Team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP is pleased to announce a new agreement with Chocolatos, a leading Indonesian chocolate-based brand in wafer sticks, wafer cream and ready-to-serve categories, owned by Garudafood, one of Indonesia’s leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. 

The agreement is a multi-year partnership, with the Chocolatos brand featured on the bike liveries and on the chest area of the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP riders’ leathers, as well as on pit-box panels, transportation vehicles and the hospitality structure.

This sponsorship, which marks the brand’s first entry into the MotoGP World Championship, is based on a dedicated communication strategy with clearly defined long-term objectives.

Chocolatos is a brand inspired by the Italian chocolate-making tradition, a concept also highlighted by the payoff integrated into its logo. This strong connection with Italian excellence makes the partnership with Team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP a natural and strategic fit for the brand’s positioning.

The prestige and global popularity of MotoGP will strongly support the growth of Chocolatos’ brand awareness, while reinforcing the values that unite the brand with the sport: excellence, passion and international reach.

CARLO MERLINI – COMMERCIAL & MARKETING DIRECTOR, GRESINI RACING
“I’m excited to welcome Chocolatos and Garudafood as new official sponsors of Team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP. This is a brand inspired by the ‘Italian Chocolate Taste’ that has chosen Gresini Racing, and our Italian identity in particular, to strengthen this positioning. With the arrival of Chocolatos, we add another important partner to our constantly growing pool of Indonesian sponsors, while confirming our strong presence in a key market for MotoGP. I’d like to thank Garudafood for the enthusiasm shown towards this project. We can’t wait to take this partnership to the track and to share with Chocolatos the emotions of a MotoGP season that promises to be full of adrenaline.”

HARDIANTO ATMADJA – PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF PT GARUDAFOOD PUTRA PUTRI JAYA TBK
“Garudafood, through its Chocolatos brand, is proud to partner with Team BK8 Gresini Racing as part of the prestigious global sporting event, MotoGP. Gresini Racing’s success in MotoGP is rooted in technical excellence, relentless innovation, and seamless collaboration across the team. Chocolatos, distinguished by its signature Italian chocolate taste, mirrors these principles through its leadership in Indonesia’s food and beverage categories, continuously innovating while maintaining uncompromising quality standards. Together, Chocolatos and Team BK8 Gresini Racing are accelerating toward new heights of excellence on the track, in taste, and beyond.”

If you are proficient on two wheels there’s a strong chance that your proficiency on four wheels will be further enhanced. In other words, the general perception is that the skills you acquire as a motorbike rider stand you in good stead when it comes to navigating the roads safely when driving a car.

There’s plenty of tempting options available if you are looking to make the switch from biking to driving. A good example of this would be when you search Buick GMC dealer Baton Rouge and check out the range of vehicles available.

If you're thinking about your four-wheeled options and how it compares to biking, here’s a rundown of how easy it is to make the switch.

Your coordination is likely to be better

You have to be totally focused 100% of the time when riding a motorbike. There’s also a lot of things that you have to coordinate to ensure that you are riding safely. Throttle and clutch control, combined with controlling front and rear brakes independently of each other, are the sorts of skills that you might take for granted while riding a bike. However, although some of these bike riding skills are not directly transferable, that sort of focus and attention to detail does tend to equate to better coordination and alertness when driving a car.

Your safety profile is better

Another positive aspect that makes it easier to switch from biking to driving, rather than the other way around, is that you will always ride your bike with a defensive mindset.

You are more vulnerable on a bike than when you are driving a car. It stands to reason that if you don’t have a metal frame around you and air bags to deploy in the event of an accident, you’re bound to feel more exposed to danger. That heightened sense of potential danger will usually mean that you automatically have a more defensive outlook. Naturally enough, this will improve your driving skills and safety profile when you have the same level of alertness about potential dangers on the road.

Weather conditions play a big part 

You always have to have a keen eye of weather conditions when riding a bike. It is highly relevant to know how weather conditions will impact road conditions and visibility, and this awareness will help make you a better car driver.

You will ride your bike differently in order to adapt to extreme weather conditions, such as driving rain that will make the road surface more slippery. Far too many drivers tend to drive in almost complete ignorance of the road conditions, seemingly too confident that being in a car protects them from harm. As a bike rider, you know differently. That enhanced appreciation of the dangers associated with more challenging driving conditions on two wheels will boost your profile when you are on four wheels instead.

All these highlighted strengths and skills that you have acquired while riding a motorbike are sure to make you a better driver. That means making the switch from biking to driving should be easier for you.

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