Luca Cadalora

Luca Cadalora
Luca Cadalora on the Yamaha YZR500
Nationality	Italian
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1984 - 2000 First race 1984 125cc Nations Grand Prix Last race 2000 500cc Czech Grand Prix First win 1986 125cc West German Grand Prix Last win 1996 500cc German Grand Prix Team(s) MBA, Garelli, Yamaha, Honda, MuZ, Modenas Championships 125cc – 1986 250cc – 1991, 1992 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 195 34 72 29 30

Luca Cadalora (born May 17, 1963 in Modena, Italy) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.

Early career

He won the 1986 125cc World Championship on a Garelli and then the 1991 and 1992 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto tuned Honda.

500cc

In 1993 he rose to the blue riband 500cc division as Wayne Rainey's team mate in the Kenny Roberts Yamaha team. In three seasons on the Roberts Yamaha, he displayed flashes of brilliance, finishing as high as 2nd to Mick Doohan in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the 1996 season, racing a Honda NSR500. Despite lacking any major sponsors, he still managed to finish the season in third place aboard the Kanemoto Honda. For 1997 he got a contract as official Yamaha rider in the new Promotor Racing team, backed by an Austrian businessman, but after few races the squad fell in financial problems. WCM rescued the team with the help of a Red Bull sponsorship and Cadalora ended the season in sixth place. For 1998 both WCM and Cadalora lost the Yamaha official support. He returned to the Rainey Yamaha works team for a few races to replace an injured Jean-Michel Bayle then helped develop the new MuZ race bike. In 1999 he was again with MuZ. Cadalora closed out his career with Kenny Roberts' Modenas team in 2000.

Despite having immense talent, Cadalora failed to win the 500cc world championship (the premier class). He lacked consistency at the highest level. However, he was occasionally capable of beating his peers at a time in 500cc Grand Prix history that was rich with talented riders.

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	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	Rank	Wins
1984	125cc	ELIT MBA	MBA 125	NAT 5	ESP NC	GER 2	FRA 12	NED NC	GBR 6	SWE NC	RSM 7									27	8th	0
1985	125cc	Team Italia MBA	MBA 125	ESP NC	GER NC	NAT DNF	AUT 30	NED 7	BEL -	FRA -	GBR 11	SWE -	RSM -							4	17th	0
1986	125cc	Team Italia Garelli	Garelli 125	ESP 4	NAT 4	GER 1	AUT 1	NED 1	BEL NC	FRA 1	GBR 3	SWE 2	RSM 2	BWU 2						122	1st	4
1987	250cc	Marlboro Yamaha	TZ250	JPN 13	ESP 2	GER 5	NAT 11	AUT NC	YUG -	NED 15	FRA 15	GBR NC	SWE 2	CZE 5	RSM 2	POR 9	BRA 6	ARG 4		63	7th	0
1988	250cc	Marlboro Yamaha	TZ250	JPN NC	USA 6	ESP 7	EXP NC	NAT 5	GER 1	AUT 7	NED 4	BEL 8	YUG 5	FRA 6	GBR 1	SWE NC	CZE 3	BRA DNF		138	6th	2
1989	250cc	Marlboro Yamaha	TZ250	JPN 3	AUS 3	USA 3	ESP 1	NAT NC	GER 11	AUT NC	YUG DNF	NED NC	BEL 5	FRA 11	GBR NC	SWE 5	CZE 6	BRA 1		127	5th	2
	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	JPN -	AUS -	USA -	ESP -	NAT -	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR 8	SWE -	CZE -	BRA -		8	26th	0
1990	250cc	Marlboro Yamaha	TZ250	JPN 1	USA 2	ESP 2	NAT NC	GER 10	AUT 1	YUG 4	NED NC	BEL NC	FRA 2	GBR 1	SWE 4	CZE 4	HUN 4	AUS 3		184	3rd	3
1991	250cc	Rothmans Honda	NSR250	JPN 1	AUS 1	USA 1	ESP 2	ITA 1	GER 4	AUT 5	EUR 1	NED 2	FRA 5	GBR 1	RSM 1	CZE 3	VDM 3	MAL 1		237	1st	8
1992	250cc	Rothmans Honda	NSR250	JPN 1	AUS 1	MAL 1	ESP 4	ITA 1	EUR 1	GER 4	NED 2	HUN 1	FRA 3	GBR 4	BRA 1	RSA 6				203	1st	7
1993	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	AUS 8	MAL NC	JPN DNF	ESP 5	AUT 5	GER 8	NED 7	EUR 15	RSM 5	GBR 1	CZE 2	ITA 1	USA 3	FIM DNF			145	5th	2
1994	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	AUS 2	MAL 4	JPN 4	ESP DNF	AUT 22	GER -	NED 9	ITA 2	FRA 7	GBR 3	CZE 3	USA 1	ARG 6	EUR 1			174	2nd	2
1995	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	AUS 4	MAL DNF	JPN 4	ESP 2	GER 2	ITA 12	NED 7	FRA 2	GBR 5	CZE 1	BRA 1	ARG 3	EUR DNF				176	3rd	2
1996	500cc	Kanemoto Honda	NSR500	MAL 1	INA 6	JPN DNF	ESP 2	ITA 3	FRA 6	NED DNF	GER 1	GBR 9	AUT 4	CZE DNF	IMO 6	CAT 4	BRA 6	AUS 7		168	3rd	2
1997	500cc	Promotor Yamaha	YZR500	MAL 4	JPN 11	ESP 11														129	6th	0
		WCM Yamaha					ITA 2	AUT 3	FRA DNF	NED DNF	IMO 6	GER DNF	BRA 3	GBR 5	CZE 2	CAT 4	INA DNF	AUS DNF
1998	500cc	Rainey Yamaha	YZR500	JPN -	MAL -	ESP -	ITA -	FRA 6	MAD DNF											10	23rd	0
		Suzuki	RGV500							NED DNF	GBR -	GER -	CZE -	IMO -	CAT -	AUS -
		MuZ-Weber	MuZ 500														ARG DNF
1999	500cc	MuZ-Weber	MuZ 500	MAL DNF	JPN -	ESP 8	FRA DNF	ITA 10	CAT DNF	NED DNS	GBR -	GER DNF	CZE DNF	IMO -	VAL -	AUS -	RSA -	BRA -	ARG -	14	20th	0
2000	500cc	Roberts Modenas	KR3	RSA -	MAL -	JPN -	ESP -	FRA -	ITA -	CAT -	NED -	GBR -	GER 14	CZE 15	POR -	VAL -	BRA -	PAC -	AUS -	3	27th	0

Preceded by John Kocinski

250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1991-1992

Succeeded by Tetsuya Harada