Gresini Racing

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Gresini Racing

Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Gresini Racing MotoGP as a Ducati satellite team, in the Moto2 World Championship as QJmotor Gresini Moto2, and the MotoE World Cup as Felo Gresini MotoE. The team also competes in CIV Moto3.

The team was founded in

125cc world champion, after the end of his racing career. He died in 2021 due to COVID-19
, with the team continuing under his widow Nadia Padovani.

The team competed in the 500cc class for two seasons before dropping down to the 250cc class in

250cc title. The following season, the team stepped up to the MotoGP class, where they have been competing since. The team also competes in the Moto2 class since 2010. That season, Gresini's rider Toni Elías
won the inaugural Moto2 title.

History

Fausto Gresini founded the team in 1997 with Fabrizio Cecchini as the technical director. The team competed in the 500 cc class with Brazilian rider Alex Barros and a Honda NSR500V two-cylinder bike. Barros ranked ninth in the final championship standings, and managed to record the team's first podium finish at Donington Park. The following year, Honda decided to supply Barros and the team with a Honda NSR500 four-cylinder bike, the same bike that was used by the factory team. Barros recorded two podium finishes and a series of top-five finishes to collect 138 points and fifth place in the final standings.[1]

In 1999, the team dropped down to the 250 cc class with a factory-supported Honda NSR250 and with reigning 250cc world champion Loris Capirossi as the rider. In the first race of the season at Sepang, Malaysia, Capirossi took the first ever win for the Gresini team. During the season, he earned two more wins and six other podium finishes, and finished the season third in the final standings with 209 points.

Daijiro Kato's championship-winning 2001 Honda NSR250

After Capirossi stepped up to the 500 cc for the 2000 season, the team signed young Japanese rider Daijiro Kato and French rider Vincent Philippe. Kato, who had already won two races as a wild-card racer in 1997 and 1998, made an instant impact with four consecutive podium finishes at the start of the season. He became a title contender for the 250 cc title along with Yamaha riders Shinya Nakano and Olivier Jacque until the last race of the season at Phillip Island, Australia.[2] However, Kato finished third in the race and lost the title and the runner-up position to Jacque and Nakano respectively.[3] Kato's 259 points and third place in the championship handed him the Rookie of the Year award in the 250cc class.[4]

In 2001, the team was renamed Telefónica Movistar Honda and former 125 cc world champion Emilio Alzamora was signed to replace Philippe.[5] With both Nakano and Jacque moving to the 500cc class, Kato became the main contender for the 250 cc title. Kato dominated the season by winning 11 races during the season, handing the Gresini team their first world title.[6] Alzamora added two podium finishes for the team as he went on to finish seventh in the final standings.[7]

Daijiro Kato on a Telefónica Movistar Honda RC211V at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix before he crashed on lap 3, and died two weeks later

The team returned to the premier class in

Brno.[9] At the Spanish Grand Prix, Kato finished in second place for his first podium finish in the MotoGP class.[10] He matched his best finish with another second place at Brno, in his first race with the new four-stroke bike.[11] He also recorded the team's first ever pole position in the MotoGP class in the Pacific Grand Prix at Motegi, Japan.[12] Kato ranked seventh in the final standings with 117 points and won the Rookie of the Year award,[4] while the team ranked eighth in the MotoGP team standings.[13] The team also competed in the 250cc class with Alzamora and Italian rider Roberto Rolfo. Rolfo was ranked third in the final standings with seven podium finishes while Alzamora was seventh with two podiums.[14]

In

Suzuka, Japan, Kato crashed into the tyre barrier. He suffered serious injuries and went into a coma for two weeks before he died in hospital.[17] A week after Kato's death, Gibernau started from pole position and won the South African Grand Prix at Welkom, which marked the first race win for the Gresini team in the MotoGP class.[18] During the post-race interview, Gibernau dedicated the win for his late teammate.[19] He remained as the team's sole rider until reigning Japanese Supersport champion Ryuichi Kiyonari joined the team from the fourth race onwards. The team also promoted Gibernau to the 2003-spec bike left by Kato, while Kiyonari received the modified 2002 bike.[20] Gibernau won three more races and recorded a total of ten podium finishes as he took the second place in the championship with 277 points. The team was ranked fourth in the teams standings as Gibernau and Kiyonari scored a combined 299 points.[21]

