Doriano Romboni

Doriano Romboni (8 December 1968 in Lerici, Italy – 30 November 2013 in Latina, Italy) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Career Romboni raced in 125cc and 250cc World Championship races on Hondas. In 1996, he rode for the Aprilia factory in the 500cc class aboard a bike with a V-twin, 250cc engine that had been enlarged to 380cc. Aprilia tried to take advantage of the bike's lightweight and agility against their more powerful competition. Romboni managed to finish in tenth place in the 1997 season before Aprilia withdrew the project. He raced for the MuZ team in one race in the 1998 season.

In 1999, Rombini switched to the Superbike World Championship on a private Ducati. He was a frontrunner in the early races. At Monza, he briefly ran third behind Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser before he collided with Aaron Slight and hurt his leg. He briefly returned to the series in 2000 then again in 2004.

Death On 30 November 2013, Romboni died in a crash during the second edition of the Sic Supermoto Day, a race in honor of the memory of fellow Italian Marco Simoncelli, who also died in a crash in 2011.

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 Pts 1989 125cc Honda JPN AUS SPARet NAT10 GER15 AUTRet NED17 BEL12 FRARet GBR7 SWERet CZERet 20th 20 1990 125cc Honda JPN SPARet NATRet GER1 AUT6 YUG5 NED1 BEL11 FRA2 GBR2 SWE3 CZERet HUNRet AUS3 4th 130 1991 250cc Honda JPNRet AUSRet USA13 SPA9 ITARet GER13 AUTRet EUR7 NEDDNS FRA GBR RSM6 CZERet VDMRet MALRet 15th 32 1992 250cc Honda JPNRet AUS6 MAL6 SPA12 ITA10 EUR7 GERRet NEDRet HUN7 FRARet GBR3 BRA4 RSARet 10th 43 1993 250cc Honda AUS7 MAL4 JPN3 SPA8 AUT1 GER1 NEDRet EUR RSM GBR CZE4 ITARet USA2 FIM6 5th 139 1994 250cc Honda AUS2 MAL5 JPN6 SPA2 AUT3 GER3 NEDRet ITARet FRA2 GBR3 CZERet USA1 ARG EUR3 4th 170 1995 250cc Honda AUS6 MALRet JPNRet SPA4 GERDNS ITA NED FRARet GBRDNS CZE5 BRA1 ARG3 EUR 9th 75 1996 500cc Aprilia MALDNS INA11 JPN7 SPARet ITA9 FRARet NEDRet GERRet GBR AUT CZE IMO14 CATDNS BRA AUS 19th 23 1997 500cc Aprilia MAL JPN SPA6 ITA11 AUT10 FRA11 NED3 IMORet GER5 BRA7 GBR7 CZERet CAT10 INA10 AUS11 10th 88 1998 500cc MuZ Weber JPN12 MALDNS SPA ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG 28th 4

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 1999 Ducati RSA9 RSA9 AUS7 AUS8 GBR11 GBR8 SPADNS SPADNS ITARet ITADNS GER GER SMR SMR USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER GER JPN JPN 17th 44 2000 Ducati RSA RSA AUS AUS JPN JPN GBR GBR ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR SPA SPA USA USA EUR EUR NED7 NED11 GERRet GERDNS GBR GBR 35th 14 2004 Yamaha SPA SPA AUS AUS SMRDNS SMRDNS ITA ITA GER GER GBR GBR USA USA EUR EUR NED NED ITA15 ITA14 FRA FRA 35th 3