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94-703: Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the Misano round in September. Dovizioso was the 2004 125cc World Champion , but is best known for his time with the Ducati Team in the MotoGP class, finishing championship runner-up to Marc Márquez for three consecutive seasons in 2017 , 2018 and 2019 . Dovizioso

188-563: A pocket bike crash pre-season, therefore missing most of the pre-season testing. He fought through the field to finish second to Rossi in the season opener in Qatar, whilst still not fully fit. After Rossi broke his leg in a crash at Mugello , Lorenzo became the title favourite, with a 47-point lead after four wins in the first six rounds. Victory at Assen made him only the seventh rider ever to win in 3 classes at this prestigious circuit. Despite nearest rival Dani Pedrosa making up ground in

282-564: A 7th position at Aragon saw him lose the title lead to Marc Marquez once again. At the Japanese GP however, he took his fifth win of the season after passing Marquez on the final lap, reducing the deficit to 11 points. In the final round in Valencia Dovizioso struggled, qualifying only 9th. Despite getting a tow from teammate Jorge Lorenzo , he ultimately crashed out of the race from 4th place with 5 laps remaining. He finished

376-471: A Sicilian motorcycle racer, Dovizioso won the 125cc Italian Aprilia Challenge in 2000. In 2001 Dovizioso won the 125cc European Championship and also competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired. During that year he worked with Guido Mancini, a former rider and mechanic who, in the past, had worked with Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi . A documentary film about Mancini's career, released in 2016 by director Jeffrey Zani, tells

470-486: A best place of fourth in wet conditions at the French Grand Prix . He ended the season eighth, behind Stefan Bradl and just ahead of teammate Nicky Hayden . Dovizioso was joined at Ducati by his former Tech3 teammate Cal Crutchlow , reuniting the riders that raced with Tech3 in 2012 . The season started in a positive way for Dovizioso, as he obtained three top-five results in the first four races, including

564-553: A contract with the Suzuki team. In the inaugural Austrian Grand Prix, where Ducati were favourites to win, he finished 2nd to his teammate Iannone, which left disappointed. However he finished the season strongly and took only his 2nd MotoGP win in the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, his first win in 7 years. He finished the season fifth in the championship. Once again, Dovizioso started

658-579: A further 2nd place in Brno . A move to Repsol Honda in 2019 proved to be ill-fated, and Lorenzo retired at the end of the season. With 47 premier class wins, Lorenzo is 5th in the all-time list of premier class race winners . In 2022, Lorenzo was inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame as an official Legend by the FIM . Despite his retirement from riding, Lorenzo remains active in motorsports, competing in

752-570: A guest driver he was ineligible for points. He finished 14th in the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, with his top finish being an 8th at Vallelunga . Lorenzo announced in February 2023 that he would be joining the 2023 Porsche Supercup as a full-time driver, driving for Huber Racing. In addition to his Porsche Supercup campaign, Lorenzo continued his campaign with Q8 Hi Perform in Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, still driving

846-598: A highly credible fourth place, at the season opener in Qatar, passing Valentino Rossi on the final lap. Throughout the season, Dovi was one of the most consistent Honda riders, placing 4th and 5th several times, and achieving a 3rd place podium finish at the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang. Dovizioso finished 5th in the final standings. For the 2009 season, Dovizioso became an official Repsol Honda rider replacing Nicky Hayden and partnering Spain's Dani Pedrosa . In July 2009, Dovizioso won his first race in MotoGP at

940-541: A new contract, Dovizioso made a surprise announcement ahead of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix that he would leave Ducati at the end of the season. He went on to win the race the following day, in what would turn out to be his 14th and final victory with the Italian manufacturer. He finished the season in fourth place overall with 135 points, as the top Ducati rider for the fifth consecutive season. By

1034-691: A row, with 245 points. Dovizioso won at Qatar for the second year in a row and in Austria with a final corner overtake on Marc Márquez . He suffered a large accident at the British Grand Prix , where he was unable to avoid the low-siding Fabio Quartararo in front of him, running over the French rider's bike, sending Dovizioso airborne and falling head-first to the ground heavily. The accident caused him to have memory loss temporarily, which he would fully recover from. He scored 9 podium finishes in

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1128-740: A second-place finish. Fourth place followed in Catalunya , before another second place in Great Britain , having started fifth and led the first few laps before being overtaken by teammate Stoner. Dovizioso extended his podium run to four races after third in the Netherlands and second at his home race at Mugello . He finished second for the fourth time in 2011, in the Czech Republic ; holding off pressure from Simoncelli. Two fifth places followed, before Dovizioso's only retirement of

