Fausto Gresini
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Imola, Italy | 23 January 1961||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 February 2021 Bologna, Italy | (aged 60)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fausto Gresini (23 January 1961 – 23 February 2021) was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1983 to 1994, most prominently as a two-time 125cc world champion riding for the Garelli factory racing team.[1]
After his racing career, he formed the Gresini Racing team which he operated until his death from COVID-19 in 2021.
Motorcycle racing career
Gresini was born at
team.During his riding career, Gresini won two
Racing team management career
Gresini held the management role for the
Death
On 27 December 2020, Gresini was hospitalized at the Ospedale Maggiore in Bologna after contracting COVID-19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. After an apparent initial improvement in his condition, on 18 February 2021 he worsened with a serious lung infection. He died in hospital from the illness' complications on 23 February 2021, at the age of 60, one month after his birthday.[3]
Grand Prix career statistics
Points system from 1969 to 1987.
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1992
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1993 onwards.
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1983 | 125cc | MBA | FRA NC |
NAT 7 |
GER 6 |
ESP 6 |
AUT 4 |
YUG NC |
NED 10 |
BEL 9 |
GBR 6 |
SWE 2 |
RSM NC |
37 | 9th | 0 | |||
1984 | 125cc | MBA | NAT NC |
ESP NC |
GER 4 |
51 | 3rd | 1 | |||||||||||
Garelli | FRA 4 |
NED NC |
GBR 3 |
SWE 1 |
RSM 3 |
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1985 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 2 |
GER 2 |
NAT NC |
AUT 1 |
NED 3 |
BEL 1 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 4 |
SWE 3 |
RSM 1 |
109 | 1st
|
3 | ||||
1986 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 1 |
NAT 1 |
GER 2 |
AUT NC |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
FRA 2 |
GBR NC |
SWE 1 |
RSM 3 |
BWU 1 |
114 | 2nd | 4 | |||
1987 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 1 |
GER 1 |
NAT 1 |
AUT 1 |
NED 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
SWE 1 |
CZE 1 |
RSM 1 |
POR DNF |
150 | 1st
|
10 | |||
1988 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 4 |
NAT NC |
GER - |
AUT - |
NED NC |
BEL - |
YUG - |
FRA - |
GBR 7 |
SWE NC |
CZE NC |
22 | 21st | 0 | |||
1989 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN 11 |
AUS 7 |
ESP 5 |
NAT 3 |
GER NC |
AUT 5 |
NED 6 |
BEL 7 |
FRA 5 |
GBR 8 |
SWE 5 |
CZE 14 |
102 | 5th | 0 | ||
1990 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 7 |
ESP 3 |
NAT NC |
GER - |
AUT NC |
YUG 6 |
NED 8 |
BEL 8 |
FRA NC |
GBR 8 |
SWE 5 |
CZE 7 |
HUN 4 |
AUS 5 |
102 | 8th | 0 |
1991 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 2 |
AUS 2 |
ESP 2 |
ITA 1 |
GER NC |
AUT 1 |
EUR 2 |
NED 4 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 2 |
RSM 3 |
CZE 6 |
MAL 4 |
181 | 2nd | 2 | |
1992 | 125cc | Honda | JPN NC |
AUS 5 |
MAL 8 |
ESP 2 |
ITA 5 |
EUR 3 |
GER 2 |
NED 2 |
HUN 3 |
FRA NC |
GBR 1 |
BRA 6 |
RSA 7 |
118 | 2nd | 1 | |
1993 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 5 |
MAL 8 |
JPN NC |
ESP NC |
AUT 8 |
GER 17 |
NED DNF |
EUR 17 |
RSM 10 |
GBR 7 |
CZE - |
ITA 10 |
USA 16 |
FIM 4 |
61 | 11th | 0 |
1994 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 4 |
MAL 6 |
JPN 18 |
ESP DNF |
AUT 8 |
GER 13 |
NED 16 |
ITA 17 |
FRA 10 |
GBR 20 |
CZE - |
USA DNS |
ARG NC |
EUR 10 |
46 | 16th | 0 |
See also
References
- ^ "Fausto Gresini career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ Investigation committee into the cause of Daijiro Kato's fatal crash publish their results MotoGP.com Retrieved 2015-07-21
- ^ Il team annuncia: Fausto Gresini ci ha lasciato (in Italian) Retrieved 23 February 2021