Marco melandri announces retirement from motorsport world. The five time world champion has dominated the season, and now, at 39, is ready for a new challenge in. The italian star leaves the motorcycling competitions after a successful career that began more than 20 years ago, and that saw melandri becoming an icon for the italian fans alongside other big names such as valentino rossi, max biaggi and loris capirossi. Throughout his racing career, he has won the 250cc world championship four consecutive times, and finished as runnerup in both the 500cc and motogp championships. Melandri announcement he had made the decision, which will bring down the curtain on a career that also yielded a 250cc title and 22 world superbike victories, in a press conference in milan on. Melandri and haslam are tied for third with 27 points each. Bmw motorrads marco melandri was second with third going to. Yamaha world superbike team rider marco melandri held off max biaggi aprilia alitalia racing team in an extremely close race one to take his fourth win of the season at brno. Watch world superbikes misano misano 2015 superbikes 2015 superbike sbk bayliss biaggi. Melandri wins as biaggi crashes out world superbikes. Max biaggi was fined 3000 euro for an altercation in pit lane after superpole 3 which resulted in the world champion slapping marco melandri.
The yamaha world superbike rider managed a strong start to lead briefly, before being passed by max biaggi aprilia alitalia racing. Yamaha and melandri joined forces for the first time in 2003, as the then 20yearold starlet sprang up to the motogp class after becoming the youngestever 250cc world champion the year before. Melandri is a douche, its a simple as that, its nothing to do with the team. Max biaggi wins in imola the frist world championship for an italian driver in superbike. The 2011 world superbike championship continues in a month with the march 27 donington park round in the united kingdom. Melandri crash could cost him wsbk title bmw car club of. Max biaggi has second world superbike title in his clasp as. Profile for racing driver marco melandri from italy. Biaggi, melandri and checa dominate race two worldsbk. Impressive victory davies on the lowest step of the podium at phillip island. Success in australia test for yamaha world superbike team yamaha world superbike team riders eugene laverty and marco melandri completed their three day test at. From iconic drivers to rookies, here are the riders that will represent italy. Melandri, who crashed out on the last lap of saturdays race while fighting for the victory, rebounded in spectacular form on sunday. He has also pssed off every single team mate he has had recently, knocked haslam off, laverty hated him also.
And thats what happened when max biaggi stopped by marco melandris pit box after qualifying, after the two riders traded moments stuffing each other during the superpole sessions. Honda world superbike team riders jonathan rea and hiroshi aoyama head across the atlantic this weekend 2628 may for round six of the 2012 world superbike championship at miller motorsports park near salt lake city in utah, usa. Six italian riders to compete in motogp 2019 all about italy. I struggled too much with the tyres, if not i could have fought for the win. Marco melandri will join alvaro bautista on the aprilia gresini team for 2015 motogp. It took but just more than half a lap for melandri s title hopes to go pearshaped when he tried an aggressive move on biaggi on the exit of turn 11 while battling for fourth behind biaggi s teammate eugene laverty, honda world superbike s jonathan rea, and carlos checa on his althea racing ducati. This is a list of racers that took part in one or more superbike world championship races, since the championship was established in 1988. Jul 02, 2012 super marco melandri steps up to the mark. The salaries for a superbike racer can range from sixfigure salaries to millions. Marco melandri born 7 august 1982 is an italian former motorcycle road racer. List of superbike world championship racers wikipedia.
Melandri retires from racing after 2019 season finale in qatar take a look back over the italian star outstanding career after having announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. Fivetime motogp race winner and current world superbike rider marco melandri will retire from motorcycle racing at the end of the 2019 season. In its brief history, aprilia boasts 54 world titles 38 in motogp, 7 in superbike and 9 in offroad disciplines which make it one of the most victorious brands on a global level in motorcycle racing. In his last competitive season he rode in the superbike world championship for italybased grt team using yamaha r1 machines with teammate sandro cortese.
Marco melandri has confirmed that he will leave motogp after this season, having signed to race for the factory yamaha team in world superbikes. Marco melandri powered back into the hunt for the world superbike crown as he snatched a lastlap victory in the second race of the eighth round at aragon in spain. In july 2019, melandri announced his intended retirement at the end of the season. Aprilia should have stayed in world superbike instead of trying to tackle motogp, claims the italian marques former rider marco melandri. Top honda rider was jonathan rea honda world superbike team eighth, just ahead of althea racing ducati pairing davide giugliano and carlos checa. The first round of 2011 world superbike championship happened a month ago, and italian superbike rookie melandri pulled off a stunning performance. With a cbrrr rea has already won at brno, in 2010, but didnt race here last year due to injury.
