Record field for the 2015 edition of the STK600 Championship
17 nations represented by 38 entries as the season begins in Aragon.
The FIM Europe Superstock 600cc Championship has once again proved popular, with many of the sports emerging talents ready to tackle the eight rounds on the calendar. 38 permanent riders from 17 countries have been accepted for the series that begins with a double header in Aragon and ends in Magny-Cours in October.
With last year’s champion and championship runner-up moving on to World Supersport and STK1000 respectively, there are numerous potential candidates in the running for the 2015 crown.
Finland’s Niki Tuuli (Kallio Racing), Gauthier Duwelz (MVR Racing), Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) and Stefano Casalotti (Team Rosso e Nero) together with the San Carlo Team Italia pairing of Andrea Tucci and Michael Ruben Rinaldi have all shown previously their ability to run at the front, and should feature strongly this year.
Over a quarter of this year’s entrants come from the Pata European Junior Cup, so expect the likes of Jake Lewis (MVR Racing), Ilya Mikhalchik (Team Go Eleven), Augusto Fernandez (PATA Honda Junior Team), Richard Bodis (R2 MotorSport Team) and Kevin Manfredi (FLORAMO Monaco Racing Team) to be somewhere near the front.
For the first time ever in the history of the STK600 championship Uruguay is represented, Maximiliano Gerardo lines up for Racedays Honda while Team Go Eleven Kawasaki field fast female competitor Ricarda Neubauer from Germany.
