Tony Cairoli

Antonio "Tony" Cairoli (born 23 September 1985) is an Italian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2002. Cairoli is notable for winning nine FIM motocross world championships, second only to ten-time champion Stefan Everts, making him one of the most successful world championship motocross racers in history.[2]

Tony Cairoli
NationalityItalian
Born23 September 1985 (1985-09-23) (age 35)
Patti, Sicily, Italy
Motocross career
Years active2002 – present
Teams
Grands Prix91
(24 MX2, 39 MX1, 28 MXGP)[1]
Championships9
(MX2 2005, 2007; MX1 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; MXGP 2014, 2017)
Wins178
(54 MX2, 75 MX1, 49 MXGP)
GP debut2002, GP of Belgium, 125cc
First GP win2004, GP of Wales MX2

Life and career

Cairoli was born in Patti, Sicily. He began his motocross Grand Prix career in 2002 riding a Yamaha. He was the 2005 FIM world champion in the MX2-GP class. In 2007 he again won the MX2-GP world championship as well as the English supercross championship.[3] Cairoli claimed the 2009 MX1-GP FIM Motocross World Championship, and after moving to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, successfully defended his title in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and MXGP 2014 .[4][5] Cairoli has won several motos on the Motocross des Nations, particularly in 2012 and 2013 when he managed to win every single moto he raced on. On 5 August 2012, in Czech Republic, he won his 50th GP in World Championship.[6]

He lives with his wife Jill Cox between Rome, Italy and Lommel, Belgium, where he is training.[7]

Achievements

Year Motocycle World Championship MdN Italian Ch. Supercross Títles
MXGP MX1 MX2 Titles GP wins Races wins Race1 Race2 Nation's Overall European Ch. British Ch.
2001? 1st Cadet 1
2002Honda 1st Junior 1
2003Honda -
2004Yamaha3rd 11 18th26th15th -
2005Yamaha1st MX2612 39th36th13th 1
2006Yamaha2nd 311 10th1st4th1st1st 2
2007Yamaha24th1st MX211[8]23[8] 37th14th4th1st1st1st 4
2008Yamaha6th 48 -
2009Yamaha1st MX149 1st38th6th 1
2010KTM1st MX1815 2nd4th5th 1
2011KTM1st MX169 40th37th16th 1
2012KTM1st MX11121 1st1st5th 1
2013KTM1st MX1920 1st1st3rd 1
2014KTM1st MXGP915 40th19th6th 1
2015KTM7th 25 --- -
2016KTM2nd 35 2nd2nd5th -
2017KTM1st MXGP69 11th7th7th 1
2018KTM2nd -26 6th4th2nd -
Total titles 2 5 2 9 85 169 3 3 0 22116
9 world titles

Results by seasons

2004–2006

2004 MX2 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Flanders15th21st
 Spain14th5th8th
 Portugal12th4th5th
 Netherlands3rd10th5th
 Germany8th6th5th
 Benelux3rd3rd3rd
 United KingdomDNSDNSDNS
 France2nd10th5th
 Italy9th2nd4th
 Belgium7th13th
 Sweden15th5th7th
 Czech Republic1st6th3rd
 Wallonia2nd4th1st
 Europe [9]5th4th4th
 Ireland3rd4th2nd
 South Africa5th2nd3rd
3rd
 
2005 MX2 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Flanders5th4th5th
 Spain2nd8th2nd
 Portugal1st1st1st
 Belgium1st-6th
 Europe [10]2nd16th7th
 Japan1st4th2nd
 United Kingdom13th20th
 Italy1st2nd1st
 FranceDNSDNSDNS
 Sweden1st1st1st
 South Africa9th2nd3rd
 Wallonia1st1st1st
 Czech Republic1st2nd1st
 Germany1st1st1st
 United Kingdom3rd20th11th
 Netherlands7th8th5th
 Ireland5th19th10th
World Champion
 
2006 MX2 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Flanders15th2nd8th
 Spain1st8th
 Portugal1st10th3rd
 Germany5th7th5th
 Japan4th1st2nd
 Bulgaria1st6th
 Italy2nd2nd2nd
 United Kingdom6th1st2nd
 Sweden2nd12th6th
 South Africa2nd1st1st
 United Kingdom11th1st4th
 Belgium1st1st1st
 Northern Ireland2nd7th3rd
 Netherlands2nd3rd2nd
 France1st1st1st
2nd

2007–2009

2007 MX2 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Benelux1st1st1st
 Spain2nd1st1st
 Portugal1st1st1st
 Italy1st1st1st
 Germany1st1st1st
 Japan3rd1st2nd
 France1st1st1st
 Bulgaria1st1st1st
 Sweden1st1st1st
 Italy (Faenza)1st2nd2nd
 Czech Republic1st2nd2nd
 Belgium16th2nd8th
 Northern Ireland1st1st1st
 United Kingdom [11]DNSDNSDNS
 United Kingdom [12]2nd1st1st
 Netherlands1st1st1st
World Champion
 