Moriwaki

In 2004, Gibernau fought for the championship and finished runner up. His teammate, Colin Edwards, finished fifth. Gibernau remained with the team for 2005 and was joined by Marco Melandri. Melandri won two races. In 2006 the team lined up Melandri and Toni Elías with Elías bringing Fortuna sponsorship back to the team, and the team achieved four victories, three for Melandri and one for Elías. Both riders remained with the team in 2007, albeit losing the Fortuna sponsorship due to European Tobacco Regulations. The team also changed their tyre supplier to Bridgestone. The new 800 cc Honda RC212V did not deliver the results expected and the team finished the season with 2 podiums. For 2008, Alex de Angelis and Shinya Nakano joined the team, with a new sponsor – San Carlo. For 2009, Elías re-joined the team, replacing Nakano who deferred to World Superbikes.

Marco Simoncelli at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix a week before he died at the Malaysian Grand Prix

In

Moriwaki
chassis. In the MotoGP division, Simoncelli finished eighth overall while Melandri ended the season in tenth place.

For 2011, Simoncelli was promoted to ride a factory Honda as part of the Gresini team, whilst Hiroshi Aoyama rode a satellite Honda for the team. Simoncelli was competitive at the top end of the field but a number of crashes kept his points score low. In October 2011, it was announced that Simoncelli would remain with the team for the 2012 season, however, Aoyama announced a move to Castrol Honda in the Superbike World Championship. On 23 October 2011, Simoncelli died after a racing accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix.[22][23][24]

In 2015, Gresini ended their long-standing partnership with Honda in the premier class. Aprilia returned to the MotoGP paddock with a factory effort with track-side operations to be managed by Gresini.[25] However, the same year Gresini began using Honda machinery in their Moto3 programme, replacing KTM.

In 2018, Gresini achieved a 1-2 championship finish in the Moto3 class with riders Jorge Martín and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

In 2019, Gresini was granted two slots in the newly created

MotoE class, as all other satellite teams in the MotoGP class (despite being the sole Aprilia entry, Gresini was not an official team). With two wins and only finishes within the top-5 on the season, rider Matteo Ferrari
clinched the inaugural MotoE Cup.

On 23 February 2021,

Aleix Espargaró scored his first podium in MotoGP during the 2021 British Grand Prix, marking the first MotoGP-era podium for Aprilia and Gresini Racing's first podium since the 2014 French Grand Prix with Álvaro Bautista.[29]

For 2022, Aprilia re-entered the sport with their own factory team, taking incumbent riders Maverick Viñales and Espargaró. Gresini Racing elected to return to fully independent team status with Ducati machinery, fielding Italian riders and former Gresini Moto3 teammates Enea Bastianini and Di Giannantonio.[30] Gresini additionally left the Moto3 class in order to focus on their MotoGP and Moto2 efforts, after a decade in the class.[31]

From 2023, Chinese motorcycle manufacturer QJmotor is the main sponsor of Gresini Racing Moto2. QJ Motor's involvement in motorcycle racing is not just this time. In 2022, QJ Motor, has debuted by supporting the Avintia racing team in the Moto3 class. After officially becoming the main sponsor, the name of the racing team it now carries changed to QJmotor Gresini Racing.[32]

Eight-time world champion Marc Márquez has officially joined Ducati satellite team Gresini Racing for 2024, after 11 years with Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) through Repsol Honda.

Results

Junior championship

By year

Year Class Team name Motorcycle Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos
2019 Moto2 Gresini Laglisse Academy Kalex Italy Matteo Ferrari 11 0 0 0 0 46 13th
2020 Moto3 Junior Team Total Gresini
Honda NSF250RW
Italy Nicholas Spinelli 2 0 0 0 0 4 27th

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By rider

Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2022 MotoGP Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP21 Italy Enea Bastianini 20 4 6 1 3 219 3rd
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 20 0 0 1 0 24 20th
2023 MotoGP Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP22 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 19 1 2 0 0 134* 12th*
Spain Álex Márquez 16 0 2 1 2 165* 10th*

