Alex de Angelis


Alex de Angelis is a Sammarinese retired motorcycle road racer.

Career

125cc World Championship

Born in Rimini, de Angelis made his debut at world championship level in 1999 in the 125 cc class; his first full season was in 2000, when his best results were two sixth places. He rode a total of four full seasons in the 125cc category. His best season in the 125 class came in 2003 when he claimed six podium finishes and finished second to Dani Pedrosa, despite not recording any wins.

250cc World Championship

De Angelis moved to the 250cc category in 2004, when he scored two podiums and was fifth overall. Next year he had four podiums and was seventh overall. 2006 turned out to be real breakthrough, as he finished third in the championship. He took his first victory at the season finale in Valencia, after 9 second and 14 third places and 8 pole-positions beforehand. In 2007, he finished 3rd overall with 235 points and eight podiums, including four successive second places midseason. He finished on the podium at the Sachsenring every year between 2002 and 2007.

MotoGP World Championship

For 2008, de Angelis moved to the MotoGP class, riding for Gresini Honda. At Mugello, he was fastest in the warmup, and impressed on race day to finish 4th. He also came fourth at the Sachsenring, and consistently scored minor points for the rest of the season. He stayed at Gresini for 2009 after an impressive rookie year. However, he left the team for 2010 as he and his teammate Toni Elías were replaced with Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli. Instead, he signed a deal to partner Niccolò Canepa at Team Scot in the first season of the new Moto2 class.

Return to Moto2

After replacing the injured Hiroshi Aoyama for three races in MotoGP, de Angelis returned to Moto2 at the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano. During this race he was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa. After Tomizawa fell from his bike on the twelfth lap of the race, he was immediately hit by de Angelis and Scott Redding, who were unable to avoid him. De Angelis avoided major injury and was able to walk away from the accident.

Return to MotoGP

De Angelis moved back to the premier class to replace Colin Edwards in the Forward team midway through the 2014 season from the Brno round onwards when Edwards retired from MotoGP racing. For the 2015 season, de Angelis replaced Danilo Petrucci at the Octo IodaRacing Team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike123456789101112131415161718PosPts
1999125ccHondaMALJPNSPAFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEIMO
Ret		VALAUSRSARIOARGNC0
2000125ccHondaRSA
16		MAL
16		JPN
Ret		SPA
15		FRA
15		ITA
12		CAT
Ret		NED
14		GBR
12		GER
Ret		CZE
Ret		POR
Ret		VAL
12		RIO
11		PAC
6		AUS
6		18th41
2001125ccHondaJPN
14		RSA
9		SPA
7		FRA
14		ITA
10		CAT
9		NED
Ret		GBR
Ret		GER
12		CZE
12		POR
Ret		VAL
Ret		PAC
Ret		AUS
6		MAL
14		RIO
6		14th63
2002125ccApriliaJPN
Ret		RSA
6		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
7		CAT
Ret		NED
9		GBR
7		GER
2		CZE
8		POR
Ret		RIO
11		PAC
Ret		MAL
10		AUS
Ret		VAL
4		9th87
2003125ccApriliaJPN
Ret		RSA
6		SPA
3		FRA
Ret		ITA
7		CAT
3		NED
6		GBR
4		GER
3		CZE
3		POR
3		RIO
3		PAC
9		MAL
6		AUS
7		VAL
Ret		2nd166
2004250ccApriliaRSA
5		SPA
6		FRA
5		ITA
8		CAT
Ret		NED
5		RIO
4		GER
3		GBR
4		CZE
Ret		POR
5		JPN
6		QAT
Ret		MAL
4		AUS
2		VAL
Ret		5th147
2005250ccApriliaSPA
3		POR
5		CHN
4		FRA
Ret		ITA
3		CAT
Ret		NED
5		GBR
Ret		GER
3		CZE
4		JPN
7		MAL
3		QAT
Ret		AUS
Ret		TUR
7		VAL
4		7th151
2006250ccApriliaSPA
2		QAT
Ret		TUR
12		CHN
Ret		FRA
5		ITA
2		CAT
3		NED
2		GBR
2		GER
2		CZE
Ret		MAL
3		AUS
2		JPN
2		POR
3		VAL
1		3rd228
2007250ccApriliaQAT
2		SPA
4		TUR
4		CHN
4		FRA
3		ITA
2		CAT
2		GBR
2		NED
2		GER
3		CZE
11		RSM
5		POR
6		JPN
5		AUS
9		MAL
Ret		VAL
2		3rd235
2008MotoGPHondaQAT
Ret		SPA
14		POR
11		CHN
16		FRA
12		ITA
4		CAT
Ret		GBR
15		NED
Ret		GER
4		USA
13		CZE
8		RSM
Ret		INP
10		JPN
17		AUS
Ret		MAL
14		VAL
10		14th63
2009MotoGPHondaQAT
6		JPN
13		SPA
14		FRA
11		ITA
15		CAT
12		NED
10		USA
11		GER
5		GBR
4		CZE
8		INP
2		RSM
Ret		POR
Ret		AUS
4		MAL
12		VAL
10		8th111
2010Moto2Force GP210QAT
Ret		SPA
DNS		FRA
Ret		ITA
11		GBR
DNS		NED
20		CAT
10		11th95
2010Moto2MotobiINPRSM
Ret		ARA
Ret		JPN
4		MAL
2		AUS
1		POR
3		VAL
6		11th95
2010MotoGPHondaGER
12		USA
12		CZE
13		18th11
2011Moto2MotobiQAT
4		SPA
7		POR
12		FRA
10		CAT
6		GBR
Ret		NED
5		ITA
4		GER
3		CZE
4		INP
15		RSM
4		ARA
4		JPN
6		AUS
1		MAL
4		VAL
12		4th174
Moto2SuterQAT
Ret		SPA
12		POR
6		FRA
Ret		CAT
14		GBR
11		12th86
Moto2FTRNED
5		GER
3		ITA
Ret		INP
Ret		CZE
6		RSM
13		ARA
Ret		JPN
19		MAL
1		AUS
DNS		VAL12th86
Moto2Speed UpQAT
8		AME
8		SPA
14		FRA
9		ITA
8		CAT
Ret		NED
15		GER
5		INP
14		CZE
Ret		GBR
14		RSM
14		ARA
Ret		MAL
Ret		AUS
5		JPN
7		VAL
6		14th81
MotoGPDucatiUSA
11		23rd5
Moto2SuterQAT
Ret		AME
8		ARG
6		SPA
17		FRA
Ret		ITA
17		CAT
Ret		NED
5		GER
Ret		INP
8		20th37
MotoGPForward YamahaCZE
16		GBR
15		RSM
14		ARA
12		JPN
17		AUS
9		MAL
Ret		VAL
18		21st14
MotoGPARTQAT
20		AME
18		ARG
22		SPA
21		FRA
17		ITA
Ret		CAT
15		NED
Ret		GER
18		INP
21		CZE
Ret		GBR
15		RSM
Ret		ARA
Ret		JPN
DNS		AUSMALVAL28th2
Moto2KalexQATARGAMESPAFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBR
24		MAL
18		VAL32nd5
Moto2SuterRSM
11		ARAJPNAUS32nd5
MotoEEnergicaGER
6		AUT
4		RSM1
Ret		RSM2
Ret		VAL1
5		VAL2
4		7th47
MotoEEnergicaSPA
17		ANC
4		RSM
8		EMI1
Ret		EMI2
9		FRA1
12		FRA2
14		14th35