Fausto Gresini
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Fausto Gresini (born 23 January 1961) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.[1] He is currently team manager for the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini MotoGP team.[2]
Motorcycle racing career
Gresini was born at Imola. He began racing in 1978 at the age of 17 on a Minarelli 50 in Italy, and in 1983 he joined the Grand Prix circuit with the MBA team.
During his riding career, Gresini won two world championship titles in the 125cc class in 1985 and 1987. He was vice-champion in the 125cc class in 1986 aboard a Garelli and in 1991 and 1992 with Honda. He accumulated 21 victories and raced in 132 Grand Prix with 15 second places and 11 third places. He is tied with Ángel Nieto for the record of 11 consecutive victories in the 125 class, accomplished across 1986 and 1987. He holds the record of the most 125cc victories in one season with ten in 1987 - he crashed in the final race but won all others.
Racing team management career
Gresini currently manages the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini MotoGP team. His team has won two world championships with Daijiro Kato winning the 2001 250cc world championship, and Toni Elías winning the 2010 Moto2 world championship. Kato died in hospital two weeks after crashing during the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix on 6 April 2003.[3] On 23 October 2011, the Gresini team suffered another loss when rider Marco Simoncelli died soon after an accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The team's other rider is Hiroshi Aoyama.
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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1983 | 125cc | MBA | FRA NC |
NAT 7 |
GER 6 |
ESP 6 |
AUT 4 |
YUG NC |
NED 10 |
BEL 9 |
GBR 6 |
SWE 2 |
RSM NC |
37 | 9th | 0 | |||
1984 | 125cc | MBA | NAT NC |
ESP NC |
GER 4 |
51 | 3rd | 1 | |||||||||||
Garelli | FRA 4 |
NED NC |
GBR 3 |
SWE 1 |
RSM 3 |
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1985 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 2 |
GER 2 |
NAT NC |
AUT 1 |
NED 3 |
BEL 1 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 4 |
SWE 3 |
RSM 1 |
109 | 1st | 3 | ||||
1986 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 1 |
NAT 1 |
GER 2 |
AUT NC |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
FRA 2 |
GBR NC |
SWE 1 |
RSM 3 |
BWU 1 |
114 | 2nd | 4 | |||
1987 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 1 |
GER 1 |
NAT 1 |
AUT 1 |
NED 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
SWE 1 |
CZE 1 |
RSM 1 |
POR DNF |
150 | 1st | 10 | |||
1988 | 125cc | Garelli | ESP 4 |
NAT NC |
GER - |
AUT - |
NED NC |
BEL - |
YUG - |
FRA - |
GBR 7 |
SWE NC |
CZE NC |
22 | 21st | 0 | |||
1989 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN 11 |
AUS 7 |
ESP 5 |
NAT 3 |
GER NC |
AUT 5 |
NED 6 |
BEL 7 |
FRA 5 |
GBR 8 |
SWE 5 |
CZE 14 |
102 | 5th | 0 | ||
1990 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 7 |
ESP 3 |
NAT NC |
GER - |
AUT NC |
YUG 6 |
NED 8 |
BEL 8 |
FRA NC |
GBR 8 |
SWE 5 |
CZE 7 |
HUN 4 |
AUS 5 |
102 | 8th | 0 |
1991 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 2 |
AUS 2 |
ESP 2 |
ITA 1 |
GER NC |
AUT 1 |
EUR 2 |
NED 4 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 2 |
RSM 3 |
CZE 6 |
MAL 4 |
181 | 2nd | 2 | |
1992 | 125cc | Honda | JPN NC |
AUS 5 |
MAL 8 |
ESP 2 |
ITA 5 |
EUR 3 |
GER 2 |
NED 2 |
HUN 3 |
FRA NC |
GBR 1 |
BRA 6 |
RSA 7 |
118 | 2nd | 1 | |
1993 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 5 |
MAL 8 |
JPN NC |
ESP NC |
AUT 8 |
GER 17 |
NED DNF |
EUR 17 |
RSM 10 |
GBR 7 |
CZE - |
ITA 10 |
USA 16 |
FIM 4 |
61 | 11th | 0 |
1994 | 125cc | Honda | AUS 4 |
MAL 6 |
JPN 18 |
ESP DNF |
AUT 8 |
GER 13 |
NED 16 |
ITA 17 |
FRA 10 |
GBR 20 |
CZE - |
USA DNS |
ARG NC |
EUR 10 |
46 | 16th | 0 |