By year

Year Class Team name Motorcycle Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
1997 500cc Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda NSR500V Brazil Alex Barros 15 0 1 0 0 101 9th
1998 500cc Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda NSR500 Brazil Alex Barros 14 0 2 0 2 138 5th
1999 250cc Elf Axo Honda Gresini Honda NSR250 Italy Loris Capirossi 15 3 9 2 3 209 3rd
2000 250cc Axo Honda Gresini Honda NSR250 Japan Daijiro Kato 16 4 9 3 1 259 3rd
TSR-Honda AC29M France Vincent Philippe 12 0 0 0 0 14 23rd
2001 250cc Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda NSR250 Japan Daijiro Kato 16 11 13 6 9 322 1st
Spain Emilio Alzamora 16 0 2 0 0 136 7th
2002 MotoGP Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda NSR500
Honda RC211V[a]
Japan Daijiro Kato 16 0 2 1 1 117 7th
250cc Honda NSR250 Italy Roberto Rolfo 16 0 7 0 2 219 3rd
Spain Emilio Alzamora 15 0 2 0 0 120 7th
Spain David García 1 0 0 0 0 6 30th
2003 MotoGP Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda RC211V Spain Sete Gibernau 16 4 10 1 1 277 2nd
Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari 13 0 0 0 0 22 20th
Japan Daijiro Kato 1 0 0 0 0 0  –
2004 MotoGP Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda RC211V Spain Sete Gibernau 16 4 10 5 3 257 2nd
United States Colin Edwards 16 0 2 0 2 157 5th
2005 MotoGP Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda RC211V Italy Marco Melandri 17 2 7 0 3 220 2nd
Spain Sete Gibernau 17 0 4 5 1 150 7th
2006 MotoGP Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V Italy Marco Melandri 17 3 7 0 0 228 4th
Spain Toni Elías 15 1 1 0 1 116 9th
2007 MotoGP Honda Gresini Honda RC212V Italy Marco Melandri 17 0 3 0 0 187 5th
Spain Toni Elías 15 0 2 0 2 104 12th
Italy Michel Fabrizio 1 0 0 0 0 6 21st
Canada Miguel Duhamel 1 0 0 0 0 0  –
2008 MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V Japan Shinya Nakano 18 0 0 0 0 126 9th
San Marino Alex de Angelis 18 0 0 0 0 63 14th
2009 MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V Spain Toni Elías 17 0 1 0 0 115 7th
San Marino Alex de Angelis 17 0 1 0 0 111 8th
2010 MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V Italy Marco Simoncelli 18 0 0 0 0 125 8th
Italy Marco Melandri 17 0 0 0 0 103 10th
Moto2 Gresini Racing Moto2
Moriwaki MD600
Spain Toni Elías 17 7 8 3 2 271 1st
Italy Michele Pirro 1 0 0 0 0 2 36th
Vladimir Ivanov
15 0 0 0 0 2 37th
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
1 0 0 0 0 0  –
2011 MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V Italy Marco Simoncelli 16 0 2 2 0 139 6th
Japan Hiroshi Aoyama[b] 16 (17)[c] 0 0 0 0 90 (98)[c] 10th
Japan Kousuke Akiyoshi[b] 1 (2)[c] 0 0 0 0 3 (7)[c] 20th
Moto2 Gresini Racing Moto2
Moriwaki MD600
Italy Michele Pirro 17 1 2 1 0 84 9th
Japan Yuki Takahashi 17 0 2 0 0 77 11th
2012 MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista 18 0 2 1 0 178 5th
FTR-Honda MGP12 Italy Michele Pirro 18 0 0 0 0 43 15th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
Moriwaki MD600
Suter
MMXII
United Kingdom Gino Rea 17 0 1 0 0 21 21st
Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot 17 0 0 0 0 9 27th
Moto3 San Carlo Gresini Moto3 Honda NSF250R Italy Niccolò Antonelli 17 0 0 0 0 77 14th
FTR-Honda M312
2013 MotoGP GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista 18 0 0 0 0 171 6th
FTR-Honda MGP13 Australia Bryan Staring 18 0 0 0 0 2 26th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2
Suter MMX2 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita 16 0 0 0 0 1 28th
Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Thailand Thitipong Warokorn 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italy Franco Morbidelli 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Moto3 GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 FTR-Honda M313 Italy Niccolò Antonelli 17 0 0 0 0 47 16th
Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri 17 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 MotoGP GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista 18 0 1 0 1 89 11th
Honda RCV1000R United Kingdom Scott Redding 18 0 0 0 0 81 12th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
Gresini Moto2
Suter MMX2 Belgium Xavier Siméon 18 0 1 0 0 63 14th
Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri 18 0 0 0 0 20 25th
Moto3 Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 KTM RC250GP Italy Enea Bastianini 18 0 3 0 0 127 9th
Italy Niccolò Antonelli 18 0 0 1 0 68 14th
2015 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Spain Álvaro Bautista 18 0 0 0 0 31 16th
