Simone Corsi
Simone Corsi is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Career
Corsi was born in Rome.125cc World Championship
His first World Championship race was in 2002 at Mugello, in the 125cc class. Since the following year he has competed regularly in the world championship level.In 2003, he achieved two 9th places and finished 19th in the final standings. In the following year he improved and ended 13th in the final standings while his team-mate, Andrea Dovizioso, won the championship. In 2005 they both moved to 250cc, but were now riding different bikes.
250cc World Championship
Corsi had a good first half of the year as he finished in the points in seven of the eight races. However, in the second half he finished in the points only once.Return to 125cc World Championship
He returned to the 125cc class for 2006. Two fourth places and other lesser placings gave him 12th spot in the championship. But as five riders ahead of him moved to 250cc class, his 2007 looked promising.He won the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul, but apart from that, achieved only one podium and finished in 6th place.
For 2008 he received a factory spec Aprilia RSA 125 and he was a title favourite for the year. He ultimately lost out to the Derbi of Mike Di Meglio.
For 2009, it had been speculated that Corsi would ride for the Scot Honda team in 250's, but he continued in 125s with Aprilia.
Moto2 World Championship
In 2010, Corsi stepped up to the new intermediate Moto2 class, for Team JiR. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the French round at Le Mans, moving into third place in the championship standings. He added another podium at Mugello, but a crash at the Sachsenring dented his championship hopes.In 2016, Corsi will join with Speed Up replacing Sam Lowes.
Corsi has been involved in several collisions over the past few years, and has been a frequent visitor to Race Direction. In Mugello 2015, he was involved in a collision with Sam Lowes, in which Corsi turned in on Lowes, causing himself to crash. He did this also to Tito Rabat in Qatar the same year.
In Austin 2016, he tried overtaking Takaaki Nakagami in the first corner with 5 laps to go, in which Corsi went up the inside of Nakagami when there was no room, causing Nakagami to crash. He was placed under investigation by Race Direction but it was subsequently deemed a racing incident. He did it again to Nakagami in Brno that year, but this time receiving a ride-through penalty for dangerous riding.
In Catalunya 2016, he was investigated after making contact with Lorenzo Baldassari in a chicane, but it was deemed a racing incident.
In Jerez 2017, he was involved in a collision with Nakagami and Xavi Vierge, when Corsi tried to overtake too many riders and lost the front, taking them out.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
* Season still in progress.By class
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
| 125cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA 22 | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR | BRA | PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | NC | 0 | ||||
| 125cc | Honda | JPN 12 | RSA 14 | SPA 21 | FRA 14 | ITA 12 | CAT 15 | NED 12 | GBR Ret | GER 9 | CZE Ret | POR 9 | BRA 22 | PAC 15 | MAL | AUS | VAL Ret | 19th | 32 | ||||
| 125cc | Honda | RSA 14 | SPA 12 | FRA 15 | ITA 11 | CAT Ret | NED 18 | BRA 13 | GER 12 | GBR 5 | CZE 9 | POR Ret | JPN 3 | QAT Ret | MAL Ret | AUS 16 | VAL 8 | 13th | 61 | ||||
