Doriano Romboni
Doriano Romboni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doriano Romboni - Grand Prix in Japan (1996). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Lerici, Italy | 8 December 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
30 November 2013 44) Latina, Italy | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doriano Romboni (8 December 1968 in Lerici, Italy – 30 November 2013 in Latina, Italy) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Career
Romboni raced in 125cc and 250cc World Championship races on Hondas. In 1996 he rode for the Aprilia factory in the 500cc class aboard a bike with a V-twin, 250cc engine that had been enlarged to 380cc. Aprilia tried to take advantage of the bike's lightweight and agility against their more powerful competition. Romboni managed to finish in 10th place in the 1997 season before Aprilia withdrew the project. He raced for the MuZ team in one race in the 1998 season.[1]
In 1999 he switched to the Superbike World Championship on a private Ducati. He was a frontrunner in the early races. At Monza he briefly ran third behind Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser before he collided with Aaron Slight and hurt his leg. He briefly returned to the series in 2000 then again in 2004.
Death
On 30 November 2013 Romboni died in a crash during the second edition of "Sic day", a race in honor of the memory of the Italian racer Marco Simoncelli, who also died in a race crash in 2011.[2]
Grand Prix career statistics
Points system from 1988 to 1992:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1993 onwards:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1989 | 125cc | Honda | RS125 | JPN - |
AUS - |
ESP NC |
NAT 10 |
GER 15 |
AUT NC |
NED 17 |
BEL 12 |
FRA NC |
GBR 7 |
SWE NC |
CZE NC |
20 | 20th | 0 | |||
1990 | 125cc | Honda | RS125 | JPN - |
ESP NC |
NAT NC |
GER 1 |
AUT 6 |
YUG 5 |
NED 1 |
BEL 11 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 2 |
SWE 3 |
CZE - |
HUN NC |
AUS 3 |
130 | 4th | 2 | |
1991 | 250cc | HB-Honda | NSR250 | JPN NC |
AUS NC |
USA 13 |
ESP 9 |
ITA NC |
GER 13 |
AUT NC |
EUR 7 |
NED - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
RSM 6 |
CZE NC |
VDM NC |
MAL NC |
32 | 15th | 0 |
1992 | 250cc | HB-Honda | NSR250 | JPN NC |
AUS 6 |
MAL 6 |
ESP 12 |
ITA 10 |
EUR 7 |
GER NC |
NED NC |
HUN 7 |
FRA NC |
GBR 3 |
BRA 4 |
RSA NC |
43 | 10th | 0 | ||
1993 | 250cc | HB-Honda | NSR250 | AUS 7 |
MAL 4 |
JPN 3 |
ESP 8 |
AUT 1 |
GER 1 |
NED NC |
EUR - |
RSM - |
GBR - |
CZE 4 |
ITA NC |
USA 2 |
FIM 6 |
139 | 5th | 2 | |
1994 | 250cc | HB-Honda | NSR250 | AUS 2 |
MAL 5 |
JPN 6 |
ESP 2 |
AUT 3 |
GER 3 |
NED NC |
ITA NC |
FRA 2 |
GBR 3 |
CZE NC |
USA 1 |
ARG - |
EUR 3 |
170 | 4th | 1 | |
1995 | 250cc | HB-Honda | NSR250 | AUS 6 |
MAL NC |
JPN NC |
ESP 4 |
GER - |
ITA - |
NED - |
FRA NC |
GBR - |
CZE 5 |
BRA 1 |
ARG 3 |
EUR - |
75 | 9th | 1 | ||
1996 | 500cc | Aprilia | Aprilia 380 | MAL DNS |
INA 11 |
JPN 7 |
ESP NC |
ITA 9 |
FRA NC |
NED NC |
GER NC |
GBR - |
AUT - |
CZE - |
IMO 14 |
CAT - |
BRA - |
AUS - |
23 | 19th | 0 |
1997 | 500cc | Aprilia | Aprilia 380 | MAL - |
JPN - |
ESP 6 |
ITA 11 |
AUT 10 |
FRA 11 |
NED 3 |
IMO NC |
GER 5 |
BRA 7 |
GBR 7 |
CZE NC |
CAT 10 |
INA 10 |
AUS 11 |
88 | 10th | 0 |
1998 | 500cc | MuZ-Weber | MuZ 500 | JPN 12 |
MAL - |
ESP - |
ITA - |
FRA - |
MAD - |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
CZE - |
IMO - |
CAT - |
AUS - |
ARG - |
4 | 28th | 0 | |