It all started last year, shortly after the unexpected death of the hopeful and popular in Italy, Marco Simoncelli.

Marco's fans as well as ordinary locals began to demand urgently with thousands of letters, messages and signatures from the Misano track management (officially called the Misano World Circuit) to rename it, as a tribute to the deceased.

In response management announced last November that it indeed intended to adopt Simoncelli's name.

Yesterday, in a short press conference, Dr. Trevi, president of Santamonica SpA (owner of the track) made public, in the presence of the Simoncelli family, the new name and logo.

So from now on the historic circuit will be referred to as "Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli".

Its new logo is the work of the well-known Aldo Drudi. The Italian designer for legal reasons was not free to completely change the name and logo of the track, as the bureaucracy also in Italy poses obstacles... of Mediterranean dimensions.

However he was able to play with the two red 'll's which if you remember were also on Super Sic's AGV helmet, which Drudi had also designed.

They symbolized the path to the future, as the two parallel lines never meet, continuing ad infinitum. Now they ride high, there near the unforgettable Marco.