| Romano Fenati | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Fenati at the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1996 Ascoli Piceno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romano Fenati (born 15 January 1996) is an Italian motorcycle racer who competed in the FIM Road Racing World Championship between 2012 and 2023 in the Moto3 and Moto2 categories.
He was European 125 cc Champion in 2011,[1] championship runner-up of the Italian 125GP series, and also competed in the Spanish 125GP series.
He competed beween 2012 and 2023 in Moto3, winning thirteen races, but raced in Moto2 for parts of the 2018 and 2022 Moto2 seasons, each time being released by his teams before its end. He finally left Moto3 after the 2023 season as he had reached the maximum permitted age of 28 years old.
Fenati's conduct led to disciplinary action from teams and authorities. The most serious of these was in September 2018, when he pulled the brake lever of Moto2 rival Stefano Manzi during a race. Fenati's racing licence was revoked for the rest of the season and he was released by his team Marinelli Snipers.[2][3]
- ^ "European Championship 125cc Albacete: trionfo italiano, Romano Fenati è campione europeo" (in Italian). Corsedimoto. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Romano Fenati retires from motorcycling after being sacked for pulling brake of Moto2 rival Stefano Manzi". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Fenati's FIM licence withdrawn for remainder of 2018 motorsport.com, 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018