Marco Papa

Marco Papa (16 March 1958 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, – 9 September 1999 near Adro Italy) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His most successful year was in 1990 when he finished in 13th place in the 500cc world championship aboard a Moto Club Perugia sponsored Honda NS500. Papa perished in a road accident in September 1999. A turn was dedicated to him at Magione circuit near Perugia.

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 1980 250cc Yamaha NAT10 SPA FRADNQ YUG NED BEL25 FIN GBR CZE GER 32nd 1 1981 500cc Suzuki AUT GER NAT20 FRA YUG NED BEL RSM GBR FIN SWE NC 0 1982 500cc Suzuki ARG AUTRet FRA16 SPARet NAT NED BEL YUG GBRRet SWE RSMRet GER NC 0 1983 500cc Suzuki RSA FRA NAT16 GER SPA AUT YUG NED BEL GBR SWE RSM NC 0 1984 500cc Honda RSA NAT20 SPA17 AUT19 GER29 FRA YUG NED BEL GBR SWE RSMRet NC 0 1985 500cc Suzuki RSA SPA GER26 NAT20 AUT YUG19 NED18 BEL25 FRA NC 0 Paton GBRDNQ SWE RSM19 1986 500cc Honda SPA NAT10 GER AUT YUG16 NED18 BEL FRA GBR SWEDNS RSM 24th 1 1987 500cc Honda JPN SPA GER18 NAT16 AUT YUG NEDDNS FRA GBR SWE CZE RSM17 POR BRA ARG NC 0 1988 500cc Honda JPN USA SPARet EXP9 NAT24 GER14 AUTRet NED14 BEL14 YUGRet FRA18 GBRDNS SWE CZE12 BRA 17th 17 1989 500cc Paton JPN AUS USA SPARet NATRet GERDNQ AUT YUG17 NED20 BEL18 FRARet GBR16 SWE CZERet BRA NC 0 1990 500cc Honda JPN USA SPA NAT9 GER11 AUT13 YUG6 NED14 BELDSQ FRA9 GBR13 SWE11 CZE13 HUN12 AUS10 14th 55 1991 500cc Honda JPN AUS USA SPA12 ITA11 GER FRA13 16th 36 Cagiva AUT12 EURRet NED GBR10 RSM12 CZE VDM13 MAL9 1992 500cc Librenti JPNDNQ AUSRet MALRet SPA24 ITARet EUR22 GERRet NED18 HUN FRA18 GBR16 NC 0 Cagiva BRA17 RSA16 1993 500cc Librenti AUSRet MALRet JPNRet SPARet AUT25 GERDNQ NEDRet EURRet ITARet USARet FIM NC 0 ROC Yamaha RSMRet GBR Harris Yamaha CZE21 1994 500cc ROC Yamaha AUSRet MALRet JPN SPARet AUTRet GERRet NED ITA FRA GBR CZE19 USARet ARGRet EURRet NC 0 1995 500cc Librenti AUS MAL JPN SPA GER ITADNQ NED NC 0 ROC Yamaha FRARet GBRRet CZE23 BRARet ARGRet EURRet 1996 500cc ROC Yamaha MAL INA JPN SPA ITA19 FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE NC 0 Paton IMO 18 CAT BRA AUS

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 1990 Yamaha SPA24 SPA17 GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN JPN FRA FRA ITA ITA MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL NC 0