Alessandro Gramigni (born 29 December 1968) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1990 to 1997 and in the Superbike World Championship from 1998 to 2003. Gramigni is notable for winning the 1992 F.I.M. 125cc world championship.[1]

Alessandro Gramigni
Gramigni at the 1994 United States Grand Prix
NationalityItalian
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1990 - 1995, 1997
First race1990 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last race1997 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix
First win1991 125cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
Last win1992 125cc Hungarian Grand Prix
Team(s)Aprilia, Gilera
Championships125cc - 1992
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
66 3 12 3 0 331
Superbike World Championship
Active years1996, 1998 - 2001, 2003, 2005
ManufacturersDucati, Yamaha
Championships0
2005 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
87 0 0 0 0 193

Career

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Gramigni was born in Florence, Italy. After a succession of good results as an amateur, he made his Grand Prix debut in 1990 riding an Aprilia in the 125cc Class, ending the season in ninth position. He won his first race at the 1991 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix and finished the season ranked seventh in the championship with 90 points. His victory in Czechoslovakia also marked the first Grand Prix victory in world championship competition for the Aprilia factory.[2]

In 1992, he edged out Italian Fausto Gresini to win the 125cc world championship, with wins in Malaysia and Hungary. Gramigni moved up to the 250cc class in next season, first with the Gilera team before switching back to Aprilia. It was a disappointing season, as he scored only 2 points. He competed two more seasons in the 250 class, 1994 with the Aprilia, and in 1995 with Honda. After a two-year sabbatical, he entered one race in the 500cc class at the 1997 Malaysian Grand Prix before ending his Grand Prix career.

He turned his attention to the Superbike World Championship from 1998 to 2001 and then in 2003 and 2005.[3] In 2004 he won the Italian Superbike Championship with the Yamaha Team 391 Racing team.

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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Races by year

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(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 Pos Pts
1990 125cc Aprilia JPN SPA
24
NAT
22
GER
7
AUT
8
YUG
9
NED
10
BEL
22
FRA
9
GBR
Ret
SWE
2
CZE
3
HUN
8
AUS
9
9th 84
1991 125cc Aprilia JPN
25
AUS
8
SPA
16
ITA
3
GER
5
AUT
11
EUR
17
NED
3
FRA
12
GBR
15
RSM
5
CZE
1
MAL 7th 90
1992 125cc Aprilia JPN
6
AUS
2
MAL
1
SPA
DNS
ITA
11
EUR
4
GER
7
NED
3
HUN
1
FRA
5
GBR
2
BRA
3
RSA
3
1st 134
1993 250cc Gilera AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
JPN
18
SPA
Ret
AUT
18
GER
24
NED
Ret
EUR
Ret
RSM
14
GBR
16
CZE ITA
Ret
USA FIM 30th 2
1994 250cc Aprilia AUS
17
MAL
10
JPN
Ret
SPA
17
AUT
15
GER
17
NED
DNS
ITA
13
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
CZE
Ret
USA
Ret
ARG
Ret
EUR
Ret
23rd 10
1995 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN SPA
14
GER ITA
Ret
NED
8
FRA
15
GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR
Ret
23rd 11
1997 500cc Aprilia MAL
Ret
JPN SPA ITA AUT FRA NED IMO GER BRA GBR CZE CAT INA AUS NC 0

Superbike World Championship

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Races by year

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(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 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
1996 Ducati SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA
Ret
USA
Ret
EUR EUR INA INA JPN JPN NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS NC 0
1998 Ducati AUS
18
AUS
15
GBR
18
GBR
17
ITA
12
ITA
13
SPA
8
SPA
Ret
GER
10
GER
Ret
SMR
11
SMR
12
RSA
11
RSA
14
USA
16
USA
9
EUR
15
EUR
Ret
AUT
13
AUT
14
NED
11
NED
Ret
JPN JPN 14th 56
1999 Yamaha RSA
15
RSA
17
AUS AUS GBR
17
GBR
14
SPA
14
SPA
14
ITA
Ret
ITA
12
GER
12
GER
17
SMR
Ret
SMR
13
USA
15
USA
15
EUR
17
EUR
Ret
AUT
8
AUT
Ret
NED
15
NED
14
GER
12
GER
14
JPN JPN 19th 37
2000 Yamaha RSA
17
RSA
14
AUS AUS JPN JPN GBR
16
GBR
15
ITA
16
ITA
Ret
GER
16
GER
19
SMR
12
SMR
15
SPA
19
SPA
14
USA USA GBR
16
GBR
11
NED
14
NED
6
GER
11
GER
11
GBR
Ret
GBR
11
22nd 42
2001 Yamaha SPA SPA RSA RSA AUS AUS JPN JPN ITA
12
ITA
10
GBR GBR GER GER SMR
15
SMR
12
USA USA GBR GBR GER GER NED NED ITA
15
ITA
11
23rd 21
2003 Yamaha SPA
Ret
SPA
DNS
AUS AUS JPN JPN ITA
11
ITA
11
GER GER GBR GBR SMR
12
SMR
15
USA USA GBR
16
GBR
11
NED
11
NED
15
ITA
13
ITA
12
FRA
Ret
FRA
12
19th 37
2005 Yamaha QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA SPA ITA ITA EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR NED NED GER GER ITA
Ret
ITA
C
FRA FRA NC 0

CIV Superbike Championship

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Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Pts
2001 Yamaha MIS1
MON
VAL
2
MIS2
MIS3
12th 20

References

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  1. ^ Alessandro Gramigni career statistics at MotoGP.com
  2. ^ Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-1-874557-83-8
  3. ^ Alessandro Gramigni World Superbike statistics Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
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