Max Biaggi
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Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaks ˈbjaddʒi]; born 26 June 1971)[1][2] is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two riders to score championships across both disciplines.[3]
Biaggi is a brand ambassador for
In 2020, Biaggi was named a FIM Road Racing Legend,[7] followed by inductance into the MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2022.[3]
Career
Summarised race history
Biaggi is a 13-time
.After winning 4 consecutive 250 cc titles in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 Biaggi moved to the 500 cc class in 1998 and immediately finished runner-up to Mick Doohan with 2 victories with Honda. This earned him a move to the Factory Yamaha Team in 1999. In his 4 seasons with Yamaha Biaggi collected 8 victories and finished runner-up to Valentino Rossi in 2001 and 2002. Then he moved to Camel Honda in 2003. But only managed third place in the championship in 2003 and 2004 beaten by not only Valentino Rossi but also Gresini Honda rider Sete Gibernau. A sole winless season followed in 2005 with Factory Honda Team and Biaggi was replaced by Dani Pedrosa for 2006 even though he got 4 podiums and a 5th place in the championship. This proved to be Biaggi's final season in MotoGP.
In 2007 Biaggi switched to the
A consistent rider, In all of his 8 seasons with MotoGP/500 cc Biaggi finished inside the top 5 in the championship standings and 3 times as championship runner-up in 1998, 2001 and 2002. Winning a race for 7 consecutive seasons in the Premier Class from 1998 to 2004. Biaggi's 13 wins, 58 podiums and 23 Pole Positions in the Premier Class makes him one of the most accomplished riders to not win the MotoGP World Championship.
125cc World Championship
Biaggi was more interested in football as a child. But in 1989, after he was given a motorcycle for his seventeenth birthday, he began his racing career in the 125cc class at age eighteen. In 1990 he won the Italian Sport Production Championship. Following his success in 125cc, Biaggi moved up to the 250cc class.
250cc World Championship
In 1991, Biaggi finished second behind British rider Woolsey Coulter in the European 250cc championship on an
500cc World Championship
Biaggi made an impressive start in his 500cc debut, qualifying on pole, setting the fastest lap and winning his first race in the
MotoGP World Championship
In
Biaggi started the 2005 MotoGP season as an official factory Honda rider, joining American racer Nicky Hayden on the Repsol Honda Team with technical director Erv Kanemoto. It was hoped that continued cooperation with Kanemoto and the full factory support from Honda would make Biaggi one of the main title contenders in 2005. However, Biaggi finished the season in only fifth place.
Biaggi lost his ride for the 2006 season, his position filled by 2005 250cc Grand Prix champion, Dani Pedrosa. He negotiated with Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, however, was unable to land a contract even with the backing of major tobacco sponsor Camel who ended up signing up to be the factory Yamaha squad's title sponsor for 2006. On 10 January 2006, Biaggi posted on his website that he would not take part in the 2006 MotoGP season.
Superbike World Championship
Biaggi attempted to reach an agreement to race the Superbike World Championship for Corona Alstare Suzuki in 2006, but the team could not commit to equal equipment with their existing riders, 2005 champion Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama. As a result, he took a sabbatical, but on 14 September 2006 Biaggi announced he had signed to replace Corser in the team for 2007.
Biaggi began the season by winning the first race at the
After a hard championship Biaggi finished third, behind World Champion James Toseland and Yamaha top rider Noriyuki Haga.
At the end of the season, Francis Batta, Alstare
For 2009 he joined the returning factory Aprilia team. He took a double podium in round 2 at Qatar, and scored solid points before taking their first win since the return at Brno, after race leaders Fabrizio and Ben Spies collided. He finished a close second behind Spies in race two there, and finished the season 4th overall.
