Andrea Dovizioso (born March 23, 1986 in Forlì) is Italian motorcyclist. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Forlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forlì and of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, at the nearby comune of Predappio. ...

Career

2001

Won 125cc European championship. Competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired.

2002

First full season in 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda. Finished 16th in final standings. Best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington.

2003

Continued with Team Scot. Two 2nd places (Welkom, Donington) and two 3rd placed (Le Mans, Motegi) helped him to get 5th in final standings.

2004

Continued with Team Scot. Won five races (Welkom, Le Mans, Donington, Motegi, Phillip Island), finished 2nd five times and 3rd once. Dovizioso won the championship with 293 points.

2005

Moved to 250cc, still with Team Scot. Season included two 2nd places and three 3rd places and 3rd place in overall standings. Dovizioso won also Rookie of the Year award.

2006

Second season in the 250cc class with the same team, now renamed as Humangest Racing. Won two races (Barcelona, Estoril) and finished on the podium 11 times. Fought for the championship until final race of the season, but had to settle for 2nd place behind Jorge Lorenzo. Jorge Lorenzo (born 4 May 1987 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently runs in 250cc in the Motorcycle World Championship for the Fortuna Aprilia team. ...

2007

Continuing with Humangest Racing. Took his first victory of the season at Istanbul, ranked 2nd in the World Championship after three races.