IodaRacing Project is an Italian

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constructor and racing team based in

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. The team currently fields

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motorcycles in the Superbike World Championship with

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and with

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motorcycles in the

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with Armando Pontone. Between 2011 and 2015 IodaRacing raced in the

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, making appearances in all three classes using different chassis.

History

Background

Team principal Giampiero Sacchi had been involved in the sport since the 1980s when he was working in management and public relations. Sacchi ran his own team, Scuderia Carrizosa, from 1996 to 1998 in the 125cc and 250cc classes before working for Derbi Racing, Gilera and

between 1998 and 2010. Sacchi was also responsible for overseeing the careers of several champions including

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and

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. Sacchi launched IodaRacing Project in 2010 with intentions to enter Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2011.

MotoGP

IodaRacing entered the MotoGP class under Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) regulations in 2012. The team used its own chassis, the TR003, with an Aprilia RSV4 engine.

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was the team's rider for the season. Petrucci recorded seven points-scoring finishes across the eighteen races to finish nineteenth in the championship, with a best finish of eighth at the final round. The team switched to

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frames and BMW engines midway through the season. IodaRacing continued to use Suter-BMW machinery in

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. The team expanded to run two bikes, one for Petrucci and one for Czech rider

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. In and IodaRacing switched to

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bikes.

Moto2

IodaRacing first competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in

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in the Moto2 class.

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and

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rode for the team, with FTR chassis being used. Corsi scored two podiums during the course of the season to finish sixth in the championship, with Pasini finishing in twenty-fourth. The team continued to use the FTR chassis in 2012, downsizing to one bike for Corsi. Corsi was unable to replicate the podium results of 2011, ending the season eleventh in the points with a best finish of fifth. For 2013, IodaRacing switched to using a Suter chassis as it had done in the MotoGP class during the second half of 2012. With Corsi moving to NGM Mobile Racing, the team employed the 2011 125cc-class runner-up Johann Zarco. In

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joined the team. His best result was 7th at the

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. In

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was the team's rider. Alt failed to score points, as his best result was 19th at

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Moto3

IodaRacing competed in the 2012 Moto3 season using the Ioda TR002. Luigi Morciano and Jonas Folger began the season riding for the team, with Folger recording a best result of eleventh in

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. However, this would prove to be the team's only points-scoring finish during the season. Folger left the team before the Indianapolis round, replaced by Armando Pontone. The team finished eighth in the Manufacturers' championship with 5 points.

Models

IodaRacing Project has produced the following motorcycles for use in Grand Prix racing: MotoGP * TR003 Moto3 * TR001 (prototype) * TR002 * TR004

Results

MotoGP results

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)

References

External links

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