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
NationalityItalian
Born (1981-10-26) October 26, 1981 (age 42)
Cesena, Italy
Current teamTutapista Corse
Bike number57
Websitelorenzolanzi.it
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years20052014
ManufacturersDucati (20052010),
BMW (2011),
Ducati (20122014)
Championships0
2014 championship position21st (19 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
138 3 7 1 2 773
Supersport World Championship
Active years2004, 2012
ManufacturersDucati, Honda
Championships0
2012 championship position17th (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 edit

Grand Prix motorcycle racing edit

Races by year edit

(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

Supersport World Championship edit

Races by year edit

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

Superbike World Championship edit

Races by year edit

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.

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