MotoGP - Marco Melandri

MotoGP - Marco Melandri
08/07/2007 (update : 07/29/2010)

Date of birth : 08/07/1982
Place of birth : Ravenna (Italy)
Size : 1,68 m
Weight : 59 kg
Nickname : Macio
Marital status : single

Website : http://www.marcomelandri.it

2010 : MotoGP world championship (Honda)
2009 : 10th MotoGP world championship (Hayate)
2008 : 17th MotoGP world championship (Ducati)
2007 : 5th MotoGP world championship (Honda)
2006 : 4th MotoGP world championship (Honda) - 3 wins
2005 : 2nd MotoGP world championship (Honda) - 2 wins
2004 : 12th MotoGP world championship (Yamaha)
2003 : 15th MotoGP world championship (Yamaha)
2002 : 250 cc world champion (Aprilia) - 9 wins, 2 poles
2001 : 3rd 250 cc world championship (Aprilia) - 1 win
2000 : 5th 250 cc world championship (Aprilia) - 1 pole
1999 : 2nd 125 cc world championship (Honda) - 5 wins, 3 poles
1998 : 3rd 125 cc world championship (Honda) - 2 wins, 3 poles

Marco Melandri made his Grand Prix debut at the age of 15 and was quickly compared to his friend Valentino Rossi. In 125 cc, he failed twice to clinch the title (3rd in 1998 and 2nd in 1999) and had to wait for his third 250 cc campaign to be crowned (2002). It’s only in 2005, after two disappointing seasons with Yamaha, that Marco Melandri took his first MotoGP win, riding a Gresini's Honda bike. Then, he entered the restricted circle of possible world champions by claiming a second victory and a final runner-up position. Three-time race winner in 2006 and 4th in the final standings, he didn't earn any win in 2007. Ducati and Marco Melandri were feeling hopeful about 2008 but this campaign only brought them delusion. The Italian rider expected to relaunch his career with Kawasaki but the manufacturer's decision of withdrawing from MotoGP complicated his task. However, he recorded good results aboard his Hayate's ZXRR (2nd in France). Back in Gresini's team, 2010 is perhaps is last chance to get back to the front in MotoGP.

2010

33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
April 2010

2009

	33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Hayate) Watercolours and India on 140 lbs paper, 14,4 x 19,2 " February 2010
	33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Hayate) Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper, 12 x 16 " May 2009
	33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Hayate) Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper, 12 x 16 " May 2009

2008

33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Ducati)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
April 2008

2007

33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
May 2007

2006

33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
16,8 x 22,4 "
December 2006

2005

33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
April 2009

2004

	33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Yamaha) Watercolours and India on 140 lbs paper, 9,6 x 12 " February 2010
	33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Yamaha) Watercolours on 140 lbs paper, 12 x 16" May 2004

2002

3 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Aprilia), 250 cc World champion
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
March 2008

2001

5 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Aprilia)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
February 2006

1999

13 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
February 2006

1998

13 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
February 2006

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