Marco Simoncelli aboard the Aprilia RSV4 in 2009.

Aprilia Racing has donated the RSV4 that Marco Simoncelli raced at Imola’s 2009 World Superbike round to the Marco Simoncelli Foundation.

Simoncelli’s lone WSBK appearance came during that event, where he crashed out of race one while in the lead pack and then finished third in the second outing.

The RSV4 Superbike entrusted to the Foundation by Aprilia will be an addition to the Coriano Museum dedicated to Marco.

“The images of Imola 2009 remain without a doubt in the mind’s eye of all the fans,” commented Romano Albesiano, Aprilia Racing manager.

“To see a young rider, making his debut on a bike which is basically foreign to him and in a SBK Championship that is definitely not one of the simplest arenas, battle immediately with the best in the class is confirmation of the great potential Marco had.

“After the Gilera 250 that he rode to win the 2008 world championship, this RSV4 also deserves to go to the Marco Simoncelli Foundation as a symbol and remembrance of one of the best talents in the motorcycle sport world.”

Simoncelli was tragically killed during the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang in 2011.