Biaggi continued with Aprilia for 2010, taking a double victory at the team's home race at Monza to move up to second in the standings. Another double in the USA gave him first place in the championship, after previous leader Leon Haslam failed to finish in race 2.[17]
In August 2010, Biaggi signed a renewed, two-year contract with Aprilia to remain with the team in World Superbikes until 2012.[18]
In 2010, Biaggi became Aprilia's and Italy's first Superbike World Champion.[8]
2011 was a year of mixed results for Biaggi and Aprilia. He only managed 2 wins at Aragon, Spain and Brno, Czech Republic. Even though he was in contention for the title due to multiple second-place finishes, Biaggi fractured his left foot in Germany which caused him to miss 2 rounds: Imola and Magny Cours.
Personal life
Biaggi is known as the 'Roman Emperor' and 'Mad Max' and is notorious for his difficult relationships with the press, team personnel and other riders.[22][23][24][25]
He was engaged to Miss Italia 2002 winner and TV personality Eleonora Pedron; together they have a daughter and a son.[26] They split in September 2015.[27]
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
All stats according to MotoGP.com[28]
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27th | |
1992 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Telkor Valesi Racing | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 5th |
1993 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Rothmans Kanemoto | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 142 | 4th |
1994 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Chesterfield Aprilia | 14 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 234 | 1st |
1995 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Chesterfield Aprilia | 13 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 283 | 1st |
1996 | 250cc | Aprilia RSV250 | Chesterfield Aprilia | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 274 | 1st |
1997 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | Marlboro Kanemoto | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 250 | 1st |
1998 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | Marlboro Kanemoto | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 2nd |
1999 | 500cc | Yamaha YZR500 | Marlboro Yamaha | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 4th |
2000 | 500cc | Yamaha YZR500 | Marlboro Yamaha | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 170 | 3rd |
2001 | 500cc | Yamaha YZR500 | Marlboro Yamaha | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 219 | 2nd |
2002 | MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 | Marlboro Yamaha | 16 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 215 | 2nd |
2003 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | Camel Pramac Pons | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 3rd |
2004 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | Camel Honda | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 3rd |
