MotoGP: The Gubbio Sports Scientific High School inaugurated by Giampiero Sacchi, Marco Melandri and Romano Albesiano

Giampiero Sacchi (Ioda Racing), Marco Melandri (official Aprilia Superbike rider) and Romano Albesiano (head of Aprilia Racing) participated in the inauguration of the Gubbio Sports Scientific High School, which will be activated from the next school year at the “Giuseppe Mazzatinti".

At the Park Hotel “Ai Cappuccini” 450 middle and high school students met and welcomed the three above-mentioned characters with great enthusiasm.

“It is a day that marks a historic date – said La head teacher of the Maria Marinangeli high school complex – and puts a firm point in the educational offer of Gubbio and Upper Umbria. It is a path shared with teachers and institutions, but above all with the children because it is they who give us the strength every day to invent something new for our school. This new scientific sports direction combines high school education with the modernity of sport and the new horizons that are opening up”.

Melandri, Sacchi and Albesiano actively participated by creating a real talk show under the banner "Diretta Giovani" with videos, photos and questions from the students under the guidance of the journalist Riccardo Piergentili of Conte Editore, assisted by Enrico Borghi sent for the MotoGp of Motosprint, Massimo Boccucci director of the Infopress news agency, Giacomo Marinelli Andreoli director of Trg Network. It was opened by Luca Colaiacovo, president of Santa Monica SpA which manages the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” who remarked how “sport is a school of life and passion, as well as a competitive gesture and creative genius. It is part of our history, our present and our future."

“I have always raced – he said Marco Melandri -and at 31 I feel very young inside. I felt a special love for Aprilia: it's like being at home, I like the character and spirit of the company. For me it is essential to have people around who trust me, especially in difficult times, and who make me understand what is needed to move forward. It seems like a new beginning to me, I have even more enthusiasm than before. If you have confidence in the vehicle you drive, you can ride safer, more easily, and it also helps you be more motivated.”

“I studied a lot to get here. I graduated in aeronautical engineering in Turin and immediately managed to enter the world of motorbikes – he added Roman Albesian – In this adventure passion and work come together. We always set ourselves new goals, continuing to study to discover new things because we never stop learning. We are Italians with strengths and weaknesses: it is a difficult time, I see a climate of pessimism around young people but I know that we have the strength and quality to open ourselves up to new challenges and perspectives."

Giampiero Sacchi then spoke, who today manages Iodaracing in the Moto2 and MotoGP world championships and who in his career has worked with many champions, including Valentino Rossi and Max Biaggi and Loris Capirossi.

“If there is one thing that sport teaches – he said Bags to students - is that the sense of challenge completes a life journey that gives the pleasure of being lived. Those who are afraid of losing will not have great satisfaction ahead: the beauty and spice of life is trying, always. I've seen the best riders win the world championship, but I've also seen many who didn't succeed. But they tried. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, you always have to try and think carefully about your choices."