Luca Cadalora

He began his professional motorcycle racing career in 1984, riding an MBA in the 125cc world championship. In 1986, he won the 125cc World Championship while riding for the Garelli factory racing team. His success earned him a promotion to the 250cc class with Giacomo Agostini's Marlboro Yamaha factory racing team in 1986. In 1991, Cadalora switched to the Rothmans Honda factory racing team and won the 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto-tuned Honda NSR250.^[1]^[2] He successfully defended his title with Honda in 1992, claiming his third world championship.

In 1993 he rose to the blue riband 500cc division as Wayne Rainey's team mate in the Kenny Roberts-Yamaha team.^[2] In three seasons on the Roberts Yamaha, he displayed flashes of brilliance, finishing as high as second to Mick Doohan in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the 1996 season racing a Honda NSR500. Despite lacking any major sponsors, he still managed to finish the season in third place aboard the Kanemoto-Honda.^[1]^[2]

For the 1997 season, he got a contract as official Yamaha rider in the new Promotor Racing team backed by an Austrian businessman. However,after few races the team failed due to financial problems. WCM rescued the team with the help of a Red Bull sponsorship and Cadalora ended the season in sixth place. At the beginning of the 1998 season, WCM and Cadalora lost Yamaha official support. He returned to the Rainey-Yamaha works team for a few races to replace an injured Jean-Michel Bayle, then helped develop the new MuZ race bike. In 1999 he was again with MuZ. Cadalora finished his career with Kenny Roberts' Modenas team in 2000.^[1]^[2]

In an era rich in talent with competitors such as Doohan, Rainey and Schwantz, Cadalora was considered an enigma.^[3] Capable of defeating the best riders in the world on certain days, he would just as often post poor results. Cadalora lacked consistency at the highest levels of the sport.^[3] He retired with 34 Grand Prix victories in three different classes.^[1]

Career statistics

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Pts
1984	125cc	MBA	RSA	NAT 5	SPA Ret	AUT	GER 2	FRA 12	YUG	NED Ret	BEL	GBR 6	SWE Ret	RSM 7					8th	27
1985	125cc	MBA	RSA	SPA Ret	GER Ret	NAT Ret	AUT 30	YUG	NED 7	BEL Ret	FRA	GBR 11	SWE DNS	RSM					17th	4
1986	125cc	Garelli	SPA 4	NAT 4	GER 1	AUT 1	NED 1	BEL Ret	FRA 1	GBR 3	SWE 2	RSM 2	BWU 2						1st	122
1987	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 13	SPA 2	GER 5	NAT 11	AUT Ret	YUG DNS	NED 15	FRA 15	GBR Ret	SWE 2	CZE 5	RSM 2	POR 9	BRA 6	ARG 4		7th	63
1988	250cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	USA 6	SPA 7	EXP Ret	NAT 5	GER 1	AUT 7	NED 4	BEL 8	YUG 5	FRA 6	GBR 1	SWE Ret	CZE 3	BRA Ret		6th	136
1989	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 3	AUS 3	USA 3	SPA 1	NAT Ret	GER 11	AUT Ret	YUG Ret	NED Ret	BEL 5	FRA 11	GBR Ret	SWE 5	CZE 6	BRA 1		5th	127
1989	500cc	Yamaha	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR 8	SWE DNS	CZE	BRA		27th	8
1990	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 1	USA 2	SPA 2	NAT Ret	GER 10	AUT 1	YUG 4	NED Ret	BEL Ret	FRA 2	GBR 1	SWE 4	CZE 4	HUN 4	AUS 3		3rd	184
1991	250cc	Honda	JPN 1	AUS 1	USA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	GER 4	AUT 5	EUR 1	NED 2	FRA 5	GBR 1	RSM 1	CZE 3	VDM 3	MAL 1		1st	237
1992	250cc	Honda	JPN 1	AUS 1	MAL 1	SPA 4	ITA 1	EUR 1	GER 4	NED 2	HUN 1	FRA 3	GBR 4	BRA 1	RSA 6				1st	203
1993	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 8	MAL DNS	JPN Ret	SPA 5	AUT 5	GER 8	NED 7	EUR 15	RSM 5	GBR 1	CZE 2	ITA 1	USA 3	FIM Ret			5th	145
1994	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 2	MAL 4	JPN 4	SPA Ret	AUT 22	GER DNS	NED 9	ITA 2	FRA 7	GBR 3	CZE 3	USA 1	ARG 6	EUR 1			2nd	174
1995	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 4	MAL Ret	JPN 4	ESP 2	GER 2	ITA 12	NED 7	FRA 2	GBR 5	CZE 1	BRA 1	ARG 3	EUR Ret				3rd	176
1996	500cc	Honda	MAL 1	INA 6	JPN Ret	SPA 2	ITA 3	FRA 6	NED Ret	GER 1	GBR 9	AUT 4	CZE Ret	IMO 6	CAT 4	BRA 6	AUS 7		3rd	168
1997	500cc	Yamaha	MAL 4	JPN 11	SPA 11	ITA 2	AUT 3	FRA Ret	NED Ret	IMO 6	GER Ret	BRA 3	GBR 5	CZE 2	CAT 4	INA Ret	AUS Ret		6th	129
1998	500cc	Yamaha	JPN	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA 6	MAD Ret											22nd	10
		Suzuki							NED Ret	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS
		MuZ														ARG Ret
1999	500cc	MuZ	MAL Ret	JPN	SPA 8	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR	GER Ret	CZE DNS	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	BRA	ARG	20th	14
2000	500cc	Modenas	RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER 14	CZE 15	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC	AUS	27th	3

