Davide Tardozzi

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Davide Tardozzi
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Tardozzi in 2022
NationalityItalian
Born (1959-01-30) 30 January 1959 (age 66)
Ravenna, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years 1988 - 1992
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
7551122

Davide Tardozzi (born in Ravenna, 30 January 1959) is a former Italian Superbike racer and current race team manager.

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After an unsuccessful attempt at competing in the 250cc Grand Prix world championships in 1984 and 1985, Tardozzi turned his attentions to superbike racing. In the inaugural 1988 Superbike World Championship season, Tardozzi won five races on a Yamaha-powered Bimota, more than any other competitor, yet still finished third in the championship due to inconsistent results. [1] He claimed the 1988 Italian superbike national championship as consolation. Tardozzi was a seven times Italian Superbike Champion as a rider, and a five times winner in World Superbike championship races. [2] In 1991 he was the 750cc Superbike European Champion.

After retiring from racing, he went on to be a successful team manager for the Ducati factory racing team, winning several Superbike World Championships with Carl Fogarty, Troy Corser, James Toseland and Troy Bayliss. [3] In total Tardozzi has won eight Riders' Championships as a Ducati team manager. [2]

After his shock departure from Ducati at the end of the 2009 season, Davide Tardozzi made a no less surprising move to become the new team manager of the official BMW Motorrad racing team in the 2010 World Superbike championship. [4]

He has since returned to Ducati in a Team Coordinator role in MotoGP.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearMake12345678910111213Pos.Pts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1988 Bimota GBR
1
GBR
Ret
HUN
2
HUN
3
GER
1
GER
1
AUT
5
AUT
1
JPN
Ret
JPN
4
FRA
12
FRA
C
POR
1
POR
2
AUS
11
AUS
10
NZL
5
NZL
DNS
3rd91.5
1990 Ducati SPA
11
SPA
Ret
GBR
8
GBR
Ret
HUN
Ret
HUN
9
GER
Ret
GER
Ret
CAN
Ret
CAN
Ret
USA
13
USA
Ret
AUT
Ret
AUT
Ret
JPN
JPN
FRA
DNS
FRA
DNS
ITA
Ret
ITA
DNS
MAL
MAL
AUS
AUS
NZL
NZL
26th23
1991 Ducati GBR
GBR
SPA
SPA
CAN CAN USA
USA AUT
5
AUT
6
SMR
3
SMR
5
SWE
SWE
JPN
9
JPN
10
MAL
3
MAL
6
GER
3
GER
8
FRA
FRA
ITA
DNS
ITA
DNS
AUS AUS 10th108

References

  1. Davide Tardozzi World Superbike statistics Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 www.worldsbk.com. Archived 2009-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Davide Tardozzi interview Archived 2008-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)