Davide Tardozzi

Davide Tardozzi (born in Ravenna, 30 January 1959) is an Italian former Superbike racer and current race team manager.

After an unsuccessful attempt at competing in the 250cc Grand Prix world championships in 1984 and 1985, Tardozzi turned his attentions to superbike racing. In the inaugural 1988 Superbike World Championship season, Tardozzi won five races on a Yamaha-powered Bimota, more than any other competitor, yet still finished third in the championship due to inconsistent results. He claimed the 1988 Italian superbike national championship as consolation. Tardozzi was a seven times Italian Superbike Champion as a rider, and a five times winner in World Superbike championship races. In 1991, he was the 750cc Superbike European Champion.

After retiring from racing, Tardozzi went on to be a successful team manager for the Ducati factory racing team, winning several Superbike World Championships with Carl Fogarty, Troy Corser, James Toseland and Troy Bayliss. In total, Tardozzi has won eight Riders' Championships as a Ducati team manager.

Tardozzi has since returned to Ducati in a Team Coordinator role in MotoGP.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races 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 13 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 1988 Bimota GBR1 GBRRet HUN2 HUN3 GER1 GER1 AUT5 AUT1 JPNRet JPN4 FRA12 FRAC POR1 POR2 AUS11 AUS10 NZL5 NZLDNS 3rd 91.5 1990 Ducati SPA11 SPARet GBR8 GBRRet HUNRet HUN9 GERRet GERRet CANRet CANRet USA13 USARet AUTRet AUTRet JPN JPN FRADNS FRADNS ITARet ITADNS MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL 26th 23 1991 Ducati GBR GBR SPA SPA CAN CAN USA USA AUT5 AUT6 SMR3 SMR5 SWE SWE JPN9 JPN10 MAL3 MAL6 GER3 GER8 FRA FRA ITADNS ITADNS AUS AUS 10th 108