Manuel Poggiali

Manuel Poggiali

Manuel Poggiali at Assen in 2008
Nationality San Marino
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1998 - 2006, 2008
First race1998 125cc Imola Grand Prix
Last race2008 250cc Czech Republic Grand Prix
First win2001 125cc French Grand Prix
Last win2004 250cc Brazilian Grand Prix
Team(s)Gilera, KTM, Aprilia, Derbi
Championships125cc: 2001
250cc: 2003
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
131 12 35 11 7 1111

Manuel Poggiali (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmanuel podˈdʒali]; born February 14, 1983) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion from San Marino. He was the 2001 125cc World Champion, and the 2003 250cc World Champion. He scored 12 race wins, 11 pole positions, and 35 podium finishes.[1] He often struggled with motivation and the mental side of racing, and this contributed to his early retirement from the sport.[2]

Poggiali began racing Minibikes in 1994, and made his first Grand Prix starts in 1998, also winning the Italian 125cc Championship that year. He went into the 125cc World Championship full-time in 1999, and showed promise over the next two years, scoring a first podium at Assen in 2000. In 2001 he improved to win the title on a Gilera. He remained in the class in 2002, scoring 7 podiums in the first 8 races but failing to defend his title, losing out to Arnaud Vincent.

For 2003 he moved up to 250s, and followed Freddie Spencer and Tetsuya Harada in winning the title at his first attempt, including victories in the season's first two races. He had a disappointing 2004 however, finishing only 9th overall with just three podium results.

For 2005 he returned to 125s, again looking like a shadow of his former self, failing to take a single podium.[3] In 2006 he raced in the 250cc class for the KTM team, but they did not renew his contract for 2007. Although he received some offers from 125cc, 250cc, and Superbike teams, he decided to refuse the offers and take a sabbatical, hoping to get better offers in 2008. He made his return to racing after announcing that he would ride for Campetella Racing alongside Fabrizio Lai.[4] He decided to retire midseason after losing enthusiasm.

He is also a footballer, he played some matches over the last years for Pennarossa, a football club of San Marino. For 2013 he returned to motorcycle racing and rode in the Italian Superbike Championship for Scuderia Corse Team Grandi aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale. He finished the season in 14th overall with a second-place finish in the penultimate race of the year at Mugello being his best finish. For 2014 he signed to ride for the Barni Racing Team aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale in the CIV Superbike Championship and finished 11th overall.

Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results [5]

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 Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points Rank Wins
1999 125cc Aprilia MAL
12		 JPN
18		 ESP
9		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
13		 CAT
Ret		 NED
13		 GBR
Ret		 GER
11		 CZE
 IMO
8		 VAL
Ret		 AUS
9		 RSA
Ret		 BRA
7		 ARG
Ret		 46 17th 0
2000 125cc Aprilia RSA
 MAL
 JPN
 ESP
9		 FRA
8		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
Ret		 NED
3		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
12		 POR
Ret		 VAL
14		 BRA
Ret		 PAC
11		 AUS
5		 53 16th 0
2001 125cc Gilera JPN
5		 RSA
2		 ESP
Ret		 FRA
1		 ITA
3		 CAT
3		 NED
Ret		 GBR
3		 GER
3		 CZE
Ret		 POR
1		 VAL
1		 PAC
2		 AUS
2		 MAL
2		 BRA
5		 241 1st 3
2002 125cc Gilera JPN
3		 RSA
1		 ESP
DSQ		 FRA
2		 ITA
1		 CAT
1		 NED
2		 GBR
3		 GER
4		 CZE
5		 POR
Ret		 BRA
3		 PAC
2		 MAL
4		 AUS
1		 VAL
7		 254 2nd 4
2003 250cc Aprilia JPN
1		 RSA
1		 ESP
4		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
1		 CAT
Ret		 NED
4		 GBR
2		 GER
8		 CZE
3		 POR
2		 BRA
1		 PAC
3		 MAL
2		 AUS
9		 VAL
3		 249 1st 4
2004 250cc Aprilia RSA
4		 ESP
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
3		 CAT
Ret		 NED
7		 BRA
1		 GER
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 CZE
9		 POR
7		 JPN
17		 QAT
 MAL
 AUS
3		 VAL
Ret		 95 9th 1
2005 125cc Gilera ESP
6		 POR
5		 CHN
12		 FRA
10		 ITA
6		 CAT
6		 NED
8		 GBR
25		 GER
11		 CZE
8		 JPN
6		 MAL
8		 QAT
7		 AUS
13		 TUR
11		 VAL
Ret		 107 10th 0
2006 250cc KTM ESP
11		 QAT
14		 TUR
15		 CHN
11		 FRA
17		 ITA
12		 CAT
11		 NED
10		 GBR
Ret		 GER
13		 CZE
Ret		 MAL
11		 AUS
13		 JPN
12		 POR
12		 VAL
8		 50 14th 0
2008 250cc Gilera QAT
14		 ESP
Ret		 POR
17		 CHN
Ret		 FRA
6		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
14		 GBR
14		 NED
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
DNS		 RSM
-		 IND
-		 JPN
-		 AUS
-		 MAL
-		 VAL
-		 16 19th 0

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Preceded by
Marco Melandri		 250cc Motorcycle World Champion
2003 		Succeeded by
Dani Pedrosa
Preceded by
Roberto Locatelli		 125cc Motorcycle World Champion
2001 		Succeeded by
Arnaud Vincent
Preceded by
Marco Melandri		 Italian 125cc Champion
1998 		Succeeded by
Fabrizio De Marco
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