Alessandro Gramigni


Alessandro Gramigni is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1990 to 1997 and in the Superbike World Championship from to.
Gramigni is notable for winning the 1992 F.I.M. 125cc world championship.

Career

Gramigni was born in Florence, Italy. After a succession of good results as an amateur, he made his Grand Prix debut in 1990 riding an Aprilia in the 125cc Class, ending the season in ninth position. He won his first race at the 1991 Czechoslovak Grand Prix and finished the season ranked seventh in the championship with 90 points. His victory in Czechoslovakia also marked the first Grand Prix victory in world championship competition for the Aprilia factory.
In the 1992 season he started very well, after three Grands Prix he had won at Shah Alam in Malaysia and was among the top of the standings but before the race in Spain he had a road accident, a car hit him while he was riding an enduro motorbike causing him a fracture of the tibia and fibula with involvement of the ligaments in his foot. Thanks to Doctor Claudio Costa and the Mobile Clinic he managed to get back on the bike for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, 19 days after the accident, with a cast on his foot covered in leather and coloured like a boot. He finished eleventh but it gave him confidence for the following Grands Prix. A week later, still in the cast, he raced in the European Grand Prix finishing fourth, in the following tests he finished seventh, third and first at the Hungary GP. While the other contenders for the Hondas had their ups and downs, he remained consistent in his results, with three podium finishes in the last three races, managing to become the World Champion of the 125cc class by 16 points more than the second-placed Italian, Fausto Gresini. With this world championship success for Gramigni, Aprilia obtains the first title in its history in the world championship.
He then moved up to the 250cc class in next season, first with the Gilera team before switching back to Aprilia. It was a disappointing season, as he scored only 2 points. He competed two more seasons in the 250 class, 1994 with the Aprilia, and in 1995 with Honda. After a two-year sabbatical, he entered one race in the 500cc class at the 1997 Malaysian Grand Prix before ending his Grand Prix career.
Gramigni turned his attention to the Superbike World Championship from to and then in and. In 2004 he won the Italian Superbike Championship with the Yamaha Team 391 Racing team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

YearClassBike123456789101112131415PosPts
1990125ccApriliaJPNSPA
24		NAT
22		GER
7		AUT
8		YUG
9		NED
10		BEL
22		FRA
9		GBR
Ret		SWE
2		TCH
3		HUN
8		AUS
9		9th84
1991125ccApriliaJPN
25		AUS
8		SPA
16		ITA
3		GER
5		AUT
11		EUR
17		NED
3		FRA
12		GBR
15		RSM
5		TCH
1		MAL7th90
1992125ccApriliaJPN
6		AUS
2		MAL
1		SPA
DNS		ITA
11		EUR
4		GER
7		NED
3		HUN
1		FRA
5		GBR
2		BRA
3		RSA
3		1st134
1993250ccGileraAUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		JPN
18		SPA
Ret		AUT
18		GER
24		NED
Ret		EUR
Ret		RSM
14		GBR
16		CZEITA
Ret		USAFIM30th2
1994250ccApriliaAUS
17		MAL
10		JPN
Ret		SPA
17		AUT
15		GER
17		NED
DNS		ITA
13		FRA
Ret		GBR
Ret		CZE
Ret		USA
Ret		ARG
Ret		EUR
Ret		23rd10
1995250ccHondaAUSMALJPNSPA
14		GERITA
Ret		NED
8		FRA
15		GBRCZEBRAARGEUR
Ret		23rd11
1997500ccApriliaMAL
Ret		JPNSPAITAAUTFRANEDIMOGERBRAGBRCZECATINAAUSNC0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

CIV Superbike Championship

Races by year

YearBike12345PosPts
2001YamahaMIS1
MON
VAL
2		MIS2
MIS3
12th20

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

Races by year

YearClassBike123456PosPts
2003SuperBikeYamahaMIS1
14		MUG1
MIS1
MUG2
VAL
26th2
2004SuperbikeYamahaMUG
2		IMO
2		VAL1
2		MIS
2		VAL2
1		1st105
2005SuperBikeYamahaVAL
Ret		MON
2		IMO
DNS		MIS1
Ret		MUG
2		MIS2
4		5th53