Max Biaggi

Max Biaggi
Biaggi in 2007
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1971-06-26) 26 June 1971 (age 54) Rome, Italy
Website	max-biaggi.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 1998–2005 Manufacturers Honda (1998, 2003–2005) Yamaha (1999–2002) Championships 0 2005 championship position 5th (173 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 127 13 58 23 14 1624 250cc World Championship Active years 1991–1997 Manufacturers Aprilia (1991–1992, 1994–1996) Honda (1993, 1997) Championships 4 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) 1997 championship position 1st (250 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 87 29 53 33 28 1268 Superbike World Championship Active years 2007–2012, 2015 Manufacturers Suzuki (2007) Ducati (2008) Aprilia (2009–2012, 2015) Championships 2 (2010, 2012) 2015 championship position 20th (36 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 159 21 71 5 18 2102

Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaks ˈbjaddʒi]; born 26 June 1971)^[1][2] is an Italian former professional Grand Prix and Superbike motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two riders to score championships across both disciplines.^[3]

Biaggi is a brand ambassador for Aprilia motorcycles.^[4] Between 2019 and 2022, he owned a Moto3 racing team, based in Monaco.^[5][6][7]

In 2020, Biaggi was named a FIM Road Racing Legend,^[8] followed by inductance into the MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2022.^[3]

Career

Summarised race history

Biaggi is a 13-time Premier Class race winner. He is a 4-time 250 cc World Champion, 2-time World Superbike Champion and 3-time runner-up in the Premier Class in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

After winning 4 consecutive 250 cc titles in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 Biaggi moved to the 500 cc class in 1998 and immediately finished runner-up to Mick Doohan with 2 victories with private Honda. This earned him a move to the Factory Yamaha Team in 1999. In his 4 seasons with Yamaha Biaggi collected 8 victories and finished runner-up to Valentino Rossi in 2001 and 2002. Then he moved to Camel Honda in 2003. But only managed third place in the championship in 2003 and 2004 beaten by not only Valentino Rossi but also Gresini Honda rider Sete Gibernau. A sole winless season followed in 2005 with Factory Honda Team and Biaggi was replaced by Dani Pedrosa for 2006 even though he got 4 podiums and a 5th place in the championship. This proved to be Biaggi's final season in MotoGP.

In 2007, Biaggi switched to the Superbike World Championship finishing third overall as a rookie and earned his first Superbike World Championship in 2010 becoming only the second European from outside the United Kingdom after Raymond Roche to do so.^[9] After winning a second World Superbike Championship title in 2012 at the age of 41—becoming the oldest champion in the series’ history—Biaggi retired from racing.^[10]

A consistent rider, in all of his 8 seasons with MotoGP/500 cc, Biaggi finished inside the top 5 in the championship standings and 3 times as championship runner-up in 1998, 2001 and 2002. Winning a race for 7 consecutive seasons in the Premier Class from 1998 to 2004. Biaggi's 13 wins, 58 podiums and 23 Pole Positions in the Premier Class makes him one of the most accomplished riders to not win the MotoGP World Championship.

Beginnings

As a child, Biaggi showed a greater interest in football than in motorcycling. However, in 1989, after his first motorbike experience, he began to focus on racing.^[11] He made his competitive debut at the age of eighteen in the 125cc class. In 1990, he won the Italian Sport Production Championship.^[12] Biaggi progressed to the 250cc class and entered international competition. In 1991, riding an Aprilia RS250, he won the European 250cc Championship.^[13] During the same season, he also participated in four races of the 250cc World Championship as a wildcard entrant, scoring points in the two races he completed.

Biaggi’s path to the world championship was atypical, as he entered competitive motorcycle racing relatively late and without a family background in the sport, having been raised solely by his father.^[14] By contrast, his rival Valentino Rossi was introduced to motorsport in pre-school childhood as the son of former Grand Prix rider Graziano Rossi and progressed to Grand Prix racing at a much younger age.^[15]

250cc World Championship

In 1992, Max Biaggi completed his first full season in the 250 cc Grand Prix class with Aprilia, finishing fifth overall and taking his maiden Grand Prix victory in the last race of the season held at Kyalami, South Africa. In 1993, he joined Honda and finished fourth in the championship standings, including a single race win at the European motorcycle Grand Prix held in Barcelona.

Returning to Aprilia in 1994, Biaggi dominated the 250 cc class, winning three consecutive world championships in 1994, 1995, and 1996. During this period, his black Chesterfield-liveried Aprilia became one of the most recognisable motorcycles of the 1990s Grand Prix era.^[16] For the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Biaggi made an unusual move by leaving the championship-winning Aprilia team to return to Honda, riding for Erv Kanemoto’s squad, and secured his fourth consecutive 250 cc world title.

With four titles, Biaggi became the joint most successful rider in the history of the 250 cc World Championship, sharing the record with Phil Read.^[17] Biaggi’s prolonged stay outside the premier class reflected the looser hierarchy of Grand Prix racing prior to the introduction of the MotoGP era in 2002, when long-term careers in lower categories were still considered legitimate, as exemplified by MotoGP legend Ángel Nieto, a 13-time world champion in the 50 cc and 125 cc classes.^[18][19]

Following his fourth title, Biaggi moved up to the 500 cc class.

500cc World Championship

Biaggi made an impressive start in his 500cc debut, qualifying on pole, setting the fastest lap and winning his first race in the 1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix at Suzuka, riding for the private Kanemoto Honda team. He was also victorious at the Czech Republic Grand Prix, where he almost crashed when he did a 90° wheelie.^[20] With three races remaining in the season, Max Biaggi was leading the championship when he crossed the finish line first at the 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix. During the race he was controversially given a stop-and-go penalty for an alleged yellow-flag infringement, which he did not serve, disputing the decision.^[21] Race control subsequently displayed the black flag, and Biaggi was disqualified despite finishing first.^[22]

The incident proved decisive for the title outcome, which was ultimately won by Mick Doohan on a factory Honda. Biaggi finished second overall and, following disputes over unequal machinery (Doohan’s Screamer versus Biaggi’s Big Bang),^[21] left Honda after the 1998 season to join Yamaha, then widely regarded as less competitive—a view underscored by Honda riders occupying the top five places in the final standings.

His first season with Yamaha in 1999 proved difficult, and he finished fourth overall. Progressive improvements followed, with third place in 2000, and his strongest Yamaha campaign coming in 2001, the final year of the 500 cc era. The 2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix at Brno—the 10th round of the 16-race season—proved to be a turning point in Max Biaggi’s 2001 campaign. Trailing Valentino Rossi by just ten points before the race, Biaggi crashed from the lead, and the remainder of the season was compromised by recurring front-end crashes later linked to an engine-related balance issue known to Yamaha^[23]. He ultimately finished second in the championship.

MotoGP World Championship

Biaggi with Repsol Honda in 2005

In the 2002 MotoGP World Championship, Max Biaggi competed for Yamaha during the inaugural four-stroke MotoGP season. Yamaha’s motorcycle proved significantly less competitive than Honda’s^[24] in the early part of the year, and across the first eight races Biaggi failed to secure a victory, falling 106 points behind championship leader Valentino Rossi. During this phase of the season, Yamaha’s engine operated with a reduced displacement of 942 cc.^[25] Continued development later in the year, including progression to the full 990 cc regulatory limit, resulted in a marked improvement in performance:^[25] Biaggi claimed victories at Brno and Sepang, conceding only a further 34 points over the remaining eight races. He ultimately finished the season second overall.

The difficulties encountered during the early stages of 2002 contributed to Biaggi signing with Honda’s satellite Camel Pramac Pons team for the 2003 onwards.^[26] He finished third in the championship standings in both seasons he spent in the team, securing two victories in 2003 at the Great Britain and in Pacific Grand Prix, the former following a penalty imposed on Rossi) and one in 2004. Despite fewer wins, Biaggi was considered more competitive in 2004; following his victory at Sachsenring, he trailed eventual champion Rossi by just one point at mid-season, before a crash at Estoril curtailed his title challenge.