2008 MX2 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Netherlands2nd2nd2nd
 Spain2nd11th4th
 Portugal1st1st1st
 Bulgaria1st19th7th
 Italy4th1st1st
 United Kingdom1st1st1st
 France3rd10th
 Germany1st2nd2nd
 Sweden2nd1st1st
 South Africa
 BelgiumN.P.N.P.N.P.
 Czech RepublicN.P.N.P.N.P.
 IrelandN.P.N.P.N.P.
 BeneluxN.P.N.P.N.P.
 Italy [13]N.P.N.P.N.P.
6th
 
2009 MX1 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Italy1st1st
 Bulgaria7th4th6th
 Turkey1st1st1st
 Benelux1st3rd2nd
 Turkey1st1st1st
 Spain8th1st3rd
 United Kingdom10th8th8th
 France7th2nd3rd
 Germany2nd1st1st
 Latvia2nd1st1st
 Sweden4th1st2nd
 Belgium5th2nd3rd
 Czech Republic6th2nd4th
 Netherlands5th4th6th
 Brazil6th12th9th
World Champion

2010–2012

2010 MX1 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Bulgaria5th1st2nd
 Italy [14]2nd1st1st
 Netherlands1st1st1st
 Portugal5th1st2nd
 Spain6th3rd4th
 United States1st3rd1st
 France1st3rd2nd
 Germany4th2nd4th
 Latvia6th1st2nd
 Sweden1st1st1st
 Luxembourg1st1st1st
 Czech Republic2nd1st1st
 Brazil2nd1st1st
Benelux2nd1st1st
 Italy33rd
World Champion
 
2011 MX1 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Bulgaria7th10th9th
 Netherlands1st2nd1st
 United States2nd11th5th
 Brazil1st2nd2nd
 France2nd3rd2nd
 Portugal2nd2nd2nd
 Spain2nd1st1st
 Sweden5th2nd3rd
 Germany2nd2nd2nd
 Latvia1st1st1st
 Belgium1st1st1st
 Czech Republic1st4th2nd
 United Kingdom3rd1st1st
 Europe3rd2nd1st
 Italy---
World Champion
 
2012 MX1 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Netherlands1st1st1st
 Bulgaria4th3rd3rd
 Italy3rd1st2nd
 Mexico1st3rd1st
 Brazil8th9th8th
 France1st1st1st
 Portugal3rd2nd3rd
 Belgium1st1st1st
 Sweden35th30th30th
 Latvia1st2nd1st
 Russia1st1st1st
 Czech Republic1st1st1st
 United Kingdom1st1st1st
 Benelux1st1st1st
 Europe1st1st1st
 Germany1st1st1st
World Champion

2013–2015

2013 MX1 World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Qatar3rd1st2nd
 Thailand1st1st1st
 Netherlands1st2nd1st
 Italy1st1st1st
 Bulgaria4th1st2nd
 Portugal3rd1st2nd
 Brazil1st1st1st
 France2nd1st1st
 Italy4th2nd3rd
 Sweden1st1st1st
 Latvia2nd1st1st
 Finland1st1st1st
 Germany2nd1st1st
 Czech Republic4th7th5th
 Belgium1st2nd2nd
 United Kingdom1st18th7th
 Europe4th1st3rd
World Champion
 
2014 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Qatar2nd3rd3rd
 Thailand1st1st1st
 Brazil[15]1st1st1st
 Italy[16]6th4th5th
 Bulgaria2nd1st1st
 Netherlands3rd1st1st
 Spain6th2nd4th
 United Kingdom1st2nd1st
 France2nd3rd3rd
 Italy[17]1st1st1st
 Germany5th4th5th
 Sweden1st1st1st
 Finland1st1st1st
 Czech Republic3rd2nd3rd
 Belgium1st1st1st
 Brazil[18]
 Mexico
World Champion
 
2015 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Qatar3rd4th4th
 Thailand5th1st3rd
 Argentina2nd2nd3rd
 Italy1st2nd2nd
 Netherlands28th7th11th
 Spain3rd1st1st
 United Kingdom1st3rd1st
 France1st7th3rd
 Italy7th18th13th
 Germany14th6th9th
 Sweden13th3rd7th
 Latvia4th4th5th
 Czech RepublicDNSDNSDNS
 BelgiumDNSDNSDNS
 ItalyDNSDNSDNS
 NetherlandsDNSDNSDNS
 MexicoDNSDNSDNS
 United States5th30th13th
7th