Italy Marco Melandri 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
United Kingdom Michael Laverty 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Germany Stefan Bradl[d] 9 (17)[c] 0 0 0 0 8 (17)[c] 18th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
Gresini Moto2
Kalex Moto2 2014 Belgium Xavier Siméon 18 1 2 1 0 113 7th
Italy Mattia Pasini 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Moto3 Gresini Racing Team Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Italy Enea Bastianini 18 1 6 4 2 207 3rd
Andrea Locatelli
14 0 0 0 0 33 20th
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Germany Stefan Bradl 17 0 0 0 0 63 16th
Spain Álvaro Bautista 18 0 0 0 0 82 12th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 United Kingdom Sam Lowes 18 2 6 5 2 175 5th
Moto3 Gresini Racing Team Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Italy Enea Bastianini 16 1 6 3 0 177 2nd
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 10 0 3 0 0 134 6th
Japan Ayumu Sasaki 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP United Kingdom Sam Lowes 18 0 0 0 0 5 25th
Spain Aleix Espargaró 17 0 0 0 0 62 15th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Spain Jorge Navarro 17 0 0 0 0 60 14th
Moto3 Del Conca Gresini Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 18 0 5 0 2 153 5th
Spain Jorge Martín 16 1 9 9 2 196 4th
2018 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Spain Aleix Espargaró 17 0 0 0 0 44 17th
United Kingdom Scott Redding 18 0 0 0 0 21 21st
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Spain Jorge Navarro 18 0 0 0 0 58 13th
Moto3 Del Conca Gresini Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 18 2 6 0 1 218 2nd
Spain Jorge Martín 17 7 10 11 3 260 1st
2019 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Spain Aleix Espargaró 19 0 0 0 0 63 14th
Italy Andrea Iannone 17 0 0 0 0 43 16th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 United Kingdom Sam Lowes 19 0 0 0 0 66 16th
Moto3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Spain Jeremy Alcoba 2 0 0 0 0 2 33rd
Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo 14 0 0 1 1 67 18th
Italy Riccardo Rossi 19 0 0 0 0 8 32nd
MotoE Trentino Gresini MotoE
Energica
Italy Matteo Ferrari 6 2 3 0 1 99 1st
Italy Lorenzo Savadori 6 0 0 0 0 24 16th
2020 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Italy Lorenzo Savadori 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
United Kingdom Bradley Smith 11 0 0 0 0 12 21st
Spain Aleix Espargaró 14 0 0 0 0 42 17th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Italy Nicolò Bulega 15 0 0 0 0 32 20th
Spain Edgar Pons 15 0 0 0 0 5 26th
Moto3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Spain Jeremy Alcoba 15 0 1 0 0 87 11th
Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo 15 0 0 1 1 80 13th
MotoE TRENTINO Gresini MotoE
Energica
Italy Matteo Ferrari 7 2 4 1 0 97 2nd
Italy Alessandro Zaccone 7 0 0 0 0 37 12th
2021 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP Italy Lorenzo Savadori 9 0 0 0 0 61 8th
Spain Aleix Espargaró 9 0 1 0 0 42 17th
Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Italy Nicolò Bulega 9 0 0 0 0 32 20th*
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 9 1 2 0 0 73 5th*
Moto3 Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3
Honda NSF250RW
Spain Jeremy Alcoba 9 0 2 1 0 58 11th*
Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo 9 0 1 1 1 59 8th*
MotoE Indonesian E-Racing Gresini MotoE
Energica
Italy Matteo Ferrari 4 0 0 0 1 40 7th*
Italy Andrea Mantovani 3 0 0 0 0 12 15th*
2022 MotoGP Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP21 Italy Enea Bastianini 20 4 6 1 3 219 3rd
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 20 0 0 1 0 24 20th
Moto2 Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Czech Republic Filip Salač 20 0 1 0 0 45 20th
Italy Alessandro Zaccone 20 0 0 0 0 9 24th
MotoE Felo Gresini MotoE
Energica
Italy Matteo Ferrari 12 2 5 0 2 162.5 3rd
Italy Alessio Finello 12 0 0 0 0 9 20th
2023 MotoGP Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP22 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 19 1 2 0 0 134* 12th*
Spain Álex Márquez 16 0 2 1 2 165* 10th*
Moto2 QJmotor Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Czech Republic Filip Salač 19 0 1 1 0 110* 11th*
Italy Matteo Ferrari 0 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
Spain Jeremy Alcoba 19 0 0 0 1 47.5* 18th*
MotoE Felo Gresini MotoE Ducati V21L Italy Matteo Ferrari 16 3 7 4 3 216 3rd
Italy Alessio Finello 16 0 0 0 0 35 16th
Notes

* Season still in progress.

