Michel Fabrizio

Michel Fabrizio

Fabrizio at the Brands Hatch round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season.
Nationality Italian
Born September 17, 1984 (1984-09-17) (age 27)
Rome, Italy
Current team Team Alstare Suzuki
Bike number 84
Website michelfabrizio.net
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
First race 2002 125 cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race 2009 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
Team(s) Gilera, Aprilia, Honda, Ducati
Championships 0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
28 0 0 0 0 18

Michel Fabrizio (born 17 September 1984 in Rome, Italy) is a professional motorcycle road racer. Since 2008, he has been racing for Ducati Xerox Team alongside Noriyuki Haga on the new Ducati 1198 in the Superbike World Championship.

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Early years

Born in Rome, Fabrizio first raced in Minimoto at the age of 6, winning several titles before reaching his teens. He won the Aprilia Challenge in 2001, and raced in the 125 cc World Championship for Gilera in 2002, with little success.

In 2004 he made his first appearance in MotoGP, with the WCM team, failing to complete the season and finishing the season 22nd cc-gp.htm.

In 2005 he raced in the Supersport World Championship, on a factory Honda. He was 5th overall, with 9 top 5 results in the 12 races, although without a win.[1]

Superbike World Championship

For 2006 Fabrizio was teamed with the veteran Pierfrancesco Chili on privateer Honda machinery. He started his career with fifth and eighth at Qatar.[2] He stood in for Toni Elías on MotoGP Fortuna Honda at Donington Park, but crashed in practice and broke his collarbone.[3] He replaced the injured Elías again for the same team in the 2007 German Grand Prix at Sachsenring on July 15, 2007.

At Brno in the 2006 Superbike World Championship, he started tenth, but chose hard-compound tyres, which remained on the pace as other riders faded. In the first race he passed a fading Andrew Pitt as well as Fonsi Nieto, Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga in the closing laps to score his first Superbike World Championship podium finish. In race two he fared even better - after passing James Toseland for fourth towards the end, he caught the battle for second between Haga and Corser. As Corser attempted a move, Fabrizio dived down the inside of both, slithering and nearly hitting Haga, before edging ahead of them both to the line, immediately improving on his career-best result with a second. His best results of 2007 were two third places, at Assen and Brno. In both seasons he was eleventh overall.[4]

In 2008 he raced alongside Troy Bayliss for Ducati Xerox Team on the new Ducati 1098.[5] He came third in race one at Philip Island, Australia, despite a huge crash at the original start.[6] At Miller Motorsports Park, he qualified on the front row and took a pair of third places, despite dropping to eleventh on lap one of the first race.[7] He had a double-DNF at Assen, shortly before an arm operation, and finished a career-best 8th overall.

For 2009, he stays on at Ducati Xerox, partnering Noriyuki Haga after Bayliss' retirement. His first WSBK win (in his 94th start) came at Monza after Ben Spies ran out of fuel. Seven successive podiums followed, cementing his third place in the standings behind Haga and Spies. This run ended at Brno when he took Spies down as they battled for the lead. He finished the season third overall.

Fabrizio and Haga both continue with the team for 2010. The bike dominated pre-season testing at Phillip Island.[8]

After Ducati announced that they would be ending support for their World Superbike operations at the end of the 2010 season,[9] Fabrizio agreed a contract with Team Suzuki Alstare to race in the 2011 Superbike World Championship season.[10]

MotoGP

In August 2009, after Casey Stoner announced his intention to withdraw from the next three Grand Prix, it was announced that his place in the Ducati Marlboro team would be taken by Mika Kallio whilst the Finn's place at Pramac Racing would be taken by Fabrizio.[11] His race was marred by physical difficulties, which caused him to retire from the first race in Brno. Fabrizio then being unavailable for the next race in Indianapolis the ride was given to Aleix Espargaró for the remaining two races.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2002 Grand Prix 125cc Team Italia Gilera 16 0 0 4 31st
2003 World Stock 1000 Team Alstare Corona 9 3 4  ? 1st
2004 MotoGP WCM 10 0 0 8 22nd
2005 World Supersport Team Megabike 12 1 0 138 5th
2006 World Superbikes D.F.X. Treme 24 0 0 125 11th
2007 World Superbikes D.F.X. Corse 25 0 0 132 11th
MotoGP Honda Gresini 1 0 0 6 21st
2008 World Superbikes Ducati Xerox 28 0 0 223 8th
2009 World Superbikes Ducati Xerox 28 1 3 382 3rd
MotoGP Pramac Racing 1 0 0 0 20th*

