Lorenzo Lanzi

Lorenzo Lanzi (born October 26, 1981, in Cesena, Italy) is a professional motorcycle racer most known for competing in the Superbike World championship. He currently competes in the CIV Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.

Lanzi first started racing in 1996 at the age of 15 in the Italian 125 Sport class, winning the title two years later before moving up to 125GP in the Italian and European championships. In 2001, he moved to 250GP, but his season was not a successful and he was forced to take a one-year break from racing in 2002.

2003 saw Lanzi racing for Rox Ducati in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He lost out on the title by three points. In , he moved to the Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati Breil, finishing the season in fifth place.

In , Lanzi joined the Caracchi Ducati team in the Superbike World Championship. He had a poor start of the season and injury kept him out of two rounds. A series of eight successive top-ten finishes earned him a promotion at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz round where he raced for the Xerox sponsored Ducati factory team in place of the injured Régis Laconi. He took pole position for the races. In race one, he overshot the first corner and had to go down an escape road, seeing him cut several corners. He rejoined third, but had missed enough of the track to earn a ride-through penalty, dropping him down the field, although he fought back to eighth. However, in race 2 he took the win ahead of Chris Vermeulen and Noriyuki Haga. He got his second superbike win at Magny-Cours race 2 later that year.

Lanzi's performance was enough to earn him a place on the factory team for . However, whilst team-mate Troy Bayliss dominated the season, Lanzi did not win any races. He finished the season eighth overall. He remained in the team for , but he was once again overshadowed by his teammate and he was often behind Ruben Xaus who was riding a 2006-spec Ducati.

Lanzi was dropped by the factory Xerox Ducati team for but continued riding a Ducati, for Team RG. He took victory in Valencia race 1 - he overtook Troy Bayliss for third on the final lap, just before Max Neukirchner and Carlos Checa collided while battling for the lead. However, this was his only top-five finish of the season, and he came 14th overall.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year (key) Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1999 125cc Aprilia MAL JPN SPA FRA ITARet CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA BRA ARG NC 0 250cc Aprilia JPN17 RSA17 SPA15 FRARet ITA11 CAT19 NED16 GBR14 GER12 CZE15 PORRet VALRet PAC15 AUS11 MALRet BRA12 20th 23

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 2003 Ducati VAL1 MNZ3 OSC1 SILRet SMR3 BRA11 NED1 IMO16 MAG1 2nd 137

Supersport World Championship

Races by year Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2004 Ducati SPA4 AUS9 SMR6 ITA15 GER10 GBR4 GBR10 NED20 ITA4 FRA4 5th 82 2012 Honda AUS ITA NED1 ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA 17th 25

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 2005 Ducati QATRet QAT12 AUSDSQ AUS13 SPARet SPADNS ITA ITA EURRet EUR11 SMR5 SMR9 CZE6 CZE6 GBR8 GBR8 NED7 NED6 GER8 GER1 ITARet ITAC FRA9 FRA1 9th 150 2006 Ducati QATRet QAT6 AUS11 AUSRet SPA3 SPA3 ITA9 ITA11 EUR13 EUR16 SMR7 SMR7 CZERet CZE9 GBR12 GBR11 NED7 NED6 GER8 GER6 ITA6 ITA7 FRA8 FRA7 8th 169 2007 Ducati QAT3 QAT7 AUS6 AUS7 EUR5 EUR5 SPA6 SPA5 NED5 NEDRet ITA7 ITARet GBR7 GBRC SMR6 SMR9 CZE8 CZE7 GBR9 GBR12 GER8 GER12 ITA6 ITA7 FRARet FRADNS 7th 192 2008 Ducati QAT16 QAT6 AUS13 AUS20 SPA1 SPA12 NEDDNS NEDDNS ITA14 ITA11 USA11 USA10 GERRet GER20 SMR6 SMR6 CZERet CZE13 GBR11 GBR10 EURRet EUR11 ITA11 ITA18 FRARet FRA11 POR POR 14th 109 2009 Ducati AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA17 USA14 SMR19 SMR18 GBR14 GBR11 CZERet CZE15 GER GER ITARet ITA11 FRA FRA POR POR 26th 15 2010 Ducati AUS10 AUS13 POR12 POR14 SPA8 SPA13 NED16 NEDRet ITA17 ITARet RSA RSA USA USA SMR12 SMR13 CZE10 CZE11 GBR15 GBR15 GER11 GER13 ITA2 ITA7 FRA11 FRARet 16th 88 2011 BMW AUS AUS EUR EUR NED NED ITA ITA USA USA SMR15 SMR11 SPARet SPA15 CZE17 CZE13 GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 24th 10 2012 Ducati AUS AUS ITA ITA NED NED ITA ITA EUR EUR USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR RUS RUS GER14 GER16 POR18 POR10 FRA FRA 27th 8 2013 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA USA FRA10 FRA9 SPA15 SPA7 20th 23 2014 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR MAL MAL SMR SMR POR POR USA USA SPA SPA FRA8 FRA5 QAT QAT 21st 19 Season still in progress.