Lorenzo Lanzi

Lorenzo Lanzi (born October 26, 1981 in Cesena, Italy) is a professional motorcycle racer most known for competing in the Superbike World championship.[1] He currently competes in the CIV Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.

Lorenzo Lanzi
Lorenzo Lanzi
Nationality	Italian
Born	October 26, 1981 Cesena, Italy
Current team	Tutapista Corse
Bike number	57
Website	lorenzolanzi.it
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2005–2014 Manufacturers Ducati (2005–2010), BMW (2011), Ducati (2012–2014) Championships 0 2014 championship position 21st (19 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 138 3 7 1 2 773 Supersport World Championship Active years 2004, 2012 Manufacturers Ducati, Honda Championships 0 2012 championship position 17th (25 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 11 1 1 0 1 107

He first started racing in 1996 at the age of 15 in the Italian 125 Sport class, winning the title two years later before moving up to 125GP in the Italian and European championships. In 2001 he moved to 250GP but his season wasn’t a successful and he was forced to take a one-year break from racing in 2002.

2003 saw him racing for Rox Ducati in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He lost out on the title by three points. In 2004 he moved to the Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati Breil finishing the season in 5th place.

In 2005 Lanzi joined the Caracchi Ducati team in the Superbike World Championship. He had a poor start of the season and injury kept him out of two rounds. A series of 8 successive top ten finishes earned him a promotion at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz round where he raced for the Xerox sponsored Ducati factory team in place of the injured Régis Laconi. He took pole position for the races. In race one he overshot the first corner and had to go down an escape road, seeing him cut several corners. He rejoined third, but had missed enough of the track to earn a ride-through penalty, dropping him down the field, although he fought back to 8th. However, in race 2 he took the win ahead of Chris Vermeulen and Noriyuki Haga. He got his 2nd superbike win at Magny-Cours race 2 later that year.

His 2005 performance was enough to earn him a place on the factory team for 2006. However, whilst team-mate Troy Bayliss dominated the season, Lanzi did not win any races. He finished the season 8th overall. He remained in the team for 2007, but he was once again overshadowed by his team mate and he was often behind Ruben Xaus who was riding a 2006-spec Ducati.

He was dropped by the factory Xerox Ducati team for 2008 but continued riding a Ducati, for Team RG. He took victory in Valencia race 1 - he overtook Troy Bayliss for third on the final lap, just before Max Neukirchner and Carlos Checa collided while battling for the lead. However, this was his only top-5 finish of the season, and he came 14th overall.

Career statistics

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts
1999	125cc	Aprilia	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	BRA	ARG	NC	0
2001	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 17	RSA 17	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT 19	NED 16	GBR 14	GER 12	CZE 15	POR Ret	VAL Ret	PAC 15	AUS 11	MAL Ret	BRA 12	20th	23

Races by year

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2004	Ducati	SPA 4	AUS 9	SMR 6	ITA 15	GER 10	GBR 4	GBR 10	NED 20	ITA 4	FRA 4				5th	82
2012	Honda	AUS	ITA	NED 1	ITA	EUR	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	RUS	GER	POR	FRA	17th	25

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos.	Pts
		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
2005	Ducati	QAT Ret	QAT 12	AUS DSQ	AUS 13	SPA Ret	SPA DNS	ITA	ITA	EUR Ret	EUR 11	SMR 5	SMR 9	CZE 6	CZE 6	GBR 8	GBR 8	NED 7	NED 6	GER 8	GER 1	ITA Ret	ITA C	FRA 9	FRA 1					9th	150
2006	Ducati	QAT Ret	QAT 6	AUS 11	AUS Ret	SPA 3	SPA 3	ITA 9	ITA 11	EUR 13	EUR 16	SMR 7	SMR 7	CZE Ret	CZE 9	GBR 12	GBR 11	NED 7	NED 6	GER 8	GER 6	ITA 6	ITA 7	FRA 8	FRA 7					8th	169
2007	Ducati	QAT 3	QAT 7	AUS 6	AUS 7	EUR 5	EUR 5	SPA 6	SPA 5	NED 5	NED Ret	ITA 7	ITA Ret	GBR 7	GBR C	SMR 6	SMR 9	CZE 8	CZE 7	GBR 9	GBR 12	GER 8	GER 12	ITA 6	ITA 7	FRA Ret	FRA DNS			7th	192
2008	Ducati	QAT 16	QAT 6	AUS 13	AUS 20	SPA 1	SPA 12	NED DNS	NED DNS	ITA 14	ITA 11	USA 11	USA 10	GER Ret	GER 20	SMR 6	SMR 6	CZE Ret	CZE 13	GBR 11	GBR 10	EUR Ret	EUR 11	ITA 11	ITA 18	FRA Ret	FRA 11	POR	POR	14th	109
2009	Ducati	AUS	AUS	QAT	QAT	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	RSA	RSA	USA 17	USA 14	SMR 19	SMR 18	GBR 14	GBR 11	CZE Ret	CZE 15	GER	GER	ITA Ret	ITA 11	FRA	FRA	POR	POR	26th	15
2010	Ducati	AUS 10	AUS 13	POR 12	POR 14	SPA 8	SPA 13	NED 16	NED Ret	ITA 17	ITA Ret	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	SMR 12	SMR 13	CZE 10	CZE 11	GBR 15	GBR 15	GER 11	GER 13	ITA 2	ITA 7	FRA 11	FRA Ret			16th	88
2011	BMW	AUS	AUS	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	SMR 15	SMR 11	SPA Ret	SPA 15	CZE 17	CZE 13	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR			24th	10
2012	Ducati	AUS	AUS	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR	EUR	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	RUS	RUS	GER 14	GER 16	POR 18	POR 10	FRA	FRA	27th	8
2013	Ducati	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA 10	FRA 9	SPA 15	SPA 7	20th	23
2014	Ducati	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	MAL	MAL	SMR	SMR	POR	POR	USA	USA	SPA	SPA	FRA 8	FRA 5	QAT	QAT					21st	19

• * Season still in progress.

References

1. Lorenzo Lanzi career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• lorenzolanzi.it Official Website (in Italian)