Superbike World Championship Results

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts
Year	Make	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	Pos	Pts
2000	Ducati	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR Ret	GBR 17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR	NC	0

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rider Statistics - Luca Cadalora". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Luca Cadalora profile at crash.net
↑ 3.0 3.1 Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7

Preceded by John Kocinski	250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1991-1992	Succeeded by Tetsuya Harada

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – B. Ruffo

1950 – D. Ambrosini
1951 – B. Ruffo
1952 – E. Lorenzetti
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – W. Haas
1955 – H. Müller
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – C. Sandford
1958 – T. Provini
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – M. Hailwood
1962 – J. Redman
1963 – J. Redman
1964 – P. Read
1965 – P. Read
1966 – M. Hailwood
1967 – M. Hailwood
1968 – P. Read
1969 – K. Carruthers

1970 – R. Gould
1971 – P. Read
1972 – J. Saarinen
1973 – D. Braun
1974 – W. Villa
1975 – W. Villa
1976 – W. Villa
1977 – M. Lega
1978 – K. Ballington
1979 – K. Ballington

1980 – A. Mang
1981 – A. Mang
1982 – J. Tournadre
1983 – C. Lavado
1984 – C. Sarron
1985 – F. Spencer
1986 – C. Lavado
1987 – A. Mang
1988 – S. Pons
1989 – S. Pons

1990 – J. Kocinski
1991 – L. Cadalora
1992 – L. Cadalora
1993 – T. Harada
1994 – M. Biaggi
1995 – M. Biaggi
1996 – M. Biaggi
1997 – M. Biaggi
1998 – L. Capirossi
1999 – V. Rossi

2000 – O. Jacque
2001 – D. Kato
2002 – M. Melandri
2003 – M. Poggiali
2004 – D. Pedrosa
2005 – D. Pedrosa
2006 – J. Lorenzo
2007 – J. Lorenzo
2008 – M. Simoncelli
2009 – H. Aoyama

2010 – T. Elías
2011 – S. Bradl
2012 – M. Márquez
2013 – P. Espargaró

125cc/Moto3 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
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol
2012 – S. Cortese
2013 – M. Viñales

Persondata
Name	Cadalora, Luca
Alternative names
Short description	Motorcycle racer
Date of birth	1963-05-17
Place of birth	Modena
Date of death
Place of death

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