RACING DRIVER

Marco Melandri

1982 - Today

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Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian retired motorcycle road racer who is a five-time premier class race winner. He is the 2002 250 cc World Champion and runner-up in 125 cc, MotoGP and Superbike World Championship. He competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2010 and then a brief return with Aprilia in 2015. Melandri's best years in MotoGP came in 2005 and 2006 with these two seasons being the only seasons he won races in MotoGP, the same as title rival Nicky Hayden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marco Melandri is the 851st most popular racing driver (down from 810th in 2019), the 4,429th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,377th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Marco Melandri ranks 851 out of 1,080Before him are Pascal Wehrlein, Roberta Cowell, Rodger Ward, Henning Solberg, Travis Pastrana, and Duke Nalon. After him are Ryan Newman, Mike Thackwell, Tiff Needell, Fred Wacker, Scott Dixon, and Mathias Lauda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Marco Melandri ranks 374Before him are Nádson Rodrigues de Souza, Lynndie England, Mai Kuraki, Boubacar Sanogo, Jordi Codina, and Yaya DaCosta. After him are Sean Faris, David Payne, José Acasuso, Andreas Görlitz, DaMarcus Beasley, and Aishwarya R. Dhanush.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Melandri ranks 4,430 out of 5,161Before him are Sergio Canavero (1964), Gianluca Mancini (1996), Pietro Fanna (1958), Lorenzo Sonego (1995), Roberto Cammarelle (1980), and Bice Vanzetta (1961). After him are Roberta Vinci (1983), Andrea Borella (1961), Andrea Gaudenzi (1973), Beniamino Vignola (1959), Miriam Leone (1985), and Matteo Politano (1993).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Marco Melandri ranks 112Before him are Claudio Langes (1960), Francesco Bagnaia (1997), Giorgio Pantano (1979), Emanuele Naspetti (1968), Rinaldo Capello (1964), and Gigi Galli (1973). After him are Enrico Bertaggia (1964), Gianmaria Bruni (1981), Franco Morbidelli (1994), Roberto Locatelli (1974), Max Papis (1969), and Alex de Angelis (1984).