Lucio Pedercini
Lucio Pedercini (born September 22, 1972) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer and current motorcycle racing team owner.
Born in Volta Mantovana, he began racing in the Grand Prix world championships in 1992.[1][2] He had his best season in 1996 when he finished in 17th place in the 500cc world championship final standings.[1] Pedercini was Italian Superbike Champion in 2001 and 2002, riding a Ducati.[3] He then competed in the World Superbike Championship from 1998 to 2006 with his best result being a 9th place finish in the 2003 final standings.[2]
After he retired from riding motorcycles, Pedercini became a motorcycle racing team owner competing as Team Pedercini in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup with riders Vittorio Iannuzzo and Ayrton Badovini.[4] In 2014, the team competed in the World Superbike Championship with riders Alessandro Andreozzi and Luca Scassa. The also fielded a team in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup consisting of Lorenzo Savadori, Balazs Nemeth, Romain Lanusse and Javier Alviz.[5] In 2015, the team were chosen by Kawasaki to be their satellite team competing in the World Superbike Championship with Javier Alviz and David Salom riding Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R motorcycles.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Lucio Pedercini career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Lucio Pedercini World Superbike Championship statistics". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ "World and domestic Superbike Champions". f1network.net. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ "Superstock 1000 teams turn Green". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ "Team Pedercini Racing 2014 racing season officially launched". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ "David Salom returns to Team Pedercini". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.