Franco Battaini

Franco Battaini (born 22 July 1972 in Brescia) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. His best years were in 2002 and 2003 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship. In 2005, Battaini competed in MotoGP aboard the Blata WCM. He had a very unsuccessful season taking a best finish of 11th in Japan – where many riders retired from the race. In 2006, Battaini competed in the Superbike World Championship.

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 16 17 18 Pts 1996 250cc Aprilia MAL INA JPN SPA ITA23 FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO19 NC 0 Honda CATRet BRA AUS 1997 250cc Yamaha MAL13 JPN21 SPA14 ITA13 AUT14 FRA12 NED11 IMO11 GER11 BRA GBR11 CZE15 CAT15 INA12 AUS12 14th 44 1998 250cc Yamaha JPNRet MALRet SPA12 ITA11 FRA11 MADDNS NED GBR GER CZE13 IMO13 CAT9 AUSRet ARG9 18th 34 1999 250cc Aprilia MALRet JPN4 SPA4 FRA6 ITA6 CAT3 NED7 GBRRet GERRet CZE10 IMO6 VAL2 AUS8 RSA10 BRARet ARGRet 8th 121 2000 250cc Aprilia RSA6 MAL13 JPN7 SPA10 FRA11 ITA5 CAT5 NED20 GBRRet GER7 CZE7 POR12 VAL6 BRA7 PACRet AUSRet 8th 96 2001 250cc Aprilia JPN7 RSA20 SPA9 FRA13 ITARet CAT20 NED5 GBR13 GER9 CZE14 POR9 VAL14 PAC8 AUSRet MAL6 BRA10 10th 75 2002 250cc Aprilia JPN10 RSA2 SPA4 FRARet ITA6 CAT5 NED9 GBR4 GER8 CZERet PORRet BRA3 PAC7 MAL5 AUS7 VAL7 6th 142 2003 250cc Aprilia JPN5 RSA3 SPA11 FRA18 ITA3 CAT6 NED2 GBR7 GER5 CZE7 POR6 BRARet PACRet MAL6 AUS4 VAL8 6th 148 2004 250cc Aprilia RSA10 SPARet FRA8 ITA12 CAT10 NED16 BRA10 GER9 GBR7 CZERet POR12 JPN9 QAT4 MAL6 AUSRet VAL4 10th 93 2005 MotoGP Blata SPA17 PORRet CHNRet FRA17 ITA18 CAT19 NED20 USA17 GBRRet GER15 CZE20 JPN11 MAL16 QAT16 AUS15 TUR17 VAL16 22nd 7 2006 250cc Aprilia SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITARet CATRet NED13 GBR18 GER12 CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL 26th 7 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER16 ITA USA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL NC 0

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 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 2006 Kawasaki QAT19 QAT20 AUS20 AUS22 SPA19 SPA21 ITA18 ITA23 EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR NED NED GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA NC 0

Supersport World Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Races by year Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts 2009 Yamaha AUS QAT SPA NED ITA11 RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 28th 5