*Season in progress.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

(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
2002 125 cc Gilera JPN
Ret		 RSA
15		 SPA
18		 FRA
17		 ITA
16		 CAT
Ret		 NED
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
23		 CZE
25		 POR
Ret		 BRA
23		 PAC
13		 MAL
26		 AUS
Ret		 VAL
20		 31st 4
2004 MotoGP Aprilia RSA
18		 SPA
10		 FRA
16		 ITA
15		 CAT
16		 NED
Ret		 BRA GER
15		 GBR
20		 CZE
17		 POR
Ret		 JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL 22nd 8
2007 MotoGP Honda QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER
10		 USA CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL 21st 6
2009 MotoGP Ducati QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE
Ret		 IND SMR POR AUS MAL VAL 20th* 0*

World Superbike Championship

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

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 Ducati QAT
9		 QAT
5		 AUS
3		 AUS
19		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
13		 NED
Ret		 NED
Ret		 ITA
9		 ITA
5		 USA
3		 USA
3		 GER
7		 GER
6		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
11		 CZE
3		 CZE
2		 GBR
12		 GBR
6		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
5		 ITA
7		 ITA
2		 FRA
Ret		 FRA
14		 POR
Ret		 POR
2		 8th 223
2009 Ducati AUS
4		 AUS
5		 QAT
Ret		 QAT
Ret		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 NED
9		 NED
4		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 RSA
2		 RSA
2		 USA
3		 USA
2		 SMR
3		 SMR
2		 GBR
12		 GBR
3		 CZE
Ret		 CZE
3		 GER
7		 GER
9		 ITA
3		 ITA
1		 FRA
4		 FRA
13		 POR
5		 POR
1		 3rd 382
2010 Ducati AUS
2		 AUS
3		 POR
11		 POR
11		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 NED
13		 NED
12		 ITA
7		 ITA
Ret		 RSA
1		 RSA
8		 USA
Ret		 USA
9		 SMR
4		 SMR
3		 CZE
Ret		 CZE
3		 GBR
4		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 GER
19		 ITA
7		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
6		 FRA
3		 8th 195
2011 Suzuki AUS
6		 AUS
8		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
7		 NED
5		 NED
7		 ITA
5		 ITA
3		 USA
 USA
 SMR
 SMR
 SPA
 SPA
 CZE
 CZE
 GBR
 GBR
 GER
 GER
 ITA
 ITA
 FRA
 FRA
 POR
 POR
 7th 74

References

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  2. ^ "BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Toseland and Corser win in Qatar". News.bbc.co.uk. Last Updated:. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/4750136.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  3. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20061006163428/http://www.honda-racing.co.uk/twowheels/motogp/article.asp?a=3060
  4. ^ "MotorcycleUSA.com - Michel Fabrizio". Motorcycle-usa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070816133931/http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Racing_RiderBio.aspx?Series=14&Rider=856. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  5. ^ "Ducati Corse Signs Michel Fabrizio For 2008". Londonbikers.com. http://londonbikers.com/news/6808/ducati-corse-signs-michel-fabrizio-for-2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  6. ^ "World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss and Michael Fabrizio to miss Valencia test - Motorcycle Sport". Motorcyclenews.com. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/march/1-9/mar0808worldsuperbikestroybaylissmichelfabriziomissvalenciatest/?&R=EPI-99116. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  7. ^ "WSB: Checa pulls off US double - Visordown Motorcycle news : Racing news". Visordown.com. http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/wsb_checa_pulls_off_us_double/4871.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  8. ^ "Fabrizio fastest, Ducati dominates final test". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-02-22. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/157051/1/fabrizio_fastest_ducati_dominates_final_test.html. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
  9. ^ "Ducati to quit WSB". Insidebikes (Carole Nash). 2010-08-27. http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/bike-sport/ducati-to-quit-wsb.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-14. 
  10. ^ "Fabrizio confirmed as sole Alstare entry". Insidebikes (Carole Nash). 2010-10-14. http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/bike-sport/fabrizio-confirmed-as-sole-alstare-entry.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-14. 
  11. ^ "Stoner out for three races as Kallio steps in". GPUpdate.net. 2009-08-10. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/motogp-news/217397/stoner-out-for-three-races-as-kallio-steps-in/. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  12. ^ http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Espargar+to+make+MotoGP+debut+at+Indy

External links

Teams and riders competing in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship