Romano Fenati
Italian motorcycle racer (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Romano Fenati (born 15 January 1996) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who most recently competed in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship. He raced for the early part of the 2022 season in Moto2, before being sacked by principal Luca Boscoscuro. In September 2022, Fenati signed with Snipers Team to race for the team in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship.[1]
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28) Ascoli Piceno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Rivacold Snipers Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fenati's career was marred with controversy. On 12 September 2018 he announced his retirement from motorcycle competition after being sacked two days earlier by his team Marinelli Snipers for dangerous riding.[2] In addition to an earlier two-race ban imposed, Fenati's racing licence was later revoked for the remainder of the 2018 season.[3] On 13 November 2018, it was announced that Fenati would return to race in the 2019 Moto3 class.[4] He was included on the provisional 2019 Moto3 entry list released on 16 November 2018, again with the Marinelli Snipers team.[5]
In spite of never winning a Moto3 world championship, Fenati currently holds the most wins in the class with over 13 victories out of 29 podiums.
He was European 125 cc Champion in 2011,[6] championship runner-up of the Italian 125GP series, and also competed in the Spanish 125GP series.