Quick Facts
Biography
Lorenzo Lanzi (born (1981-10-26)October 26, 1981 in Cesena, Italy) is a professional motorcycle racer most known for competing in the Superbike World championship. He currently competes in the CIV Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.
He first started racing in 1996 at the age of 15 in the Italian 125 Sport class, winning the title two years later before moving up to 125GP in the Italian and European championships. In 2001 he moved to 250GP but his season wasn’t a successful and he was forced to take a one-year break from racing in 2002.
2003 saw him racing for Rox Ducati in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He lost out on the title by three points. In 2004 he moved to the Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati Breil finishing the season in 5th place.
In 2005 Lanzi joined the Caracchi Ducati team in the Superbike World Championship. He had a poor start of the season and injury kept him out of two rounds. A series of 8 successive top ten finishes earned him a promotion at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz round where he raced for the Xerox sponsored Ducati factory team in place of the injured Régis Laconi. He took pole position for the races. In race one he overshot the first corner and had to go down an escape road, seeing him cut several corners. He rejoined third, but had missed enough of the track to earn a ride-through penalty, dropping him down the field, although he fought back to 8th. However, in race 2 he took the win ahead of Chris Vermeulen and Noriyuki Haga. He got his 2nd superbike win at Magny-Cours race 2 later that year.
His 2005 performance was enough to earn him a place on the factory team for 2006. However, whilst team-mate Troy Bayliss dominated the season, Lanzi did not win any races. He finished the season 8th overall. He remained in the team for 2007, but he was once again overshadowed by his team mate and he was often behind Ruben Xaus who was riding a 2006-spec Ducati.
He was dropped by the factory Xerox Ducati team for 2008 but continues to ride a Ducati, for Team RG. He took victory in Valencia race 1 - he overtook Troy Bayliss for third on the final lap, just before Max Neukirchner and Carlos Checa collided while battling for the lead. However, this was his only top-5 finish of the season, and he came 14th overall.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 125cc | Aprilia | MAL | JPN | SPA | FRA | ITA Ret | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | IMO | VAL | AUS | RSA | BRA | ARG | NC | 0 |
| 2001 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN 17 | RSA 17 | SPA 15 | FRA Ret | ITA 11 | CAT 19 | NED 16 | GBR 14 | GER 12 | CZE 15 | POR Ret | VAL Ret | PAC 15 | AUS 11 | MAL Ret | BRA 12 | 20th | 23 |
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ducati | SPA 4 | AUS 9 | SMR 6 | ITA 15 | GER 10 | GBR 4 | GBR 10 | NED 20 | ITA 4 | FRA 4 | 5th | 82 | |||
| 2012 | Honda | AUS | ITA | NED 1 | ITA | EUR | SMR | SPA | CZE | GBR | RUS | GER | POR | FRA | 17th | 25 |
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 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 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2005 | Ducati | QAT Ret | QAT 12 | AUS DSQ | AUS 13 | SPA Ret | SPA DNS | ITA | ITA | EUR Ret | EUR 11 | SMR 5 | SMR 9 | CZE 6 | CZE 6 | GBR 8 | GBR 8 | NED 7 | NED 6 | GER 8 | GER 1 | ITA Ret | ITA C | FRA 9 | FRA 1 | 9th | 150 | ||||
| 2006 | Ducati | QAT Ret | QAT 6 | AUS 11 | AUS Ret | SPA 3 | SPA 3 | ITA 9 | ITA 11 | EUR 13 | EUR 16 | SMR 7 | SMR 7 | CZE Ret | CZE 9 | GBR 12 | GBR 11 | NED 7 | NED 6 | GER 8 | GER 6 | ITA 6 | ITA 7 | FRA 8 | FRA 7 | 8th | 169 | ||||
| 2007 | Ducati | QAT 3 | QAT 7 | AUS 6 | AUS 7 | EUR 5 | EUR 5 | SPA 6 | SPA 5 | NED 5 | NED Ret | ITA 7 | ITA Ret | GBR 7 | GBR C | SMR 6 | SMR 9 | CZE 8 | CZE 7 | GBR 9 | GBR 12 | GER 8 | GER 12 | ITA 6 | ITA 7 | FRA Ret | FRA DNS | 7th | 192 | ||
| 2008 | Ducati | QAT 16 | QAT 6 | AUS 13 | AUS 20 | SPA 1 | SPA 12 | NED DNS | NED DNS | ITA 14 | ITA 11 | USA 11 | USA 10 | GER Ret | GER 20 | SMR 6 | SMR 6 | CZE Ret | CZE 13 | GBR 11 | GBR 10 | EUR Ret | EUR 11 | ITA 11 | ITA 18 | FRA Ret | FRA 11 | POR | POR | 14th | 109 |
| 2009 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | QAT | QAT | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | RSA | RSA | USA 17 | USA 14 | SMR 19 | SMR 18 | GBR 14 | GBR 11 | CZE Ret | CZE 15 | GER | GER | ITA Ret | ITA 11 | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | 26th | 15 |
| 2010 | Ducati | AUS 10 | AUS 13 | POR 12 | POR 14 | SPA 8 | SPA 13 | NED 16 | NED Ret | ITA 17 | ITA Ret | RSA | RSA | USA | USA | SMR 12 | SMR 13 | CZE 10 | CZE 11 | GBR 15 | GBR 15 | GER 11 | GER 13 | ITA 2 | ITA 7 | FRA 11 | FRA Ret | 16th | 88 | ||
| 2011 | BMW | AUS | AUS | EUR | EUR | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | SMR 15 | SMR 11 | SPA Ret | SPA 15 | CZE 17 | CZE 13 | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | 24th | 10 | ||
| 2012 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | ITA | ITA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | EUR | EUR | USA | USA | SMR | SMR | SPA | SPA | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | RUS | RUS | GER 14 | GER 16 | POR 18 | POR 10 | FRA | FRA | 27th | 8 |
| 2013 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | RUS | RUS | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | TUR | TUR | USA | USA | FRA 10 | FRA 9 | SPA 15 | SPA 7 | 20th | 23 |
| 2014 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | MAL | MAL | SMR | SMR | POR | POR | USA | USA | SPA | SPA | FRA 8 | FRA 5 | QAT | QAT | 21st | 19 | ||||
- * Season still in progress.