1222-528: A sixth-place finish at Assen , Lorenzo then finished each of the next eight races in the top four placings, winning two of them, at Mugello , and Misano . Lorenzo's season was ended by a crash during warm-up for the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island . Lorenzo lost the end of a finger, and underwent successful surgery in Melbourne to repair damage to it, with surgeons able to save

1316-639: A small fracture in the head of the fourth metatarsal in his right foot, contusions to the bones in both ankles and damage to his collarbone in his right shoulder. Two crashes later in the season, during the rain hit British Grand Prix and at Brno hampered his title bid, as he was 50 points behind championship leader Valentino Rossi prompting Lorenzo to claim his chances of winning the title have gone. He won at Indianapolis , while both Rossi and Pedrosa crashed, reducing Lorenzo's gap to Rossi to 25 points. His first corner crash with Nicky Hayden in Australia

1410-620: A third place in the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas and claimed his first pole position with Ducati in Japan , his first pole position since 2010 . He ended the season fifth in the riders' championship. Dovizioso remained at Ducati for a third successive season, where he was joined by fellow Italian rider, Andrea Iannone , who moved from Pramac Racing . He took the first pole position of

1504-601: A two-year deal for the 2008 MotoGP season . Lorenzo made a great start to his MotoGP career, finishing 2nd after qualifying on pole for the Qatar night race . He followed this up with pole at the second round in Jerez, Spain and 3rd Position, and pole in round 3 at Estoril, Portugal . He converted this pole into a victory, his maiden win in the Premier Class. In doing so, he became the youngest rider in MotoGP to finish on

1598-519: A tyre change on his way to 12th place in the damp conditions. He took fourth place in Portugal , with a late-race pass on Valentino Rossi , before Le Mans saw Dovizioso's best performance of the season to that point. Having circulated in sixth for a portion of the race, he was helped by the collision between Pedrosa and Simoncelli, which saw Pedrosa crash out and Simoncelli given a ride-through penalty. He then passed Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi en route to

1692-480: A visibly angry Lorenzo reacted by saying, "This is no joke, we are playing with our lives here". Simoncelli claimed that he still had his leathers which were left blackened at the knee slider after a previous incident with Lorenzo at the final round of the 2010 season. Simoncelli died later that year after being run over after falling onto the race track in Malaysia . Lorenzo was confirmed to participate in 2022 in

1786-428: Is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer . He is a five-time World Champion, with three MotoGP World Championships ( 2010 , 2012 and 2015 ) and two 250cc World Championships ( 2006 and 2007 ). After winning the 2006 and 2007 250 cc World Championships , Lorenzo moved to MotoGP in 2008 with the factory Yamaha team. In his first season, he won rookie of the year honours after finishing 4th place in

1880-402: Is one of the most successful modern MotoGP riders with 15 victories and 62 podiums. Dovizioso first came to prominence by winning the 125 cc World Championship in 2004 . He then finished third in the 250 cc World Championship in 2005 and was twice a runner-up to Jorge Lorenzo in 2006 and 2007 . He made his debut in MotoGP in 2008 and immediately finished 5th in the standings as

1974-402: The 2010 Aragon Grand Prix . In the following two races, he finished in second position. However, Dovizioso's form took a huge dip as he struggled with mechanical and crashes. Having scored 4 podiums from the first 5 races, he only added 1 more to his total for the rest of the season. He finished seventh in the championship. Dovizioso started the season strongly in Qatar again, finishing 2nd, but

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2068-517: The 2011 season with four podium finishes in the first five races, including a victory at the Spanish Grand Prix ; he was benefitted from a collision between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi , with both riders coming off their bikes, and Lorenzo eventually won the race by almost twenty seconds. He held the championship lead into the British Grand Prix , where he crashed out of the race, held in wet conditions, while running third. After

2162-402: The 2012 season, alongside Cal Crutchlow on a one-year deal. Dovizioso moved to the team after rejecting the offer of a satellite Honda bike, after Repsol Honda reverted to two bikes – for Stoner and Pedrosa – for the 2012 season. Dovizioso achieved top-five placings in each of his first three starts for Tech3, with fifth places in Qatar and at Jerez , as well as a fourth place at

2256-462: The British Grand Prix in wet conditions at Donington Park . Despite otherwise consistent points finishes, Dovizioso ended up with fewer points than in his début season in the class, finishing sixth in the final standings. Dovizioso had a strong start to his second season with the Repsol Honda team, picking up a podium in the season-opening race in Qatar . Three more podiums followed early in

2350-536: The Ducati stable for the 2021 season after serious considerations, also endorsing Francesco Bagnaia as the 'logical choice' to fill the factory seat in his place. Lorenzo has become known for his celebration antics, which became more frequent over the 2010 season. Those included Lorenzo imitating a Spaceman, jumping into the lake in the infield of the Jerez circuit, and Nintendo's Mario brothers making an appearance at

