Romano Fenati

Romano Fenati
Fenati at the 2014 French Grand Prix.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Current team	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers
Bike number	5
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2017 Manufacturers FTR Honda, KTM 2016 championship position 10th (93 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 88 8 20 3 8 782

Romano Fenati (born January 15, 1996) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Italy. He is a former championship runner-up of the Italian 125GP series, and he has also competed in the Spanish 125GP series.

Career

Fenati was born in Ascoli Piceno.

Moto3

2012

For the 2012 Moto3 season, Fenati signed with Team Italia FMI riding an FTR Honda. At Round 1 in Qatar, he finished 2nd in his debut race. He then went on to claim his first victory at the second race of the season in Jerez, Spain. In doing so, Fenati became the first rider since Noboru Ueda in 1991 to take two podiums in his first two Grand Prix starts. He finished at 6th position for championship.^[1]

2013

The 2013 season was disappointing for Fenati as he did not record any podium finishes, with his best position being 5th. He finished 10th in the final championship standings, with 73 points.

2014

For the 2014 Moto3 season, Fenati signed with Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing Team by VR46. It was an up and down season for Fenati, as he scored four podiums in the first six races and ultimately recorded four wins during the season. However, inconsistent results ultimately left him in 5th position in the championship with 176 points.

2015

The 2015 season was also an under-performance for Fenati. Though he maintained some consistency finishing in the top five in eight races – including a victory at Le Mans. Poor qualifying positions for Fenati resulted in the loss of vital points, and he finished the season with 176 points – as he did in 2014 – but placed one position higher in the standings.

2016

Fenati started the 2016 season with a pole position at Qatar, however he only managed 4th in the race. He finished in 20th in Argentina, before his first win of the season in the United States. He was seventh at Jerez, before a second-place finish at Le Mans, losing out to Brad Binder by 0.099 seconds. Fenati qualified on pole at Mugello, but failed to finish the race. He was fourth in both Catalunya and Netherlands, before a pointless 18 position in Germany. Fenati was banned from racing in Austria by his Sky Racing Team VR46 as a disciplinary action for fighting with the engineers. On 16 August the VR46 team terminated their contract with Romano for the 2016 and 2017 seasons stating behavioural issues in conflict with team policy as the reason behind the split.

Career statistics

By season

Races by year

(key)

 * Season still in progress.

References

External links

• Profile on motogp.com