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| Marco Borciani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1975 Desenzano del Garda, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Borciani (born 7 December 1975 in Desenzano del Garda) is a retired Italian motorcycle racer, [1] now motorcycle racing team owner and manager. [2]
Borciani started racing in the Italian Sport Production Championship, gaining eighth place in 1994, and fourth in 1995. He then moved to the Italian Honda GP 125 championship in 1996, while still continuing with rounds of the Sport Production series.
In 1997 he debuted in the European 125cc Championship, and took part in the final round of the 125 cc World Championship. Throughout the 1998 season he competed for the European 125 cc title against Marco Melandri, but after an accident and resultant damage to his hand, his season ended early with three rounds to complete.
In 1999 he raced in the World Supersport Championship, competing on a Honda CBR600F4, gaining a single point at the Nürburgring.
From 2000 to 2007, he competed in the Superbike World Championship:
From the 2003 season, he also raced in part of the Italian-national CIV Superbike championship, coming tenth in both 2003 and 2004. He returned to CIV Superbike from the 2006 season, joining the works Ducati team for two seasons.
In the 2005 season, Borciani had started his own BRC Racing team, managing other riders competing in series from junior Italian-based series, through WSBK and Superstock.
Having been released from the CIV Superbike Ducati-works team, he raced his own privateer Ducati in the 2008 series coming eighth, and the 2009 series, coming fourth.
Due to the 2008 global financial crisis, for the 2010 season the team merged with Guandalini Racing to create PATA B&G Racing. [2]
(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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 125cc | Honda | MAL | JPN | SPA | ITA Ret | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | BRA | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | 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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Honda | RSA DNQ | GBR DNQ | SPA | ITA 24 | GER 15 | SMR DNQ | USA Ret | EUR DNQ | AUT DNQ | NED Ret | GER 27 | 47th | 1 |
(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 | Pos | 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 | ||||
| 2000 | Ducati | RSA 20 | RSA 16 | AUS 16 | AUS 16 | JPN 19 | JPN 19 | GBR 20 | GBR 19 | ITA 21 | ITA Ret | GER 17 | GER 18 | SMR DNS | SMR DNS | SPA | SPA | USA Ret | USA Ret | GBR 22 | GBR 14 | NED Ret | NED Ret | GER 19 | GER 15 | GBR 21 | GBR Ret | 46th | 3 |
| 2001 | Ducati | SPA 13 | SPA 11 | RSA 15 | RSA Ret | AUS Ret | AUS C | JPN 22 | JPN 23 | ITA 10 | ITA Ret | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | GER 20 | GER Ret | SMR 17 | SMR Ret | USA 20 | USA 17 | EUR 15 | EUR 17 | GER Ret | GER Ret | NED 21 | NED 18 | ITA Ret | ITA 15 | 27th | 17 |
| 2002 | Ducati | SPA 16 | SPA 12 | AUS 11 | AUS Ret | RSA 10 | RSA 13 | JPN Ret | JPN 17 | ITA Ret | ITA Ret | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | GER 12 | GER 12 | SMR 11 | SMR 10 | USA Ret | USA 18 | GBR 16 | GBR 15 | GER Ret | GER 11 | NED 11 | NED 9 | ITA 16 | ITA Ret | 15th | 55 |
| 2003 | Ducati | SPA 9 | SPA 10 | AUS 9 | AUS 10 | JPN 13 | JPN 13 | ITA 8 | ITA 8 | GER 7 | GER 9 | GBR 10 | GBR 13 | SMR 11 | SMR 14 | USA 10 | USA 9 | GBR Ret | GBR 14 | NED Ret | NED 13 | ITA 10 | ITA 11 | FRA Ret | FRA 14 | 10th | 111 | ||
| 2004 | Ducati | SPA 4 | SPA 8 | AUS 7 | AUS 4 | SMR 21 | SMR 10 | ITA 7 | ITA 6 | GER Ret | GER Ret | GBR 8 | GBR 11 | USA 11 | USA 8 | GBR 11 | GBR Ret | NED 9 | NED 8 | ITA 8 | ITA 8 | FRA Ret | FRA Ret | 10th | 130 | ||||
| 2005 | Yamaha | QAT 12 | QAT Ret | AUS Ret | AUS Ret | SPA 18 | SPA Ret | ITA 12 | ITA Ret | EUR | EUR | 27th | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ducati | SMR Ret | SMR DNS | CZE 18 | CZE Ret | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | NED Ret | NED DNS | GER NC | GER Ret | ITA 14 | ITA C | FRA Ret | FRA Ret | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Ducati | QAT 9 | QAT 14 | AUS Ret | AUS Ret | SPA 17 | SPA 17 | ITA Ret | ITA 21 | EUR DNS | EUR DNS | SMR Ret | SMR Ret | CZE 16 | CZE Ret | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | NED Ret | NED Ret | GER Ret | GER DNS | ITA Ret | ITA Ret | FRA | FRA | 25th | 9 | ||
| 2007 | Ducati | QAT | QAT | AUS | AUS | EUR | EUR | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA 13 | ITA Ret | GBR | GBR | SMR 11 | SMR Ret | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | ITA 12 | ITA 18 | FRA | FRA | 20th | 12 |
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