2444-515: The Italian round at Mugello with a dominant lights-to-flag performance. This was Lorenzo's sixth win at the particular circuit and broke his longest MotoGP winless streak up until that date. Remarkably, Lorenzo followed this up with a dominant win at the Circuit de Catalunya , his first back to back wins in MotoGP since 2016. Lorenzo's third win for the 2018 season came in Austria , taking out

2538-649: The Italian GT Championship , teaming up with William Alatalo and newly-inducted AMR Driver Academy driver Mahaveer Raghunathan . Lorenzo finished his first race in the series in 14th place. During a break between the Italian and British rounds of the 2010 Championship, Lorenzo rode a Yamaha in a parade lap around the world-famous Snaefell Mountain Course at the Isle of Man TT . He rode alongside former World Champion Ángel Nieto , later describing

2632-802: The Oxfam international confederation's efforts in assisting support for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake . The character Jorge in the video game Halo: Reach is named for him, after Lorenzo wore a helmet at the 2009 Valencian Grand Prix that replicated a style of helmet from Halo 3: ODST . Lorenzo wore sponsored helmets from the Call of Duty franchise, at the Valencian Grand Prix in 2013 for Ghosts and Advanced Warfare in 2014 . Lorenzo wore sponsored protective gear from Dainese between 2005 and 2010 , and Alpinestars from 2011 onwards. On 17 October 2013, Lorenzo visited

2726-667: The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles , to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Alpinestars. On 2 May 2013, three days before the Spanish Grand Prix , the Circuito de Jerez renamed the thirteenth corner "Curva Lorenzo". It had previously been known as "Curva Ducados". In September 2015, China-based Zopo Mobile released the Zopo Speed 7 GP smartphone, endorsed by Lorenzo. In 2020 he competed in

2820-622: The Porsche Carrera Cup Italia in 2022 and 2023 with Team Q8 Hi Perform, the Porsche Supercup and the Italian GT Championship with Lazarus Corse , in addition to performing color commentary at select MotoGP races. Lorenzo made his championship debut on his fifteenth birthday, on the second qualifying day for the 2002 125cc Spanish Grand Prix , after having missed Friday practice, due to not being old enough to race (minimum age regulations). Lorenzo dominated

2914-472: The Porsche Supercup as a guest driver at Imola , in addition to regularly participating in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia , driving the #8 Porsche 911 for Q8 Hi Perform. Lorenzo stated he decided to participate in what was his first foray into competitive automotive racing as he "loves challenges, and this is a huge one". Driving the #911 Porsche "VIP" car, Lorenzo finished 30th in the Supercup race; being

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3008-544: The Portuguese Grand Prix . A seventh place followed at Le Mans , before his first podium of the season – a third place – at the Catalan Grand Prix . After missing out on points at the British Grand Prix due to a crash, Dovizioso finished third or fourth in each of the next six races – with four podiums – to maintain fourth place in the championship ahead of teammate Crutchlow. He won

3102-559: The Sepang Racing Team (SRT) under ownership by the Sepang International Circuit and managed by circuit CEO Razlan Razali and former racers Johan Stigefelt and Wilco Zeelenberg . During the 2021 season , the principal sponsor Petronas announced they would be removing their support for the team at the end of the season, and shortly thereafter SRT announced they would cease all racing activities at

3196-458: The Supermoto -Race on SIC Supermoto Day together with Mauno Hermunen, a race in honour of the memory of his compatriot Marco Simoncelli , who died in a race crash in 2011 . Following Valentino Rossi 's move back to the factory Yamaha team, Dovizioso was signed by Ducati to replace Rossi in their factory team. Dovizioso had a difficult season on an under-performing Ducati Desmosedici , with

3290-553: The Yamaha Factory Racing European test team. Yamaha has a Japanese test team of Kohta Nozane and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. In March 2020, it was announced that Lorenzo would make at least one wildcard appearance in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic . Due to wildcards being cancelled, this did not happen. Later in the year, Lorenzo revealed that he opted against making a permanent comeback within

3384-426: The last race of the season , Lorenzo announced his retirement from racing at the age of 32. He finished the season in 19th place the riders' championship with just 28 points, his career worst season by far. It was also his first ever season in the premier class without a single podium finish, having failed to achieve even a single top-10 finish. In January 2020, he was confirmed to be contracted as lead test rider for

3478-516: The #8 car. Lorenzo would not continue in either series after 2023. Lorenzo signed a multi-year deal with Lazarus Corse in 2024 to race an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 , with an announcement made on Instagram. The series in which Lorenzo will race in was not mentioned in his announcement. ACI Sport would later publish a statement stating that Lorenzo would compete in the Endurance rounds of