| 250cc | Aprilia | SPA 9 | POR 17 | CHN 8 | FRA 11 | ITA 9 | CAT 5 | NED 10 | GBR 6 | GER Ret | CZE Ret | JPN 11 | MAL Ret | QAT 17 | AUS 16 | TUR Ret | VAL Ret | 14th | 59 | ||||
| 125cc | Gilera | SPA 11 | QAT 9 | TUR 4 | CHN 10 | FRA 10 | ITA 10 | CAT Ret | NED 4 | GBR 13 | GER 5 | CZE 15 | MAL 15 | AUS DNS | JPN DNQ | POR 9 | VAL 19 | 12th | 79 | ||||
| 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 5 | SPA Ret | TUR 1 | CHN 5 | FRA 8 | ITA 3 | CAT 7 | GBR 10 | NED 5 | GER 4 | CZE 7 | RSM Ret | POR 4 | JPN 6 | AUS 4 | MAL 7 | VAL 12 | 7th | 168 | |||
| 2008 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 7 | SPA 1 | POR 1 | CHN Ret | FRA 13 | ITA 1 | CAT 5 | GBR 5 | NED 3 | GER 5 | CZE 10 | RSM 3 | IND 7 | JPN 7 | AUS 8 | MAL 3 | VAL 1 | 2nd | 225 | ||
| 2009 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 14 | JPN 15 | SPA 14 | FRA Ret | ITA 18 | CAT 16 | NED 8 | GER Ret | GBR 2 | CZE Ret | IND 3 | RSM 7 | POR Ret | AUS 5 | MAL Ret | VAL 4 | 11th | 81 | |||
| 2010 | Moto2 | Motobi | QAT 8 | SPA 5 | FRA 3 | ITA 3 | GBR Ret | NED 12 | CAT 6 | GER Ret | CZE 8 | IND 5 | RSM 4 | ARA 5 | JPN 11 | MAL 10 | AUS 8 | POR 14 | VAL 7 | 5th | 138 | ||
| 2011 | Moto2 | FTR | QAT 6 | SPA 3 | POR 5 | FRA 7 | CAT 4 | GBR 10 | NED 14 | ITA 7 | GER 8 | CZE 9 | IND 14 | RSM 10 | ARA 3 | JPN 5 | AUS 15 | MAL Ret | VAL Ret | 6th | 127 | ||
| Moto2 | FTR | QAT 8 | SPA 17 | POR Ret | FRA Ret | CAT 5 | GBR 5 | NED Ret | GER 6 | ITA 18 | IND 8 | CZE 5 | RSM Ret | ARA 7 | JPN 6 | MAL 22 | AUS 6 | VAL 17 | 11th | 88 | |||
| Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT 7 | AME 15 | SPA 13 | FRA 11 | ITA 7 | CAT 10 | NED Ret | GER 2 | IND 6 | CZE 9 | GBR 9 | RSM Ret | ARA Ret | MAL 11 | AUS 4 | JPN Ret | VAL 4 | 11th | 108 | |||
| 2014 | Moto2 | Forward KLX | QAT 5 | AME 5 | ARG 5 | SPA Ret | 7th | 100 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | FRA 2 | ITA 4 | CAT Ret | NED 13 | GER 3 | IND 5 | CZE 12 | GBR Ret | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 7th | 100 | |||||
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT Ret | AME 11 | ARG Ret | SPA 8 | FRA 18 | ITA Ret | CAT 13 | NED 10 | GER 4 | IND | CZE 11 | GBR Ret | RSM 4 | ARA 9 | JPN 7 | AUS 13 | MAL 9 | VAL 9 | 12th | 86 | |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT 3 | ARG 20 | AME 6 | SPA Ret | FRA 2 | ITA 12 | CAT Ret | NED 7 | GER Ret | AUT Ret | CZE 19 | GBR 8 | RSM Ret | ARA 9 | JPN 6 | AUS 7 | MAL 11 | VAL 11 | 10th | 103 | |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT 17 | ARG 6 | AME 7 | SPA Ret | FRA 8 | ITA 8 | CAT 11 | NED Ret | GER 4 | CZE 6 | AUT 11 | GBR 6 | RSM 7 | ARA 7 | JPN Ret | AUS 7 | MAL 11 | VAL 9 | 9th | 117 | |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 14 | ARG 23 | AME 12 | SPA 12 | FRA 14 | ITA 10 | CAT 12 | NED 15 | GER 8 | CZE 15 | AUT Ret | GBR C | RSM 11 | ARA 12 | THA 10 | JPN Ret | AUS 19 | MAL 16 | VAL 10 | 14th | 53 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 19 | ARG Ret | AME 8 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT 14 | NED Ret | GER 21 | CZE | AUT | GBR | 24th | 10 | |||||||
| 2019 | Moto2 | NTS | RSM 19 | ARA 21 | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 24th | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Moto2 | MV Agusta | QAT 21 | SPA | AND | CZE | AUT | STY | RSM | EMI | CAT | FRA | ARA | TER | EUR | VAL | THA | MAL | ARG | 21st* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.