Andrea Dovizioso
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 Dovizioso at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix. |
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| Nationality |  Italian |
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| Born | March 23, 1986 Forlì (Italy) |
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| Current team | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | andreadovizioso.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Dovizioso (born March 23, 1986 in Forlimpopoli, Italy) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He won the 125cc World Championship in 2004.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 125cc
In 2001 Dovizioso won the 125cc European Championship and also competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired. In 2002 he competed in the 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda, finishing 16th in the final standings. His best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington. He continued with the team in 2003, finishing 5th in the final standings and achieving four podium finishes. The 2004 season saw him pick up five victories and six other podium finishes on his way to winning the championship with 293 points.
[edit] 250cc
In 2005 Dovizioso moved to the 250cc class, continuing with Team Scot Honda. The season included five podium finishes and 3rd place in the overall standings. He also won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2006 he stayed with the team, who were now renamed as Humangest Racing. He won two races in Barcelona and Estoril and finished on the podium 11 times. He fought for the championship until the final race of the season, but had to settle for 2nd place behind Jorge Lorenzo. The 2007 season saw him win two races in Istanbul and Donington and challenge once again for the championship, but he finished in 2nd place once again.
[edit] MotoGP
- 2008
On 15 September 2007, Dovizioso announced that he would be making the move up to the MotoGP class with his existing team in 2008.[1] On his premier class debut, Dovizioso achieved a highly credible fourth place, at the season opener in Qatar, passing Valentino Rossi on the last lap. Throughout the season Dovi was one of the most consistent Honda riders, placing 4th and 5th several times, and achieving a 3rd place podium finish at the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang. Dovizioso finished 5th in the final standings.
- 2009
For the 2009 season, Dovizioso became an official Repsol Honda rider replacing Nicky Hayden and partnering Spain's Dani Pedrosa.[2] In July 2009, Dovizioso won his first race in MotoGP at the British Grand Prix in wet conditions at Donington Park.[3] Despite otherwise consistent points finishes, Dovizioso ended up with less points than in his début season in the class, ending up sixth in the final standings.
- 2010
On 2 October 2010, Dovizioso claimed his first pole position in MotoGP at the Japanese Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi.[4] He went on to finish second in the race after challenging for the race win, equalling his result from the British Grand Prix, and finished second again in the following race in Malaysia. Dovizioso also scored four third places to enable him to finish fifth in the final standings.
- 2011
Dovizioso remained with Repsol Honda for a third consecutive season in 2011, riding in a three-bike team alongside Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa. Dovizioso started the season well, with a fourth place in Qatar after a race-long battle with Marco Simoncelli. At Jerez, Dovizioso experienced severe tyre wear and had to make a tyre change on his way to 12th place in the damp conditions. He took fourth place in Portugal, with a late-race pass on Valentino Rossi, before Le Mans saw Dovizioso's best performance of the season to that point. Having circulated in sixth for a portion of the race, he was helped by the collision between Pedrosa and Simoncelli, which saw Pedrosa crash out and Simoncelli given a ride-through penalty. He then passed Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi en route to a second place finish.[5] Fourth place followed in Catalunya, before another second place in Great Britain, having started fifth and led the first few laps before being overtaken by team-mate Stoner. Dovizioso extended his podium run to four races after third in the Netherlands and second at his home race at Mugello.
He finished second for the fourth time in 2011, in the Czech Republic; holding off pressure from Simoncelli.[6] Two fifth places followed, before Dovizioso's only retirement of the season in Aragon, after crashing out. Dovizioso finished fifth in Japan, despite a ride-through penalty for jumping the start.[7] Dovizioso finished third in Australia and Valencia, while the Malaysian race was cancelled after the death of Simoncelli in the first attempt to run the race.[8]
He ended the season third behind Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner, but decided to move to the Tech 3 Yamaha team for the 2012 season, alongside Cal Crutchlow on a one year deal. Dovizioso moved to the team after rejecting the offer of a satellite Honda bike,[9] after Repsol Honda reverted to two bikes – for Stoner and Pedrosa – for the 2012 season.
