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Luca Cadalora

Italian motorcycle racer

Summary

Italian motorcycle racer

Field	Value
name	Luca Cadalora
image	File:Luca Cadalora 1989 Donington Park.jpg
caption	Luca Cadalora, riding his Yamaha YZR500 at the 1989 British Grand Prix
nationality	Italian
birth_date
birth_place	Modena, Italy
GP Active years	1984 - 2000
GP Teams	MBA, Garelli, Yamaha, Honda, MuZ, Modenas
GP Race Starts	195
GP Championships	125cc – 1986
250cc – 1991, 1992
GP Race Wins	34
GP Podiums	72
GP Total Points	1932
GP Poles	29
GP Fastest laps	30
GP First race	1984 125cc Nations Grand Prix
GP First win	1986 125cc West German Grand Prix
GP Last win	1996 500cc German Grand Prix
GP Last race	2000 500cc Czech Grand Prix

250cc – 1991, 1992 Luca Cadalora (born 17 May 1963) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer who is the 125 cc World Champion, and 250 cc World Champion and 8-time Premier Class race winner. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1984 to 2000.

Racing career

Born in Modena, Emilia Romagna, Cadalora began his professional motorcycle racing career in 1984, riding an MBA in the 125cc world championship. In 1986, he won the 125cc World Championship while riding for the Garelli factory racing team. His success earned him a promotion to the 250cc class with Giacomo Agostini's Marlboro Yamaha factory racing team in 1986. In 1991, Cadalora switched to the Rothmans Honda factory racing team and won the 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto-tuned Honda NSR250. He successfully defended his title with Honda in 1992, claiming his third world championship.

In 1993, Cadalora rose to the premier 500cc division as Wayne Rainey's teammate in the Kenny Roberts-Yamaha team. In three seasons on the Roberts Yamaha, he displayed flashes of brilliance, finishing as high as second to Mick Doohan in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the 1996 season racing a Honda NSR500. Despite lacking any major sponsors, he still managed to finish the season in third place aboard the Kanemoto-Honda.

For the 1997 season, Cadalora got a contract as official Yamaha rider in the new Promotor Racing team backed by an Austrian businessman. However, after few races the team failed due to financial problems. WCM rescued the team with the help of a Red Bull sponsorship and Cadalora ended the season in sixth place. At the beginning of the 1998 season, WCM and Cadalora lost Yamaha official support. He returned to the Rainey-Yamaha works team for a few races to replace an injured Jean-Michel Bayle, then helped develop the new MuZ race bike. In 1999 he was again with MuZ. Cadalora finished his career with Kenny Roberts' Modenas team in 2000.

Cadalora retired with 34 Grand Prix victories in three different classes.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By class

Class	Season	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
1984–1986	1984 Nations	1984 Germany	1986 Germany	25	4	9	6	5	153	1
1987–1992	1987 Japan	1987 Spain	1988 Germany	87	22	39	15	19	950	2
1989, 1993–2000	1989 Great Britain	1993 Great Britain	1993 Great Britain	83	8	24	8	6	827	0
			195	34	72	29	30	1930	3

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11
NAT
5	SPA
Ret	GER
2	FRA
12	NED
Ret	GBR
6	SWE
Ret	RSM
7
SPA
Ret	GER
Ret	NAT
Ret	AUT
30	NED
7	BEL
DNS	FRA	GBR
11	SWE
DNS	RSM
SPA
4	NAT
4	GER
1	AUT
1	NED
1	BEL
Ret	FRA
1	GBR
3	SWE
2	RSM
2	BWU
2
JPN
13	SPA
2	GER
5	NAT
11	AUT
Ret	YUG
DNS	NED
15	FRA
15	GBR
Ret	SWE
2	CZE
5	RSM
2	POR
9	BRA
6	ARG
4
JPN
Ret	USA
6	SPA
7	EXP
Ret	NAT
5	GER
1	AUT
7	NED
4	BEL
8	YUG
5	FRA
6	GBR
1	SWE
Ret	CZE
3	BRA
Ret
JPN
3	AUS
3	USA
3	SPA
1	NAT
Ret	GER
11	AUT
Ret	YUG
Ret	NED
Ret	BEL
5	FRA
11	GBR
Ret	SWE
5	CZE
6	BRA
1
JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR
8	SWE
DNS	CZE	BRA
JPN
1	USA
2	SPA
2	NAT
Ret	GER
10	AUT
1	YUG
4	NED
Ret	BEL
Ret	FRA
2	GBR
1	SWE
4	CZE
4	HUN
4	AUS
3
JPN
1	AUS
1	USA
1	SPA
2	ITA
1	GER
4	AUT
5	EUR
1	NED
2	FRA
5	GBR
1	RSM
1	CZE
3	VDM
3	MAL
1
JPN
1	AUS
1	MAL
1	SPA
4	ITA
1	EUR
1	GER
4	NED
2	HUN
1	FRA
3	GBR
4	BRA
1	RSA
6
AUS
8	MAL
DNS	JPN
Ret	SPA
5	AUT
5	GER
8	NED
7	EUR
15	RSM
5	GBR
1	CZE
2	ITA
1	USA
3	FIM
Ret
AUS
2	MAL
4	JPN
4	SPA
Ret	AUT
22	GER
DNS	NED
9	ITA
2	FRA
7	GBR
3	CZE
3	USA
1	ARG
6	EUR
1
AUS
4	MAL
Ret	JPN
4	SPA
2	GER
2	ITA
12	NED
7	FRA
2	GBR
5	CZE
1	BRA
1	ARG
3	EUR
Ret
MAL
1	INA
6	JPN
Ret	SPA
2	ITA
3	FRA
6	NED
Ret	GER
1	GBR
9	AUT
4	CZE
Ret	IMO
6	CAT
4	BRA
6	AUS
7
MAL
4	JPN
11	SPA
11	ITA
2	AUT
3	FRA
Ret	NED
Ret	IMO
6	GER
Ret	BRA
3	GBR
5	CZE
2	CAT
4	INA
Ret	AUS
Ret
JPN	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA
6	MAD
Ret
						NED
Ret	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS
												ARG
Ret
MAL
Ret	JPN	SPA
8	FRA
Ret	ITA
10	CAT
Ret	NED
Ret	GBR	GER
Ret	CZE
DNS	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	BRA	ARG
RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER
14	CZE
15	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC	AUS

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts	R1	R2
RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR
Ret	GBR
17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR

References

"Rider Statistics - Luca Cadalora". MotoGP.com.
[http://www.crash.net/MotoGP/racer_bio/147/luca_cadalora.html Luca Cadalora profile at crash.net] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-21)

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Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts	R1	R2
RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR
Ret	GBR
17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts	R1	R2
RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR
Ret	GBR
17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts	R1	R2
RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR
Ret	GBR
17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR