Alessandro Gramigni

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 to . Gramigni is notable for winning the 1992 F.I.M. 125cc world championship.

Career 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 Czechoslovak 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.

In the 1992 season, Gramigni started very well, as after three Grands Prix, he had won at Shah Alam in Malaysia and was among the top of the standings but before the race in Spain he had a road accident, a car hit him while he was riding an enduro motorbike causing him a fracture of the tibia and fibula with involvement of the ligaments in his foot. Thanks to Doctor Claudio Costa and the Mobile Clinic he managed to get back on the bike for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, 19 days after the accident, with a cast on his foot covered in leather and coloured like a boot. He finished eleventh but it gave him confidence for the following Grands Prix. A week later, still in the cast, he raced in the European Grand Prix finishing fourth, in the following tests he finished seventh, third and first at the Hungary GP. While the other contenders for the Hondas had their ups and downs, he remained consistent in his results, with three podium finishes in the last three races, managing to become the World Champion of the 125cc class by 16 points more than the second-placed Italian, Fausto Gresini. With this world championship success for Gramigni, Aprilia obtains the first title in its history in the world championship.

Gramigni then 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 two 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.

Gramigni turned his attention to the Superbike World Championship from to and then in and . In 2004 he won the Italian Superbike Championship with the Yamaha Team 391 Racing team.

Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Races by year (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 SPA24 NAT22 GER7 AUT8 YUG9 NED10 BEL22 FRA9 GBRRet SWE2 TCH3 HUN8 AUS9 9th 84 1991 125cc Aprilia JPN25 AUS8 SPA16 ITA3 GER5 AUT11 EUR17 NED3 FRA12 GBR15 RSM5 TCH1 MAL 7th 90 1992 125cc Aprilia JPN6 AUS2 MAL1 SPADNS ITA11 EUR4 GER7 NED3 HUN1 FRA5 GBR2 BRA3 RSA3 1st 134 1993 250cc Gilera AUSRet MALRet JPN18 SPARet AUT18 GER24 NEDRet EURRet RSM14 GBR16 CZE ITARet USA FIM 30th 2 1994 250cc Aprilia AUS17 MAL10 JPNRet SPA17 AUT15 GER17 NEDDNS ITA13 FRARet GBRRet CZERet USARet ARGRet EURRet 23rd 10 1995 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN SPA14 GER ITARet NED8 FRA15 GBR CZE BRA ARG EURRet 23rd 11 1997 500cc Aprilia MALRet JPN SPA ITA AUT FRA NED IMO GER BRA GBR CZE CAT INA AUS NC 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (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 USARet USARet EUR EUR INA INA JPN JPN NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS NC 0 1998 Ducati AUS18 AUS15 GBR18 GBR17 ITA12 ITA13 SPA8 SPARet GER10 GERRet SMR11 SMR12 RSA11 RSA14 USA16 USA9 EUR15 EURRet AUT13 AUT14 NED11 NEDRet JPN JPN 14th 56 1999 Yamaha RSA15 RSA17 AUS AUS GBR17 GBR14 SPA14 SPA14 ITARet ITA12 GER12 GER17 SMRRet SMR13 USA15 USA15 EUR17 EURRet AUT8 AUTRet NED15 NED14 GER12 GER14 JPN JPN 19th 37 2000 Yamaha RSA17 RSA14 AUS AUS JPN JPN GBR16 GBR15 ITA16 ITARet GER16 GER19 SMR12 SMR15 SPA19 SPA14 USA USA GBR16 GBR11 NED14 NED6 GER11 GER11 GBRRet GBR11 22nd 42 2001 Yamaha SPA SPA RSA RSA AUS AUS JPN JPN ITA12 ITA10 GBR GBR GER GER SMR15 SMR12 USA USA GBR GBR GER GER NED NED ITA15 ITA11 23rd 21 2003 Yamaha SPARet SPADNS AUS AUS JPN JPN ITA11 ITA11 GER GER GBR GBR SMR12 SMR15 USA USA GBR16 GBR11 NED11 NED15 ITA13 ITA12 FRARet FRA12 19th 37 2005 Yamaha QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA SPA ITA ITA EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBRNED NED GER GER ITARet ITAC FRA FRA NC 0

CIV Superbike Championship

Races by year (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 MIS2 MIS3 12th 20

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

Races by year

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