[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
[edit] By season
| Seas | Class | Moto | Team | Race | Win | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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| 2001 | 125cc | Aprilia RS 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – | |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda RS125R | Scot Honda Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16th | – |
| 2003 | 125cc | Honda RS125R | Scot Honda Team | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 5th | – |
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda RS125RW | Kopron Scot Honda Team | 16 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 293 | 1st | 1 |
| 2005 | 250cc | Honda RS250RW | Kopron Scot Honda Team | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 3rd | – |
| 2006 | 250cc | Honda RS250RW | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 272 | 2nd | – | |
| 2007 | 250cc | Honda RS250RW | Kopron Scot Honda Team | 17 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 260 | 2nd | – |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | JiR Team Scot | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 5th | – |
| 2009 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | Honda-HRC | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 6th | – |
| 2010 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | Honda-HRC | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 5th | – |
| 2011 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | Honda-HRC | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 3rd | – |
| Total | 168 | 10 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 1981 | 1 |
[edit] By class
| Class | Seas | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 cc | 2001–2004 | 2001 Italy | 2003 S. Africa | 2004 S. Africa | 49 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 492 | 1 |
| 250 cc | 2005–2007 | 2005 Spain | 2005 Portugal | 2006 Catalunya | 49 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 721 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2008–Present | 2008 Qatar | 2008 Malaysia | 2009 Great Britain | 70 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 768 | 0 |
| Total | 2001–Present | 168 | 10 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 1981 | 1 |
[edit] 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 | 18 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2001 | 125 cc | Aprilia | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA Ret |
CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR | VAL | PAC | AUS | MAL | BRA | NC | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 125 cc | Honda | JPN Ret |
RSA 10 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 9 |
ITA 12 |
CAT Ret |
NED 11 |
GBR 9 |
GER 13 |
CZE 21 |
POR Ret |
BRA 13 |
PAC Ret |
MAL 15 |
AUS 10 |
VAL 17 |
16th | 42 | ||
| 2003 | 125 cc | Honda | JPN 5 |
RSA 2 |
SPA 9 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 4 |
CAT Ret |
NED 10 |
GBR 2 |
GER 7 |
CZE 6 |
POR 8 |
BRA 6 |
PAC 3 |
MAL 13 |
AUS Ret |
VAL 8 |
5th | 157 | ||
| 2004 | 125 cc | Honda | RSA 1 |
SPA 4 |
FRA 1 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 2 |
NED 4 |
BRA 3 |
GER 4 |
GBR 1 |
CZE 2 |
POR Ret |
JPN 1 |
QAT 2 |
MAL 2 |
AUS 1 |
VAL 2 |
1st | 293 | ||
| 2005 | 250 cc | Honda | SPA 4 |
POR 2 |
CHN 2 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 8 |
CAT 3 |
NED 7 |
GBR 7 |
GER 4 |
CZE 6 |
JPN 6 |
MAL Ret |
QAT 3 |
AUS 5 |
TUR 5 |
VAL 9 |
3rd | 189 | ||
| 2006 | 250 cc | Honda | SPA 3 |
QAT 2 |
TUR 3 |
CHN 2 |
FRA 2 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 1 |
NED 3 |
GBR 6 |
GER 4 |
CZE 2 |
MAL 2 |
AUS 4 |
JPN 4 |
POR 1 |
VAL 7 |
2nd | 272 | ||
| 2007 | 250 cc | Honda | QAT 5 |
SPA 3 |
TUR 1 |
CHN 3 |
FRA 2 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 3 |
GBR 1 |
NED 4 |
GER 5 |
CZE 2 |
RSM Ret |
POR 2 |
JPN 2 |
AUS 3 |
MAL 11 |
VAL 4 |
2nd | 260 | |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 4 |
SPA 8 |
POR Ret |
CHN 11 |
FRA 6 |
ITA 8 |
CAT 4 |
GBR 5 |
NED 5 |
GER 5 |
USA 4 |
CZE 9 |
RSM 8 |
IND 5 |
JPN 9 |
AUS 7 |
MAL 3 |
VAL 4 |
5th | 174 |
| 2009 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 5 |
JPN 5 |
SPA 8 |
FRA 4 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 4 |
NED Ret |
USA Ret |
GER Ret |
GBR 1 |
CZE 4 |
IND 4 |
RSM 4 |
POR 7 |
AUS 6 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 8 |
6th | 160 | |
| 2010 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 3 |
SPA 6 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 3 |
GBR 2 |
NED 5 |
CAT 14 |
GER 5 |
USA 4 |
CZE Ret |
IND 5 |
RSM 4 |
ARA Ret |
JPN 2 |
MAL 2 |
AUS Ret |
POR 3 |
VAL 5 |
5th | 206 |
| 2011 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 4 |
SPA 12 |
POR 4 |
FRA 2 |
CAT 4 |
GBR 2 |
NED 3 |
ITA 2 |
GER 4 |
USA 5 |
CZE 2 |
IND 5 |
RSM 5 |
ARA Ret |
JPN 5 |
AUS 3 |
MAL C |
VAL 3 |
3rd | 228 |
[edit] References
- ^ MOTOGP: Dovizioso confirms MotoGP move., motorsport news, results, features, teams, drivers, updates
- ^ Dovizioso to Repsol Honda
- ^ "Shock Donington win for Dovizioso". BBC Sport. 2009-07-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8169509.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Andrea Dovizioso takes maiden pole at Japanese MotoGP". BBC Sport (BBC). 2010-10-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/9054113.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ Clifford, Peter (15 May 2011). "Superb Stoner wins in Le Mans". Red Bull (Red Bull GmbH). http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Casey-Stoner-wins-French-MotoGP-at-Le-Mans-while-Dani-Pedrosa-suffers-injury-021243016180640. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Birt, Matthew (15 August 2011). "Andrea Dovizioso thrilled to hold off Marco Simoncelli". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2011/August/aug1511-brno-motogp-andrea-dovizioso-thrilled-hold-off-marco-simoncelli/. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Rostance, Tom (2 October 2011). "Dani Pedrosa claims dramatic MotoGP win in Japan". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motogp/15140998.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Marco Simoncelli dies after MotoGP crash in Sepang". BBC Sport (BBC). 23 October 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motogp/15420069.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Birt, Matthew (8 October 2011). "Andrea Dovizioso shuns Honda for Tech 3 Yamaha". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2011/October/oct0811-dovizioso-signs-for-tech-3/. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- andreadovizioso.com Official website
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| Preceded by Diego Giugovaz |
125cc Motorcycle European Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Marco Simoncelli |
| Preceded by Dani Pedrosa |
125cc Motorcycle World Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lüthi |
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