Raffaele De Rosa

Raffaele De Rosa
Raffaele De Rosa
	De Rosa at the 2009 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	March 25, 1987 (age 37); Naples, Italy
Current team	QJ Motor
Bike number	3
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2010–2011
Manufacturers	Tech 3, Moriwaki, FTR, Suter
Championships	0
2011 championship position	NC (0 pts)
250cc World Championship
Active years	2009
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2009 championship position	6th (122 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	2004–2008
Manufacturers	Honda, Aprilia, KTM
Championships	0
2008 championship position	18th (37 pts)
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2012, 2016–2017
Manufacturers	Honda, BMW
Championships	0
2017 championship position	15th (53 pts)
Supersport World Championship
Active years	2012–2014, 2018–
Manufacturers	Honda, MV Agusta, Kawasaki, Ducati
Championships	0
2023 championship position	10th (138 pts)

Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian road racer of solo motorcycles. He has competed mainly in the Supersport World Championship.

From 2024 he will ride for QJ Motor, a Chinese manufacturer new to the Supersport World Championship,^[1] based on their QJ GSR 800/SRK 800 RR models.^[2]

De Rosa will enter the World Supersport Challenge, a separate points-scoring competition held at the European-rounds of the Supersport World Championship, run as a category within the main races, starting at the second round in March, at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain.^[1]

He won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016.

Career[edit]

125cc World Championship (2004–2008)[edit]

De Rosa made his World Championship debut in the 125cc class in the 2005 season.

250cc/Moto2 World Championship (2009–2011)[edit]

De Rosa was the Rookie of The Year in the 250cc Class in 2009.

Career statistics[edit]

Career highlights[edit]

2003 – 29th, Italian 125cc Championship #35 Aprilia RS125R
2004 – 15th, Italian 125cc Championship #35 Honda RS125R
2005 – 23rd, 125cc World Championship #35 Aprilia RS125R
2006 – 16th, 125cc World Championship #35 Aprilia RS125R
2007 – 16th, 125cc World Championship #35 Aprilia RS125R
2008 – 18th, 125cc World Championship #35 KTM 125 FRR
2009 – 6th, 250cc World Championship #35 Honda RS250RW
2010 – 27th, Moto2 World Championship #35 Tech 3 Mistral 610^[3]
2011 – 33rd, Moto2 World Championship #35 Moriwaki, FTR, Suter
2012 – 24th, Supersport World Championship #35 Honda CBR600RR
2013 – 19th, Supersport World Championship #5 Honda CBR600RR
2014 – 10th, Supersport World Championship #35 Honda CBR600RR
2015 – 3rd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup #35 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2016 – 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup #35 BMW S1000RR
2017 – 15th, Superbike World Championship #35 BMW S1000RR
2018 – 6th, Supersport World Championship #35 MV Agusta F3 675
2019 – 6th, Supersport World Championship #35 MV Agusta F3 675
2020 – 6th, Supersport World Championship #35 MV Agusta F3 675

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[edit]

Races by year[edit]

(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
2004	125cc	Honda	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR 24	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL		NC	0
2005	125cc	Aprilia	SPA Ret	POR 24	CHN 28	FRA 20	ITA 15	CAT 22	NED Ret	GBR 20	GER 15	CZE 17	JPN 16	MAL Ret	QAT 13	AUS 11	TUR Ret	VAL 13		23rd	13
2006	125cc	Aprilia	SPA Ret	QAT 12	TUR 24	CHN 12	FRA 6	ITA 17	CAT 12	NED 10	GBR Ret	GER 20	CZE Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 7	JPN Ret	POR 19	VAL Ret		16th	37
2007	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 4	SPA Ret	TUR 4	CHN 12	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT Ret	GBR 8	NED 14	GER Ret	CZE 18	RSM 9	POR 9	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 28	VAL Ret	16th	56
2008	125cc	KTM	QAT Ret	SPA 11	POR Ret	CHN 9	FRA 9	ITA 13	CAT Ret	GBR 14	NED 10	GER Ret	CZE Ret	RSM Ret	INP 13	JPN 12	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	18th	37
2009	250cc	Honda	QAT 5	JPN 12	SPA 10	FRA 6	ITA 9	CAT 9	NED 10	GER 9	GBR 7	CZE 6	INP 11	RSM 8	POR Ret	AUS 3	MAL Ret	VAL 3		6th	122
2010	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT Ret	SPA 20	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	GBR 28	NED 27	CAT 16	GER Ret	CZE 15	INP Ret	RSM 13	ARA Ret	JPN 15	MAL Ret	AUS 16	POR 6	VAL 24	27th	15
2011	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT 30	SPA 25	POR 16	FRA 19	CAT													NC	0
		FTR						GBR 21	NED
		Suter								ITA Ret	GER	CZE	INP 23	RSM 22	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 20	MAL Ret	VAL Ret

