The ambitious Romagna ace of Yamaha is in a state of grace, but Ducati’s Apulian veteran has no intention of throwing the sponge at all. The premises for an incandescent ending of the CIV are all and each contender has its own cards to play
The weekend of Dunlop Civ 2025 in Vallelunga he saw Alessandro Delbianco Make an amazing brace that allowed him to jump on the run in the Superbike class ranking. Beyond the result, the rampant Romagna pilot of the Yamaha He staged a clear supremacy on the rest of the competition, winning both races with a large margin and preceding the only pilot on both occasions that, having reached the Boa of the championship, can still put the sticks in the wheels in the appeal to the title: the reigning champion Michele Pirro with his trust Ducati. After the triumphal weekend of round of Roma Capitale, Delbianco climbed at 145 points in classification Against the 113 of Pirro, 32 lengths of margin who, however reassuring, do not mean at all that the dispute for the title is over. On the contrary.
Vallelunga without history
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To discover the chance of title that can be attributed to Delbianco and Pirro at this point of the season, first of all it is necessary to analyze what happened so far. In the Vallelunga appointment of the last weekend, Delbianco showed one sound superiority Corroborated by the numbers: the victory in Race-1 was in fact sealed by 7 “abundant advantage in the rival, race-2, on the reduced distance from 16 to 10 laps after a first interruption for the red flag, however, it saw Delbianco darting under the chess flag with 3.8” in advance. And all this always putting the report on the report fast lap and after winning the pole With 8 tenths of advantage over Pirro and over 1 “on the rest of the competition.
The skirmishes in Misano and Mugello
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The Vallelunga weekend was for most of a reply of what has already been seen in round inaugural of Misano, another weekend dominated by the free and culminated with the pole and the victory in both races, when he trimmed over 8 ”to the second classified Luca Vitali In race-1 and almost 6 ”in Pirro in Race-2, as well as 20″ to the rest of the group. But things went differently in the second round del Mugello, where Delbianco has conquered the pole And the victory in race-1 with a much more narrow margin: only 5 thousandths after a furious sprint with pyrrhus. And the script then repeated in the race-2, but with a different final outcome: on that occasion it was in fact Pirro to be right of the Yamaha bearer for 133 thousandths.
Delbianco’s advantage
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After three round On the six calendar, in which he won 5 wins out of 6 races played and all poleDelbianco has definitely deserved the bearing of 32 points which allows him to look with cautious optimism in the second part of the season. With 50 points up for grabs every weekend, mathematical certainty is obviously still a mirage, but Delbianco has the experience necessary to know that lowering the guard right now would be the worst of the errors. And it is equally clear that Pirro, for his part, can no longer be wrong. The fall that put him out of the game in the race-1 of Misanothen closed in 15th place, weighs like a boulder in the standings and the continuity of performance by Delbianco makes it difficult to penetrate its significant drop. Also because the other riders on the grid do not seem able to fit into their struggle, removing points from the opponent. The Apulian ace is therefore called to complete afurther step in one’s performance, however hoping in some heavy misstep of the current leadership.
Two different pilots
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The duel between Delbianco and Pirro must also be evaluated according to the path that has brought them to date. Alessandro Delbiancoclass 97, went up to the honors of the chronicles already at the end of the 2000s, winning several European titles among the minimums in 2006, 2007 and 2008. After the fleeting participation in the reality show “Motorhome – Family drivers”, broadcast in 2014 by MTV, in 2019 he debuted fully in the Superbike World Cup with the Honda CBR1000RR of the Team of Team Altheaclosing 18th in the championship. From 2020 he returns to being a fixed presence in the Superbike of the CIV and is vice sample three times, including last year. Michele Pirrotoday forty -year -old, instead made his debut in the world championship in 2003, in the today deceased class 125, conquering a single victory in Moto2, in Valencia in 2011, until it becomes then tester official Ducati Corse also for MotoGP. His career in the CIV is dotted with seven superbike titles from 2015 to 2024, first with the twin cylindrical panigale and then with the V4, a motorcycle that he himself helped to shape with thousands of kilometers of tests. Confirming the fact that Pirro is not only a developer, but above all an excellent driver who loves direct comparison on the track.
The rebirth of the Yamaha R1
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As highlighted by the non -age difference, Delbianco and Pirro come to compete for the Superbike title 2025 of Civ In very different moments of their respective careers, a comparison that can be traced back to the old dichotomy between youth exuberance and the wisdom derived from experience. Delbianco is back from a first part of the season with the wind in the stern, in which he collected great results with one Yamaha R1 properly calibrated by DMR team on its characteristics. Pyrrhus, with the Panigale V4 prepared by Barni 51 Racing Labhe has from his knowledge accrued in years of battles and a great harmony with the bike, which could allow him to extract the proverbial rabbit from the cylinder to raise the competitiveness of his technical package and give the youngest opponent to be twisted.
The possible comeback
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If he finds the feeling With the bike, Pirro could actually aspire to a sensational comeback. Last year the Alfiere della Ducati imposed himself in 7 out of 12 races, with Delbianco who instead managed to win on 3 occasions, but the Yamaha star had not yet shown the rhythm and constancy that are characterizing this 2025. With the next round scheduled a Misano Adriatico (26-27 July, with night race), Imola (6-7 September) and al Mugello (4-5 October), the vintage still enters the decisive phase. At the moment it is impossible not to attribute Delbianco the favors of the prediction: 32 points are an important margin, but only one error can be enough to reduce it substantially. On the other hand, Pyrrhus is not like that does not give up: he drives a motorcycle he knows in Menadito, he has a palmares Envable and has also shown this season of having the lucidity and heart of the champion. In addition, the History of motorcycling It is full of epic comebacks in which, in several cases, it was precisely the “old fox” that laughed last.
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