are part of our team, the support of Yamaha and all our historical technical partners, we can go back to fighting for the title.”

Manuel Gonzalez ParkinGo rider

“With this agreement the 2021 season is set to be very interesting. I would like to thank Yamaha for the interest shown and for having chosen me as a supported rider together with the ParkinGO team. I have been working with the team for two years now and together we won the WorldSSP300 title in 2019.

Thanks to the many sacrifices and work that we have done until now and that we will continue to carry out in 2021. We are aiming for the top. Now, I can’t wait to test the new Yamaha R6 on the track during the winter tests.”

Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli

“We’re pleased to welcome back Manuel Gonzalez and ParkinGO to our family. We had a successful partnership with Edoardo’s team a few years ago, as we still remember the WorldSSP title with Chaz Davies. Their professionalism, passion, and commitment to discovering and helping young talented riders is strongly aligned with the values of our bLU cRU racing programme.

Manuel, despite his young age, has shown not only amazing speed but also racing maturity and a winning mentality that will allow him to achieve further great results. He and the team can count on our full support to make this dream come true.”