Browse our extensive range of superbike action on download and dvd, from. Assured of the runnersup spot after biaggi cried off with a foot injury, melandris win at the portimao finale would lift his tally to four wins. In total agreement, i think it would be misleading to just glance at the results sheets and think same old winner. Jonathan rea remains in first place closely followed by marco melandri. Biaggi, melandri lead superbike to brno speed sport. Marco melandri has been handed a sixplace grid penalty for the next round of the 2019 world superbike championship at misano following the collision with chaz davies that eliminated both from race two in jerez. Melandri quits motogp for superbikes motogp autosport. The last round in portugal, which produced a number of surprises and upsets, saw max biaggi gain ground on his rivals and the 41yearold from rome now has 347 points, against 316. Max biaggi rides a ducati panigale tricolore superbike passing below the old citys jaffa gate as jerusalem hosts its first formula 1 peace road show with the participation of internationally renowned drivers and cars. Jul 09, 2011 biaggi ended the third and final part of qualifying with a 0.
But due to melandri s crash, biaggi took the championship lead. Motogp race winner marco melandri announces retirement. After having announced his intention to retire at the end of the season back in july, marco melandri grt yamaha worldsbk has taken part in his last ever race this weekend at losail international circuit, the final round of the 2019 motul fim superbike world championship. Melandri kept pace with biaggi who led the majority of the race. Marco melandri has stormed into the lead of the world superbike championship standings after taking victory in race two at the moscow raceway, while max biaggi dramatically crashes out. Aprilia gresini signs marco melandri for 2015 motogp. Jordi torres confirmed at mie honda as new livery uncovered. After scoring two titles with max biaggi in 2010 and 12. Misano adriatico, italy marco melandri came from 10th on the grid to score his 20th career world superbike victory on sunday at misano world circuit marco simoncelli.
And thats what happened when max biaggi stopped by marco melandri s pit box after qualifying, after the two riders traded moments stuffing each other during the superpole sessions. In a dramatic career that has twisted and turned persistently over two decades, max biaggi hangs up his helmet having secured a second world superbike championship title in 2012, a victory that. Sep 23, 2012 max biaggi took a giant stride towards his second world superbike championship title after extending his lead in the riders standings to 30. Marco melandri has revealed the 2019 world superbike championship. Whether you follow british superbike, with stars like tommy hill, josh brookes, michael rutter and shane byrne, or world superbike, featuring the likes of max biaggi, marco melandri, carlos checa and jonathan rea, is all you need. In fact, melandri has debuted in two different world championships world superbike and motogp with yamahabacked teams.
Honda rivals discuss manufacturers factory team return to worldsbk. Aprilia rsv4 marco melandri part 2 aprilia racing team. And on friday, aprilia announced it had signed marco melandri. A 48,500 strong crowd saw some astounding race action at donington in two sunblessed 23lap races, which culminated in a moment of history for one of the worlds most important motorcycle manufacturers, some of the best sbk racing ever seen and changes near the top of the eni fim superbike world championship table. It took but just more than half a lap for melandris title hopes to go pearshaped when he tried an aggressive move on biaggi on the exit of turn 11 while battling for fourth behind biaggis teammate eugene laverty, honda world superbikes jonathan rea, and carlos checa on his althea racing ducati. Biaggi opens world superbike season with a win cycle news. Many recent protagonists in the motorcycle racing world have raced and won with aprilia such as biaggi, capirossi, rossi, melandri. Melandri slapped with misano grid penalty for davies clash. Aprilia racing rider max biaggi took advantage of successive crashes from world superbike championship rival marco melandri at the nurburgring to take. After scoring two titles with max biaggi in 2010 and 12 and a further success in 2014 with sylvain guintoli, aprilia gave up its works effort in. Battle max biaggi marco melandri aragon 2012 gara1 youtube. Oddly enough, however the last 5 have been won by italian riders, 3 by marco melandri and 2 by max biaggi, every time with brembo brakes.
Oct 26, 2019 melandri retires from racing after 2019 season finale in qatar take a look back over the italian star outstanding career after having announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. Also crashing out of race 1 was kawasaki racings loris baz, althea racings davide giugliano, honda world superbike s jonathan rea, and bmw motorrads italia goldbets michel fabrizio. Max biaggi and marco melandri, two of the most famous riders in world motorcycle racing, will be fighting it out on sunday together with the revelation of. Rossi, max biaggi, loris capirossi, marco melandri, roberto rolfo. Biaggi, melandri share motorland glory speed sport. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Coming from northern ireland myself, it was great to see lavertys name up there infront of the likes of biaggi and melandri.