For the 2005 MotoGP World Championship, Biaggi joined the Repsol Honda Team as a factory rider alongside Nicky Hayden, working again with technical director Erv Kanemoto. Expectations were high, but the season proved disappointing: Biaggi finished fifth overall, recording his first premier-class campaign without a race victory. With four races remaining he was second in the standings, but retirements and lower finishes cost him ground, amid increasingly strained team relations.^[27]

Biaggi lost his ride for the 2006 season, with his position filled by reigning 250 cc World Champion Dani Pedrosa. He subsequently entered negotiations with Honda,^[28] Kawasaki,^[29] and other teams,^{[30][better source needed]} but was ultimately unable to secure a contract, despite the backing of major tobacco sponsor Camel. It was reported at the time that Honda opposed Biaggi continuing in MotoGP even with a satellite team; consequently, the Honda Pons team withdrew from the championship,^[31] and Honda effectively prevented Biaggi from competing.^[32] As a result, Biaggi announced that he would not take part in the 2006 MotoGP season.

Superbike World Championship

Biaggi at WK SBK Assen 2007

After failing to secure a last-minute deal with Corona Alstare Suzuki for 2006, Max Biaggi took a sabbatical before signing with the team for the 2007 World Superbike season, replacing Troy Corser. He made an immediate impact by winning his Superbike debut at Losail, becoming the only rider to win on debut in both Superbike and 500cc Grand Prix racing. Biaggi finished the season third overall. Attempts to return to MotoGP for 2008 were blocked by a Honda veto,^[33] and he instead raced for Team Sterilgarda/Go Eleven on a satellite Ducati [1], finishing seventh without a single win.

Biaggi joined the returning factory Aprilia team in 2009, a season focused primarily on development of the RSV4, which he finished fourth overall.

Biaggi riding the RSV4 in 2011

The breakthrough came in 2010, when Biaggi claimed Aprilia’s and Italy’s first Superbike World Championship title.^[34] In 2011, he remained a title contender despite limited wins, but a foot injury caused him to miss two rounds^[35] and he finished third. He reclaimed the championship in 2012 by a narrow margin over Tom Sykes, after which he retired from full-time competition.^[36]

Following his retirement, Biaggi completed a MotoGP test with Ducati in 2013^[37] and made a brief competitive return in 2015 as a wildcard for Aprilia, securing a podium finish and becoming the oldest rider to stand on a Superbike World Championship podium.^[38]

Personal life and rivalries

Biaggi is known as the 'Roman Emperor' and 'Mad Max' and is notorious for his difficult relationships with the press, team personnel and other riders.^{[39][40][41][42]}

Biaggi’s combative personality was evident in his rivalry with Mick Doohan during the 1998 500cc season. As a leading title contender, Biaggi engaged in a series of public disputes with the reigning champion, particularly around the controversial Catalan Grand Prix, where tensions escalated following Biaggi’s penalty and subsequent disqualification.^[22] Doohan openly criticised Biaggi in the media, questioning both his attitude and achievements, while Biaggi accused Doohan of benefiting from superior factory machinery.^[43] The episode intensified personal animosity between the two and underscored the fractious nature of Biaggi’s relationships with fellow riders.

Max Biaggi is also widely known for his intense rivalry with Valentino Rossi. Between 2000 and 2005, when the two regularly competed against each other, Biaggi finished behind Rossi in the championship standings in every season, a statistic frequently cited in assessments of their rivalry.^[44]

However, this period was also marked by significant contextual differences in machinery and team status. During the 500 cc era, Yamaha was generally regarded as less competitive than Honda, with the disparity being particularly pronounced in 2002.^[45] In 2003, Biaggi competed on a satellite Honda, while Rossi rode the factory-supported machine. In 2004, Rossi made a high-profile move from Honda to Yamaha and won the championship, an achievement widely interpreted as confirming his superiority. However, it has also been noted that Rossi transferred key personnel from Honda to Yamaha, including crew chief Jeremy Burgess, strengthening Yamaha’s programme while simultaneously weakening Honda’s.^[46]

Moreover, Biaggi remained on a satellite team throughout this period, switching to a factory Honda only in 2005, by which time he was already 34 years old. In the MotoGP era, championship success beyond the age of 30 has been extremely rare. Apart from Rossi, who won his final premier-class title at the age of 30 in 2009, only Marc Márquez has managed to win a MotoGP championship after turning 30, doing so at the age of 32.^[47]

Despite this, their rivalry produced several highly memorable on-track battles, including clashes at the Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix and the Dutch TT in 2001, a closely fought race at Phillip Island the same year, and later encounters at Welkom and Sachsenring in 2004, as well as at Mugello Circuit in 2005.

