Michel Fabrizio
Michel Fabrizio at the 2007 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round
Nationality		Italian
Current team		Ducati Xerox Team
Bike number		84
Website		michelfabrizio.net
Career Statistics

Michel Fabrizio
Nationality	Italian
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
Teams	Gilera, Aprilia, Honda, Ducati
Grands Prix	28
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	18
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	2002 125 cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	2009 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix

Michel Fabrizio (born 17 September 1984 in Rome, Italy) is a professional motorcycle road racer. Since 2008, he is racing for Ducati Xerox Team alongside Noriyuki Haga on the new Ducati 1198 in the Superbike World Championship.

Contents 1 Early years 2 Superbike World Championship 3 MotoGP 4 Racing record 4.1 Career summary 4.2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing results 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early years

Born in Rome, Fabrizio first raced in Minimoto at the age of 6, winning several titles before reaching his teens. He won the Aprilia Challenge in 2001, and raced in the 125 cc World Championship for Gilera in 2002, with little success.

In 2004 he made his first appearance in MotoGP, with the WCM team, failing to complete the season and finishing the season 22nd cc-gp.htm^{[dead link]}.

In 2005 he raced in the Supersport World Championship, on a factory Honda. He was 5th overall, with 9 top 5 results in the 12 races, although without a win.^[1]

[edit] Superbike World Championship

For 2006 Fabrizio was teamed with the veteran Pierfrancesco Chili on privateer Honda machinery. He started his career with 5th and 8th at Qatar.^[2] He stood in for Toni Elías on MotoGP Fortuna Honda at Donington Park, but crashed in practice and broke his collarbone.^[3] He replaced the injured Elias again for the same team in the 2007 German Grand Prix at Sachsenring on July 15, 2007.

At Brno in the 2006 Superbike World Championship, he started 10th, but chose hard-compound tyres, which remained on the pace as other riders faded. In the first race he passed a fading Andrew Pitt as well as Fonsi Nieto, Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga in the closing laps to score his first Superbike World Championship podium finish. In race 2 he fared even better - after passing James Toseland for 4th towards the end, he caught the battle for 2nd between Haga and Corser. As Corser attempted a move, Fabrizio dived down the inside of both, slithering and nearly hitting Haga, before edging ahead of them both to the line, immediately improving on his career-best result with a 2nd. His best results of 2007 were two third places, at Assen and Brno. In both seasons he was 11th overall^[4]

In 2008 he raced alongside Troy Bayliss for Ducati Xerox Team on the new Ducati 1098^[5]. He came third in race 1 at Philip Island, Australia, despite a huge crash at the original start.^[6] At Miller Motorsports Park (on his first ever visit to the USA for any reason) he qualified on the front row and took a pair of 3rd places, despite dropping to 11th on lap 1 of race 1.^[7] He had a double-DNF at Assen, shortly before an arm operation,^[8] and finished a career-best 8th overall.

For 2009, he stays on at Ducati Xerox, partnering Noriyuki Haga after Bayliss' retirement. His first WSBK win (in his 94th start) came at Monza after Ben Spies ran out of fuel. Seven successive podiums followed, cementing his 3rd place in the standings behind Haga and Spies. His record of six successive podiums at Brno ended when he took Spies down as they battled for the lead.

[edit] MotoGP

In August 2009, after Casey Stoner announced his intention to withdraw from the next three Grand Prix, it was announced that his place in the Ducati Marlboro team would be taken by Mika Kallio whilst the Finn's place at Pramac Racing would be taken by Fabrizio.^[9] His race was marred by physical difficulties, which caused him to retire from the first race in Brno. Fabrizio then being unavailable for the next race in Indianapolis the ride was given to Aleix Espargaró for the remaining two races.^[10]

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2002	Grand Prix 125cc	Team Italia Gilera	16	0	0	4	31st
2003	World Stock 1000	Team Alstare Corona	9	3	4	?	1st
2004	MotoGP	WCM	10	0	0	8	22nd
2005	World Supersport	Team Megabike	12	1	0	138	5th
2006	World Superbikes	D.F.X. Treme	24	0	0	125	11th
2007	World Superbikes	D.F.X. Corse	25	0	0	132	11th
2007	MotoGP	Honda Gresini	1	0	0	6	21st
2008	World Superbikes	Ducati Xerox	28	0	0	223	8th
2009	World Superbikes	Ducati Xerox	20	0	1	273	3rd*
2009	MotoGP	Pramac Racing	1	0	0	0	20th*

*Season in progress.

[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

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

Yr	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Pos	Pts
2002	125 cc	Gilera	JPN Ret	RSA 15	SPA 18	FRA 17	ITA 16	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER 23	CZE 25	POR Ret	BRA 23	PAC 13	MAL 26	AUS Ret	VAL 20			31st	4
2004	MotoGP	Aprilia	RSA 18	SPA 10	FRA 16	ITA 15	CAT 16	NED Ret	BRA	GER 15	GBR 20	CZE 17	POR Ret	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL			22nd	8
2007	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER 10	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	21st	6
2009	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE Ret	IND	SMR	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL		20th*	0*

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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