Always wanted to have a real factory racer, preferably one with a unique story? Genesio Bevilacqua, founder of Althea Racing, will sell part of his private collection, including the 1198 F11 with which Carlos Checa became world champion in the World Superbike World Championship in 2011.
It is estimated that he must fetch between 110,000 and 130,000 euros, the Althea Ducati 1198 RS Superbike racer where Carlos Checa took the world title – until now the last world title of Ducati in the World Superbike World Championship.
As founder of ceramics company Althea and the Althea Racing Team, Genesio Bevilacqua has a huge passion for collecting motorcycles, which eventually led in 2017 to the private museum Moto dei Miti in Civita Castellana, a stone’s throw from the Italian capital Rome.
Although the museum has recently expanded, Bevilacqua has decided to offer 27 bikes from his collection for auction, including the 2011 Carlos Checa 1198 F11, but also Davide Giugliano’s 1198 F12 and one of Raffaele De Rosa’s 2016 BMW S 1000 RR. ‘and.
All bikes in Genesio Bevilacqua’s collection are race-ready, serviced in the museum’s workshop by mechanics with years of racing experience and recently ridden by Genesio and others.
The auction, which will see more than 100 bikes under the hammer, will take place at Genesio’s Moto dei Miti private museum and be organized by Bonhams – a first for the British auction house.
If the 2011 Checa 1198 is your dream bike, but you have not yet saved the expected revenue of between 110,000 and 130,000 euros, don’t worry. The auction will not take place until next year, from April 1-3, 2022 to be precise.
More info on the Bonhams website.
– Thanks for information from Motorfreaks.