MotoGP - Marco Melandri
08/07/2007 (update : 07/30/2008)

Date of birth : 08/07/1982
Place of birth : Ravenna (Italy)
Size : 1,68 m
Weight : 59 kg
Nickname : Macio
Marital status : single

Website : http://www.marcomelandri.it

2008 : MotoGP world championship(Ducati)
2007 : 5th MotoGP world championship(Honda)
2006 : 4th MotoGP world championship (Honda) - 3 wins
2005 : 2nd MotoGP world championship (Honda) - 2 wins
2004 : 12th MotoGP world championship (Yamaha)
2003 : 15th MotoGP world championship (Yamaha)
2002 : 250 cc world champion (Aprilia) - 9 wins, 2 poles
2001 : 3rd 250 cc world championship (Aprilia) - 1 win
2000 : 5th 250 cc world championship (Aprilia) - 1 pole
1999 : 2nd 125 cc world championship (Honda) - 5 wins, 3 poles
1998 : 3rd 125 cc world championship (Honda) - 2 wins, 3 poles

Only 25 years old, Marco Melandri already takes part in his eleventh GP season. Quickly compared to his friend Valentino Rossi, he didn’t known the same success. In 125 cc, he failed twice to clinch the title (3rd in 1998 and 2nd in 1999) and had to wait for his third 250 cc campaign to be crowned (2002). It’s only in 2005, after two disappointing seasons with Yamaha, that Marco Melandri took his first MotoGP win, riding a Gresini Honda bike. Then, he entered the restricted circle of possible world champions by adding a second victory and finishing vice-champion. Three-time race winner in 2006 and 4th in the final standings, he din't earn any win in 2007. As he had placed great hopes in 2008, Marco Melandri's season on the Ducati factory bike turns into a nightmare.

2008
33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Ducati)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
April 2008

2007
33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
May 2007

2006
33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
16,8 x 22,4 "
December 2006

2004
33 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Yamaha)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16"
May 2004

2002
3 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Arilia), 250 cc World champion
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
March 2008

2001
5 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Aprilia)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
February 2006

1999
13 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
February 2006

1998
13 - Marco Melandri (ITA, Honda)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
February 2006
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