Marco Borciani

Marco Borciani (born 7 December 1975 in Desenzano del Garda) is an Italian retired motorcycle racer, now motorcycle racing team owner and manager.

Career Borciani started racing in the Italian Sport Production Championship, gaining eighth place in 1994, and fourth in 1995. He then moved to the Italian Honda GP 125 championship in 1996, while still continuing with rounds of the Sport Production series.

In 1997, Borciani debuted in the European 125cc Championship, and took part in the final round of the 125 cc World Championship. Throughout the 1998 season he competed for the European 125 cc title against Marco Melandri, but after an accident and resultant damage to his hand, his season ended early with three rounds to complete.

In 1999, Borciani raced in the World Supersport Championship, competing on a Honda CBR600F4, gaining a single point at the Nürburgring.

From 2000 to 2007, Borciani competed in the Superbike World Championship: 2000: Team Pedercini, Ducati 996RS, 46th 2001: Team Pedercini, Ducati 996RS, 27th 2002: Team Pedercini, Ducati 998RS, 15th 2003: Team DFXtreme, Ducati 998RS, 10th 2004: Team DFXtreme/Sterilgarda, Ducati 998RS, 10th 2005: Team DFXtreme/Sterilgarda, Yamaha YZF-R1/Ducati 999RS, 27th 2006: Team Sterilgarda-Berik, Ducati 999 F05, 25th 2007: Team Sterilgarda, Ducati 999 F06, 20th

From the 2003 season, Borciani also raced in part of the Italian-national CIV Superbike championship, coming tenth in both 2003 and 2004. He returned to CIV Superbike from the 2006 season, joining the works Ducati team for two seasons.

BRC Racing In the 2005 season, Borciani had started his own BRC Racing team, managing other riders competing in series from junior Italian-based series, through WSBK and Superstock.

Having been released from the CIV Superbike Ducati-works team, he raced his own privateer Ducati in the 2008 series coming eighth, and the 2009 series, coming fourth.

2006: Team Sterilgarda-Berik, Borciani/Rubén Xaus, Ducati 999 F05 2007: Team Sterilgarda, Borciani/Xaus, Ducati 999 F06 2008: Team Sterilgarda, Xaus, Ducati 1098 2009: Team Sterilgarda, Shane Byrne, Ducati 1098

Due to the Great Recession, the team merged with Guandalini Racing to create PATA B&G Racing for the 2010 season.

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 Pos Pts 1997 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA ITARet AUT FRA NED IMO GER BRA GBR CZE CAT INA AUS NC 0

Supersport World 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 10 11 Pos Pts 1999 Honda RSADNQ GBRDNQ SPA ITA24 GER15 SMRDNQ USARet EURDNQ AUTDNQ NEDRet GER27 47th 1

Superbike World 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 10 11 12 13 Pos 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 2000 Ducati RSA20 RSA16 AUS16 AUS16 JPN19 JPN19 GBR20 GBR19 ITA21 ITARet GER17 GER18 SMRDNS SMRDNS SPA SPA USARet USARet GBR22 GBR14 NEDRet NEDRet GER19 GER15 GBR21 GBRRet 46th 3 2001 Ducati SPA13 SPA11 RSA15 RSARet AUSRet AUSC JPN22 JPN23 ITA10 ITARet GBRRet GBRRet GER20 GERRet SMR17 SMRRet USA20 USA17 EUR15 EUR17 GERRet GERRet NED21 NED18 ITARet ITA15 27th 17 2002 Ducati SPA16 SPA12 AUS11 AUSRet RSA10 RSA13 JPNRet JPN17 ITARet ITARet GBRRet GBRRet GER12 GER12 SMR11 SMR10 USARet USA18 GBR16 GBR15 GERRet GER11 NED11 NED9 ITA16 ITARet 15th 55 2003 Ducati SPA9 SPA10 AUS9 AUS10 JPN13 JPN13 ITA8 ITA8 GER7 GER9 GBR10 GBR13 SMR11 SMR14 USA10 USA9 GBRRet GBR14 NEDRet NED13 ITA10 ITA11 FRARet FRA14 10th 111 2004 Ducati SPA4 SPA8 AUS7 AUS4 SMR21 SMR10 ITA7 ITA6 GERRet GERRet GBR8 GBR11 USA11 USA8 GBR11 GBRRet NED9 NED8 ITA8 ITA8 FRARet FRARet 10th 130 2005 Yamaha QAT12 QATRet AUSRet AUSRet SPA18 SPARet ITA12 ITARet EUR EUR 27th 10 Ducati SMRRet SMRDNS CZE18 CZERet GBRRet GBRRet NEDRet NEDDNS GERNC GERRet ITA14 ITAC FRARet FRARet 2006 Ducati QAT9 QAT14 AUSRet AUSRet SPA17 SPA17 ITARet ITA21 EURDNS EURDNS SMRRet SMRRet CZE16 CZERet GBRRet GBRRet NEDRet NEDRet GERRet GERDNS ITARet ITARet FRA FRA 25th 9 2007 Ducati QAT QAT AUS AUS EUR EUR SPA SPA NED NED ITA13 ITARet GBR GBR SMR11 SMRRet CZE CZE GBR GBR GER GER ITA12 ITA18 FRA FRA 20th 12