Lorenzo Baldassarri

Lorenzo Baldassarri
Baldassarri at the 2015 Catalan Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 27) San Severino Marche, Italy
Current team	GMT94 Yamaha
Bike number	34
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2014–2021, 2023 Manufacturers Suter, Kalex, MV Agusta Championships 0 2021 championship position 31st (3 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 135 5 12 2 5 701 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2013 Manufacturers FTR Honda Championships 0 2013 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 17 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2023 championship position 18th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 36 0 0 0 0 20 Supersport World Championship Active years 2022 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2022 championship position 2nd (388 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 24 4 16 4 3 388

Lorenzo Baldassarri (born 6 November 1996) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing for GMT94 Yamaha in the 2023 Superbike World Championship. Baldassarri recently raced in the Supersport World Championship, finishing runner-up to Dominique Aegerter in the 2022 standings, but is best known for winning the 2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.

Career

Junior career

Baldassarri won the 2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with incredible consistency, despite being just 14 years old when he won the title. He won just two races, compared to runner-up Arthur Sissis winning four, but never finished outside the points, and only once finished outside the top 6, while all his rivals had multiple retirements during the season. Baldassarri won the 2011 title with 208 points, over riders like Sissis, Philipp Öttl, Florian Alt, Brad Binder, Joe Roberts, and Andrea Migno. ^[1]

At age 15, not being the minimum age of 16 to enter the Moto3 championship, Baldassarri returned to the Rookies Cup for the 2012 season, but struggled with motivation, winning the second race of the season in Jerez, and then never finishing on the podium again. He ended the year 8th in the standings, with 101 points.

Moto3 World Championship

Baldassarri made his Grand Prix motorcycle racing debut in the 2013 Moto3 World Championship, partnering Niccolò Antonelli at Gresini Racing team. His season was a big disappointment, failing to score points in any of the 17 races that year.

Moto2 World Championship

Gresini Moto2 (2014)

Still considered an elite talent, Baldassarri was promoted to Moto2 for the 2014 season, partnering Xavier Siméon at Gresini. Baldassarri fared better, scoring points in four races, an 11th place in Barcelona, a 9th place in Assen, a 14th place in Phillip Island, and a 10th place in Valencia, scoring 20 points total for the season, and finishing 25th in the standings.

Forward Racing Team (2015–2017)

Switching teams for the 2015 season, Baldassarri would ride for Athina Forward Racing, partnered by Simone Corsi. He had a good season, finishing in the points 12 times, finishing in the top-ten 10 times, and scoring his maiden podium in the category by finishing 3rd in Australia. ^[2] He ended the year 9th in the standings, with 96 points.

Staying with Forward Racing, Baldassarri's teammate for the 2016 season was Luca Marini. Baldassarri would improve again, upping last year's 3rd place with a 2nd place in his home GP in Mugello, and taking his first victory in the category, in also his home GP, in Rimini. ^[3] He finished the season with 127 points, 8th in the overall standings.

The 2017 Moto2 World Championship was a down year for Baldassarri. He started the season with an 8th place in Qatar, and 4th place in Argentina, before crashing out in Le Mans and Mugello. He had another 4th place in Barcelona, but suffered a crash in Assen, causing him to miss the Dutch and the German GP, where he was replaced by Federico Fuligni. Baldassarri rode the rest of the season not fully fit to ride, and only finished with 51 points, 16th in the final standings.

Flexbox HP40 (2018–2020)

Baldassarri would switch teams for the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, leaving Forward Racing for HP40 Pons Racing on a three year deal. Fully healed, he had a bounce-back year, starting the season with a 2nd place podium in Qatar, and a 4th place in Argentina. He absolutely dominated the weekend in Jerez, completing the weekend hattrick: pole position, fastest lap, and race win, and he did this by leading for every lap in the race as well. He finished 2nd in his home GP in Mugello, making it three podiums in six races. The middle of his season was disappointing however, finishing outside of the points in the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria too. Baldassarri would finish off the season with one good race, and one bad race: he was 3rd in Aragón, retired in Thailand (after starting from Pole position), was 2nd in Japan, 22nd in Australia, 6th in Malaysia, and retired from the season closing race in Valencia. He finished 5th in the championship with 162 points, in front of riders like Joan Mir, Luca Marini, Fabio Quartararo, Iker Lecuona, and Remy Gardner.