Superbike World Championship[edit]

Races by year[edit]

(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
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2012	Honda	AUS Ret	AUS 17	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR	EUR	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	RUS	RUS	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	NC	0
2016	BMW	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA Ret	USA 11	GER	GER	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT 12	QAT 9			21st	16
2017	BMW	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED 13	NED 17	ITA 14	ITA 16	GBR 15	GBR 10	ITA 10	ITA 7	USA 13	USA Ret	GER Ret	GER 15	POR 11	POR Ret	FRA 13	FRA 10	SPA Ret	SPA 13	QAT Ret	QAT 11			15th	53

Supersport World Championship[edit]

Races by year[edit]

(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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Pts
2012	Honda	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA 10	EUR Ret	SMR 11	SPA 13	CZE 16	GBR 15	RUS	GER	POR	FRA												24th	15
2013	Honda	AUS Ret	SPA Ret	NED 17	ITA 15	GBR 13	POR 9	ITA 11	RUS C	GBR Ret	GER 14	TUR 13	FRA 12	SPA 21												19th	25
2014	Honda	AUS 3	SPA 6	NED 8	ITA 12	GBR 9	MAL 7	SMR 20	POR 4	SPA Ret	FRA	QAT 13														10th	70
2018	MV Agusta	AUS 6	THA 7	SPA Ret	NED 3	ITA 3	GBR 3	CZE 3	ITA 2	POR 4	FRA 7	ARG Ret	QAT 8													6th	133
2019	MV Agusta	AUS 18	THA 5	SPA 2	NED Ret	ITA 3	ESP 5	ITA Ret	GBR 5	POR Ret	FRA 4	ARG 6	QAT 7													6th	101
2020	MV Agusta	AUS DSQ	SPA 5	SPA 5	POR 3	POR 12	SPA 4	SPA 3	SPA 2	SPA Ret	SPA 14	SPA 4	FRA 4	FRA Ret	POR Ret	POR 3										6th	135
2021	Kawasaki	SPA 9	SPA 2	POR 6	POR Ret	ITA Ret	ITA 7	NED Ret	NED Ret	CZE 12	CZE 10	SPA Ret	SPA 9	FRA 9	FRA 9	SPA 3	SPA 2	SPA C	SPA 7	POR 4	POR 14	ARG Ret	ARG Ret	INA 1	INA 5	7th	173
2022	Ducati	SPA 16	SPA 9	NED 9	NED 15	POR 22	POR Ret	ITA 22	ITA 10	GBR 3	GBR 6	CZE Ret	CZE 20	FRA 12	FRA 14	SPA 12	SPA Ret	POR 6	POR 2	ARG 2	ARG Ret	INA 9	INA 4	AUS 6	AUS 6	9th	147
2023	Ducati	AUS 17	AUS 7	INA Ret	INA 7	NED 9	NED 9	SPA 15	SPA 10	EMI Ret	EMI 26	GBR 7	GBR 9	ITA 6	ITA 5	CZE 4	CZE 10	FRA 16	FRA Ret	SPA 5	SPA 9	POR 8	POR 8	JER 7	JER Ret	10th	138

* Season still in progress.

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup[edit]

Races by year[edit]

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

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts
2015	Ducati	SPA 4	NED 2	ITA Ret	GBR 3	POR 3	ITA 2	SPA 2	FRA 3	3rd	121
2016	BMW	SPA 3	NED 1	ITA 3	GBR 1	ITA 19	GER 10	FRA 3	SPA 5	1st	115

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b New manufacturer revealed in WorldSBK entry lists visordown.com, 19 December 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024
^ Raffaele De Rosa worldsbk.com. Retrieved 27 February 2024
^ "Tech 3 names Moto2 riders, Romagnoli joins". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

External links[edit]

Raffaele De Rosa at MotoGP.com
Raffaele De Rosa at WorldSBK.com

[visordown-1] New manufacturer revealed in WorldSBK entry lists visordown.com, 19 December 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024

[2] Raffaele De Rosa worldsbk.com. Retrieved 27 February 2024

[3] "Tech 3 names Moto2 riders, Romagnoli joins". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

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