Alessandro Polita

Alessandro Polita (born 3 June 1984) is an Italian motorcycle racer, winner of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2006. His sister, Alessia Polita, also ran as a professional rider, until an accident caused paralysis of the lower limbs.

Career In 2006, Polita won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with a Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 Celani with the Suzuki Italian team. In 2007, he debuted in the World Superbike championship with the same team. That season, where Polita reported some injuries, he rode his Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 to eight World Championship points, earned him 24th place overall.

In 2008, Polita joined team Sterilgarda for racing with a Ducati 1098 in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He ended the season in third place. He won the Grand Prix of San Marino at Misano Adriatico.

In 2009, Polita returned to World Superbike with the Sterilgarda team, but the economic crisis some sponsors to withdraw, forcing the team from Brescia to participate in the season with only Shane Byrne.

After a few weeks, however Polita moved over to the World Supersport Championship riding the Suzuki GSX-R600 for the Hoegee Suzuki team. On 13 June 2009, following the withdrawal by team Hoegee due to economic problems he was again left without a ride.

On July 4, 2009, Polita inked an agreement with the Celani Race team to participate in the World Superbike, replacing Karl Muggeridge from the San Marino Grand Prix.

In 2010, Polita participated in the Italian Superbike Championship with a Ducati 1098 Team. He won the title with a race before the end of the season, winning two races and standing on the podium in all the races on the calendar, surpassing the 41 points of his teammate Stefano Cruciani.

In 2011, Polita repeated his participation in the Italian Superbike Championship with Team Barni Ducati and in some of the World Superbike races as a wild card .

Polita debuted at the 2016 Isle of Man TT, reaching 47th in the Superbike category and 40th in the Superstock race.

Since the end of 2018, Polita started racing in the IDM Superbike 1000 in a Honda CBR 1000 RR for the team Holzhauer Racing Promotion. He managed only one third place, in the Most race 1. He managed to score 152 points at the end of that season. He is still scheduled to race for the team at the 2020 season.

Career statistics

2004 - 9th, Superstock European Championship, Ducati 999 2005 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki 2006 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki 2008 - 3rd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

Races by year

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

Superstock European 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 Pos Pts 2004 Ducati VALDNS SMR3 MNZRet OSC9 SILRet BRA10 NED7 IMO8 MAG12 9th 50

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup 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 Pos Pts 2005 Suzuki VALRet MNZ7 SIL10 SMR5 BRN6 BRA3 NED1 LAU4 IMO2 MAG5 4th 121 2006 Suzuki VAL1 MNZ1 SIL2 SMR1 BRNRet BRA2 NED3 LAU10 IMO3 MAG2 1st 173 2008 Ducati VAL4 NED4 MNZ3 NŰR16 SMR1 BRN3 BRA5 DON2 MAG4 ALG6 3rd 137

British Superbike Championship 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 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2012 Ducati BHI11 BHIC THR19 THRRet OULRet OUL17 OULRet SNERet SNEDNS KNO KNO OUL OUL OUL BHGP BHGP CAD CAD DON19 DONRet ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP20 BHGP17 BHGPRet 31st 5 Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Ducati SIL SIL OUL OUL BHI BHI KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR BHGP BHGP CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP NC 0