The 2019 Moto2 World Championship would start incredibly well for Baldassarri, winning the first two races of the year in Qatar and Argentina, before crashing out from third in the USA. ^[4] He would win the next race in Jerez, making it three wins out of four rounds. He would not get back on the podium for the rest of the season though, finishing with 171 points, and 7th in the championship standings.

The 2020 season started off well, with Baldassarri finishing the opening round at Qatar in 2nd, but just like 2019, he could not score another podium for the remainder of the season, a 5th place in Valencia was as close as he got. He finished 12th in the standings, with only 71 points, and was not given a contract extension by Pons Racing.

MV Agusta Forward Racing (2021)

In his eighth Moto2 season, Baldassarri signed back with Forward Racing on a one year contract, partnering Simone Corsi again. ^[5] Forward Racing got its chassis and motorcycle from MV Agusta, who struggled to build a competitive bike for the 2021 season, the pair of riders only scoring 19 points throughout the whole year. Corsi finished with 16 points, a 9th place in Le Mans, a 10th place in Aragón, and a 13th place in Austin, while also qualifying himself to Pole position in the season closer in Valencia, earning himself a ride for 2022. Baldassarri on the other hand had his worst season in the category, finishing in the points just twice, a 14th place in Portimao, and a 15th place in Jerez. He was not given a new contract, the team instead choosing to go with Corsi, and Marcos Ramírez for 2022. ^[6]

Supersport World Championship

Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team (2022)

He competed in the 2022 Supersport World Championship, with the Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team.

Superbike World Championship

GMT94 Yamaha (from 2023)

Baldassari graduated to Superbike World Championship riding for GMT94 Yamaha in the following season. ^[7]

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Pts
2011	SPA1 4	SPA2 12	POR1 3	POR2 2	GBR1 4	GBR2 1	NED1 1	NED2 2	ITA 4	GER1 6	GER2 4	CZE1 6	CZE2 6	RSM 3		1st	208
2012	SPA1 8	SPA2 1	POR1 14	POR2 10	GBR1 12	GBR2 7	NED1 Ret	NED2 11	GER1 11	GER2 Ret	CZE1 8	CZE2 6	RSM 7	ARA1 Ret	ARA2 6	8th	101

CEV Buckler Moto3 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	Pos	Pts
2012	Suter Honda	JER Ret	NAV 7	ARA 11	CAT 4	ALB1 Ret	ALB2 8	VAL 7	8th	44

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	17	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Moto2	Suter	Gresini Moto2	18	0	0	0	0	20	25th
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Athinà Forward Racing	17	0	1	0	0	96	9th
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Forward Team	17	1	2	0	0	127	8th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Forward Racing Team	16	0	0	0	0	51	16th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP40	18	1	5	2	4	162	5th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Flexbox HP40	19	3	3	0	1	171	7th
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Flexbox HP40	15	0	1	0	0	71	12th
2021	Moto2	MV Agusta	MV Agusta Forward Racing	14	0	0	0	0	3	31st
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Fantic Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	45th
Total				152	5	12	2	5	701

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2013	2013 Qatar			17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moto2	2014–2021	2014 Qatar	2015 Australia	2016 San Marino	135	5	12	2	5	701	0
Total	2013–present				152	5	12	2	5	701	0

