Doriano Romboni

Doriano Romboni (8 December 1968 in Lerici, Italy – 30 November 2013 in Latina, Italy) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Doriano Romboni
Romboni at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1968-12-08)8 December 1968 Lerici, Italy
Died	30 November 2013(2013-11-30) (aged 44) Latina, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1989–1998 First race 1989 125cc Spanish Grand Prix Last race 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix First win 1990 125cc West German Grand Prix Last win 1995 250cc Brazilian Grand Prix Team(s) Honda, Aprilia, MuZ Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 101 6 22 7 4 724 Superbike World Championship Active years 1999–2000, 2004 Manufacturers Ducati, Yamaha Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 12 0 0 0 0 61

Career

Romboni raced in 125cc and 250cc World Championship races on Hondas. In 1996 he rode for the Aprilia factory in the 500cc class aboard a bike with a V-twin, 250cc engine that had been enlarged to 380cc. Aprilia tried to take advantage of the bike's lightweight and agility against their more powerful competition. Romboni managed to finish in 10th place in the 1997 season before Aprilia withdrew the project. He raced for the MuZ team in one race in the 1998 season.

In 1999 he switched to the Superbike World Championship on a private Ducati. He was a frontrunner in the early races. At Monza he briefly ran third behind Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser before he collided with Aaron Slight and hurt his leg. He briefly returned to the series in 2000 then again in 2004.

Death

On 30 November 2013, Romboni died in a crash during the second edition of the Sic Supermoto Day, a race in honor of the memory of fellow Italian Marco Simoncelli, who also died in a crash in 2011.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts
1989	125cc	Honda	JPN	AUS	SPA Ret	NAT 10	GER 15	AUT Ret	NED 17	BEL 12	FRA Ret	GBR 7	SWE Ret	CZE Ret				20th	20
1990	125cc	Honda	JPN	SPA Ret	NAT Ret	GER 1	AUT 6	YUG 5	NED 1	BEL 11	FRA 2	GBR 2	SWE 3	CZE Ret	HUN Ret	AUS 3		4th	130
1991	250cc	Honda	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	USA 13	SPA 9	ITA Ret	GER 13	AUT Ret	EUR 7	NED DNS	FRA	GBR	RSM 6	CZE Ret	VDM Ret	MAL Ret	15th	32
1992	250cc	Honda	JPN Ret	AUS 6	MAL 6	SPA 12	ITA 10	EUR 7	GER Ret	NED Ret	HUN 7	FRA Ret	GBR 3	BRA 4	RSA Ret			10th	43
1993	250cc	Honda	AUS 7	MAL 4	JPN 3	SPA 8	AUT 1	GER 1	NED Ret	EUR	RSM	GBR	CZE 4	ITA Ret	USA 2	FIM 6		5th	139
1994	250cc	Honda	AUS 2	MAL 5	JPN 6	SPA 2	AUT 3	GER 3	NED Ret	ITA Ret	FRA 2	GBR 3	CZE Ret	USA 1	ARG	EUR 3		4th	170
1995	250cc	Honda	AUS 6	MAL Ret	JPN Ret	SPA 4	GER DNS	ITA	NED	FRA Ret	GBR DNS	CZE 5	BRA 1	ARG 3	EUR			9th	75
1996	500cc	Aprilia	MAL DNS	INA 11	JPN 7	SPA Ret	ITA 9	FRA Ret	NED Ret	GER Ret	GBR	AUT	CZE	IMO 14	CAT DNS	BRA	AUS	19th	23
1997	500cc	Aprilia	MAL	JPN	SPA 6	ITA 11	AUT 10	FRA 11	NED 3	IMO Ret	GER 5	BRA 7	GBR 7	CZE Ret	CAT 10	INA 10	AUS 11	10th	88
1998	500cc	MuZ Weber	JPN 12	MAL DNS	SPA	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG		28th	4

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		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
1999	Ducati	RSA 9	RSA 9	AUS 7	AUS 8	GBR 11	GBR 8	SPA DNS	SPA DNS	ITA Ret	ITA DNS	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	GER	GER	JPN	JPN	17th	44
2000	Ducati	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED 7	NED 11	GER Ret	GER DNS	GBR	GBR	35th	14
2004	Yamaha	SPA	SPA	AUS	AUS	SMR DNS	SMR DNS	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA 15	ITA 14	FRA	FRA					35th	3