Fighting against the reigning champion max biaggi, melandri finally got his maiden podium for the championship. How will the opposition conquer jonathan rea in 2020. Unfortunately i lost control of the bike and hit him. Chaz davies moved up to seventh overall in 2019 with his ten podiums pushing aaron slight down to eighth and theyre followed by colin edwards and three italians in the shape of marco melandri, max biaggi and pierfrancesco chili. May 10, 2014 warm up, wk superbike ttcircuit assen 2014. Melandri, riding for bmw, failed to finish both races after crashing out and saw biaggi take the chequered flag in the opening race to leapfrog him in the driver s. Mar 27, 2011 max biaggi was fined 3000 euro for an altercation in pit lane after superpole 3 which resulted in the world champion slapping marco melandri. His sarcastic applause when we returned to the pits was ugly and uncalled for, raged an embittered max biaggi after marco melandri gave him the slow clap and made sarcastic remarks about. Series drivers superbike world championship riders tech 3 motogp riders gresini racing motogp riders motogp world championship riders. Bmw got its first taste of world superbike victory today in the first of two races at donington park in england with marco melandri beating his bmw teammate leon haslam to the line for the win. For most of the race it was a fourway battle for the lead with melandri, haslam, kawasakis tom sykes and aprilias max biaggi going toe to toe.
Valentino rossi, for those of you not diehard bikey fans, is michael schumacher, wayne gretzky and an impish, if not. Many recent protagonists in the motorcycle racing world have raced and won with aprilia such as biaggi, capirossi, rossi, melandri, simoncelli, stoner and lorenzo. Melandri, who was a factory aprilia rider in 2014 and stayed with the noale marque for its switch to grand prix racing, thinks staying in wsbk would have been a wiser move. This hd wallpaper is about max biaggi, marco melandri, carlos checa, racing, racing. Brembo unveils round 7 of the superbike world championship in. He consistently moans about the team and blames the bike, he did with bmw, and with aprilia he started to do the same when eugene was beating him. If yesterday was the pata crescent yamaha team presenting its bikes and drivers for the wsbk 2017, today was the turn of the aruba. Motogp race winner marco melandri announces retirement from. Max biaggi aprilia alitalia and marco melandri yamaha word superbike ended up deciding the race two result in a mantoman duel, which went the way of the 2010 world champion.
World superbike photo alcaniz, spain like last year max biaggi aprilia racing team and marco melandri bmw motorrad motorsport scored a win apiece in the eni fim superbike world championship round at motorland aragon saturday. Also crashing out of race 1 was kawasaki racings loris baz, althea racings davide giugliano, honda world superbike s jonathan. In a few weeks time he could be back on track with a superbike, racing in the category that aprilia denied him and which sparked off a motivation crisis that led to a divorce. With marco melandri the last piece of the puzzle has been put into place for aprilias participation in next years motogp season. Marco melandri is now a free man but he wont remain one for much longer. Max biaggi has second world superbike title in his clasp. Superbike max biaggi kenan sofuoglu crash dailymotion video. World superbike championship records and stats devitt. Max biaggi took a giant stride towards his second world superbike championship title after extending his lead in the riders standings to 30. May 31, 2011 marco melandri yamaha world superbike was tenth and then sixth, while max biaggi aprilia alitalia crashed out of race one after colliding with jonathan rea castrol honda. Carlos checa put his reputation for wild riding behind him to take his first superbike world championship in style, holding off the young chargers, old rivals and former motogp star marco melandri to take the title with a round to spare. Melandri crashes, biaggi regains superbike lead bmw car. Brembo performance the bikes with brembo brakes have won 18 out of 20 superbike races at the automotodrom brno from 1993 to 2012, including the last 11. Italian marco melandris butt so bad that he retreated to world superbike.
Sep 09, 2012 aprilia racing rider max biaggi took advantage of successive crashes from world superbike championship rival marco melandri at the nurburgring to take the lead in the title hunt, while irelands. For the worlds greatest motorcycle racer, its an ignominious retreat. Biaggi, melandri and sykes take the world superbike title. Max biaggi ist italiens einziger superbike weltmeister. Aprilias max biaggi took advantage of a crash by world champion carlos checa to win the opening race of the world superbike championship at phillip island in australia. Thirdplaced northern irishman jonathan rea honda world superbike team will have to put in two excellent results if he hopes to stay in touch with biaggi and melandri from the 183point mark. The 31yearold rider of ravenna has signed a oneyear contract to pilot the aprilia rsv4 in 2014 world sbk, with an optional for.
Aprilia racing rider max biaggi took advantage of successive crashes from world superbike championship rival marco melandri at the nurburgring to take the lead in the title hunt. Super marco melandri steps up to the mark daily star. Find out more about the greatest italian motorcycle racers, including valentino rossi, marco simoncelli, andrea dovizioso, giacomo agostini and max biaggi. Assured of the runnersup spot after biaggi cried off with a foot injury, melandri s win at the portimao finale would lift his tally to four wins. Oct 05, 2010 max biaggi wins in imola the frist world championship for an italian driver in superbike. French formula one driver sebastian bourdais of toro rosso l and german formula one driver sebastian vettel of red bull r fight for the ball with max biaggi during a charity soccer match between formula one drivers and celebrities prior to the formula one grand prix of monaco in monte carlo, monaco, 19 may 2009. Sounds a shame for biaggi in the second race, but fair play to laverty for holding him off in the first race and then getting past melandri on the last lap of the second race. Checa leads the way with 50 points followed by biaggi at 40. Marco melandri career history the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894.
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