IodaRacing Project

Came IodaRacing Project is an Italian motorcycle constructor and racing team based in Treviso, Italy. The team currently fields two motorcycles in MotoGP and one in Moto2, utilising Suter chassis in both classes. The team's current riders are Danilo Petrucci and Lukáš Pešek in MotoGP and Johann Zarco in Moto2.^[1] The team previously competed in Moto3 in 2012.

History

Danilo Petrucci at the 2012 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.

Background

Team principal Giampiero Sacchi had been involved in the sport since the 1980s when he was working in management and public relations. Sacchi ran his own team, Scuderia Carrizosa, from 1996 to 1998 in the 125cc and 250cc classes before working for Derbi Racing, Gilera and Aprilia between 1998 and 2010.^[2] Sacchi was also responsible for overseeing the careers of several champions including Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.^[3] Sacchi launched IodaRacing Project in 2010 with intentions to enter Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2011.^[4]

MotoGP

IodaRacing entered the MotoGP class under Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) regulations in 2012. The team used its own chassis, the TR003, with an Aprilia RSV4 engine. Danilo Petrucci was the team's rider for the season.^[5] Petrucci recorded seven points-scoring finishes across the eighteen races to finish nineteenth in the championship, with a best finish of eighth at the final round. The team switched to using a Suter chassis midway through the season.^[1]

IodaRacing continued to use the Suter chassis in 2013 and also switched to using BMW engines. The team expanded to run two bikes, one for Petrucci and one for Czech rider Lukáš Pešek.^[1]

Moto2

IodaRacing first competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2011 in the Moto2 class. Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini rode for the team, with FTR chassis being used. Corsi scored two podiums during the course of the season to finish sixth in the championship, with Pasini finishing in twenty-fourth. The team continued to use the FTR chassis in 2012, downsizing to one bike for Corsi. Corsi was unable to replicate the podium results of 2011, ending the season eleventh in the points with a best finish of fifth.

For 2013, IodaRacing switched to using a Suter chassis as it had done in the MotoGP class during the second half of 2012. With Corsi moving to NGM Mobile Racing, the team employed the 2011 125cc-class runner-up Johann Zarco.^[1]

Moto3

IodaRacing competed in the 2012 Moto3 season using the Ioda TR002. Luigi Morciano and Jonas Folger began the season riding for the team, with Folger recording a best result of eleventh in France. However, this would prove to be the team's only points-scoring finish during the season. Folger left the team before the Indianapolis round, replaced by Armando Pontone.^[6] The team finished eighth in the Manufacturers' championship with 5 points.

Models

IodaRacing Project has produced the following motorcycles for use in Grand Prix racing:^[7]

MotoGP

• TR003

Moto3

• TR001 (prototype)
• TR002

Results

MotoGP results

(key)

Year	Bike	Tyres	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	Pos.
2012	Ioda TR003	B		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	9	9th
			Danilo Petrucci	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	17	11	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
	Suter MMX1															14	17	Ret	11	13	8	18	8th
2013	Suter MMX1	B		QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	26	11th
			Danilo Petrucci	Ret	Ret	14	14	12	11	16	14	13	17	13	15	15	Ret	16	15	18	14
			Lukáš Pešek	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	16	Ret	19	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	19	Ret	Ret

* Season in progress.

References

External links

• Official IodaRacing Project website