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Italian motorcycle racer
Roberto Rolfo
Rolfo in 2005.
NationalityItalian
Born (1980-03-23) 23 March 1980 (age 44)
Turin, Italy
Current teamGrillini Racing Team
Bike number44
Websiterobyrolfo.eu
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2005, 2012
ManufacturersDucati, ART
Championships0
2012 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
21 0 0 0 0 25
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010, 2012, 2014
ManufacturersSuter
Championships0
2014 championship position29th (2 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
30 1 2 0 0 78
250cc World Championship
Active years1996, 1998–2004
ManufacturersAprilia, TSR-Honda, Honda
Championships0
2004 championship position8th (116 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
102 3 18 0 3 896
Superbike World Championship
Active years2006–2009, 2011, 2017
ManufacturersDucati, Honda, Kawasaki
Championships0
2017 championship position33rd (4 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
105 0 0 0 0 369
Supersport World Championship
Active years2013–2017
ManufacturersMV Agusta, Kawasaki, Honda
2017 championship position12th (43 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
55 1 4 0 0 321

Roberto 'Roby' Rolfo (born 23 March 1980) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer. He had his best season in 2003, when he finished in second place in the 250cc World Championship. Rolfo competed in the MotoGP class for one year before he switched to the Superbike World Championship, where he remained up to the start of 2009.

Career

Rolfo was born in Turin, Italy.

250cc World Championship

Rolfo began competing in the Grand Prix series with a few wildcard entries in 1996. After finishing in third place in the European championship in 1997, Rolfo competed in his first full World Championship season in 1998. In his first season his best result was fifth place in Argentina, and in 1999 it was again a fifth, at Catalunya. In 2000 he finished no higher than sixth.

2001 proved to be a breakthrough year. Riding for the Safilo Aprilia team, he finished fourth in the championship, ahead of the factory Aprilias Riccardo Chiarello and Jeremy McWilliams. After scoring points in the first four races, he scored three podiums in the next four (second at Mugello and Donington Park and 3rd at Catalunya). He only failed to score points twice all season.

In 2002 he raced for the Fortuna-Honda Gresini team. He scored five second places, three of them behind countryman and champion Marco Melandri. He only failed to score points once, earning him third place overall in the world championship.

Following Fausto Gresini's decision to concentrate in MotoGP class in 2003, Rolfo switched to a team run by Daniel Amatrian, albeit main sponsor Fortuna remains. He went better both in terms of race results and championship finish. He was victorious at Sachsenring and Phillip Island en route to finishing the season in second overall. He went into the final race knowing that victory would give him the title unless Manuel Poggiali finished second, but he was down in seventh. He did beat the series' winningest rider that year, Toni Elías, into third overall however.

2004 was not a success by these standards. Rolfo won in Spain, but was not on the podium again, finishing only eighth overall.

MotoGP

After making no advance in 2004, Rolfo moved up to MotoGP for 2005, with the D'Antin Ducati team. Running year-old machinery, on Dunlop tyres which were perceived to be inferior and which the bike was not designed around, and with no teammate, decent results were always going to be hard to come by. He scored points in nine races, with a best of tenth, to finish 18th overall in the championship.

Superbike World Championship

With no ride available in MotoGP, Roberto switched to the Superbike World Championship for 2006. He raced for Caracchi Ducati team on a privateer bike. He started strongly, with a fifth place and two seventh places in the first four races, but only managed two top ten finishes (both at Monza) in the following five rounds, and ultimately finished 16th overall.

For 2007 he joined the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team, alongside 2004 champion James Toseland. Rolfo managed a career-best fourth place at Monza and Silverstone and finished 8th overall, but was overshadowed by his teammate's championship win.

He was not retained by Ten Kate Honda for 2008 and signed for Althea Honda, taking Hannspree sponsorship with him. He missed the Monza round due to injury. Axed for 2009, he scored a second-row grid position at contract time at Magny-Cours. He was also quick in the rain at Donington before a rash attempt at overtaking Leon Haslam eliminated him and took Haslam out of contention.

