Simone Corsi

Simone Corsi (born 24 April 1987) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Simone Corsi
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987
Rome, Italy
Sport
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Current teamMV Agusta Forward Racing
Bike number24
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010
ManufacturersMotobi, FTR, Speed Up, Forward KLX, Kalex, NTS, MV Agusta
Championships0
2020 championship position24th (15 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
176 0 9 1 0 945
250cc World Championship
Active years2005
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2005 championship position14th (59 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 0 0 0 0 59
125cc World Championship
Active years20022004, 20062009
ManufacturersHonda, Gilera, Aprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position11th (81 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
95 5 12 3 2 646

Career

Corsi was born in Rome.

125cc World Championship

His first World Championship race was in 2002 at Mugello, in the 125cc class. Since the following year he has competed regularly in the world championship level.

In 2003, he achieved two 9th places and finished 19th in the final standings. In the following year he improved and ended 13th in the final standings while his team-mate, Andrea Dovizioso, won the championship. In 2005 they both moved to 250cc, but were now riding different bikes.

250cc World Championship

Corsi had a good first half of the year as he finished in the points in seven of the eight races. However, in the second half he finished in the points only once.

Return to 125cc

He returned to the 125cc class for 2006. Two fourth places and other lesser placings gave him 12th spot in the championship. But as five riders ahead of him moved to 250cc class, his 2007 looked promising.

He won the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul, but apart from that, achieved only one podium and finished in 6th place.

For 2008 he received a factory spec Aprilia RSA 125 and he was a title favourite for the year. He ultimately lost out to the Derbi of Mike Di Meglio.

For 2009, it had been speculated that Corsi would ride for the Scot Honda team in 250's, but he continued in 125s with Aprilia.

Moto2 World Championship

In 2010, Corsi stepped up to the new intermediate Moto2 class, for Team JiR. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the French round at Le Mans, moving into third place in the championship standings.[2] He added another podium at Mugello, but a crash at the Sachsenring dented his championship hopes.[3]

Corsi in 2015.

In 2016, Corsi will join with Speed Up replacing Sam Lowes.

Corsi has been involved in several collisions over the past few years, and has been a frequent visitor to Race Direction. In Mugello 2015, he was involved in a collision with Sam Lowes, in which Corsi turned in on Lowes, causing himself to crash. He did this also to Tito Rabat in Qatar the same year.

In Austin 2016, he tried overtaking Takaaki Nakagami in the first corner with 5 laps to go, in which Corsi went up the inside of Nakagami when there was no room, causing Nakagami to crash. He was placed under investigation by Race Direction but it was subsequently deemed a racing incident. He did it again to Nakagami in Brno that year, but this time receiving a ride-through penalty for dangerous riding.

In Catalunya 2016, he was investigated after making contact with Lorenzo Baldassari in a chicane, but it was deemed a racing incident.

In Jerez 2017, he was involved in a collision with Nakagami and Xavi Vierge, when Corsi tried to overtake too many riders and lost the front, taking them out.

Career statistics

By season

Season Class Team Motorcycle Type Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Polini Honda Honda RS125R 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 125cc Team Scot Honda Honda RS125R 14 0 0 0 0 32 19th
2004 125cc Kopron Team Scot Honda Honda RS125R 16 0 1 0 0 61 13th
2005 250cc MS Aprilia Italia Corse Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 LE 16 0 0 0 0 59 14th
2006 125cc Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera Gilera RS 125 14 0 0 0 0 79 12th
2007 125cc Skilled Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 17 1 2 0 0 168 6th
2008 125cc Jack & Jones WRB Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 17 4 7 3 2 225 2nd
2009 125cc Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 16 0 2 0 0 81 11th
2010 Moto2 JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR TSR6 17 0 2 0 0 138 5th
2011 Moto2 IodaRacing Project FTR FTR Moto M211 17 0 2 0 0 127 6th
2012 Moto2 Came IodaRacing Project FTR FTR Moto M212 17 0 0 1 0 88 11th
2013 Moto2 NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF13 17 0 1 0 0 108 11th
2014 Moto2 NGM Forward Racing Forward KLX Forward KLX 12 0 2 0 0 100 7th
Kalex Kalex Moto2
2015 Moto2 Athinà Forward Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 17 0 0 0 0 86 12th
2016 Moto2 Speed Up Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF16 18 0 2 0 0 103 10th
2017 Moto2 Speed Up Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF17 18 0 0 0 0 117 9th
2018 Moto2 Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 18 0 0 0 0 53 14th
2019 Moto2 Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 9 0 0 0 0 10 24th
NTS RW Racing GP NTS NTS NH7 2 0 0 0 0
2020 Moto2 MV Agusta Temporary Forward MV Agusta MV Agusta F2 14 0 0 0 0 15 24th
Total 287 5 21 4 2 1650

By class

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2002–2004, 2006–2009 2002 Italy 2004 Japan 2007 Turkey 95 5 12 3 2 646 0
250cc 2005 2005 Spain 16 0 0 0 0 59 0
Moto2 2010–present 2010 Qatar 2010 France 176 0 9 1 0 945 0
Total 2002–Present 287 5 21 4 2 1650 0

