Claudio Corti (motorcyclist)

Claudio Corti (born 25 June 1987) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Italy. He currently competes in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Claudio Corti
Corti at the 2013 British Grand Prix.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1987-06-25) 25 June 1987 (age 37) Como, Italy
Current team	Stauff Quick Connect Academy
Bike number	71
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012–2013, 2015 Manufacturers Inmotec, FTR Kawasaki, Yamaha Forward 2015 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 23 0 0 0 0 14 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2012 Manufacturers Suter, Kalex Championships 0 2012 championship position 14th (74 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 46 0 1 1 1 117 Superbike World Championship Active years 2013–2014 Manufacturers Kawasaki, MV Agusta Championships 0 2014 championship position 17th (27 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 21 0 0 0 0 38

Career

Early career

Born in Como, Corti progressed up the motorcycling ladder through the Italian 125GP Championship and by 2004, he had finished as runner-up in the Italian Supersport Championship. In 2005, Corti moved into the European Superstock 600cc Cup, run on the Superbike World Championship support package. Riding for the Trasimeno team, Corti and France's Yoann Tiberio battled for the championship title, with Corti claiming the honours by eight points. He finished his first seven races on the podium, including five victories. He also competed in the Italian Supersport, Superstock and Superbike series; he twice finished as runner-up in the championship in Superstock in 2006 and 2007, and was runner-up in Superbikes in 2008.

Superstock 1000 FIM Cup

After his championship campaign in 2005, Corti moved up into the more powerful 1000cc championship for the 2006 season with Yamaha Team Italia. Four victories was a season-high for all riders, but for Corti, these were his only trips to the podium all season, as Alessandro Polita claimed the title ahead of Corti by a margin of 20 points. Corti continued with Yamaha Team Italia in 2007, and again finished as championship runner-up, this time to Niccolò Canepa, as well as holding off Matteo Baiocco for the runner-up placing.

Corti's 2008 campaign was far from successful however, as he tumbled down the standings to end the season in eleventh place on 57 points, tying with Andrea Antonelli. But he returned to prior form in 2009, as he claimed his third runner-up placing in four seasons, riding a Suzuki for Alstare Racing.^[1] Corti won two of the first three races, but was eventually overhauled by the super-consistent placings of Xavier Simeon, who finished all ten races in the top two. Maxime Berger's retirements from three races equally helped Corti to secure second in the championship.

Moto2 World Championship

Corti at the 2010 Dutch TT.

Corti moved onto the Grand Prix bill, moving into the new-for-2010 Moto2 class.^[2] He partnered Jules Cluzel at the Forward Racing team riding Suter motorcycles.^[3] Corti was one of the few riders to finish each one of the season's 17 races, although points-scoring finishes were hard to come by due to the expansive nature of the class, with races having around 40 entries each. Corti finished 25th in the championship, with a best result of ninth in San Marino. He also claimed pole position at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone,^[4] but finished the race in 30th place.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	Moto2	Suter	Forward Racing	17	0	0	1	0	20	25th
2011	Moto2	Suter	Italtrans Racing Team	16	0	0	0	0	23	25th
2012	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	13	0	1	0	1	74	14th
	MotoGP	Inmotec	Avintia Blusens	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	MotoGP	FTR Kawasaki	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	18	0	0	0	0	14	19th
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	Forward Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				69	0	1	1	1	131

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2010–2012	2010 Qatar	2012 France		46	0	1	1	1	117	0
MotoGP	2012–2013, 2015	2012 Valencia			23	0	0	0	0	14	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2010	Moto2	Suter	QAT 20	SPA 18	FRA 15	ITA 22	GBR 30	NED 17	CAT 22	GER 22	CZE 26	INP 13	RSM 9	ARA 11	JPN 14	MAL 15	AUS 15	POR 19	VAL 19		25th	20
2011	Moto2	Suter	QAT 21	SPA 21	POR 11	FRA 22	CAT 17	GBR Ret	NED 15	ITA 23	GER 15	CZE 14	INP 22	RSM 18	ARA 19	JPN	AUS 4	MAL Ret	VAL 15		25th	23
2012	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 16	SPA 6	POR 14	FRA 2	CAT 13	GBR 6	NED 16	GER 9	ITA 9		INP 10	CZE Ret	RSM 14	ARA 9	JPN	MAL	AUS		14th	74
	MotoGP	Inmotec										USA								VAL Ret	NC	0
2013	MotoGP	FTR Kawasaki	QAT 16	AME 19	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 12	NED 18	GER 15	USA Ret	INP 14	CZE Ret	GBR 17	RSM 16	ARA 15	MAL 13	AUS 17	JPN 20	VAL 13	19th	14
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER Ret	INP	CZE 20	GBR 18	RSM 20	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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
2012	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR	EUR	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	RUS	RUS	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA 9	FRA 12	24th	11
2014	MV Agusta	AUS 13	AUS 18	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	NED 14	NED Ret	ITA 18	ITA Ret	GBR 15	GBR 12	MAL Ret	MAL DNS	SMR 13	SMR 17	POR DNS	POR DNS	USA	USA	SPA 15	SPA Ret	FRA 13	FRA 8	QAT Ret	QAT 14					17th	27

References

1. Christner, Brian (8 December 2008). "Suzuki Alstare signs Claudio Corti for Superstock 2009". 2wheeltuesday.com. 2WheelTuesday. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
2. "Moto2 entry list for 2010". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
3. "Claudio Corti steps into the frame". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
4. "Corti qualifies in top spot". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

External links

• Claudio Corti at MotoGP.com
• Claudio Corti at WorldSBK.com
• Claudio Corti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural champion	European Superstock 600 Champion 2005	Succeeded by Xavier Siméon