World Superbike Championship: “Alfa Romeo 159 Superpole Award” prize goes to Troy Bayliss

Alfa Romeo, Top Sponsor of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship 2008, will be present at Troy Bayliss’s season grand finale. The driver, who has already received the SBK 2008 World Championship title, is about to receive, at the Portimao circuit, the “Alfa Romeo 159 Superpole Award” that is offered as a prize by the top sponsor to the driver who totals the highest number of superpoles during the course of the season.

The Australian champion of the Ducati Xerox team will be the person who today officially collects the keys of a high-performing and desirable Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 Sportwagon TI, that has been fought over by the best Superbike drivers during the course of the world championship. The prize goes to the driver who demonstrates energy, heart and passion, the same values that typify the car brand that is traditionally linked to the world of sport and racing and has acted as Top Sponsor at the circuit for two years. The Superpole, an exciting interlude that precedes the races each Saturday, is reserved for the fastest drivers who are most determined to obtain the best position on the starting grid.

Another surprise during the event celebrating the finals of a long and thrill-packed seasons for the team and fans of motorbike racing, and another opportunity for celebration for Troy Bayliss who is about to end a thrilling career, packed with surprises and great satisfaction.

At the wheel of his new Alfa Romeo 159, Troy will be able to express all its attributes of ability and its mastery of the road from the first moment he takes the wheel of this high performance car, a blend of sportiness and technology that also offers a guarantee of maximum comfort and safety.

Alfa Romeo is proud to count a sportsman of the calibre of Troy Bayliss among the ranks of the ‘Alfisti’ as it brings to a close its second year at Portimao alongside FGSport and Ducati Corse and as Top Sponsor of the world Superbike championship, looking forward to another great season on the track in its perennial quest for authentic sporting passion.

Turin, 1 November 2008