Alessandro Polita (born 3 June 1984) is an Italian
motorcycle racer
Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...
, winner of the
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The European Superstock 1000 Championship, formerly FIM Superstock 1000 Cup or Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, was a supporting class to the Superbike World Championship.
Overview
The series was introduced in 1999 as a European championship and in Octob ...
in
2006
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His sister, Alessia Polita, also ran as a professional rider, until an accident caused paralysis of the lower limbs.
Career
In 2006 he won the World Cup Superstock 1000 with a Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 Celani with the Suzuki Italian team. In 2007 he debuted in the World Superbike championship with the same team. That season, where Polita reported some injuries, he rode his Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 to eight World Championship points, earned him 24th place overall.
In 2008 he joined team Sterilgarda Go Eleven for racing with a Ducati 1098 in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup. He ended the season in third place. He won the Grand Prix of San Marino at Misano Adriatico.
In 2009 he returned to World Superbike with the Sterilgarda team, but the economic crisis some sponsors to withdraw, forcing the team from Brescia to play in the season with only
Shane Byrne.
After a few weeks, however Polita moved over to the World Supersport Championship riding the Suzuki GSX-R600 for the Hoegee Suzuki team. On 13 June 2009, following the withdrawal by team Hoegee due to economic problems he was again left without a ride.
On July 4, 2009, he inked an agreement with the Celani Race team to participate in the World Superbike, replacing
Karl Muggeridge
Karl Muggeridge born 20 April 1974 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia is a former professional motorcycle racer. He is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca. He won the Supersport World Championship in , and then raced in Super ...
from the San Marino Grand Prix.
In 2010 he participated in the Italian Superbike Championship with a Ducati 1098 Team, Barni Racing . He won the title with a race before the end of the season, winning two races and standing on the podium in all the races on the calendar, surpassing the 41 points of his teammate Stefano Cruciani.
In 2011 he repeated his participation in the Italian Speed Championship with Team Barni Ducati and in some of the World Superbike races as a wild card .
He debuted at the Tourist Trophy for the 2016 edition, reaching 47ยบ in the category Superbike race and 40th in the Superstock.
Since the end of 2018 he started racing in the IDM Superbike 1000 in a Honda CBR 1000 RR for the team Holzhauer Racing Promotion. He managed only one third place, in the
Most race 1. He managed to score 152 points at the end of that season. He is still scheduled to race for the team at the 2020 season.
References
External links
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Profile on WorldSBK.com
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1984 births
Living people
People from Iesi
Superbike World Championship riders
Supersport World Championship riders
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup riders
Italian motorcycle racers
British Superbike Championship riders
Sportspeople from the Province of Ancona