Alex de Angelis (born 26 February 1984) is a Sammarinese retired

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...

road racer.

Career

125cc World Championship

Born in

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, de Angelis made his debut at world championship level in

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in the 125 cc class; his first full season was in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, when his best results were two sixth places. He rode a total of four full seasons in the 125cc category. His best season in the 125 class came in

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when he claimed six podium finishes and finished second to

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, despite not recording any wins.

250cc World Championship

He moved to the 250cc category in

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, when he scored two podiums and was fifth overall. Next year he had four podiums and was seventh overall.

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turned out to be real breakthrough, as he finished third in the championship. He took his first victory at the season finale in

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, after 9 second and 14 third places and 8 pole-positions beforehand. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

he finished 3rd overall with 235 points and eight podiums, including four successive second places midseason. He finished on the podium at the

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every year between 2002 and 2007.

MotoGP World Championship

For

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he moved to the MotoGP class, riding for Gresini Honda. At Mugello he was fastest in the warmup, and impressed on race day to finish 4th. He also came fourth at the Sachsenring, and consistently scored minor points for the rest of the season. He stayed at Gresini for

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after an impressive rookie year. However, he left the team for

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as he and his teammate

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were replaced with

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and

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. Instead, he signed a deal to partner

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at Team Scot in the first season of the new Moto2 class.

Return to Moto2

After replacing the injured

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for three races in MotoGP, de Angelis returned to Moto2 at the

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in Misano. During this race he was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider

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. After Tomizawa fell from his bike on the twelfth lap of the race, he was immediately hit by de Angelis and Scott Redding, who were unable to avoid him. De Angelis avoided major injury and was able to walk away from the accident.

Return to MotoGP

De Angelis moved back to the premier class to replace

Colin Edwards Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", is an American former professional Motorcycle sport, motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season. He is a two-time List of Superbike World champions, Wo ...

in the Forward team midway through the 2014 season from the

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round onwards when Edwards retired from MotoGP racing. For the 2015 season, de Angelis replaced Danilo Petrucci at the Octo IodaRacing Team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

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

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelis, Alex De 1984 births Living people Sammarinese motorcycle racers Italian motorcycle racers Italian people of Sammarinese descent Pramac Racing MotoGP riders 250cc World Championship riders 125cc World Championship riders Moto2 World Championship riders Superbike World Championship riders Motorcycle racers from Rimini Gresini Racing MotoGP riders MotoGP World Championship riders MotoE World Cup riders