Races by year

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

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2002 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA
22
CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2003 125cc Honda JPN
12
RSA
14
SPA
21
FRA
14
ITA
12
CAT
15
NED
12
GBR
Ret
GER
9
CZE
Ret
POR
9
BRA
22
PAC
15
MAL AUS VAL
Ret
19th 32
2004 125cc Honda RSA
14
SPA
12
FRA
15
ITA
11
CAT
Ret
NED
18
BRA
13
GER
12
GBR
5
CZE
9
POR
Ret
JPN
3
QAT
Ret
MAL
Ret
AUS
16
VAL
8
13th 61
2005 250cc Aprilia SPA
9
POR
17
CHN
8
FRA
11
ITA
9
CAT
5
NED
10
GBR
6
GER
Ret
CZE
Ret
JPN
11
MAL
Ret
QAT
17
AUS
16
TUR
Ret
VAL
Ret
14th 59
2006 125cc Gilera SPA
11
QAT
9
TUR
4
CHN
10
FRA
10
ITA
10
CAT
Ret
NED
4
GBR
13
GER
5
CZE
15
MAL
15
AUS
DNS
JPN
DNQ
POR
9
VAL
19
12th 79
2007 125cc Aprilia QAT
5
SPA
Ret
TUR
1
CHN
5
FRA
8
ITA
3
CAT
7
GBR
10
NED
5
GER
4
CZE
7
RSM
Ret
POR
4
JPN
6
AUS
4
MAL
7
VAL
12
7th 168
2008 125cc Aprilia QAT
7
SPA
1
POR
1
CHN
Ret
FRA
13
ITA
1
CAT
5
GBR
5
NED
3
GER
5
CZE
10
RSM
3
IND
7
JPN
7
AUS
8
MAL
3
VAL
1
2nd 225
2009 125cc Aprilia QAT
14
JPN
15
SPA
14
FRA
Ret
ITA
18
CAT
16
NED
8
GER
Ret
GBR
2
CZE
Ret
IND
3
RSM
7
POR
Ret
AUS
5
MAL
Ret
VAL
4
11th 81
2010 Moto2 Motobi QAT
8
SPA
5
FRA
3
ITA
3
GBR
Ret
NED
12
CAT
6
GER
Ret
CZE
8
IND
5
RSM
4
ARA
5
JPN
11
MAL
10
AUS
8
POR
14
VAL
7
5th 138
2011 Moto2 FTR QAT
6
SPA
3
POR
5
FRA
7
CAT
4
GBR
10
NED
14
ITA
7
GER
8
CZE
9
IND
14
RSM
10
ARA
3
JPN
5
AUS
15
MAL
Ret
VAL
Ret
6th 127
2012 Moto2 FTR QAT
8
SPA
17
POR
Ret
FRA
Ret
CAT
5
GBR
5
NED
Ret
GER
6
ITA
18
IND
8
CZE
5
RSM
Ret
ARA
7
JPN
6
MAL
22
AUS
6
VAL
17
11th 88
2013 Moto2 Speed Up QAT
7
AME
15
SPA
13
FRA
11
ITA
7
CAT
10
NED
Ret
GER
2
IND
6
CZE
9
GBR
9
RSM
Ret
ARA
Ret
MAL
11
AUS
4
JPN
Ret
VAL
4
11th 108
2014 Moto2 Forward KLX QAT
5
AME
5
ARG
5
SPA
Ret
7th 100
Kalex FRA
2
ITA
4
CAT
Ret
NED
13
GER
3
IND
5
CZE
12
GBR
Ret
RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
Ret
AME
11
ARG
Ret
SPA
8
FRA
18
ITA
Ret
CAT
13
NED
10
GER
4
IND CZE
11
GBR
Ret
RSM
4
ARA
9
JPN
7
AUS
13
MAL
9
VAL
9
12th 86
2016 Moto2 Speed Up QAT
3
ARG
20
AME
6
SPA
Ret
FRA
2
ITA
12
CAT
Ret
NED
7
GER
Ret
AUT
Ret
CZE
19
GBR
8
RSM
Ret
ARA
9
JPN
6
AUS
7
MAL
11
VAL
11
10th 103
2017 Moto2 Speed Up QAT
17
ARG
6
AME
7
SPA
Ret
FRA
8
ITA
8
CAT
11
NED
Ret
GER
4
CZE
6
AUT
11
GBR
6
RSM
7
ARA
7
JPN
Ret
AUS
7
MAL
11
VAL
9
9th 117
2018 Moto2 Kalex QAT
14
ARG
23
AME
12
SPA
12
FRA
14
ITA
10
CAT
12
NED
15
GER
8
CZE
15
AUT
Ret
GBR
C
RSM
11
ARA
12
THA
10
JPN
Ret
AUS
19
MAL
16
VAL
10
14th 53
2019 Moto2 Kalex QAT
19
ARG
Ret
AME
8
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
14
NED
Ret
GER
21
CZE AUT GBR 24th 10
NTS RSM
19
ARA
21
THA
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
2020 Moto2 MV Agusta QAT
21
SPA
15
ANC
Ret
CZE
DNS
AUT
20
STY
20
RSM
14
EMI
12
CAT
15
FRA
16
ARA
10
TER
15
EUR
Ret
VAL
17
POR
Ret
24th 15

References

  1. "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Motociclismo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Corsi hands JiR first podium". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  3. "Simone Corsi – Q&A". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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