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BERNARDO RICCA

HIGH COMPETITION KARTING

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Bernardo Ricca

Date of birth: February 2, 1996

Place of birth: Porto / PortugalSport Licence Nr 399, issued by FPAK (Portuguese Federation of Car Racing and Karting).

Contacts:

E-mail ricca@netcabo.pt

Mobile: 00351 961 748 153

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Initiation

October 2008 / March 2009

Pilot course at Viana do

Castelo´s International

Karting Raceway

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With the goal of just having a first contact with competition, before a more

serious involvement, he participated in some races of the ROTAX CHALLENGE

with a rented 2007 chassis / engine.

INITIATION2009: The first steps

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INITIATION2009: The first steps

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GOALS:To participate in the maximum number of races (ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE callender), JUNIOR CUP (14 / 15 y.o.), with the minimum budget possible.

To gather experience !

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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What is the ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE ?

The most competitive

worldwide single

brand trophy !

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE INTERNACIONAL

At the final of the season, the WORLD FINAL CUP is held (at foreign country) with the participation of the winner of each national class.

The ROTAX Trophy is nowadays, the most competitive

championship held in Portugal, supported by FPAK, and it takes

part of the International ROTAX Max Challenge, like similar

trophies in many other countries.

Each event is ran in 2 Races + Final (beyond the usual free and qualification practices).

The races compete in various karting permanent circuits, starting usually in April and ending in October.

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2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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ACQUIRING RESOURCES / CREATING THE TEAM / THE FIRST RACES

CHASSIS: INTREPID (ITALIA) 2010, WITH UPDATED SPECIFICATIONS.

ENGINE: ROTAX 125 MAX JUNIOR CLASS.(125 cc, liquid cooled, +/- 23 hp – 14,000 rpm, max. speed up to 140 km/h)

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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To acquire specific tools and transportation trailer. To establish protocols:

Use of equipped “box” in the various competitions.

Race Engineer / Senior mechanic, a former karting pilot with several titles and a representative of Portugal in the ROTAX WORLD FINALS, in Italy (2008).

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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In 2010, Bernardo participated at Bombarral, Viana do Castelo

and Portimão races, but misses the Santo André race (budget

restrictions).

Gain experience on the track, in direct competition with

experienced pilots, with financial restrictions… that was a real

challenge !

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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In a total of 16 pilots who scored the Rotax Challenge, with limited

resources and with evidence bad luck (crashed by other when in

4th place, problems with pipe petrol when in 6th, crashed by

other when in 2nd place), he finnished the Trophy in 9th place.

But the grab for “revenge” remained ! In 2011, who

knows ?

2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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IMAGES2010: Season of Preparation and Learning

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… and what about 2011

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2011 has to be a season yet with a more ambitious target, since prepared with financial means that a simple “FATHERSPONSOR” cannot achieve !

The aim is to fight for the 3 first positions at the end of the trophy, with balanced means.

The same chassis / engine, dully reviewed, will be used with the eventual upgrades approved by the Challenge Technical Regulations.

2011: Prospects

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MARCH, 27th BOMBARRAL May, 1st S. ANDRÉ JUNE, 19th VILA REAL JULY, 10th BRAGA SEPTEMBER, 4th VIANA (MOJO CUP) (*) OCTOBER 2nd PORTIMÃO OCTOBER 23th VIANA DO CASTELO

(*) “MOJO CUP” is the big IBERIAN ROTAX “party”.

Although not scoring to the ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE in PORTUGAL and in SPAIN, the winner of each class is immediatly selected for the World ROTAX Finals.

2011: Races Calender

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2011: Sponsorship

Sponsor Proposal (main sponsor): Fee cash: 10,000€ / year.

Intended to particularly finance: kart maintenance, Race Engineer, equipped box, travels and accomodations, fuel, tires and participation fees in each race.

Fee species: graphic materials of brand visibility.

(Other sponsor conditions to be negociated)

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Counterparts:

Dynamic relationship with the sponsor of Bernardo, promoting the brand in all competitions throughout the country.

Comprehensive visibility of the brand ensured. Kart (annexe 1); Suit (annexe 1); Helmet (annexe 1); Motobike (Kawasaki 1400) on tour (anexe 2) Bernardo´s blog; Exibition of the kart, out of races, in places to be agreed; Other means authorized by the organization (to be agreed).

Exemples: distribution of merchandising brand at races; presence of specialized mass media, etc.

2011: Sponsorship

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ANNEXE 1Spaces for advertising

Beyond the stickers of the organization sponsors (“Mike Davis” and “Bell”, in 2010),

significant spaces will be available for Bernardo´s sponsor.

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(a) Front panel 1

c) Front panel 2

(b) Side panels

On the Kart:1Possibility of painting / decorating the kart, sponsor´s exclusivity

Spaces for advertising

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On suit:

(d) Frontal

(e) Back

(f) Arms

2Spaces for advertising

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On Helmet:

(g) Any area – to define

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ANNEXE 2Motobyke on tour

Bernardo´s father will drive his KAWASAKI 1400 GTR with stickers of the sponsor in both sides (as image) as from the previous week of the fisrt race till the final of the trophy.

The byke is primary used in tours throught the country, at weekends, as well as in the city of PORTO, in working days, when the weather conditions allows.