Franco Battaini

Franco Battaini (born 22 July 1972 in Brescia) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. His best years were in 2002 and 2003 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship. In 2005 Battaini competed in MotoGP aboard the Blata WCM. He had a very unsuccessful season taking a best finish of 11th in Japan – where many riders retired from the race. In 2006 Battaini competed in the Superbike World Championship.[1]

Franco Battaini
Battaini at the 2005 British Grand Prix
NationalityItalian
Born (1972-07-22) 22 July 1972
Brescia, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2005, 2012
ManufacturersBlata, Ducati
Championships0
2012 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 0 0 0 0 7
250cc World Championship
Active years19962004, 2006
ManufacturersHonda, Yamaha, Aprilia
Championships0
2006 championship position26th (7 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
127 0 7 4 3 760
Superbike World Championship
Active years2006
ManufacturersKawasaki
Championships0
2006 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
8 0 0 0 0 0
Supersport World Championship
Active years2009
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships0
2009 championship position28th (5 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 5

Career statistics

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 Pos. Pts
1996 250cc Aprilia MAL INA JPN SPA ITA
23
FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO
19
NC 0
Honda CAT
Ret
BRA AUS
1997 250cc Yamaha MAL
13
JPN
21
SPA
14
ITA
13
AUT
14
FRA
12
NED
11
IMO
11
GER
11
BRA GBR
11
CZE
15
CAT
15
INA
12
AUS
12
14th 44
1998 250cc Yamaha JPN
Ret
MAL
Ret
SPA
12
ITA
11
FRA
11
MAD
DNS
NED GBR GER CZE
13
IMO
13
CAT
9
AUS
Ret
ARG
9
18th 34
1999 250cc Aprilia MAL
Ret
JPN
4
SPA
4
FRA
6
ITA
6
CAT
3
NED
7
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
CZE
10
IMO
6
VAL
2
AUS
8
RSA
10
BRA
Ret
ARG
Ret
8th 121
2000 250cc Aprilia RSA
6
MAL
13
JPN
7
SPA
10
FRA
11
ITA
5
CAT
5
NED
20
GBR
Ret
GER
7
CZE
7
POR
12
VAL
6
BRA
7
PAC
Ret
AUS
Ret
8th 96
2001 250cc Aprilia JPN
7
RSA
20
SPA
9
FRA
13
ITA
Ret
CAT
20
NED
5
GBR
13
GER
9
CZE
14
POR
9
VAL
14
PAC
8
AUS
Ret
MAL
6
BRA
10
10th 75
2002 250cc Aprilia JPN
10
RSA
2
SPA
4
FRA
Ret
ITA
6
CAT
5
NED
9
GBR
4
GER
8
CZE
Ret
POR
Ret
BRA
3
PAC
7
MAL
5
AUS
7
VAL
7
6th 142
2003 250cc Aprilia JPN
5
RSA
3
SPA
11
FRA
18
ITA
3
CAT
6
NED
2
GBR
7
GER
5
CZE
7
POR
6
BRA
Ret
PAC
Ret
MAL
6
AUS
4
VAL
8
6th 148
2004 250cc Aprilia RSA
10
SPA
Ret
FRA
8
ITA
12
CAT
10
NED
16
BRA
10
GER
9
GBR
7
CZE
Ret
POR
12
JPN
9
QAT
4
MAL
6
AUS
Ret
VAL
4
10th 93
2005 MotoGP Blata SPA
17
POR
Ret
CHN
Ret
FRA
17
ITA
18
CAT
19
NED
20
USA
17
GBR
Ret
GER
15
CZE
20
JPN
11
MAL
16
QAT
16
AUS
15
TUR
17
VAL
16
22nd 7
2006 250cc Aprilia SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
13
GBR
18
GER
12
CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL 26th 7
2012 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER
16
ITA USA IND CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL NC 0

Races by year

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

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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
2006 Kawasaki QAT
19
QAT
20
AUS
20
AUS
22
SPA
19
SPA
21
ITA
18
ITA
23
EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR NED NED GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA NC 0

Supersport World Championship

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

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
2009 Yamaha AUS QAT SPA NED ITA
11
RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 28th 5

References

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