For 2009, he joined the new-to-WSBK Stiggy Racing Honda team, alongside Haslam, but lost the seat following the Qatar round of the season to John Hopkins.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd
1996 250cc Aprilia Team Italia 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1998 250cc TSR-Honda Scuderia Carrizosa 14 0 0 0 0 61 12th
1999 250cc Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing 13 0 0 0 0 62 14th
2000 250cc TSR-Honda Tino Villa Racing 4 0 0 0 0 26 16th
Aprilia Racing Factory 6 0 0 0 0
2001 250cc Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race 16 0 4 0 0 177 4th
2002 250cc Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini 16 0 7 0 2 219 3rd
2003 250cc Honda Fortuna Honda 16 2 6 0 0 235 2nd
2004 250cc Honda Fortuna Honda 15 1 1 0 1 116 8th
2005 MotoGP Ducati Team d’Antin Pramac 17 0 0 0 0 25 18th
2010 Moto2 Suter Italtrans S.T.R. 17 1 2 0 0 75 14th
2012 Moto2 Suter Technomag-CIP 11 0 0 0 0 1 30th
MotoGP ART Speed Master 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto2 Suter Tasca Racing Moto2 2 0 0 0 0 2 29th
Total 153 4 20 0 3 999

By class

Class Season 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
250cc 1996, 1998–2004 1996 Italy 2001 Italy 2003 Germany 102 3 18 0 3 896 0
Moto2 2010, 2012, 2014 2010 Qatar 2010 Germany 2010 Malaysia 30 1 2 0 0 78 0
MotoGP 2005, 2012 2005 Qatar 21 0 0 0 0 25 0
Total 1996, 1998–2005, 2010, 2012, 2014 153 4 20 0 3 999 0

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
27 		FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO
22 		CAT BRA AUS NC 0
1998 250cc TSR-Honda JPN
Ret 		MAL
12 		SPA
13 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
14 		MAD
10 		NED
10 		GBR
12 		GER
11 		CZE
15 		IMO
8 		CAT
8 		AUS
13 		ARG
5 		12th 61
1999 250cc Aprilia MAL
10 		JPN
12 		SPA
9 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
5 		NED
Ret 		GBR GER
12 		CZE
11 		IMO
10 		VAL
13 		AUS
DNS 		RSA BRA
9 		ARG
7 		14th 62
2000 250cc TSR-Honda RSA
15 		MAL
14 		JPN
Ret 		SPA
19 		FRA ITA 16th 26
Aprilia CAT
Ret 		NED
9 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		CZE POR VAL BRA PAC
Ret 		AUS
10
2001 250cc Aprilia JPN
5 		RSA
8 		SPA
7 		FRA
9 		ITA
2 		CAT
3 		NED
Ret 		GBR
2 		GER
4 		CZE
5 		POR
4 		VAL
8 		PAC
5 		AUS
3 		MAL
10 		BRA
8 		4th 177
2002 250cc Honda JPN
8 		RSA
4 		SPA
2 		FRA
5 		ITA
8 		CAT
2 		NED
3 		GBR
5 		GER
2 		CZE
Ret 		POR
4 		BRA
2 		PAC
6 		MAL
3 		AUS
4 		VAL
2 		3rd 219
2003 250cc Honda JPN
7 		RSA
5 		SPA
2 		FRA
3 		ITA
4 		CAT
9 		NED
6 		GBR
5 		GER
1 		CZE
4 		POR
4 		BRA
2 		PAC
2 		MAL
4 		AUS
1 		VAL
7 		2nd 235
2004 250cc Honda RSA
9 		SPA
1 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
7 		CAT
Ret 		NED
9 		BRA
7 		GER
6 		GBR
DNS 		CZE
6 		POR
10 		JPN
7 		QAT
7 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
10 		VAL
7 		8th 116
2005 MotoGP Ducati SPA
15 		POR
13 		CHN
16 		FRA
15 		ITA
17 		CAT
14 		NED
18 		USA
Ret 		GBR
10 		GER
14 		CZE
17 		JPN
Ret 		MAL
13 		QAT
12 		AUS
13 		TUR
16 		VAL
Ret 		18th 25
2010 Moto2 Suter QAT
5 		SPA
12 		FRA
10 		ITA
18 		GBR
24 		NED
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		GER
3 		CZE
Ret 		INP
25 		RSM
10 		ARA
19 		JPN
9 		MAL
1 		AUS
26 		POR
Ret 		VAL
25 		14th 75
2012 Moto2 Suter QAT
Ret 		SPA
25 		POR
21 		FRA
15 		CAT
Ret 		GBR
16 		NED
19 		GER
20 		ITA
Ret 		INP
Ret 		CZE
19 		RSM ARA 30th 1
MotoGP ART USA JPN
16 		MAL
DSQ 		AUS
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		NC 0
2014 Moto2 Suter QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL
14 		VAL
20 		29th 2

