Manuel Poggiali


Manuel Poggiali is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion from San Marino. He was the 2001 125cc World Champion, and the 2003 250cc World Champion. He scored 12 race wins, 11 pole positions, and 35 podium finishes.

Career

Poggiali began racing Minibikes in 1994, and made his first Grand Prix starts in 1998, also winning the Italian 125cc Championship that year. He went into the 125cc World Championship full-time in 1999, and showed promise over the next two years, scoring a first podium at Assen in 2000. In 2001 he improved to win the title on a Gilera. He remained in the class in 2002, scoring 7 podiums in the first 8 races but failing to defend his title, losing out to Arnaud Vincent.
For 2003 he moved up to 250s, and followed Freddie Spencer and Tetsuya Harada in winning the title at his first attempt, including victories in the season's first two races. He had a disappointing 2004 however, finishing only 9th overall with just three podium results.
For 2005 he returned to 125s, again looking like a shadow of his former self, failing to take a single podium. In 2006 he raced in the 250cc class for the KTM team, but they did not renew his contract for 2007. Although he received some offers from 125cc, 250cc, and Superbike teams, he decided to refuse the offers and take a sabbatical, hoping to get better offers in 2008. He made his return to racing after announcing that he would ride for Campetella Racing alongside Fabrizio Lai. He decided to retire midseason after losing enthusiasm.
He is also a footballer, he played some matches over the last years for Pennarossa, a football club of San Marino.
For 2013 he returned to motorcycle racing and rode in the Italian Superbike Championship for Scuderia Corse Team Grandi aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale. He finished the season in 14th overall with a second-place finish in the penultimate race of the year at Mugello being his best finish. For 2014 he signed to ride for the Barni Racing Team aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale in the CIV Superbike Championship and finished 11th overall.

Career statisticshttp://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Manuel+Poggiali Manuel Poggiali career statistics at. Motogp.com. Retrieved on 2016-06-21.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

YearClassBike1234567891011121314151617PosPts
1999125ccApriliaMAL
12		JPN
18		ESP
9		FRA
Ret		ITA
13		CAT
Ret		NED
13		GBR
Ret		GER
11		CZE
IMO
8		VAL
Ret		AUS
9		RSA
Ret		BRA
7		ARG
Ret		17th46
2000125ccApriliaRSA
MAL
JPN
ESP
9		FRA
8		ITA
Ret		CAT
Ret		NED
3		GBR
Ret		GER
Ret		CZE
12		POR
Ret		VAL
14		BRA
Ret		PAC
11		AUS
5		16th53
2001125ccGileraJPN
5		RSA
2		ESP
Ret		FRA
1		ITA
3		CAT
3		NED
Ret		GBR
3		GER
3		CZE
Ret		POR
1		VAL
1		PAC
2		AUS
2		MAL
2		BRA
5		1st241
2002125ccGileraJPN
3		RSA
1		ESP
DSQ		FRA
2		ITA
1		CAT
1		NED
2		GBR
3		GER
4		CZE
5		POR
Ret		BRA
3		PAC
2		MAL
4		AUS
1		VAL
7		2nd254
2003250ccApriliaJPN
1		RSA
1		ESP
4		FRA
Ret		ITA
1		CAT
Ret		NED
4		GBR
2		GER
8		CZE
3		POR
2		BRA
1		PAC
3		MAL
2		AUS
9		VAL
3		1st249
2004250ccApriliaRSA
4		ESP
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
3		CAT
Ret		NED
7		BRA
1		GER
Ret		GBR
Ret		CZE
9		POR
7		JPN
17		QAT
MAL
AUS
3		VAL
Ret		9th95
2005125ccGileraESP
6		POR
5		CHN
12		FRA
10		ITA
6		CAT
6		NED
8		GBR
25		GER
11		CZE
8		JPN
6		MAL
8		QAT
7		AUS
13		TUR
11		VAL
Ret		10th107
2006250ccKTMESP
11		QAT
14		TUR
15		CHN
11		FRA
17		ITA
12		CAT
11		NED
10		GBR
Ret		GER
13		CZE
Ret		MAL
11		AUS
13		JPN
12		POR
12		VAL
8		14th50
2008250ccGileraQAT
14		ESP
Ret		POR
17		CHN
Ret		FRA
6		ITA
Ret		CAT
14		GBR
14		NED
Ret		GER
Ret		CZE
DNS		RSM
IND
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
19th16