Gresini Racing

Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle team
Short_name=Gresini Racing
Logo=
Last_season=2008
Long_name=San Carlo Honda Gresini
Base=flagicon|Italy Faenza, Italy
Principal=Fausto Gresini
Riders=15. Alex de Angelis
56. Shinya Nakano
Motorcycle=Honda RC212V
Tyres=Bridgestone
Riders_champ=1 (250 cc Daijiro Kato 2001 )

Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing it the MotoGP World Championship under the name San Carlo Honda Gresini.

The team was founded in 1997 when Fausto Gresini, after a career as a 125 cc rider with two World Championships retired from racing and started his own team.

In 1997 with a Honda NRS motorcycle and Alex Barros as the rider the team managed a podium finish. The team reconfirmed Alex Barros in 1998 and got the Honda NSR500 from Honda.

In 2000 the team entered Daijiro Kato and the new Honda NSR 250 in the 250 cc championship. In 2001 Daijiro won the title and in 2002 the team returned to MotoGP with Kato as a rider as Telefonica Movistar Honda and near the end of the season it was given the new Honda RC211V. The 2003 championship began with the death of Daijiro Kato, out of respect the team integrated Kato's number 74 into the team's logo. The team's other rider Sete Gibernau went on to win 4 races and a second place in the championship that he dedicated to his late team mate.

In 2004 the Spaniard fought for the championship and finished runner up. His team mate, Colin Edwards, finished fifth. Sete Gibernau remained with the team for 2005 and was joined by Marco Melandri. Melandri won two races.

In 2006 the team lined up Marco Melandri and Toni Elias. and got 4 wins, 3 for Marco Melandri and 1 for Toni Elias. Both riders remained with the team in 2007, albeit losing the Telefonica Movistar sponsorship. The team also changed it's tyre supplier to Bridgestone. The new 800 cc Honda RC212V did not deliver the results expected and the team finished the season with 2 podiums.

For 2008 Alex de Angelis and Shinya Nakano join the team, with a new sponsor - San Carlo.

External links

* [http://www.gresiniracing.com gresiniracing.com] Official Website