Fausto Gresini

Gresini was born at Imola. He began racing in 1978 at the age of 17 on a Minarelli 50 in Italy, and in 1983 he joined the Grand Prix circuit with the MBA team.

During his riding career, Gresini won two world championship titles in the 125cc class in 1985 and 1987. He was vice-champion in the 125cc class in 1986 aboard a Garelli and in 1991 and 1992 with Honda. He accumulated 21 victories and raced in 132 Grand Prix with 15 second places and 11 third places. He is tied with Ángel Nieto for the record of 11 consecutive victories in the 125 class, accomplished across 1986 and 1987. He holds the record of the most 125cc victories in one season with ten in 1987 - he crashed in the final race but won all others.

Gresini currently manages the Gresini Honda MotoGP team. His team has won two world championships with Daijiro Kato winning the 2001 250cc world championship, and Toni Elías winning the 2010 Moto2 world championship. Kato died in hospital two weeks after crashing during the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix on 6 April 2003.^[3] On 23 October 2011, the Gresini team suffered another loss when rider Marco Simoncelli died soon after an accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The team's other rider is Hiroshi Aoyama.

Grand Prix career statistics

Points system from 1969 to 1987.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points	Rank	Wins
1983	125cc	MBA	FRA NC	NAT 7	GER 6	ESP 6	AUT 4	YUG NC	NED 10	BEL 9	GBR 6	SWE 2	RSM NC				37	9th	0
1984	125cc	MBA	NAT NC	ESP NC	GER 4												51	3rd	1
1984	125cc	Garelli				FRA 4	NED NC	GBR 3	SWE 1	RSM 3							51	3rd	1
1985	125cc	Garelli	ESP 2	GER 2	NAT NC	AUT 1	NED 3	BEL 1	FRA 2	GBR 4	SWE 3	RSM 1					109	1st	3
1986	125cc	Garelli	ESP 1	NAT 1	GER 2	AUT NC	NED 2	BEL 4	FRA 2	GBR NC	SWE 1	RSM 3	BWU 1				114	2nd	4
1987	125cc	Garelli	ESP 1	GER 1	NAT 1	AUT 1	NED 1	FRA 1	GBR 1	SWE 1	CZE 1	RSM 1	POR DNF				150	1st	10
1988	125cc	Garelli	ESP 4	NAT NC	GER -	AUT -	NED NC	BEL -	YUG -	FRA -	GBR 7	SWE NC	CZE NC				22	21st	0
1989	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 11	AUS 7	ESP 5	NAT 3	GER NC	AUT 5	NED 6	BEL 7	FRA 5	GBR 8	SWE 5	CZE 14			102	5th	0
1990	125cc	Honda	JPN 7	ESP 3	NAT NC	GER -	AUT NC	YUG 6	NED 8	BEL 8	FRA NC	GBR 8	SWE 5	CZE 7	HUN 4	AUS 5	102	8th	0
1991	125cc	Honda	JPN 2	AUS 2	ESP 2	ITA 1	GER NC	AUT 1	EUR 2	NED 4	FRA 3	GBR 2	RSM 3	CZE 6	MAL 4		181	2nd	2
1992	125cc	Honda	JPN NC	AUS 5	MAL 8	ESP 2	ITA 5	EUR 3	GER 2	NED 2	HUN 3	FRA NC	GBR 1	BRA 6	RSA 7		118	2nd	1
1993	125cc	Honda	AUS 5	MAL 8	JPN NC	ESP NC	AUT 8	GER 17	NED DNF	EUR 17	RSM 10	GBR 7	CZE -	ITA 10	USA 16	FIM 4	61	11th	0
1994	125cc	Honda	AUS 4	MAL 6	JPN 18	ESP DNF	AUT 8	GER 13	NED 16	ITA 17	FRA 10	GBR 20	CZE -	USA DNS	ARG NC	EUR 10	46	16th	0

References

↑ Fausto Gresini career statistics at MotoGP.com
↑ Gresini Racing Home page
↑ Investigation committee into the cause of Daijiro Kato's fatal crash publish their results MotoGP.com Retrieved 2015-07-21

External links

Bio at Gresini Racing

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
2014 – Á. Márquez
2015 – D. Kent

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Fausto Gresini

Grand Prix career statistics

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