Marco Melandri

Marco Melandri
Melandri at the 2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix
NationalityItalian
Born (1982-08-07) 7 August 1982 (age 42)
Ravenna, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2003–2010, 2015
ManufacturersYamaha (2003–2004)
Honda (2005–2007, 2010)
Ducati (2008)
Kawasaki (2009)
Aprilia (2015)
Championships0
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
139 5 20 0 3 1017
250cc World Championship
Active years2000–2002
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships1 (2002)
2002 championship position1st (298 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
47 10 25 3 8 651
125cc World Championship
Active years1997–1999
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
1999 championship position2nd (226 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 7 17 6 5 428
Superbike World Championship
Active years2011–2014, 2017–2019
ManufacturersBMW, Yamaha, Aprilia, Ducati
Championships0
2018 championship position5th (297 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
201 22 75 4 21 2039.5

Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian retired motorcycle road racer who is a five-time premier class race winner. He is the 2002 250 cc World Champion and runner-up in 125 cc, MotoGP and Superbike World Championship. He competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2010 and then a brief return with Aprilia in 2015.

Melandri's best years in MotoGP came in 2005 and 2006 with these two seasons being the only seasons he won races in MotoGP, the same as title rival Nicky Hayden. Melandri finished runner-up in 2005 to Valentino Rossi with two wins. The 2006 season is regarded as his best ever as he won three races and finished 24 points behind eventual champion Nicky Hayden. In both these seasons he won more races than title rival Hayden, finishing ahead of Hayden in 2005 and just behind him in 2006. Melandri has 22 race wins in Grand Prix motorcycle racing including five in MotoGP.

Melandri switched to the Superbike World Championship in 2011, earning 22 wins in his first six seasons finishing among the top five every time. Melandri retired from racing after the 2019 Superbike World Championship.[1] After a brief return to Superbike in 2020 and racing in four rounds Melandri retired again.[2]

  1. ^ MotoGP race winner Marco Melandri announces retirement from racing Autosport, 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference retiredagain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).