3572-442: The 2007 250cc World Championship. His nine pole positions led to nine victories in 2007. Lorenzo's victory at Misano in 2007 was his 16th in the 250cc class, making him the most successful Spanish rider of all time in the intermediate class – with one more victory than Dani Pedrosa and Sito Pons . After being linked with a Yamaha MotoGP ride for 2008, on 25 July 2007 he was confirmed as Valentino Rossi 's partner on

3666-598: The 2014 season slowly, crashing out in Qatar and a tenth-place finish in Austin , having jumped the start. He achieved his first podium of the season in Argentina , but only achieved one further podium – at Mugello ,  – in the next five races. At the midway point of the season, at the Sanchsenring , Lorenzo had only collected 97 points; this tally was 128 behind championship leader Marc Márquez . Starting

3760-445: The 2015 season by taking fourth-place finishes at Losail and Austin , before adding a fifth-place finish in Argentina . Lorenzo then took four successive victories – for the first time in his career  – at Jerez , Le Mans , Mugello , and Barcelona . These results moved him into second in the riders' championship standings, a point behind teammate Rossi. Lorenzo then finished third at Assen , losing ground to Rossi in

3854-731: The Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg . Lorenzo defeated Honda's Marc Marquez by 0.130 seconds. At the next three races Lorenzo achieved three consecutive pole positions but was unable to score any points, after the British Grand Prix was cancelled due to heavy rain, finishing the San Marino Grand Prix 17th following a crash during a battle with Marquez, and crashing on

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3948-547: The Factory team. Dovisioso returned to the rebranded WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP satellite team, partnering with Darryn Binder . He was replaced by Cal Crutchlow after retiring from MotoGP at the end of the San Marino Grand Prix . Dovizioso made his debut in auto racing when he participated in 2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo at Circuit Ricardo Tormo round, driving a Lamborghini Huracán . He finished 4th in

4042-484: The Japanese Grand Prix, he crashed while running in 2nd place allowing Marquez to clinch the championship. However, he wrapped up the season at Valencia not only with a qualifying lap record and his 65th career pole but with a win in his final race with Yamaha. In 2017 season, Lorenzo switched team from Yamaha to Ducati . With initial trouble adjusting to the new bike, Lorenzo suffered a winless season for

4136-771: The KTM stable. On 27 November 2023, the MotoGP Selection Committee announced that CryptoDATA RNF would not be permitted participation in the 2024 MotoGP championship, citing repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement. Trackhouse Racing was later announced to take over RNF's grid slot from the 2024 season . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe loˈɾenθo ɣeˈreɾo] ; born 4 May 1987)

4230-481: The USGP at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on 20 July, when he experienced his seventh crash in only three months. During the first lap a spectacular highside left Lorenzo with a sore right foot (or ankle) and three broken bones in his left foot, specifically the third, fourth and fifth metatarsals. At Misano, Lorenzo clinched 2nd place. Indianapolis saw him on the podium again, this time in third position. He eventually finished

4324-684: The Yamaha team to join Ducati next season. Two consecutive wins in France and Italy put him back in front of the championship only to fall back to third due to a performance dip over the following 5 races. At Misano, Lorenzo put in a qualifying lap record to claim his 64th career pole an all-time record. Eventually, Lorenzo would finish 3rd at Misano and the following weekend at the Aragon Grand Prix, he would finish 2nd. But with five laps to go at

4418-497: The championship until the final race of the season, but had to settle for 2nd place behind Jorge Lorenzo . The 2007 season saw him win two races in Istanbul and Donington and challenge once again for the championship, but he finished in 2nd place once again. On 15 September 2007, Dovizioso announced that he would be making the move up to the MotoGP class with his existing team in 2008. On his premier class debut, Dovizioso achieved

4512-572: The championship with 293 points. In 2005, Dovizioso moved to the 250cc class, continuing with Team Scot Honda. The season included five podium finishes and 3rd place in the overall standings. He also won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2006, he remained with the team, who were now renamed as Humangest Racing. He won two races in Barcelona and Estoril and finished on the podium 11 times. He fought for

4606-406: The championship, including a win at Portugal . The nine seasons he spent with Yamaha from 2008 to 2016 proved to be very successful, as he won the championship on three occasions in 2010 , 2012 and 2015 , finishing as championship runner-up in 2009 , 2011 and 2013 . His win tally of eight in the 2013 MotoGP season remains the most by any rider in the premier class in a single season not to win

4700-407: The deficit in the championship to Rossi, to 14 points. The pair's results were enough for the team to clinch their respective title, their first since 2010 . In Japan , Rossi extended the championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish to Dani Pedrosa in drying conditions. Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues. In Australia , Lorenzo was passed for the lead on

