| Fabrizio Lai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Lai at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Italian Pilots School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabrizio Lai (born 14 December 1978 in Rho) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Italy. [1] He currently competes in the CIV Superbike Championship, aboard a MV Agusta F4.
He won the European Championship twice in succession in 1996 and 1997 while still a teenager, before winning the Italian championship in 2002. [2] He has competed in the 125 cc World Championship since 2001, first as a wild card rider, and full-time since the 2003 season on a Malaguti. Lai achieved his first podium finish during the 2004 season as runner-up at Motegi on a Gilera, [3] He finished 6th overall in 2005 and 11th in 2006 as a Honda rider. For 2007, he switched to the Campetella Racing Aprilia team. [2]
1999 - 14th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2000 - 4th, European 125cc Championship (Honda RS125R)
2001 - 5th, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Honda RS125R)
2002 - 16th, European 125cc Championship (Engineseng) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Engineseng)
2003 - 25th, 125cc World Championship (Malaguti) / 1st, Italian CIV 125GP Championship (Malaguti)
2004 - 16th, 125cc World Championship (Gilera RS 125)
2005 - 6th, 125cc World Championship (Honda RS125)
2006 - 11th, 125cc World Championship (Aprilia RS125)
2007 - 14th, 250cc World Championship (Aprilia RSV 250)
2008 - 18th, 250cc World Championship (Gilera RSV 250)
2009 - NC, Supersport World Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2010 - 15th, Italian CIV Supersport 600 Championship (Honda CBR600RR)
2011 - 7th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Honda CBR1000RR)
2012 - 4th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Ducati 1098)
2013 - 13th, Italian CIV Superbike Championship (Kawasaki ZX-10R)
(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 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2001 | 125cc | Rieju | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR | VAL Ret | PAC | AUS | MAL | BRA | NC | 0 | |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED 23 | GBR 14 | GER | CZE | POR | BRA | PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | 34th | 2 | |
| 2003 | 125cc | Malaguti | JPN 16 | RSA 18 | SPA 23 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT 19 | NED 14 | GBR Ret | GER 15 | CZE 18 | POR 12 | BRA 24 | PAC 18 | MAL 17 | AUS 13 | VAL 18 | 25th | 10 | |
| 2004 | 125cc | Gilera | RSA 21 | SPA 13 | FRA 20 | ITA Ret | CAT DNS | NED DNS | BRA Ret | GER Ret | GBR 14 | CZE 15 | POR 12 | JPN 2 | QAT 5 | MAL 5 | AUS Ret | VAL 15 | 16th | 53 | |
| 2005 | 125cc | Honda | SPA 3 | POR 4 | CHN 2 | FRA Ret | ITA 8 | CAT 10 | NED 18 | GBR 3 | GER 7 | CZE 6 | JPN 10 | MAL 7 | QAT 10 | AUS 12 | TUR 7 | VAL 7 | 6th | 141 | |
| 2006 | 125cc | Honda | SPA Ret | QAT 14 | TUR 13 | CHN 8 | FRA 3 | ITA 11 | CAT 10 | NED Ret | GBR 11 | GER 11 | CZE 10 | MAL 11 | AUS 8 | JPN 11 | POR 7 | VAL Ret | 11th | 83 | |
| 2007 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT 12 | SPA 11 | TUR 10 | CHN 10 | FRA 12 | ITA 13 | CAT Ret | GBR 11 | NED 11 | GER 18 | CZE 12 | RSM Ret | POR 9 | JPN Ret | AUS 17 | MAL 20 | VAL Ret | 14th | 49 |
| 2008 | 250cc | Gilera | QAT 12 | SPA Ret | POR Ret | CHN 14 | FRA Ret | ITA 14 | CAT 15 | GBR 17 | NED 13 | GER 12 | CZE 17 | SMR 11 | INP C | JPN 15 | AUS 10 | MAL 11 | VAL Ret | 18th | 33 |
(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 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Honda | AUS 24 | QAT 22 | SPA 21 | NED 21 | ITA 21 | RSA 20 | USA | SMR | GBR | CZE | GER | ITA | FRA | POR | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | Honda | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | POR | ITA Ret | RUS | GBR | GER | TUR | FRA | SPA | NC | 0 |
(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 | 14 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| 2010 | Honda | AUS | AUS | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | RSA | RSA | USA | USA | SMR | SMR | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | GER Ret | GER 18 | ITA 19 | ITA 14 | FRA 16 | FRA Ret | 28th | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Honda | AUS | AUS | EUR | EUR | NED | NED | ITA 18 | ITA 15 | USA | USA | SMR | SMR | SPA | SPA | CZE | CZE | GBR Ret | GBR 16 | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | 34th | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Kawasaki | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA 13 | ITA 11 | GBR | GBR | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | RUS | RUS | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | TUR | TUR | USA | USA | 25th | 11 | ||||
| Ducati | FRA 14 | FRA 15 | SPA | SPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2001 | Honda | MIS1 15 | MON 6 | VAL 6 | MIS2 9 | MIS3 2 | 5th | 47 |
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