Author: Emanuele Venturoli
Emanuele Venturoli is Head of Communication & Marketing at RTR Sports Marketing, where he has led the agency's editorial, digital, and SEO output since 2012. He holds a degree in Public, Political and Institutional Communication from the University of Bologna and began his career in sport at Virtus Bologna basketball before moving into motorsport. He lectures in sports marketing at 24ORE Business School and writes across Formula 1, MotoGP, and sponsorship strategy, overseeing RTR's multilingual content platform across 13 languages.
December 19, 2016
5 things to watch in the upcoming 2017 MotoGP Season
2017 MotoGP Season: 5 things to watch As 2016 draws to a close, teams and riders have already started working on their 2017 quests. Needless to say, it will be a very important year for the [...]
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December 16, 2016
What a Sports Sponsorship Is Actually Worth: The World Ducati Week Case Study
A regional government put just under €152,000 into a Ducati rally in 2000 and got €7.13 million of local spending back — a 1:46.9 ratio, and a method that still holds. [...]
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December 12, 2016
How Much is a MotoGP Grand Prix Worth? The Economic Impact of a Grand Prix
A taxi driver at Assen station has a precise answer to that question. He doesn’t reach for charts or press releases: he speaks with the voice of someone who knows exactly how much a rac[...]
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December 11, 2016
15 Sport Moments to remember in 2016 (with video)
Top 15 sports moments in 2016 There can be little doubt 2016 has been a heck of a year, one that will go down in history as one of the most reckless, unpredictable and wacky of the last deca[...]
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December 6, 2016
Sponsorship: Repsol, Honda renew MotoGP contract until 2018
MotoGP Sponsorship: Repsol, Honda renew MotoGP contract until 2018 Repsol Honda MotoGP Sponsor: the sponsorship between the Spanish energy company and the Japanese vehicle manufacturer has be[...]
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December 4, 2016
Marquez, Pedrosa celebrate HRC’s successful 2016 at Honda Racing Thanks Day
2016 Honda Racing Thanks Day at Motegi Over the weekend Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa attended the 2016 Honda Racing Thanks Day at Motegi, Japan. The event, a traditional pa[...]
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November 29, 2016
Formula 1 standings for the 2016 Championship
Driver’s Championship Position Driver Points Nationality 1 Nico Rosberg 385 GER 2 Lewis Hamilton 380 GB 3 Daniel Ricciardo 256 AUS 4 Sebastian Vettel 212 GER 5 Max Verstappen 204 NED 6 [...]
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November 27, 2016
Final championship standings for the 2016 F1 season!
Mercedes AMG Petronas’ Nico Rosberg has won the 2016 Formula 1 Championship with 385 points. It’s the first World Title for the German Driver. Team mate Lewis Hamilton clinched se[...]
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November 16, 2016
MotoGP: Crutchlow, LCR complete test in positive fashion
The 2016 MotoGP season finally came to a close for the LCR Honda Team and two-time race winner Cal Crutchlow, as they completed a last day of testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain. With al[...]
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November 16, 2016
MotoGP: Repsol Honda score 2nd, 5th in final day of IRTA test
On the second and final day of the Valencia test, Marc Marquez took to the circuit around 10:20 a.m. local time and made the best of the fair weather conditions to complete a busy test schedu[...]
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November 15, 2016
MotoGP: Rossi, Vinales top first day in Valencia 2017 test
The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team had a positive first day of testing at the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo. Today‘s seven-hour long session gave Maverick Viñales and Vale[...]
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November 13, 2016
MotoGP: Lorenzo takes dominant Valencia win. Rossi is 4th
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Jorge Lorenzo returned to winning form at the Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana, securing a masterful first place. Teammate Valentino Rossi gave the Spanish cr[...]
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November 13, 2016
MotoGP: Crutchlow is 2016 Top Independent Rider despite Valencia Crash
Cal Crutchlow was confirmed as the Top Independent Team rider in the 2016 MotoGP World Championship, despite sliding out of the Valencian Grand Prix whilst running in ninth position. It has [...]
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November 13, 2016
MotoGP: Marquez scores 2nd in vibrant Season Finale
Marc Marquez returned to the podium in the 150th GP of his career, scoring an important second-place finish in the season-finale Grand Prix de la Comunitat Valenciana and helping Honda secur[...]
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November 13, 2016
Final championship standings for the 2016 MotoGP season!
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has won the 2016 MotoGP Championship with 298 points. It’s the third World Title for the Spanish rider in the first class, as he won his first ones in [...]
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November 11, 2016
MotoGP: Rossi, Lorenzo score double front Row in Valencia qualifying
The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team kept the momentum going during the Q2 session. Jorge Lorenzo was in a league of his own today, bettering the previous pole position record at Circuito de la Co[...]
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November 10, 2016
MotoGP: Final outing of 2016 for LCR Honda at Valencia
The MotoGP World Championship comes to a close this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, after what has been a pulsating 2016 season, featuring two glorious victories for the LCR[...]
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November 10, 2016
MotoGP: Lorenzo sets pace in Valencia FP1
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi came out fighting in today‘s two free practice sessions at the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo. The pair set a[...]
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November 8, 2016
MotoGP: Rossi, Lorenzo ready for 2016 season finale in Valencia
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo head to Spain this weekend to wrap up the 2016 MotoGP World Championship season at the Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana. Val[...]
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November 3, 2016
Nike "someday" Commercial reminds you Cubs really won the World Series
Nike Celebrates Chicago Cubs World Series Win With ” Goodbye Someday” A small kid in a dusty, not-so-hype baseball diamond in -we suppose- residential Chicago is the main and onl[...]
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