4794-756: The door for Dovizioso with the Noale manufacturer. Dovizioso was reported to have joined Petronas Yamaha by the British GP weekend, after Maverick Viñales left the Factory Yamaha Team and went to Aprilia Racing Team Gresini for the rest of 2021. That was later confirmed in the week leading up to the San Marino Grand Prix . Dovizioso will join Valentino Rossi for the rest of 2021, replacing Franco Morbidelli who moves up to

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4888-493: The end of 2020, with no other immediate prospects, Dovizioso elected to take a sabbatical year in 2021 with his sights set on returning to racing for 2022. In early 2021, he was announced as a test rider for Aprilia Racing Team Gresini , with hopes of a potential race seat with the manufacturer for the following season, and he completed a number of test days. Ultimately, the 2022 seat went to Spanish rider Maverick Viñales , who started with Aprilia early in September 2021, closing

4982-453: The end of the season. Control of the team and its assets were taken over by Razali and Stigefelt to create the rebranded RNF Racing team, with an agreement from Dorna Sports for a grid slot at least until the end of 2026. Razali confirmed the significance of the team name as coming from the initials of his family name as well as the names of his children (Razali, Nadia and Farouk). On 30 October, RNF announced that Stigefelt would split from

5076-531: The experience as 'amazing'. At the conclusion of the Senior TT , Lorenzo then took part of the garlanding ceremony, in which he bestowed garlands on third placed Bruce Anstey , second placed Ryan Farquhar and winner Ian Hutchinson , rounding off Hutchinson's historical five race wins at the 2010 TT meeting. Lorenzo was born in Palma , Balearic Islands , Spain. In January 2010, Lorenzo got involved with

5170-463: The extra pace needed to challenge for the title with six wins throughout the season, but Marc Marquez , who also had six wins, clinched the title in the final round in Valencia . The subsequent 2018 and 2019 seasons proved less successful, even though he won six combined races and finished runner-up yet again to Marquez. Dovizioso left Ducati after the 2020 season due to a breakdown in relations with

5264-447: The final lap by Márquez; however, with Rossi down in fourth, Lorenzo cut the championship lead to eleven. Lorenzo further cut the lead to seven, after a second-place finish in Malaysia ; Rossi finished third after a collision with Márquez, whom he accused of working for Lorenzo, in which he accrued three penalty points – enough to enforce a start from the back of the grid for the final race in Valencia . Rossi made it up to fourth in

5358-610: The first corner of the Aragon Grand Prix. Following the latter crash which broke a bone in his foot, Lorenzo withdrew from the Japanese MotoGP and Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island . This was a start of a spell of several serious injuries, which carried on into his time at Honda. On 6 June 2018, it was announced that Lorenzo would join Repsol Honda Team on a two-year deal, replacing retiring compatriot Dani Pedrosa . Despite tough early going in

5452-2535: The first race and finished 12th, and started from 14th to finish 15th in the second race. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1949   N. Pagani 1950   B. Ruffo 1951   C. Ubbiali 1952   C. Sandford 1953   W. Haas 1954   R. Hollaus 1955   C. Ubbiali 1956   C. Ubbiali 1957   T. Provini 1958   C. Ubbiali 1959   C. Ubbiali 1960   C. Ubbiali 1961   T. Phillis 1962   L. Taveri 1963   H. Anderson 1964   L. Taveri 1965   H. Anderson 1966   L. Taveri 1967   B. Ivy 1968   P. Read 1969   D. Simmonds 1970   D. Braun 1971   Á. Nieto 1972   Á. Nieto 1973   K. Andersson 1974   K. Andersson 1975   P. Pileri 1976   P. Bianchi 1977   P. Bianchi 1978   E. Lazzarini 1979   Á. Nieto 1980   P. Bianchi 1981   Á. Nieto 1982   Á. Nieto 1983   Á. Nieto 1984   Á. Nieto 1985   F. Gresini 1986   L. Cadalora 1987   F. Gresini 1988   J. Martínez 1989   À. Crivillé 1990   L. Capirossi 1991   L. Capirossi 1992   A. Gramigni 1993   D. Raudies 1994   K. Sakata 1995   H. Aoki 1996   H. Aoki 1997   V. Rossi 1998   K. Sakata 1999   E. Alzamora 2000   R. Locatelli 2001   M. Poggiali 2002   A. Vincent 2003   D. Pedrosa 2004   A. Dovizioso 2005   T. Lüthi 2006   Á. Bautista 2007   G. Talmácsi 2008   M. Di Meglio 2009   J. Simón 2010   M. Márquez 2011   N. Terol 2012   S. Cortese 2013   M. Viñales 2014   Á. Márquez 2015   D. Kent 2016   B. Binder 2017   J. Mir 2018   J. Martín 2019   L. Dalla Porta 2020   A. Arenas 2021   P. Acosta 2022   I. Guevara 2023   J. Masià 2024   D. Alonso RNF Racing The team's origins began with

