Andrea Dovizioso

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Andrea Dovizioso
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Nationality	Italian
Date of birth	March 23, 1986 (1986-03-23) (age 22)
Place of birth	Forlì, Italy
Website	andreadovizioso.com
MotoGP Record
Current team	JiR Team Scot
Bike number	4
World Championships	125cc - 2004
Race starts	99
Race Wins	9
Podium finishes	41
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	11
Championship Points	1226
2008 Championship position	7th (44 pts) - In Progress

Andrea Dovizioso (born March 23, 1986 in Forlì, Italy) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He won the 125cc World Championship in 2004.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 125cc 1.2 250cc 1.3 MotoGP 2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing career 2.1 By season 2.2 By class 2.3 Races by year 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] 125cc

In 2001 Dovizioso won the 125cc European Championship and also competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired. In 2002 he competed in the 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda, finishing 16th in the final standings. His best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington. He continued with the team in 2003, finishing 5th in the final standings and achieving four podium finishes. The 2004 season saw him pick up five victories and six other podium finishes on his way to winning the championship with 293 points.

[edit] 250cc

In 2005 Dovizioso moved to the 250cc class, continuing with Team Scot Honda. The season included five podium finishes and 3rd place in the overall standings. He also won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2006 he stayed with the team, who were now renamed as Humangest Racing. He won two races in Barcelona and Estoril and finished on the podium 11 times. He fought for the championship until the final race of the season, but had to settle for 2nd place behind Jorge Lorenzo. The 2007 season has seen him win two races in Istanbul and Donington and challenge once again for the championship. He lies 2nd overall with four races remaining in the season.

[edit] MotoGP

On 15 September 2007, Dovizioso announced that he would be making the move up to the MotoGP class with his existing team in 2008.^[1] On his premier class debut, Dovizioso achieved a highly credible fourth place, at the season opener in Qatar, passing Valentino Rossi on the last lap.

[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

[edit] By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2001	125cc	Aprilia RS 125	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
2002	125cc	Honda RS125R	16	0	0	0	0	42	16th	-
2003	125cc	Honda RS125R	16	0	4	1	0	157	5th	-
2004	125cc	Honda RS125RW	16	5	11	8	3	293	1st	1
2005	250cc	Honda RS250RW	16	0	5	0	1	189	3rd	-
2006	250cc	Honda RS250RW	16	2	11	2	4	272	2nd	-
2007	250cc	Honda RS250RW	17	2	10	2	3	260	2nd	-
Total			98	9	41	13	11	1213		1

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2001-2004	2001 Italy	2003 S. Africa	2004 S. Africa	49	5	15	9	3	492	1
250 cc	2005-2007	2005 Spain	2005 Portugal	2006 Catalunya	49	4	26	4	8	721	0
MotoGP	2008	2008 Qatar	N/A	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	13	0
Total	2002-2008				99	9	41	13	11	1226	1

[edit] Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Pos	Pts
2001	125 cc	Aprilia	JPN	SAF	SPA	FRA	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	BRA			-	0
2002	125 cc	Honda	JPN Ret	SAF 10	SPA Ret	FRA 9	ITA 12	CAT Ret	NED 11	GBR 9	GER 13	CZE 21	POR Ret	BRA 13	PAC Ret	MAL 15	AUS 10	VAL 17			16th	42
2003	125 cc	Honda	JPN 5	SAF 2	SPA 9	FRA 3	ITA 4	CAT Ret	NED 10	GBR 2	GER 7	CZE 6	POR 8	BRA 6	PAC 3	MAL 13	AUS Ret	VAL 8			5th	157
2004	125 cc	Honda	SAF 1	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA 4	CAT 2	NED 4	BRA 3	GER 4	GBR 1	CZE 2	POR Ret	JPN 1	QAT 2	MAL 2	AUS 1	VAL 2			1st	293
2005	250 cc	Honda	SPA 4	POR 2	CHN 2	FRA 3	ITA 8	CAT 3	NED 7	GBR 7	GER 4	CZE 6	JPN 6	MAL Ret	QAT 3	AUS 5	TUR 5	VAL 9			3rd	189
2006	250 cc	Honda	SPA 3	QAT 2	TUR 3	CHN 2	FRA 2	ITA 3	CAT 1	NED 3	GBR 6	GER 4	CZE 2	MAL 2	AUS 4	JPN 4	POR 1	VAL 7			2nd	272
2007	250 cc	Honda	QAT 5	SPA 3	TUR 1	CHN 3	FRA 2	ITA 4	CAT 3	GBR 1	NED 4	GER 5	CZE 2	SMR Ret	POR 2	JPN 2	AUS 3	MAL 11	VAL 4		2nd	260
2008	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 4th	SPA 8th	POR DNF	CHN 11th	FRA 6th	ITA 8th	CAT 4th	GBR -	NED -	GER -	USA -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	-	-

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• andreadovizioso.com Official website

Preceded by Dani Pedrosa

125cc Motorcycle World Champion 2004

Succeeded by Thomas Lüthi

v • d • e Teams and Riders competing in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship Ducati Marlboro Repsol Honda Rizla Suzuki Fiat Yamaha Honda Gresini Alice Team Kawasaki Racing Yamaha Tech 3 Honda LCR JiR Team Scot 1 Stoner 33 Melandri 2 Pedrosa 69 Hayden 7 Vermeulen 65 Capirossi 46 Rossi 48 Lorenzo 15 de Angelis 56 Nakano 24 Elías 50 Guintoli 13 West 21 Hopkins 5 Edwards 52 Toseland 14 de Puniet   4 Dovizioso

v • d • e JiR Team Scot Andrea Dovizioso (4) Grand Prix motorcycle : Honda RC212V

v • d • e 125 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - N. Pagani 1950 - B. Ruffo 1951 - C. Ubbiali 1952 - C. Sandford 1953 - W. Haas 1954 - R. Hollaus 1955 - C. Ubbiali 1956 - C. Ubbiali 1957 - T. Provini 1958 - C. Ubbiali 1959 - C. Ubbiali 1960 - C. Ubbiali 1961 - T. Phillis 1962 - L. Taveri 1963 - H. Anderson 1964 - L. Taveri 1965 - H. Anderson 1966 - L. Taveri 1967 - B. Ivy 1968 - P. Read 1969 - D. Simmonds 1970 - D. Braun 1971 - Á. Nieto 1972 - Á. Nieto 1973 - K. Andersson 1974 - K. Andersson 1975 - P. Pileri 1976 - P. Bianchi 1977 - P. Bianchi 1978 - E. Lazzarini 1979 - Á. Nieto 1980 - P. Bianchi 1981 - Á. Nieto 1982 - Á. Nieto 1983 - Á. Nieto 1984 - Á. Nieto 1985 - F. Gresini 1986 - L. Cadalora 1987 - F. Gresini 1988 - J. Martínez 1989 - À. Crivillé 1990 - L. Capirossi 1991 - L. Capirossi 1992 - A. Gramigni 1993 - D. Raudies 1994 - K. Sakata 1995 - H. Aoki 1996 - H. Aoki 1997 - V. Rossi 1998 - K. Sakata 1999 - E. Alzamora 2000 - R. Locatelli 2001 - M. Poggiali 2002 - A. Vincent 2003 - D. Pedrosa 2004 - A. Dovizioso 2005 - T. Lüthi 2006 - Á. Bautista 2007 - G. Talmácsi