Roberto Locatelli

Roberto Locatelli
Roberto Locatelli
	Locatelli at the 2008 Dutch TT
Nationality	Italian
Born	5 July 1974 (age 49); Bergamo, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
250cc World Championship
Active years	1995–1996, 2001–2002, 2005–2009
Manufacturers	Aprilia, Gilera
Championships	0
2009 championship position	11th (85 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	1994, 1997–2000, 2003–2004
Manufacturers	Aprilia, Honda, KTM
Championships	1 (2000)
2004 championship position	3rd (192 pts)

Last updated December 02, 2023

Roberto Locatelli (born 5 July 1974) is a former Italian motorcycle rider who won the 125cc World Championship in 2000.^[1]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	Pos	Pts
1994	125cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	AUT	GER	NED	ITA 10	FRA	GBR	CZE	USA	ARG	EUR				29th	6
1995	250cc	Aprilia	AUS Ret	MAL	JPN 18	SPA 10	GER	ITA 13	NED Ret	FRA DNS	GBR 14	CZE 15	BRA 9	ARG 10	EUR 10					17th	31
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL 10	INA Ret	JPN 18	SPA Ret	ITA Ret	FRA 8	NED Ret	GER	GBR	AUT Ret	CZE 10	IMO 12	CAT	BRA 6	AUS 9			17th	41
1997	125cc	Honda	MAL 17	JPN 11	SPA 8	ITA 14	AUT 8	FRA Ret	NED 8	IMO 7	GER Ret	BRA 11	GBR 5	CZE 4	CAT 7	INA 10	AUS 4			8th	97
1998	125cc	Honda	JPN Ret	MAL 5	SPA Ret	ITA Ret	FRA 4	MAD Ret	NED 7	GBR Ret	GER 3	CZE 8	IMO 7	CAT 5	AUS 6	ARG Ret				9th	87
1999	125cc	Aprilia	MAL 18	JPN Ret	SPA 5	FRA 1	ITA 1	CAT 6	NED 3	GBR 4	GER 4	CZE Ret	IMO 11	VAL 8	AUS 6	RSA 4	BRA 8	ARG 3		4th	173
2000	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 4	MAL 1	JPN Ret	SPA 3	FRA 4	ITA 1	CAT Ret	NED 6	GBR 4	GER 2	CZE 1	POR 2	VAL 1	BRA Ret	PAC 1	AUS Ret		1st	230
2001	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 3	RSA 4	SPA 8	FRA 6	ITA 4	CAT 4	NED 17	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 12	POR Ret	VAL 7	PAC 6	AUS 7	MAL 4	BRA 3		8th	134
2002	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 16	RSA 5	SPA 5	FRA 4	ITA 2	CAT Ret	NED 7	GBR 13	GER 5	CZE 7	POR 5	BRA Ret	PAC 9	MAL 13	AUS Ret	VAL 5		8th	119
2003	125cc	KTM	JPN 23	RSA 28	SPA Ret	FRA 15	ITA 20	CAT 10	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER 18	CZE 17	POR 11	BRA 17	PAC Ret	MAL 10	AUS Ret	VAL 17		24th	18
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 2	SPA 8	FRA 2	ITA 1	CAT Ret	NED 2	BRA 4	GER 1	GBR Ret	CZE 3	POR 9	JPN 14	QAT 20	MAL 4	AUS 4	VAL 6		3rd	192
2005	250cc	Aprilia	SPA 7	POR Ret	CHN 16	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT 12	NED 11	GBR 12	GER Ret	CZE 9	JPN Ret	MAL 8	QAT Ret	AUS 8	TUR 8	VAL 10		13th	61
2006	250cc	Aprilia	SPA 7	QAT 3	TUR 4	CHN 7	FRA 6	ITA 6	CAT 4	NED 5	GBR 4	GER 6	CZE 4	MAL 5	AUS 7	JPN 5	POR 4	VAL 2		5th	191
2007	250cc	Gilera	QAT 6	SPA DNS	TUR	CHN	FRA DNS	ITA 18	CAT 12	GBR Ret	NED 9	GER 10	CZE 10	SMR 7	POR Ret	JPN 16	AUS 11	MAL 7	VAL 13	13th	59
2008	250cc	Gilera	QAT 8	SPA 8	POR Ret	CHN 11	FRA 13	ITA 6	CAT Ret	GBR 11	NED 9	GER 10	CZE 9	SMR 4	INP C	JPN 10	AUS 6	MAL 7	VAL 4	9th	110
2009	250cc	Gilera	QAT 9	JPN Ret	SPA 9	FRA 3	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED 5	GER 10	GBR 13	CZE 5	INP 5	SMR Ret	POR Ret	AUS NC	MAL Ret	VAL 9		11th	85

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[1] World Championship Classification 125cc

[2] Locatelli out of coma after crash. BBC News. 27 March 2007

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