2005 | MotoGP | Honda RC211V | Repsol Honda | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 5th |
Total | 214 | 42 | 111 | 56 | 42 | 2892 |
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 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN |
AUS |
USA |
SPA |
ITA |
GER |
AUT |
EUR Ret |
NED |
FRA 13 |
GBR Ret |
RSM 12 |
CZE |
VDM |
MAL |
27th | 7 | ||
1992 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret |
AUS 8 |
MAL Ret |
SPA 10 |
ITA 3 |
EUR 3 |
GER 2 |
NED Ret |
HUN Ret |
FRA DNS |
GBR Ret |
BRA 2 |
RSA 1 |
5th | 78 | ||||
1993 | 250cc | Honda | AUS 3 |
MAL 17 |
JPN Ret |
SPA 2 |
AUT 5 |
GER 4 |
NED Ret |
EUR 1 |
RSM 5 |
GBR 6 |
CZE 2 |
ITA Ret |
USA Ret |
FIM 3 |
4th | 142 | |||
1994 | 250cc | Aprilia | AUS 1 |
MAL 1 |
JPN 4 |
SPA Ret |
AUT 2 |
GER 2 |
NED 1 |
ITA Ret |
FRA 3 |
GBR Ret |
CZE 1 |
USA 2 |
ARG 2 |
EUR 1 |
1st | 234 | |||
1995 | 250cc | Aprilia | AUS 3 |
MAL 1 |
JPN 9 |
SPA 2 |
GER 1 |
ITA 1 |
NED 1 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 1 |
CZE 1 |
BRA 2 |
ARG 1 |
EUR 1 |
1st | 283 | ||||
1996 | 250cc | Aprilia | MAL 1 |
INA 2 |
JPN 1 |
SPA 1 |
ITA 1 |
FRA 1 |
NED 3 |
GER 4 |
GBR 1 |
AUT Ret |
CZE 1 |
IMO Ret |
CAT 1 |
BRA Ret |
AUS 1 |
1st | 274 | ||
1997 | 250cc | Honda | MAL 1 |
JPN 7 |
SPA 3 |
ITA 1 |
AUT 3 |
FRA 2 |
NED DSQ |
IMO 1 |
GER 4 |
BRA 5 |
GBR Ret |
CZE 1 |
CAT 2 |
INA 1 |
AUS 2 |
1st | 250 | ||
1998 | 500cc | Honda | JPN 1 |
MAL 3 |
SPA 3 |
ITA 2 |
FRA 5 |
MAD 6 |
NED 2 |
GBR 6 |
GER 2 |
CZE 1 |
IMO 3 |
CAT DSQ |
AUS 8 |
ARG 5 |
2nd | 208 | |||
1999 | 500cc | Yamaha | MAL Ret |
JPN 9 |
SPA 2 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 2 |
CAT Ret |
NED 5 |
GBR 4 |
GER Ret |
CZE 4 |
IMO 3 |
VAL 7 |
AUS 2 |
RSA 1 |
BRA 2 |
ARG 2 |
4th | 194 | |
2000 | 500cc | Yamaha | RSA Ret |
MAL 4 |
JPN Ret |
SPA Ret |
FRA Ret |
ITA 9 |
CAT 5 |
NED 4 |
GBR 9 |
GER 4 |
CZE 1 |
POR 4 |
VAL 3 |
BRA 5 |
PAC 3 |
AUS 1 |
3rd | 170 | |
2001 | 500cc | Yamaha | JPN 3 |
RSA 8 |
SPA 11 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 2 |
NED 1 |
GBR 2 |
GER 1 |
CZE 10 |
POR 5 |
VAL 10 |
PAC Ret |
AUS 2 |
MAL Ret |
BRA 3 |
2nd | 219 | |
2002 | MotoGP | Yamaha | JPN Ret |
RSA 9 |
SPA DSQ |
FRA 3 |
ITA 2 |
CAT 4 |
NED 4 |
GBR 2 |
GER 2 |
CZE 1 |
POR 6 |
BRA 2 |
PAC Ret |
MAL 1 |
AUS 6 |
VAL 3 |
2nd | 215 | |
2003 | MotoGP | Honda | JPN 2 |
RSA 3 |
SPA 2 |
FRA 5 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 14 |
NED 2 |
GBR 1 |
GER Ret |
CZE 5 |
POR 2 |
BRA 4 |
PAC 1 |
MAL 3 |
AUS 17 |
VAL 4 |
3rd | 228 | |
2004 | MotoGP | Honda | RSA 2 |
SPA 2 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 8 |
NED 4 |
BRA 2 |
GER 1 |
GBR 12 |
CZE 3 |
POR Ret |
JPN Ret |
QAT 6 |
MAL 2 |
AUS 7 |
VAL 2 |
3rd | 217 | |
2005 | MotoGP | Honda | SPA 7 |
POR 3 |
CHN 5 |
FRA 5 |
ITA 2 |
CAT 6 |
NED 6 |
USA 4 |
GBR Ret |
GER 4 |
CZE 3 |
JPN 2 |
MAL 6 |
QAT Ret |
AUS Ret |
TUR 12 |
VAL 6 |
5th | 173 |
Superbike World Championship
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007
|
SBK | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | Alstare Suzuki | 25 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 397 | 3rd |