5546-575: The first race in the Pro-Am class and won the second race. It was announced in May 2019 that Dovizioso would take part in the Misano round of the 2019 DTM championship, driving an Audi RS5 Turbo DTM for W Racing Team (WRT) . He raced as a substitute driver for Pietro Fittipaldi , who was briefly loaned to Team Rosberg from WRT as Jamie Green was absent due to appendicitis recovery. He qualified 15th for

5640-510: The first time in the premier class and his first since the 2005 250cc season , although he scored three podiums and finished seventh in the overall standings. After yet another difficult season opening blighted by a brake failure in Qatar and a collision while fighting for a podium at Jerez , it was announced Lorenzo's contract would not be renewed for 2019. He then proceeded to win three races in quick succession, as well as scoring multiple pole positions. Lorenzo took his first Ducati victory in

5734-445: The latter stages of the season, Lorenzo was still in control with five races remaining. Pedrosa, the only man who could still overtake Lorenzo in the standings, then suffered a broken collarbone during practice, causing him to miss the next two races and virtually guaranteeing Lorenzo would become champion. On 10 October, Lorenzo clinched the title with a third-place finish at Sepang behind Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso . Lorenzo started

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5828-499: The nerves and tendons of the injured fourth finger of his left hand. Surgery was deemed a success and as a result no functionality was lost in either the finger or the hand. Stoner won the championship at the event after winning the race, while Lorenzo maintained second place to the end of the championship, helped in part by the cancellation of the Malaysian Grand Prix after the death of Marco Simoncelli . Lorenzo made his race return in Qatar , qualifying on pole position before taking

5922-471: The next three rounds in recovery, and upon return claimed to be riding under duress of intense pain. Years later, Jorge Lorenzo confessed in several interviews that this fall was the reason for his retirement because he was already afraid of suffering a new fall that would cause an injury that would cause a disability and he became afraid of the motorcycle. On 14 November 2019 at a special press conference at Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, Spain during

6016-441: The pace in the race, didn't let Vinales get away and ultimately passed him and opened up a gap to win the race, becoming the first Italian rider to win the Italian Grand Prix on a Ducati motorcycle. It was also his first dry MotoGP victory. 7 days later in Catalunya, he astonishingly won the race again, having started 7th, ahead of Marquez, Pedrosa and his teammate. Back to back wins for Dovizioso put him only 7 points behind Vinales at

6110-412: The podium in his first three races, taking the record from compatriot and rival Dani Pedrosa by a single day. By this stage of the Championship, Lorenzo was in joint first place with Pedrosa, but on 1 May 2008 Lorenzo was thrown from his bike during practice for the MotoGP Grand Prix of China. Lorenzo suffered a chipped bone and snapped ligament in his left ankle, and a fractured bone in his right. He

6204-484: The race ahead of Stoner. After being taken out of the Dutch TT by Álvaro Bautista and a second place at the Sachsenring , Lorenzo recorded his fifth win of the season at Mugello to extend his championship lead to 19 over Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo ultimately clinched his 2nd title at Phillip Island by finishing 2nd behind race winner Casey Stoner (which was also helped by Stoner's crash and ankle injury in Indianapolis which forced him out for 3 races). Lorenzo started

6298-471: The race victory the following evening. After successive second places at Jerez and Estoril , Lorenzo then won the next two races at Le Mans , and Cataluña ; in the process, opening up a 20-point lead over Casey Stoner in the riders' championship. Ahead of the British Grand Prix , Lorenzo signed a new two-year contract with Yamaha, keeping him with the team until the end of the 2014 season. Lorenzo extended his championship lead to 25 points, by winning

6392-461: The race, but Lorenzo won the race and took the championship – his fifth world title overall  – by five points. Lorenzo started the 2016 season by winning from pole position in Qatar . In the coming three races, Lorenzo failed to grab a win and fell behind Marc Márquez in the title race following a crash and two runners-up finishes. Before his first runner-up finish at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Lorenzo announced that he would leave

6486-476: The race. At both Donington Park and Assen , he was observed to be riding more conservatively after a series of injuries, but moved up the order in the later part of the race to finish 6th in each case. He has commented that he is stronger in the latter parts of races, preferring the bike when it is low on fuel. In the next meeting at Sachsenring , however, Lorenzo crashed out of the race during very wet conditions. Lorenzo suffered yet more injuries to his feet at

6580-408: The season 2nd, losing the world championship battle to Marc Marquez, with total of 6 wins. Dovizioso took victory in the season opener in Qatar, beating Marc Márquez to the line. In total, he won 4 races in the 2018 MotoGP season (Qatar, Czech Republic, San Marino, and Valencia) with a total of 9 podium finishes, ultimately finishing the championship as runner-up to Márquez for the second season in

