Franco Battaini

Franco Battaini (born 22 July 1972 in Brescia) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. His best years were in 2002 and 2003 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship. In 2005 Battaini competed in MotoGP aboard the Blata WCM. He had a very unsuccessful season taking a best finish of 11th in Japan – where many riders retired from the race. In 2006 Battaini competed in the Superbike World Championship.

Franco Battaini
Battaini at the 2005 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1972-07-22) 22 July 1972 Brescia, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2005, 2012 Manufacturers Blata, Ducati Championships 0 2012 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 18 0 0 0 0 7 250cc World Championship Active years 1996–2004, 2006 Manufacturers Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia Championships 0 2006 championship position 26th (7 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 127 0 7 4 3 760 Superbike World Championship Active years 2006 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2006 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 8 0 0 0 0 0 Supersport World Championship Active years 2009 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2009 championship position 28th (5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 5

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL	INA	JPN	SPA	ITA 23	FRA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CZE	IMO 19							NC	0
		Honda													CAT Ret	BRA	AUS
1997	250cc	Yamaha	MAL 13	JPN 21	SPA 14	ITA 13	AUT 14	FRA 12	NED 11	IMO 11	GER 11	BRA	GBR 11	CZE 15	CAT 15	INA 12	AUS 12				14th	44
1998	250cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	SPA 12	ITA 11	FRA 11	MAD DNS	NED	GBR	GER	CZE 13	IMO 13	CAT 9	AUS Ret	ARG 9					18th	34
1999	250cc	Aprilia	MAL Ret	JPN 4	SPA 4	FRA 6	ITA 6	CAT 3	NED 7	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 10	IMO 6	VAL 2	AUS 8	RSA 10	BRA Ret	ARG Ret			8th	121
2000	250cc	Aprilia	RSA 6	MAL 13	JPN 7	SPA 10	FRA 11	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 20	GBR Ret	GER 7	CZE 7	POR 12	VAL 6	BRA 7	PAC Ret	AUS Ret			8th	96
2001	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 7	RSA 20	SPA 9	FRA 13	ITA Ret	CAT 20	NED 5	GBR 13	GER 9	CZE 14	POR 9	VAL 14	PAC 8	AUS Ret	MAL 6	BRA 10			10th	75
2002	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 10	RSA 2	SPA 4	FRA Ret	ITA 6	CAT 5	NED 9	GBR 4	GER 8	CZE Ret	POR Ret	BRA 3	PAC 7	MAL 5	AUS 7	VAL 7			6th	142
2003	250cc	Aprilia	JPN 5	RSA 3	SPA 11	FRA 18	ITA 3	CAT 6	NED 2	GBR 7	GER 5	CZE 7	POR 6	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	MAL 6	AUS 4	VAL 8			6th	148
2004	250cc	Aprilia	RSA 10	SPA Ret	FRA 8	ITA 12	CAT 10	NED 16	BRA 10	GER 9	GBR 7	CZE Ret	POR 12	JPN 9	QAT 4	MAL 6	AUS Ret	VAL 4			10th	93
2005	MotoGP	Blata	SPA 17	POR Ret	CHN Ret	FRA 17	ITA 18	CAT 19	NED 20	USA 17	GBR Ret	GER 15	CZE 20	JPN 11	MAL 16	QAT 16	AUS 15	TUR 17	VAL 16		22nd	7
2006	250cc	Aprilia	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 13	GBR 18	GER 12	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL			26th	7
2012	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER 16	ITA	USA	INP	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	NC	0

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		Pos.	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2006	Kawasaki	QAT 19	QAT 20	AUS 20	AUS 22	SPA 19	SPA 21	ITA 18	ITA 23	EUR	EUR	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	NED	NED	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	NC	0

Supersport World Championship

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

Races by year

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
2009	Yamaha	AUS	QAT	SPA	NED	ITA 11	RSA	USA	SMR	GBR	CZE	GER	ITA	FRA	POR	28th	5

External links

• Franco Battaini at MotoGP.com
• Franco Battaini at WorldSBK.com
• Franco Battaini at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)