Fabrizio Lai

Lai at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix.

Nationality

Italian

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

2001 - 2008

First race

2001 125cc Valencia Grand Prix

Last race

2008 250cc Valencia Grand Prix

Team(s)

Malaguti, Gilera, Honda, Aprilia, Rieju

Championships

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
98	0	5	0	1	371

Fabrizio Lai (born 14 December 1978 in Rho) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Italy.^[1]

Biography

He won the European Championship twice in succession in 1996 and 1997 while still a teenager, before winning the Italian championship in 2002.^[2] He has competed in the 125 cc World Championship since 2001, first as a wild card rider, and full-time since the 2003 season on a Malaguti. Lai achieved his first podium finish during the 2004 season as runner-up at Motegi on a Gilera,^[3] He finished 6th overall in 2005 and 11th in 2006 as a Honda rider. For 2007, he switched to the Campetella Racing Aprilia team.^[2]

Career Statistics

1999- 14th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2000- 4th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2001- 5th, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Honda RS125R)
2002- 16th, European 125cc Championship (Engineseng) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Engineseng)
2003- 25th, 125cc World Championship (Malaguti) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Malaguti)
2004- 16th, 125cc World Championship (Gilera RS 125)
2005- 6th, 125cc World Championship (Honda RS125)
2006- 11th, 125cc World Championship (Aprilia RS125)
2007- 14th, 250cc World Championship (Aprilia RSV 250)
2008- 18th, 250cc World Championship (Gilera RSV 250)
2009- NC, Supersport World Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2010- 15th, Italian CIV Supersport 600 Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2011- 7th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Honda CBR1000RR)
2012- 4th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Ducati 1098)
2013- 13th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Kawasaki ZX-10R)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
2001	125cc	Rieju	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL Ret	PAC	AUS	MAL	BRA		NC	0
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED 23	GBR 14	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL		34th	2
2003	125cc	Malaguti	JPN 16	RSA 18	SPA 23	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 19	NED 14	GBR Ret	GER 15	CZE 18	POR 12	BRA 24	PAC 18	MAL 17	AUS 13	VAL 18		25th	10
2004	125cc	Gilera	RSA 21	SPA 13	FRA 20	ITA Ret	CAT DNS	NED DNS	BRA Ret	GER Ret	GBR 14	CZE 15	POR 12	JPN 2	QAT 5	MAL 5	AUS Ret	VAL 15		16th	53
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA 3	POR 4	CHN 2	FRA Ret	ITA 8	CAT 10	NED 18	GBR 3	GER 7	CZE 6	JPN 10	MAL 7	QAT 10	AUS 12	TUR 7	VAL 7		6th	141
2006	125cc	Honda	SPA Ret	QAT 14	TUR 13	CHN 8	FRA 3	ITA 11	CAT 10	NED Ret	GBR 11	GER 11	CZE 10	MAL 11	AUS 8	JPN 11	POR 7	VAL Ret		11th	83
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 12	SPA 11	TUR 10	CHN 10	FRA 12	ITA 13	CAT Ret	GBR 11	NED 11	GER 18	CZE 12	RSM Ret	POR 9	JPN Ret	AUS 17	MAL 20	VAL Ret	14th	49
2008	250cc	Gilera	QAT 12	SPA Ret	POR Ret	CHN 14	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT 15	GBR 17	NED 13	GER 12	CZE 17	SMR 11	IND C	JPN 15	AUS 10	MAL 11	VAL Ret	18th	33

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
2009	Honda	AUS 24	QAT 22	SPA 21	NED 21	ITA 21	RSA 20	USA	SMR	GBR	CZE	GER	ITA	FRA	POR	NC	0
2013	Honda	AUS	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	POR	ITA Ret	RUS	GBR	GER	TUR	FRA	SPA		NC	0

World Superbike Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		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	R1	R2	Pos.	Pts
2010	Honda	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	GER Ret	GER 18	ITA 19	ITA 14	FRA 16	FRA Ret			28th	2
2011	Honda	AUS	AUS	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA 18	ITA 15	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR Ret	GBR 16	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR			34th	1
2013	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA 13	ITA 11	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA	USA					25th	11
2013	Ducati																									FRA 14	FRA 15	SPA	SPA	25th	11

References

↑ "Fabrizio Lai". Yahoo Sport UK-Ireland.
1 2 Fabrizio Lai biography, official website
↑ "Terrific Tamada Triumphs on Home Territory", MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix Round 12, Honda.com, September 19, 2004

External links

official site

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