6674-748: The season as the defending World Champion, re-joining Valentino Rossi as teammate, and battled it out with Repsol Honda teammates Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa for the championship. He won races at Losail , Mugello , Misano , Catalunya , Silverstone , Phillip Island , Motegi and Valencia , but missed the race at the Sachsenring due to injury, and finished second in the final championship standings, with 330 points, 4 points behind Márquez. In this season Marc's teammate put his wheels ahead of Jorge for 8 times at Austin , Jerez , Le Mans , Assen , Laguna Seca , Indianapolis , Brno and Sepang , while Jorge's teammate for 3 times ahead of Marc at Losail , Assen and Phillip Island . Lorenzo started

6768-604: The season by finishing 2nd in Qatar, this time to new factory Yamaha rider, Maverick Vinales . He was taken out again in Argentina, this time by Aleix Espargaro , before finishing 6th, 5th, and 4th in Austin, Jerez and Le Mans, however Ducati was pretty far behind the winner in those races. At the Italian Grand Prix, Dovizioso looked strong throughout practice and qualified 3rd behind Vinales and Rossi. He controlled

6862-589: The season in Aragon , after crashing out. Dovizioso finished fifth in Japan , despite a ride-through penalty for jumping the start. Dovizioso finished third in Australia and Valencia , while the Malaysian race was cancelled after the death of Simoncelli in the first attempt to run the race. He ended the season third behind Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner , but decided to move to the Tech3 Yamaha team for

6956-509: The season in Qatar , out-qualifying the rest of the field by 0.2 seconds. In the race, he started well and battled with the factory Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo . He finished in second place behind Rossi, taking his first podium since the Dutch TT in June 2014 . Teammate Iannone finished just behind in third place, giving the factory team their first double podium finish since

7050-470: The season in 4th position. In 2009 , Lorenzo stayed with Yamaha . His season started well, with two wins – at Motegi and Le Mans  – and two more podiums out of five races, leading the championship up until that point after which Valentino Rossi stole the momentum from him in the Catalan Grand Prix . As a consequence of a crash in qualifying at the Laguna Seca round, Lorenzo suffered

7144-447: The season with third in Portugal and fifth in Valencia to finish fifth in the final championship standings. Dovizioso remained with Repsol Honda for a third consecutive season in 2011 , riding in a three-bike team alongside Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa. Dovizioso started the season well, with a fourth place in Qatar after a race-long battle with Marco Simoncelli . At Jerez , Dovizioso experienced severe tyre wear and had to make

7238-481: The season, Lorenzo was involved in a three-way rivalry with teammate Rossi and Dani Pedrosa to claim the runner-up position overall. At Valencia , Lorenzo took the decision to swap bikes – on lap 20 – as light rain fell. He struggled to get the bike stopped in the uncertain conditions and dropped down the order; he ultimately retired from the race. He finished third in the final championship standings behind Márquez and Rossi, with 263 points. Lorenzo started

7332-509: The season, equalling his tally from the previous season. With 269 points – his highest career tally to date – Dovizioso finished 2nd to Márquez for the third consecutive season. In 2020 , Dovizioso remained with Ducati. He achieved a third place podium finish at the season opener in Spain . Citing the deterioration of the working relationship between himself and Ducati – particularly team principal Gigi Dall'Igna – and Ducati's lack of commitment to

7426-679: The season, finishing no higher than 11th, Lorenzo presented positive development of the Honda for his riding style coming into the mid-season. Although making rapid gains, in the Catalan GP , he took out Valentino Rossi , Maverick Viñales and Andrea Dovizioso while making a hairpin corner pass in early race traffic. At the Assen GP , Lorenzo suffered a tumble in the gravel during the first practice session and fractured two vertebras which eliminated him from race contention. He subsequently missed

7520-399: The second half of the season, Lorenzo achieved four consecutive second-place finishes at Indianapolis , Brno , Silverstone and Misano . His first victory of the season came during a wet race at Aragon , his first win at the circuit. Lorenzo followed that victory up with a victory in the next race at Motegi , having also won at the circuit in 2009 and 2013 . For the majority of

7614-469: The standings, after he won the race. He finished in second place at Indianapolis , before adding his fifth victory of the season at Brno . He finished fourth place at Silverstone in wet conditions, before crashing out at Misano . Lorenzo achieved his sixth win of the season – and the sixtieth of his career  – at the Aragon Grand Prix ; coupled with Rossi's third place, he cut

7708-487: The story of that racing season. In 2002 , Dovizioso competed in the 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda, finishing 16th in the final standings. His best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington. He continued with the team in 2003 , finishing 5th in the final standings and achieving four podium finishes. The 2004 season saw him pick up five victories and six other podium finishes on his way to winning

