Luca Cadalora

Luca Cadalora
Luca Cadalora, riding his Yamaha YZR500 at the 1989 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1963-05-17) 17 May 1963 Modena, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1984 - 2000 First race 1984 125cc Nations Grand Prix Last race 2000 500cc Czech Grand Prix First win 1986 125cc West German Grand Prix Last win 1996 500cc German Grand Prix Team(s) MBA, Garelli, Yamaha, Honda, MuZ, Modenas Championships 125cc – 1986 250cc – 1991, 1992 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 195 34 72 29 30 1932

Luca Cadalora (born 17 May 1963) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer who is the 1986 125 cc World Champion, 1991 and 1992 250 cc World Champion and 8-time Premier Class race winner. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1984 to 2000.

Racing career

Born in Modena, Emilia Romagna, Cadalora began his professional motorcycle racing career in 1984, riding an MBA in the 125cc world championship. In 1986, he won the 125cc World Championship while riding for the Garelli factory racing team. His success earned him a promotion to the 250cc class with Giacomo Agostini's Marlboro Yamaha factory racing team in 1986. In 1991, Cadalora switched to the Rothmans Honda factory racing team and won the 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto-tuned Honda NSR250. He successfully defended his title with Honda in 1992, claiming his third world championship.

In 1993 he rose to the premier 500cc division as Wayne Rainey's teammate in the Kenny Roberts-Yamaha team. In three seasons on the Roberts Yamaha, he displayed flashes of brilliance, finishing as high as second to Mick Doohan in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the 1996 season racing a Honda NSR500. Despite lacking any major sponsors, he still managed to finish the season in third place aboard the Kanemoto-Honda.

For the 1997 season, he got a contract as official Yamaha rider in the new Promotor Racing team backed by an Austrian businessman. However, after few races the team failed due to financial problems. WCM rescued the team with the help of a Red Bull sponsorship and Cadalora ended the season in sixth place. At the beginning of the 1998 season, WCM and Cadalora lost Yamaha official support. He returned to the Rainey-Yamaha works team for a few races to replace an injured Jean-Michel Bayle, then helped develop the new MuZ race bike. In 1999 he was again with MuZ. Cadalora finished his career with Kenny Roberts' Modenas team in 2000.

He retired with 34 Grand Prix victories in three different classes.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By class

Class	Season	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	1984–1986	1984 Nations	1984 Germany	1986 Germany	25	4	9	6	5	153	1
250cc	1987–1992	1987 Japan	1987 Spain	1988 Germany	87	22	39	15	19	950	2
500cc	1989, 1993–2000	1989 Great Britain	1993 Great Britain	1993 Great Britain	83	8	24	8	6	827	0
Total	1984–2000				195	34	72	29	30	1930	3

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	Pos.	Pts
1984	125cc	MBA	NAT 5	SPA Ret	GER 2	FRA 12	NED Ret	GBR 6	SWE Ret	RSM 7									8th	27
1985	125cc	MBA	SPA Ret	GER Ret	NAT Ret	AUT 30	NED 7	BEL DNS	FRA	GBR 11	SWE DNS	RSM							17th	4
1986	125cc	Garelli	SPA 4	NAT 4	GER 1	AUT 1	NED 1	BEL Ret	FRA 1	GBR 3	SWE 2	RSM 2	BWU 2						1st	122
1987	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 13	SPA 2	GER 5	NAT 11	AUT Ret	YUG DNS	NED 15	FRA 15	GBR Ret	SWE 2	CZE 5	RSM 2	POR 9	BRA 6	ARG 4		7th	63
1988	250cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	USA 6	SPA 7	EXP Ret	NAT 5	GER 1	AUT 7	NED 4	BEL 8	YUG 5	FRA 6	GBR 1	SWE Ret	CZE 3	BRA Ret		6th	136
1989	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 3	AUS 3	USA 3	SPA 1	NAT Ret	GER 11	AUT Ret	YUG Ret	NED Ret	BEL 5	FRA 11	GBR Ret	SWE 5	CZE 6	BRA 1		5th	127
	500cc	Yamaha	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR 8	SWE DNS	CZE	BRA		27th	8
1990	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 1	USA 2	SPA 2	NAT Ret	GER 10	AUT 1	YUG 4	NED Ret	BEL Ret	FRA 2	GBR 1	SWE 4	CZE 4	HUN 4	AUS 3		3rd	184
1991	250cc	Honda	JPN 1	AUS 1	USA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	GER 4	AUT 5	EUR 1	NED 2	FRA 5	GBR 1	RSM 1	CZE 3	VDM 3	MAL 1		1st	237
1992	250cc	Honda	JPN 1	AUS 1	MAL 1	SPA 4	ITA 1	EUR 1	GER 4	NED 2	HUN 1	FRA 3	GBR 4	BRA 1	RSA 6				1st	203
1993	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 8	MAL DNS	JPN Ret	SPA 5	AUT 5	GER 8	NED 7	EUR 15	RSM 5	GBR 1	CZE 2	ITA 1	USA 3	FIM Ret			5th	145
1994	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 2	MAL 4	JPN 4	SPA Ret	AUT 22	GER DNS	NED 9	ITA 2	FRA 7	GBR 3	CZE 3	USA 1	ARG 6	EUR 1			2nd	174
1995	500cc	Yamaha	AUS 4	MAL Ret	JPN 4	SPA 2	GER 2	ITA 12	NED 7	FRA 2	GBR 5	CZE 1	BRA 1	ARG 3	EUR Ret				3rd	176
1996	500cc	Honda	MAL 1	INA 6	JPN Ret	SPA 2	ITA 3	FRA 6	NED Ret	GER 1	GBR 9	AUT 4	CZE Ret	IMO 6	CAT 4	BRA 6	AUS 7		3rd	168
1997	500cc	Yamaha	MAL 4	JPN 11	SPA 11	ITA 2	AUT 3	FRA Ret	NED Ret	IMO 6	GER Ret	BRA 3	GBR 5	CZE 2	CAT 4	INA Ret	AUS Ret		6th	129
1998	500cc	Yamaha	JPN	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA 6	MAD Ret											22nd	10
		Suzuki							NED Ret	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS
		MuZ														ARG Ret
1999	500cc	MuZ Weber	MAL Ret	JPN	SPA 8	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR	GER Ret	CZE DNS	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	BRA	ARG	20th	14
2000	500cc	Modenas	RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER 14	CZE 15	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC	AUS	27th	3
Source:

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		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
2000	Ducati	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN	JPN	GBR Ret	GBR 17	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER	GER	GBR	GBR	NC	0