2008
|
SBK | Ducati 1098 RS | Sterilgarda Go Eleven | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 7th |
2009
|
SBK | Aprilia RSV4 | Aprilia Racing | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 319 | 4th |
2010
|
SBK | Aprilia RSV4 | Aprilia Alitalia Racing | 26 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 1st |
2011
|
SBK | Aprilia RSV4 | Aprilia Alitalia Racing | 21 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 303 | 3rd |
2012
|
SBK | Aprilia RSV4 | Aprilia Racing | 27 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 358 | 1st |
2015
|
SBK | Aprilia RSV4 | Aprilia Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 20th |
Total | 157 | 21 | 71 | 10 | 19 | 2102 |
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 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 | ||||
2007
|
Suzuki | QAT 1 |
QAT 2 |
AUS 3 |
AUS 4 |
EUR 3 |
EUR 2 |
SPA 8 |
SPA 2 |
NED 6 |
NED 3 |
ITA 3 |
ITA 5 |
GBR 6 |
GBR C |
SMR Ret |
SMR 3 |
CZE 2 |
CZE 1 |
GBR 3 |
GBR 8 |
GER 2 |
GER 3 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
FRA 6 |
FRA 2 |
3rd | 397 | ||
2008
|
Ducati | QAT 2 |
QAT 3 |
AUS Ret |
AUS Ret |
SPA 16 |
SPA 8 |
NED 10 |
NED 12 |
ITA 5 |
ITA Ret |
USA 9 |
USA 4 |
GER 13 |
GER 7 |
SMR Ret |
SMR 2 |
CZE 4 |
CZE 3 |
GBR 3 |
GBR 12 |
EUR 3 |
EUR 6 |
ITA 2 |
ITA Ret |
FRA 4 |
FRA 6 |
POR Ret |
POR 13 |
7th | 238 |
2009
|
Aprilia | AUS 11 |
AUS 15 |
QAT 3 |
QAT 3 |
SPA 8 |
SPA 8 |
NED 5 |
NED Ret |
ITA 11 |
ITA 5 |
RSA 5 |
RSA 5 |
USA 6 |
USA 4 |
SMR 13 |
SMR 10 |
GBR 2 |
GBR 21 |
CZE 1 |
CZE 2 |
GER 5 |
GER 4 |
ITA 2 |
ITA 4 |
FRA 3 |
FRA 2 |
POR 3 |
POR 6 |
4th | 319 |
2010
|
Aprilia | AUS 5 |
AUS 8 |
POR 1 |
POR 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
NED 6 |
NED 4 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 1 |
RSA 4 |
RSA 3 |
USA 1 |
USA 1 |
SMR 1 |
SMR 1 |
CZE 2 |
CZE 1 |
GBR 5 |
GBR 6 |
GER 4 |
GER 5 |
ITA 11 |
ITA 5 |
FRA 4 |
FRA 1 |
1st | 451 | ||
2011
|
Aprilia | AUS 2 |
AUS 2 |
EUR 7 |
EUR DSQ |
NED 2 |
NED 2 |
ITA 2 |
ITA 8 |
USA Ret |
USA 3 |
SMR 2 |
SMR 2 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 1 |
CZE 2 |
CZE 1 |
GBR 11 |
GBR 4 |
GER DNS |
GER DNS |
ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR 4 |
POR 7 |
3rd | 303 | ||
2012
|
Aprilia | AUS 1 |
AUS 2 |
ITA 4 |
ITA 4 |
NED 4 |
NED 8 |
ITA C |
ITA 5 |
EUR 5 |
EUR 2 |
USA 3 |
USA 3 |
SMR 1 |
SMR 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 4 |
CZE 6 |
CZE 4 |
GBR Ret |
GBR 11 |
RUS 3 |
RUS Ret |
GER 1 |
GER 13 |
POR 4 |
POR 3 |
FRA Ret |
FRA 5 |
1st | 358 |
2015
|
Aprilia | AUS | AUS | THA
|
THA
|
SPA
|
SPA
|
NED | NED | ITA
|
ITA
|
GBR | GBR | POR
|
POR
|
SMR 6 |
SMR 6 |
USA
|
USA
|
MAL 3 |
MAL Ret |
SPA | SPA | FRA | FRA | QAT
|
QAT
|
20th | 36 |
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External links
- Max Biaggi at DriverDB.com
- Max Biaggi at MotoGP.com
- Max Biaggi at WorldSBK.com
- Max Biaggi at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Official website