7802-422: The team raced under the name WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Racing . On 27 May 2022, it was announced that the team would use Aprilia bikes starting with the 2023 season. In November 2022, it was announced that Romanian blockchain company CryptoDATA Tech had purchased a majority stake in the team which would be named CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team for 2023. Riders Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández joined from

7896-536: The team under "mutual agreement". The team continued in 2022 under a number of SRT's previous agreements, with Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso on a factory-specification Yamaha YZR-M1 . Darryn Binder was promoted from the Moto3 Petronas Sprinta Racing team as the team's second rider, aboard a 2021-specification Yamaha machine. Naming rights for the team were secured by Italian energy and telecommunications brand WithU in early 2022, and

7990-602: The team. Dovizioso finished within the top five in 10 of his first 13 MotoGP seasons and is considered one of the best MotoGP riders to not win the MotoGP World Championship. He is the only rider in history to win a MotoGP race in three different decades – 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. He is nicknamed 'the Professor' due to his calculated riding approach. Born in Forlimpopoli , son of Antonio Dovizioso,

8084-565: The title, as he finished just four points behind Marc Marquez in the final standings. Lorenzo moved to the Ducati factory team in 2017. He struggled at Ducati in his first season, getting only three podiums, and finished 7th in the championship in 2017 , while his teammate and former 250cc rival Andrea Dovizioso fought for the championship until the final round in Valencia . In the subsequent season in 2018 , Lorenzo regained form with three victories in Mugello , Catalunya and Austria and

8178-600: The top of the standings, though he had talked down the possibility of a title fight. With Vinales crashing in Assen, he took the lead of the championship. However, a series of mediocre results in Assen, Sachsenring and Brno put him down to 3rd in the standings. He again took back-to-back wins in Austria and Great Britain, retaking the lead as Marquez retired due to blown engine. At the San Marino grand prix, he finished third and

8272-552: The top satellite rider earning a move to the Factory Honda team in 2009. In his three seasons with Repsol Honda, he scored 15 podiums, including a maiden MotoGP win at Donington Park , and had a highest championship position of 3rd in 2011 . He moved to Monster Yamaha Tech 3 in 2012 and finished in 4th position getting six podiums which earned him a move to Factory Ducati team in 2013. In 2016 Dovizioso recorded his first win in seven years in Malaysia . In 2017, he found

8366-564: The trackside. During his reign as 250cc champion, Lorenzo was known to be very aggressive in his riding, particularly when overtaking others. He was penalised by a suspension which stopped him from taking part in Malaysia in 2005. Lorenzo's tenure in the Fiat Yamaha team has been underscored by an intense rivalry between himself and his teammate Valentino Rossi . In 2011, Lorenzo was seen arguing with fellow rider Marco Simoncelli , who

8460-586: The year before his results tailed off mid-season. Despite this, Dovizioso consistently collected points finishes and claimed his first pole position in MotoGP at the Japanese Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi . He went on to finish second in the race after challenging for the race win, equalling his result from the British Grand Prix . Dovizioso again finished second in the following race in Malaysia . Dovizioso retired in Australia , and concluded

8554-461: Was a blow to his title chances and Rossi clinched the title with a third-place finish in Malaysia . On 25 August 2009, Lorenzo ended speculation surrounding a possible move to Honda or Ducati by signing a contract to race with Yamaha in the 2010 MotoGP Championship . Ducati reputedly offered him a $ 15 million contract to take the seat vacated by Marco Melandri which was eventually taken by Nicky Hayden . Lorenzo broke two bones in his hand in

8648-461: Was still able to finish the race in 4th place. Two weeks later at Le Mans , Lorenzo suffered two accidents in the practice sessions but managed to post a 2nd-place result. In the following race at Mugello , he crashed during the race after qualifying seventh on the grid, The next week in Barcelona , he experienced his fifth crash in four meetings, the practice session accident forcing him to miss

8742-514: Was taken out by his teammate in the Argentine Grand Prix when he was 2nd, he ultimately limped over to finish 13th. He was taken out by Pedrosa in Austin while 3rd and had a water pump failure in Jerez to leave him well down the standings. Around this time it was announced that Jorge Lorenzo would be joining Ducati for 2017. A few weeks later Ducati announced that Dovizioso was to stay at Ducati to partner Lorenzo, while Iannone signed

8836-447: Was under fire from Lorenzo for his dangerous riding. Simoncelli retorted by reminding Lorenzo of his race suspension after he was overly aggressive while overtaking a rider in 2005, which included last lap clashing of fairings with Pedrosa and moments later taking Alex de Angelis down. Lorenzo said, "If it doesn't come from you again there will be no problem". Simoncelli put even more fuel to the fire by saying, "I will be arrested", to which

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