Fabrizio Lai
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Fabrizio Lai (born 14 December 1978 in Rho) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Italy.[1]
Biography
He won the European Championship twice in succession in 1996 and 1997 while still a teenager, before winning the Italian championship in 2002.[2] He has competed in the 125 cc World Championship since 2001, first as a wild card rider, and full-time since the 2003 season on a Malaguti. Lai achieved his first podium finish during the 2004 season as runner-up at Motegi on a Gilera,[3] He finished 6th overall in 2005 and 11th in 2006 as a Honda rider. For 2007, he switched to the Campetella Racing Aprilia team.[2]
Career Statistics
1999- 14th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2000- 4th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2001- 5th, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Honda RS125R)
2002- 16th, European 125cc Championship (Engineseng) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Engineseng)
2003- 25th, 125cc World Championship (Malaguti) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Malaguti)
2004- 16th, 125cc World Championship (Gilera RS 125)
2005- 6th, 125cc World Championship (Honda RS125)
2006- 11th, 125cc World Championship (Aprilia RS125)
2007- 14th, 250cc World Championship (Aprilia RSV 250)
2008- 18th, 250cc World Championship (Gilera RSV 250)
2009- NC, Supersport World Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2010- 15th, Italian CIV Supersport 600 Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2011- 7th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Honda CBR1000RR)
2012- 4th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Ducati 1098)
2013- 13th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Kawasaki ZX-10R)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 125cc | Rieju | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR |  VAL Ret  | 
PAC | AUS | MAL | BRA | NC | 0 | |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT |  NED 23  | 
 GBR 14  | 
GER | CZE | POR | BRA | PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | 34th | 2 | |
| 2003 | 125cc | Malaguti |  JPN 16  | 
 RSA 18  | 
 SPA 23  | 
 FRA Ret  | 
 ITA Ret  | 
 CAT 19  | 
 NED 14  | 
 GBR Ret  | 
 GER 15  | 
 CZE 18  | 
 POR 12  | 
 BRA 24  | 
 PAC 18  | 
 MAL 17  | 
 AUS 13  | 
 VAL 18  | 
25th | 10 | |
| 2004 | 125cc | Gilera |  RSA 21  | 
 SPA 13  | 
 FRA 20  | 
 ITA Ret  | 
 CAT DNS  | 
 NED DNS  | 
 BRA Ret  | 
 GER Ret  | 
 GBR 14  | 
 CZE 15  | 
 POR 12  | 
 JPN 2  | 
 QAT 5  | 
 MAL 5  | 
 AUS Ret  | 
 VAL 15  | 
16th | 53 | |
| 2005 | 125cc | Honda |  SPA 3  | 
 POR 4  | 
 CHN 2  | 
 FRA Ret  | 
 ITA 8  | 
 CAT 10  | 
 NED 18  | 
 GBR 3  | 
 GER 7  | 
 CZE 6  | 
 JPN 10  | 
 MAL 7  | 
 QAT 10  | 
 AUS 12  | 
 TUR 7  | 
 VAL 7  | 
6th | 141 | |
| 2006 | 125cc | Honda |  SPA Ret  | 
 QAT 14  | 
 TUR 13  | 
 CHN 8  | 
 FRA 3  | 
 ITA 11  | 
 CAT 10  | 
 NED Ret  | 
 GBR 11  | 
 GER 11  | 
 CZE 10  | 
 MAL 11  | 
 AUS 8  | 
 JPN 11  | 
 POR 7  | 
 VAL Ret  | 
11th | 83 | |
| 2007 | 250cc | Aprilia |  QAT 12  | 
 SPA 11  | 
 TUR 10  | 
 CHN 10  | 
 FRA 12  | 
 ITA 13  | 
 CAT Ret  | 
 GBR 11  | 
 NED 11  | 
 GER 18  | 
 CZE 12  | 
 RSM Ret  | 
 POR 9  | 
 JPN Ret  | 
 AUS 17  | 
 MAL 20  | 
 VAL Ret  | 
14th | 49 | 
| 2008 | 250cc | Gilera |  QAT 12  | 
 SPA Ret  | 
 POR Ret  | 
 CHN 14  | 
 FRA Ret  | 
 ITA 14  | 
 CAT 15  | 
 GBR 17  | 
 NED 13  | 
 GER 12  | 
 CZE 17  | 
 SMR 11  | 
 IND C  | 
 JPN 15  | 
 AUS 10  | 
 MAL 11  | 
 VAL Ret  | 
18th | 33 | 
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Honda |  AUS 24  | 
 QAT 22  | 
 SPA 21  | 
 NED 21  | 
 ITA 21  | 
 RSA 20  | 
USA | SMR | GBR | CZE | GER | ITA | FRA | POR | NC | 0 | 
| 2013 | Honda | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | POR |  ITA Ret  | 
RUS | GBR | GER | TUR | FRA | SPA | NC | 0 | 
World Superbike Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Make | 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 | ||||
| 2010 | Honda |  AUS | 
 AUS | 
 POR | 
 POR | 
 SPA | 
 SPA | 
 NED | 
 NED | 
 ITA | 
 ITA | 
 RSA | 
 RSA | 
 USA | 
 USA | 
 SMR | 
 SMR | 
 CZE | 
 CZE | 
 GBR | 
 GBR | 
 GER Ret  | 
 GER 18  | 
 ITA 19  | 
 ITA 14  | 
 FRA 16  | 
 FRA Ret  | 
28th | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Honda |  AUS | 
 AUS | 
 EUR | 
 EUR | 
 NED | 
 NED | 
 ITA 18  | 
 ITA 15  | 
 USA | 
 USA | 
 SMR | 
 SMR | 
 SPA | 
 SPA | 
 CZE | 
 CZE | 
 GBR Ret  | 
 GBR 16  | 
 GER | 
 GER | 
 ITA | 
 ITA | 
 FRA | 
 FRA | 
 POR | 
 POR | 
34th | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Kawasaki |  AUS | 
 AUS | 
 SPA | 
 SPA | 
 NED | 
 NED | 
 ITA 13  | 
 ITA 11  | 
 GBR | 
 GBR | 
 POR | 
 POR | 
 ITA | 
 ITA | 
 RUS | 
 RUS | 
 GBR | 
 GBR | 
 GER | 
 GER | 
 TUR | 
 TUR | 
 USA | 
 USA | 
25th | 11 | ||||
| Ducati |  FRA 14  | 
 FRA 15  | 
 SPA | 
 SPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Fabrizio Lai". Yahoo Sport UK-Ireland.
 - 1 2 Fabrizio Lai biography, official website
 - ↑ "Terrific Tamada Triumphs on Home Territory", MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix Round 12, Honda.com, September 19, 2004
 
