Sandro Cortese

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Sandro Cortese
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Nationality	German
Date of birth	January 6, 1990 (1990-01-06) (age 18)^[1]
Place of birth	Ochsenhausen, Germany

125cc World Championship Record
Current team	Emmi - Caffè Latte Aprilia
Bike number	11
World Championships
Race starts	51
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
Championship Points	66 in 2007
2007 Championship position	14th

Sandro Cortese (born January 6, 1990 in Ochsenhausen, Germany),is an German motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship. He currently lives in Berkheim.

The young German of Italian origins started his career at the age of nine with pocket bikes and clinched the European Pocket Bike title, also he became the German Mini Bike champion . He competed at the German ITM Championship in the 125cc class, but only manage to finish 10th.^[1]

Cortese made his 125cc World Championship with Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda in 2005, he finished the season in 26th place with 8 points. His best finish was 14th place in German GP, Czech GP, and Turkish GP. But for 2006, he switch to the 2005 125cc Championship-Wining team, the Elit - Caffè Latte which is also on Honda machineries. He partnered 2005 125cc World Champion Thomas Lüthi. He made steady progress scoring some mid-field championship points, His best result was in the Portuguese GP in 10th place and improved in the standings to 17th place with 23pts.

Cortese enjoyed the season, but occurred little changes around him for 2007, which his team became Emmi - Caffè Latte, switched to Aprilia and Thomas Lüthi move to 250cc also used Aprilia. But when testing in Spain, he found out his new Aprilia is totally different from his 2006 Honda. But he made an even better progress, finishing most fo the season's race in the top 10 including 7th places in the French GP, and his home races in the Italian GP and German GP. He finished the championship in 14th place with 66 points. This improvement caused him to use an official Aprilia RSA 125 for 2008.

Cortese is also known for his perfect attendance in every races of each of the season he entered since 2005.

1 Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
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[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2005-Present	2005 SPA	None	None	51	0	0	0	0	138	0
Total	2005-Present				51	0	0	0	0	138

[edit] By seasons and teams

Season	Class	Team	Motocycle	Type	Races	Pts	Position
2005	125cc	Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda	Honda	Honda RS125R	16	8	26th
2006	125cc	Elit - Caffè Latte	Honda	Honda RS125R	16	23	17th
2007	125cc	Emmi - Caffè Latte	Aprilia	Aprilia RS 125	17	66	14th
2008	125cc	Emmi - Caffè Latte	Aprilia	Aprilia RSA 125	5	30	12th *
Total					54	138

* Season In Progress

[edit] Races by year

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

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Pos	Pts
2005	125 cc	Honda	SPA 20	POR 25	CHN Ret	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT 23	NED 24	GBR 15	GER 14	CZE 14	JPN Ret	MAL 21	QAT 17	AUS 19	TUR 14	VAL Ret		26th	8
2006	125 cc	Honda	SPA 16	QAT Ret	TUR 16	CHN 17	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT 19	NED 14	GBR 14	GER 13	CZE 11	MAL 17	AUS 14	JPN 14	POR 10	VAL 18		17th	23
2007	125 cc	Aprilia	QAT 17	SPA 7	TUR Ret	CHN 18	FRA 7	ITA 7	CAT 11	GBR 12	NED 8	GER 7	CZE 10	SMR 15	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 10	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	14th	66
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 11	SPA 10	POR 10	CHN 16	FRA 11	ITA 8	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	SMR	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	*	*