2016–2018

2016 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Qatar6th4th5th
 Thailand2nd12th5th
 Europe7th2nd4th
 Argentina2nd2nd2nd
 Mexico6th9th6th
 Latvia3rd2nd2nd
 Germany1st1st1st
 Italy1st2nd1st
 Spain5th9th7th
 France3rd7th4th
 England2nd10th6th
 Italy6th3rd4th
 Czech Republic7th8th7th
 Belgium6th2nd3rd
  Switzerland1st5th1st
 Netherlands4th1st2nd
 United States13th14th14th
 United States2nd2nd2nd
2nd
 
2017 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Qatar1st1st1st
 Indonesia4thDNS4th
 Argentina9th5th7th
 Mexico4th2nd2nd
 Italy1st2nd1st
 Europe9th1st4th
 Latvia5th2nd2nd
 Germany2nd1st1st
 France2nd3rd2nd
 Russia2nd9th5th
 Italy1st1st1st
 Portugal2nd1st1st
 Czech Republic3rd1st1st
 Belgium2nd2nd2nd
  Switzerland3rd4th3rd
 Sweden9th7th7th
 United States3rd2nd3rd
 Netherlands2nd6th4th
World Champion
 
2018 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Argentina1st2nd2nd
 Netherlands2nd2nd2nd
 Spain1st1st1st
 Italy4th2nd3rd
 Portugal2nd2nd2nd
 Russia2nd5th3rd
 Latvia2nd2nd2nd
 Germany6th5th6th
 United Kingdom2nd2nd2nd
 France3rd2nd2nd
 Italy1st1st1st
 Indonesia1st2nd2nd
 Indonesia3rd4th4th
 Czech Republic2nd2nd2nd
 Belgium2nd2nd2nd
  Switzerland8th6th7th
 Bulgaria8th2nd4th
 Turkey2nd15th8th
 Netherlands2nd2nd2nd
 ItalyDNSDNSDNS
2nd

2019-2020

2019 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 Argentina1st1st1st
 United Kingdom1st2nd1st
 Netherlands1st1st1st
 Italy2nd2nd2nd
 Italy1st1st1st
 Portugal2nd2nd2nd
 France8th16th7th
 Russia12th4th8th
 Latvia2ndDNF11th
 Germanydid not participate
(Injured)
 Indonesia
 Indonesia
 Czech Republic
 Belgium
 Italy
 Sweden
 Turkey
 China
10th
 
2020 MXGP World Championship
Nation1st race2nd raceOverall
 United Kingdom4th3rd3rd
 Netherlands7th5th4th
 Latvia7th17th13th
 Latvia1st4th1st
 Latvia9th2nd4th
 Italy3rd3rd3rd
 Italy4th3rd4th
 Italy2nd2nd1st
 Italy3rd15th8th
 Italy4th4th4th
 Italy5th1st2nd
 Spain7th6th6th
 Belgium13th6th9th
 Belgium5th2nd3rd

Injuries

  • 2008 – Torn Acl (Knee, MXGP of South Africa)
  • 2014 – Knee injury (at MXDN Kegums, Latvia)
  • 2015 – Fractured elbow (MXGP of Maggiora, Italy)
  • 2016 – 2 broken ribs, wrist injury[19]
  • 2019 - Shoulder injury

References

  1. "Antonio Cairoli – MXGP". mxgp.com. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "Antonio Cairoli results at www.motocrossmx1.com". motocrossmx1.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. Antonio Cairoli career profile
  4. 2009 FIM MX1-GP final standings
  5. 2010 FIM MX1-GP final standings
  6. "Tony Cairoli stellare: vince il 50° GP" (in Italian). motociclismo.it. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  7. "Antonio Cairoli: "Velocità, Fango e Gloria"" (in Italian). f1passion.it. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  8. One Race and one GP in MX1
  9. Gaildorf
  10. Teutschenthal
  11. The team let Cairoli race in the MX1 class.
  12. In MX1 class.
  13. Florence
  14. Fermo
  15. Beto Carrero
  16. Arco di Trento
  17. Maggiora
  18. Goiânia
  19. "Rider Profile: Antonio Cairoli on Gatedrop.com". Gatedrop.com. Gatedrop. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ben Townley
Motocross World Championship
MX2 Champion

2005
Succeeded by
Christophe Pourcel
Preceded by
Christophe Pourcel
Motocross World Championship
MX2 Champion

2007
Succeeded by
Tyla Rattray
Preceded by
David Philippaerts
Motocross World Championship
MX1/MXGP Champion

20092014
Succeeded by
Romain Febvre
Preceded by
Tim Gajser
Motocross World Championship
MXGP Champion

2017
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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