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 13 14 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 R1 R2 R1 R2
2006 Ducati QAT
7 		QAT
13 		AUS
5 		AUS
7 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
16 		ITA
8 		ITA
10 		EUR
17 		EUR
19 		SMR
15 		SMR
15 		CZE
12 		CZE
17 		GBR
18 		GBR
18 		NED
8 		NED
12 		GER
Ret 		GER
17 		ITA
14 		ITA
15 		FRA
14 		FRA
17 		16th 69
2007 Honda QAT
7 		QAT
Ret 		AUS
11 		AUS
10 		EUR
9 		EUR
7 		SPA
10 		SPA
12 		NED
9 		NED
5 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
4 		GBR
4 		GBR
C 		SMR
5 		SMR
8 		CZE
5 		CZE
5 		GBR
6 		GBR
11 		GER
5 		GER
7 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
5 		FRA
10 		FRA
7 		8th 192
2008 Honda QAT
11 		QAT
15 		AUS
10 		AUS
16 		SPA
10 		SPA
17 		NED
22 		NED
14 		ITA ITA USA
20 		USA
16 		GER
16 		GER
17 		SMR
17 		SMR
18 		CZE
Ret 		CZE
12 		GBR
10 		GBR
14 		EUR
Ret 		EUR
13 		ITA
8 		ITA
10 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
10 		POR
12 		POR
18 		17th 59
2009 Honda AUS
13 		AUS
16 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
Ret 		SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR GBR CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 39th 3
2011 Kawasaki AUS
11 		AUS
12 		EUR
14 		EUR
15 		NED
Ret 		NED
16 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
13 		USA
17 		USA
16 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
12 		SPA
14 		SPA
13 		CZE
14 		CZE
11 		GBR
13 		GBR
Ret 		GER
14 		GER
13 		ITA
18 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
13 		FRA
Ret 		POR POR 18th 42
2017 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER POR POR FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT
13 		QAT
15 		33rd 4

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
2013 MV Agusta AUS
Ret 		SPA
9 		NED
6 		ITA
11 		GBR
3 		POR
Ret 		ITA
14 		RUS
C 		GBR
6 		GER
15 		TUR
5 		FRA
Ret 		SPA
3 		6th 78
2014 Kawasaki AUS
11 		SPA
12 		NED
6 		ITA
5 		GBR
10 		MAL
4 		ITA
10 		POR
9 		SPA
7 		FRA
3 		QAT
6 		7th 97
2015 Honda AUS
8 		THA
6 		SPA
10 		NED
5 		ITA
10 		GBR
11 		POR
8 		ITA
12 		MAL
6 		SPA
10 		FRA
11 		QAT
7 		7th 88
2016 MV Agusta AUS
9 		THA
18 		SPA
Ret 		NED
22 		ITA
14 		MAL
12 		GBR
14 		ITA
Ret 		GER
18 		FRA
16 		SPA
Ret 		QAT
Ret 		24th 15
2017 MV Agusta AUS
1 		THA
11 		SPA
6 		NED
15 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
14 		ITA
18 		GER POR 12th 43
Honda FRA
Ret 		SPA QAT
2019 Kawasaki AUS
 THA
 SPA
 NED
 ITA
 SPA
 ITA
23 		GBR
 POR
 FRA
 ARG
 QAT
 NC* 0*

 * Season still in progress.

References

  1. Roberto Rolfo career statistics at MotoGP.com
  2. "Fortuna continues to smile on Rolfo". Crash. 2002-11-26. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. "Former AMA Superbike Regular Bussei Will Now Replace Rolfo At Monza". Roadracing World. Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "Roby Rolfo". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

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