Marco Melandri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marco Melandri
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Aug 7, 1982(1982-08-07)
Age	42
Birthplace	Ravenna
Country	Italy
Birth City	Emilia-Romagna
Horoscope	Leo

Marco Melandri Biography

Marco Melandri is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on August 7, 1982 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was the 2002 250cc World Champion on a motorcycle road racer.

In 2000, he joined the 250cc ranks and replaced Valentino Rosi for Aprilia.

After impressing in Italian and European championship in 1997, Melandri finally got his chance to compete in 1998 125cc world championship as a regular. He rode Honda 125cc bike under Benetton Honda Team. He went on to impress many as he earned his first podium in the fourth race of the season, where he finished second in his home Grand Prix at Mugello, Italy. His brilliant debut season continued when he won his first grand prix at Assen TT, Netherlands. He won this race at the age of 15 years and 324 days which made him the youngest ever Grand Prix winner, at the time. Overall, he won two Grand Prix in his debut season and therefore he finished the season at 3rd position in overall standings behind champion Kazuto Sakata and runner-up Tomomi Manako.

In 1997, Melandri won the Italian 125cc championship, also finishing 4th in European 125cc championship. In addition to his European success, he made his debut in 125cc world championship at Brno, Czech Republic as a wild card rider.

He was born in Ravenna (Italy).

Marco Melandri Net Worth

Marco Melandri is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marco Melandri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was six years old, he began racing minibikes.

He began racing in the Superbike World Championship in 2011.

Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian former motorcycle road racer. In his last competitive season he rode in the Superbike World Championship for Italy-based GRT team using Yamaha R1 machines with teammate Sandro Cortese. In July 2019, Melandri announced his intended retirement at the end of the season.

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2002 proved to be Melandri’s chance to shine. With 2001 champion and runner- up, Kato and Harada moved to MotoGP class, he became the strongest contender for the championship. He dominated the season by collecting 9 wins and 3 additional podiums. After challenging for world championship for years, he finally won the 250cc world title. He became the youngest 250cc world champion at the age of 20 years and 74 days until Dani Pedrosa broke his record in 2004.

Facts & Trivia

Marco Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Marco Melandri celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.

Released from his Yamaha contract after the 2004 season, Melandri was the surprise choice of boss Fausto Gresini to join Sete Gibernau in the Movistar Honda team for the 2005 MotoGP campaign. Melandri was successful with Movistar Honda in 2005, with a consistent run of podium finishes early in the season, ultimately taking his first two wins in the final two races of 2005 to clinch second place in the championship. In doing so, he was the first Honda rider to win back-to-back races for nearly two years, winning the final two rounds of the MotoGP Championship at Istanbul and in Valencia. Although he never really challenged his best friend Valentino Rossi for the title, he finished the season strongly as runner-up, with a total of two wins and five other podiums.