  1. ^ Kato rode a Honda NSR500 two-stroke bike in the first nine races, and a Honda RC211V four-stroke bike in the last seven races of the season.[9]
  2. ^ a b Aoyama rode for Repsol Honda Team in the 2011 Dutch TT and was replaced by Akiyoshi.[33]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
  4. ^ Bradl joined the team after leaving Forward Racing.[34]

MotoGP results

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

Year Motorcycle Tyres Riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points RC Points TC
2002 M JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
Honda NSR500 Japan Daijiro Kato 10 4 2 Ret Ret 8 12 7 Ret 117 8th 117 8th
Honda RC211V 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 4
2003 Honda RC211V M JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
Spain Sete Gibernau 4 1 Ret 1 7 3 1 2 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 277 2nd 299 4th
Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari 13 13 11 17 14 18 15 16 15 11 21 19 14 22 20th
Japan Daijiro Kato Ret 0 NC
2004 Honda RC211V M SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL
Spain Sete Gibernau 3 1 1 2 2 2 Ret Ret 3 1 4 6 1 7 2 4 257 2nd 414 2nd
United States Colin Edwards 7 7 5 12 5 6 6 5 2 7 9 Ret 2 11 4 8 157 5th
2005 Honda RC211V M ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL
Italy Marco Melandri 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 5 2 4 1 1 220 2nd 370 3rd
Spain Sete Gibernau 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 5 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 4 Ret 150 7th
2006 Honda RC211V M ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
Italy Marco Melandri 5 7 1 7 1 6 Ret 7 3 2 3 5 9 1 3 8 5 228 4th 344 4th
Spain Toni Elías 4 8 5 11 9 7 Ret DNS 11 15 11 Ret 9 6 1 6 116 9th
Italy Michel Fabrizio DNS 0 NC
2007 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE
SMR
POR JPN AUS MAL VAL
Italy Marco Melandri 5 8 5 5 2 9 9 10 10 6 3 DNS 4 5 5 10 2 4 187 5th 297 5th
Spain Toni Elías 14 4 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 DNS 11 7 8 3 15 6 10 104 12th
Italy Michel Fabrizio 10 6 21st
Canada Miguel Duhamel Ret 0 NC
2008 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE
SMR
IND JPN AUS MAL VAL
Japan Shinya Nakano 13 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 10 4 12 17 8 5 5 7 126 9th 189 6th
San Marino Alex de Angelis Ret 14 11 16 12 4 Ret 15 Ret 4 13 8 Ret 10 17 Ret 14 10 63 14th
2009 Honda RC212V B QAT JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE IND
SMR
POR AUS MAL VAL
Spain Toni Elías 9 15 9 10 14 Ret 12 6 6 Ret 3 9 6 6 10 7 6 115 7th 226 5th
San Marino Alex de Angelis 6 13 14 11 15 12 10 11 5 4 8 2 Ret Ret 4 12 10 111 8th
2010 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE IND
SMR
ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
Italy Marco Simoncelli 11 11 10 9 7 9 Ret 6 Ret 11 7 14 7 6 8 6 4 6 125 8th 228 5th
Italy Marco Melandri 13 8 6 5 Ret DNS 9 10 8 8 Ret 10 9 11 9 9 9 13 103 10th
2011 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND
SMR
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Italy Marco Simoncelli 5 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret 9 5 6 Ret 3 12 4 4 4 2 C 139 6th 232 4th
Japan Hiroshi Aoyama 10 4 7 8 Ret 9 11 15 10 9 9 11 11 9 Ret C 12 90 (98)[a] 10th
Japan Kousuke Akiyoshi 13 3 (7) 20th
2012
B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA IND CZE
SMR
ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL
Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista 7 6 6 10 6 4 Ret 7 10 8 5 6 3 6 3 6 5 4 178 5th 221 5th
FTR MGP12 Italy Michele Pirro NC Ret 14 14 14 13 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 14 10 15 15 12 14 5 43 15th
2013
B QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR
SMR
ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL
Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista 6 8 6 6 Ret Ret 7 5 4 6 5 5 7 4 5 5 4 5 171 6th 173 5th
FTR-Honda MGP13 Australia Bryan Staring Ret 20 16 Ret 18 14 21 Ret 17 19 20 21 Ret 18 18 DSQ 22 19 2 26th
2014
B QAT AME
ARG
ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR
SMR
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Honda RC213V Spain Álvaro Bautista Ret Ret Ret 6 3 8 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 7 10 6 Ret 16 89 11th 170 5th
Honda RCV1000R United Kingdom Scott Redding 7 Ret 14 13 12 13 13 12 11 9 11 10 13 10 16 7 10 10 81 12th
2015
Aprilia RS-GP B QAT AME
ARG
ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR
SMR
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Germany Stefan Bradl 20 14 Ret 16 18 18 21 10 18 8 (17)[a] 18th 39 11th
Spain Álvaro Bautista Ret 15 19 15 15 14 10 17 14 18 13 10 15 13 16 14 15 14 31 16th
Italy Marco Melandri 21 Ret 20 19 18 18 Ret 19 0 NC
United Kingdom Michael Laverty 20 0 NC
2016
Aprilia RS-GP M QAT
ARG
AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR
SMR
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Germany Stefan Bradl Ret 7 10 14 10 14 12 8 DNS 19 14 Ret 12 10 10 11 17 13 63 16th 145 7th
Spain Álvaro Bautista 13 10 11 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 16 10 10 9 7 12 7 11 82 12th
2017
Aprilia RS-GP M QAT
ARG
AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR
SMR
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
United Kingdom Sam Lowes 18 Ret Ret 16 14 19 19 Ret Ret 18 20 Ret Ret 22 13 19 Ret Ret 5 25th 67 12th
Spain Aleix Espargaró 6 Ret 17 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 8 13 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 62 15th
2018
Aprilia RS-GP M QAT
ARG
AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR
SMR
ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Spain Aleix Espargaró 19 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 17 C 14 6 13 Ret 9 11 Ret 44 17th 64 10th
United Kingdom Scott Redding 20 12 17 15 Ret Ret 12 14 15 Ret 20 C 21 16 16 19 13 19 11 20 21st
2019
Aprilia RS-GP M QAT
ARG
AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR
SMR
ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Spain Aleix Espargaró 10 9 Ret 11 12 11 Ret 12 Ret 18 14 Ret 12 7 Ret 15 10 13 9 63 14th 106 9th
Italy Andrea Iannone 14 17 12 DNS Ret 15 11 10 13 17 16 10 DNS 11 15 Ret 6 DSQ DSQ 4 16th
2020
Aprilia RS-GP M SPA ANC CZE AUT STY
RSM
EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR
Italy Lorenzo Savadori Ret 18 Ret 0 NC 54 11th
Spain Aleix Espargaró Ret Ret 10 11 12 13 Ret 12 14 13 Ret Ret 9 8 42 17th
United Kingdom Bradley Smith 15 12 17 13 19 19 13 16 Ret 19 15 12 21st
2021
Aprilia RS-GP M QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA
RSM
AME
MAL
ALG VAL
Italy Lorenzo Savadori 19 20 14 19 Ret 15 15 Ret 16 DNS DNS DNS 4 26th 135 9th
Spain Maverick Viñales 18 13 8 16 16 11 (106)[a] 10th
Spain Aleix Espargaró 7 10 6 6 Ret 7 Ret 7 8 Ret 10 3 4 8 Ret 7 Ret 9 120 8th
2022
Ducati Desmosedici GP21 M QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 243 7th
Italy Enea Bastianini 1 11 10 1 Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 10 11 4 Ret 2 1 9 6 5 2 8 219 3rd
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 17 18 Ret 21 Ret 18 13 11 Ret 8 14 22 11 20 19 17 18 20 Ret 15 24 20th
2023
Ducati Desmosedici GP22 M POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 328 6th
Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ret 10 9 12 8 14 9 Ret 13 17 10 17 Ret 88 46 3 9 9 12 46 151 12th
Spain Álex Márquez 69 35 Ret 8 Ret Ret 78 69 Ret1 54 6 119 DNS DNS 9 Ret8 21 64 68 177 9th

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

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