Claudio Corti

Claudio Corti (born 25 June 1987) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Italy. He currently competes in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Career

Early career Born in Como, Corti progressed up the motorcycling ladder through the Italian 125GP Championship and by 2004, he had finished as runner-up in the Italian Supersport Championship. In 2005, Corti moved into the European Superstock 600cc Cup, run on the Superbike World Championship support package. Riding for the Trasimeno team, Corti and France's Yoann Tiberio battled for the championship title, with Corti claiming the honours by eight points. He finished his first seven races on the podium, including five victories. He also competed in the Italian Supersport, Superstock and Superbike series; he twice finished as runner-up in the championship in Superstock in 2006 and 2007, and was runner-up in Superbikes in 2008.

Superstock 1000 FIM Cup After his championship campaign in 2005, Corti moved up into the more powerful 1000cc championship for the 2006 season with Yamaha Team Italia. Four victories were a season-high for all riders, but for Corti, these were his only trips to the podium all season, as Alessandro Polita claimed the title ahead of Corti by a margin of 20 points. Corti continued with Yamaha Team Italia in 2007, and again finished as championship runner-up, this time to Niccolò Canepa, as well as holding off Matteo Baiocco for the runner-up placing.

Corti's 2008 campaign was far from successful, however, as he tumbled down the standings to end the season in eleventh place on 57 points, tying with Andrea Antonelli. But he returned to prior form in 2009, as he claimed his third runner-up placing in four seasons, riding a Suzuki for Alstare Racing. Corti won two of the first three races, but was eventually overhauled by the super-consistent placings of Xavier Simeon, who finished all ten races in the top-two. Maxime Berger's retirements from three races equally helped Corti to secure second in the championship.

Moto2 World Championship

Corti moved onto the Grand Prix bill, moving into the new-for- Moto2 class. He partnered Jules Cluzel at the Forward Racing team riding Suter motorcycles. Corti was one of the few riders to finish each one of the season's 17 races, although points-scoring finishes were hard to come by due to the expansive nature of the class, with races having around 40 entries each. Corti finished 25th in the championship, with a best result of ninth in San Marino. He also claimed pole position at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but finished the race in 30th place.

Career statistics

2005 - 1st, European Superstock 600 Championship, Yamaha YZF-R6 2006 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1 2007 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1 2008 - 11th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha 2009 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

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 Pos Pts 2002 125cc Gazzanuga & EnginesengIMO VALMUG MIS1 MIS2 24th 5 2003 125cc GazzanigaMIS1 MUG1MIS1 MUG2 VAL 27th 3 2005 Supersport Yamaha VAL MON IMOMIS1 MUGMIS2 7th 56

European Superstock 600 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 Yamaha VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 1st 188

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 11 Pos Pts 2006 Yamaha VAL8 MNZ10 SIL1 SMR5 BRN14 BRA4 NED1 LAU1 IMO4 MAG1 2nd 153 2007 Yamaha DON2 VAL11 NED2 MNZRet SIL10 SMR4 BRN3 BRA3 LAU3 ITA1 MAG2 2nd 157 2008 Yamaha VAL5 NEDRet MNZRet NŰR6 SMR12 BRNRet BRA8 DONRet MAG3 ALG8 24th 8 2009 Suzuki VAL1 NED5 MNZ1 SMR4 DON2 BRN6 NŰR5 IMO2 MAG4 ALG2 2nd 168

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Superbike World Championship

Races by year Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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 R1 R2 2012 Kawasaki AUS AUS ITA ITA NED NED ITA ITA EUR EUR USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR RUS RUS GER GER POR POR FRA9 FRA12 24th 11 2014 MV Agusta AUS13 AUS18 SPARet SPARet NED14 NEDRet ITA18 ITARet GBR15 GBR12 MALRet MALDNS SMR13 SMR17 PORDNS PORDNS USA USA SPA15 SPARet FRA13 FRA8 QATRet QAT14 17th 27

British Superbike Championship Year Bike 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 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2019 Kawasaki SIL SIL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL ASS ASS DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP 20th 35