Romano Fenati

Romano Fenati 2013

Romano Fenati (born January 15, 1996 in Ascoli Piceno ) is an Italian motorcycle racer .

Career

Fenati started racing a pocket bike in 2003 at the age of seven . In 2010 he made his debut in the Italian 125 cc class and reached thirteenth place overall in his first season. A year later he became European champion in the 125 cc class.

Motorcycle world championship

Moto3 class

In 2012 Fenati entered the Moto3 class of the motorcycle world championship. He drove the team Italia FMI on a FTR - Honda . His first win was the second race of the season in Spain at the Circuito de Jerez . At the end of the season he finished sixth overall with four podium finishes.

He competed in the 2013 season for the San Carlo Team Italia team , also with a Honda. The season was less successful, his best finish was fifth at the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi . He finished the season in tenth place overall.

Romano Fenati in Le Mans for the 2014 Motorcycle World Championship

In 2014 he switched to Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing Team by VR46 , where he rode a KTM alongside Francesco Bagnaia . With four wins and two second places, Fenati finished fifth overall.

Fenati was also in 2015 when Sky Racing Team by VR46 , he got with Andrea Migno a new teammates. At the Japanese Grand Prix he achieved his first pole position in the Moto3 class. With a win in France and a total of three podium finishes, he finished fourth overall at the end of the season.

Fenati also drove for Valentino Rossi's team in 2016 . In addition to his team-mate Migno from last year, Nicolò Bulega also started there this season . After Fenati, according to his team, repeatedly failed to behave according to the team's disciplinary rules, he was suspended after qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix . Up until this incident, his former team, Sky Racing Team by VR46, had planned to allow Fenati to compete in the Moto2 class from 2017 . In his place, his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia rose from the Moto3 class.

Fenati himself drove again in Moto3 in 2017. He signed with Team Marinelli Rivacold Snipers and drove a Honda there.

In 2019 Fenati got a place in the Marinelli-Snipers team in the Moto3 class and won the Austrian Grand Prix in the same .

In 2020 the Italian moved to Max Biaggi's Sterilgarda Max Racing Team . He will take it to the start on a Husqvarna . His team mate is the Spaniard Alonso López .

Moto2 class

In 2018 Fenati switched to the Moto2 class. At the 2018 San Marino Grand Prix , Fenati grabbed the handlebars of his competitor Stefano Manzi during the race at a speed of 217 km / h and pressed the front brake lever. For this he was disqualified for the race and later banned for two races. Well-known racing drivers like Cal Crutchlow and Pol Espargaró had demanded far tougher penalties. His team Marinelli Snipers Moto2 announced him shortly afterwards. The recently signed Moto2 contract between Romano Fenati and the Forward Racing Team for the 2019 season was also terminated at the instigation of motorcycle supplier MV Agusta . On September 11, 2018, Fenati announced his preliminary retirement. He is currently threatened with investigations into attempted murder by the Italian public prosecutor.

statistics

In the motorcycle world championship

(Status: GP of the Czech Republic, 2020)

season	class	team	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
2012	Moto3	Team Italia FMI	FTR - Honda	17th	1	2	1	-	2	136	6th
2013	Moto3	San Carlo Team Italia	FTR Honda	17th	-	-	-	-	-	73	10.
2014	Moto3	Sky Racing Team by VR46	KTM	18th	4th	2	-	-	3	176	5.
2015	Moto3	Sky Racing Team by VR46	KTM	18th	1	-	2	1	1	176	4th
2016	Moto3	Sky Racing Team by VR46	KTM	9	1	1	-	2	2	93	10.
2017	Moto3	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	18th	3	5	-	1	3	248	2.
2018	Moto2	Marinelli Snipers Moto2	Kalex	12	-	-	-	-	-	14th	21st
2019	Moto3	Snipers team	Honda	19th	1	-	-	1	1	76	16.
2020	Moto3	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team	Husqvarna	4th	-	-	-	-	-	14th	15th
total				128	11	10	3	5	12	997

Web links

Commons : Romano Fenati  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Romano Fenati on the official website of the motorcycle world championship (English).
• Official website (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther Wiesinger: Romano Fenati: From Rossi finally dismissed. In: speedweek.com. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Günther Wiesinger: Romano Fenati drives Moto3 World Championship 2017 on an Ongetta Honda. In: speedweek.com. September 10, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Team boss confirms: Romano Fenati will drive Moto3 in 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Motorcycle scandal: a ridiculous punishment for this life-threatening action. On welt.de
5. ↑ Marinelli Sniper's team fires Fenati. On rp-online.de. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
6. ↑ Forward Racing Team terminates contract with Fenati. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
7. ↑ Motorcycle World Championship - Fenati announces resignation. In: sportschau.de. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . 
8. ^ Adrian Rehling: Romano Fenati: Public prosecutor's office investigates motorcycle pilots . In: THE WORLD . September 11, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed September 11, 2018]).