- Lorenzo Lanzi
Infobox Superbike rider
Name = Lorenzo Lanzi
Caption = Lorenzo Lanzi
Nationality = flagicon|ITA Italian
Birthdate = birth date and age|1981|10|26
Birthplace =Cesena ,Italy
Website = [http://www.lorenzolanzi.it lorenzolanzi.it]
Current team =R.G. Team
Bike number = 57
Championships = 0
Race Starts = 74
Race Wins = 3
Podiums = 6
Poles = 1
Fastest laps = 2
Last season = 2008
Last position = 8th (42pts)Lorenzo Lanzi born birth date and age|1981|10|26 in
Cesena Italy is a professionalmotorcycle racer currently competing in theSuperbike World championship .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 WorldSS|2004 he moved to the
Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati Breil finishing the season in 5th place.In SBK|2005 Lanzi joined the Caracchi
Ducati team in theSuperbike 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 theEuroSpeedway Lausitz round where he raced for theXerox sponsored Ducati factory team in place of the injuredRégis 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 ofChris Vermeulen andNoriyuki Haga . He got his 2nd superbike win atMagny-Cours race 2 later that year.His SBK|2005 performance was enough to earn him a place on the factory team for SBK|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 SBK|2007, but he was once again overshadowed by his team mate and he was often behindRuben Xaus who was riding a 2006-spec Ducati.He was dropped by the factory Xerox Ducati team for SBK|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 beforeMax Neukirchner andCarlos Checa collided while battling for the lead. However, this was his only top-5 finish in the first 6 rounds.External links
* [http://www.lorenzolanzi.it lorenzolanzi.it] Official Website it icon
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