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	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	QAT 28	AME Ret	SPA 22	FRA Ret	ITA 23	CAT 21	NED 20	GER Ret	INP Ret	CZE Ret	GBR 18	RSM 23	ARA 26	MAL 23	AUS 24	JPN 17	VAL 20				NC	0
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT Ret	AME Ret	ARG 28	SPA Ret	FRA 20	ITA 23	CAT 11	NED 9	GER Ret	INP 17	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	RSM 25	ARA 25	JPN 17	AUS 14	MAL 17	VAL 10			25th	20
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	AME 26	ARG 8	SPA 13	FRA 21	ITA 10	CAT 10	NED Ret	GER 8	INP	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	RSM 7	ARA 10	JPN 12	AUS 3	MAL 5	VAL 4			9th	96
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT DNS	ARG 13	AME 23	SPA 17	FRA 17	ITA 2	CAT 14	NED 5	GER 5	AUT 8	CZE 16	GBR 6	RSM 1	ARA 7	JPN Ret	AUS 4	MAL 4	VAL 14			8th	127
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 8	ARG 4	AME Ret	SPA 11	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 4	NED DNS	GER	CZE 18	AUT Ret	GBR 29	RSM Ret	ARA 13	JPN 10	AUS 14	MAL Ret	VAL 15			16th	51
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	ARG 4	AME 10	SPA 1	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT 7	NED 26	GER Ret	CZE 4	AUT 26	GBR C	RSM 6	ARA 3	THA Ret	JPN 2	AUS 22	MAL 6	VAL Ret		5th	162
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 1	ARG 1	AME Ret	SPA 1	FRA Ret	ITA 4	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 7	CZE 11	AUT 4	GBR 7	RSM 10	ARA 8	THA 25	JPN 4	AUS 5	MAL 7	VAL 17		7th	171
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	SPA 8	ANC Ret	CZE 22	AUT 11	STY 15	RSM 11	EMI 25	CAT Ret	FRA 8	ARA 20	TER Ret	EUR 5	VAL 10	POR 9						12th	71
2021	Moto2	MV Agusta	QAT Ret	DOH 20	POR 14	SPA 15	FRA 17	ITA Ret	CAT 23	GER Ret	NED	STY 21	AUT DNS	GBR Ret	ARA	RSM 24	AME 22	EMI 20	ALR Ret	VAL DNS			31st	3
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA 23	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	45th	0

Supersport World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2022	SSP	Yamaha YZF-R6	Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team	7	24	4	16	4	3	388	2nd
Total					24	4	16	4	3	388

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	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Pts
2022	Yamaha	SPA 1	SPA 2	NED Ret	NED 2	POR 2	POR 3	ITA 2	ITA 2	GBR 2	GBR 2	CZE 1	CZE 1	FRA 1	FRA 5	SPA 2	SPA 4	POR 2	POR 7	ARG 9	ARG 3	INA Ret	INA 9	AUS 4	AUS 3	2nd	388

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2023	SBK	Yamaha YZF-R1	GMT94 Yamaha	34	36	0	0	0	0	20	18th
Total					36	0	0	0	0	20

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			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2023	Yamaha	AUS 17	AUS 16	AUS 16	INA 15	INA 15	INA 14	NED 16	NED 20	NED 13	SPA 17	SPA 17	SPA Ret	EMI 15	EMI 12	EMI Ret	GBR 14	GBR 16	GBR 19	ITA Ret	ITA 18	ITA 16	CZE 16	CZE Ret	CZE Ret	FRA Ret	FRA 14	FRA 13	SPA 17	SPA 21	SPA 16	POR 16	POR 16	POR 13	SPA 12	SPA 12	SPA 15	18th	20

^* Season still in progress.

CIV National 600

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2022	Yamaha	MIS	MIS	VAL	VAL	MUG 1	MUG 1	MIS2	MIS2	MUG2	MUG2	IMO	IMO	11th	50

References

1. Sports, Dorna. "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Alt's win, Baldassarri's Cup | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com.
2. Sports, Dorna. "Baldassarri: "I found a great pace" | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com.
3. Sports, Dorna. "Baldassarri delighted with first win". www.motogp.com.
4. "Argentina Moto2: Baldassarri scores back-to-back wins". www.motorsport.com.
5. "LORENZO BALDASSARRI, PILOTA MV AGUSTA PER LA STAGIONE 2021". mvagustarepartocorse.com. MV Agusta Forward Racing. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
6. "Marcos Ramírez at MV Agusta Forward for the Moto2 World Championship in 2022 - Motorcycle Sports". 20 September 2021.
7. "GMT94 Yamaha Boyong Lorenzo Baldassarri ke WSBK 2023".

External links

• Lorenzo Baldassarri at MotoGP.com
• Lorenzo Baldassarri at WorldSBK.com
• Lorenzo Baldassarri at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Lorenzo Baldassarri at AS.com (in Spanish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jacob Gagne	Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion 2011	Succeeded by Florian Alt