During his rivalry with Valentino Rossi, Biaggi was frequently subjected to harsh and often partisan media coverage, particularly in the Italian press. Television interviews and post-race commentary regularly adopted a confrontational tone towards him, while comparable performances by favoured riders were framed more leniently. In retrospect, this treatment has been widely criticised as narrative-driven and unbalanced.^[48]

Biaggi was engaged to Miss Italia 2002 winner and TV personality Eleonora Pedron; together they have a daughter and a son.^[49] They split in September 2015.^[50]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

All stats according to MotoGP.com^[51]

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
1991	250cc	Aprilia RSV250		4	0	0	0	0	7	27th
1992	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Telkor Valesi Racing	12	1	5	4	1	78	5th
1993	250cc	Honda NSR250	Rothmans Kanemoto	14	1	5	2	1	142	4th
1994	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Chesterfield Aprilia	14	5	10	7	8	234	1st
1995	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Chesterfield Aprilia	13	8	12	9	7	283	1st
1996	250cc	Aprilia RSV250	Chesterfield Aprilia	15	9	11	8	9	274	1st
1997	250cc	Honda NSR250	Marlboro Kanemoto	15	5	10	3	2	250	1st
1998	500cc	Honda NSR500	Marlboro Kanemoto	14	2	8	2	2	208	2nd
1999	500cc	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha	16	1	7	1	1	194	4th
2000	500cc	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha	16	2	4	5	3	170	3rd
2001	500cc	Yamaha YZR500	Marlboro Yamaha	16	3	9	7	2	219	2nd
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Marlboro Yamaha	16	2	8	4	1	215	2nd
2003	MotoGP	Honda RC211V	Camel Pramac Pons	16	2	9	3	1	228	3rd
2004	MotoGP	Honda RC211V	Camel Honda	16	1	9	1	3	217	3rd
2005	MotoGP	Honda RC211V	Repsol Honda	17	0	4	0	1	173	5th
Total				214	42	111	56	42	2892

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
1991	250cc	Aprilia	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	ITA	GER	AUT	EUR Ret	NED	FRA 13	GBR Ret	RSM 12	CZE	VDM	MAL			27th	7
1992	250cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	AUS 8	MAL Ret	SPA 10	ITA 3	EUR 3	GER 2	NED Ret	HUN Ret	FRA DNS	GBR Ret	BRA 2	RSA 1					5th	78
1993	250cc	Honda	AUS 3	MAL 17	JPN Ret	SPA 2	AUT 5	GER 4	NED Ret	EUR 1	RSM 5	GBR 6	CZE 2	ITA Ret	USA Ret	FIM 3				4th	142
1994	250cc	Aprilia	AUS 1	MAL 1	JPN 4	SPA Ret	AUT 2	GER 2	NED 1	ITA Ret	FRA 3	GBR Ret	CZE 1	USA 2	ARG 2	EUR 1				1st	234
1995	250cc	Aprilia	AUS 3	MAL 1	JPN 9	SPA 2	GER 1	ITA 1	NED 1	FRA 2	GBR 1	CZE 1	BRA 2	ARG 1	EUR 1					1st	283
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL 1	INA 2	JPN 1	SPA 1	ITA 1	FRA 1	NED 3	GER 4	GBR 1	AUT Ret	CZE 1	IMO Ret	CAT 1	BRA Ret	AUS 1			1st	274
1997	250cc	Honda	MAL 1	JPN 7	SPA 3	ITA 1	AUT 3	FRA 2	NED DSQ	IMO 1	GER 4	BRA 5	GBR Ret	CZE 1	CAT 2	INA 1	AUS 2			1st	250
1998	500cc	Honda	JPN 1	MAL 3	SPA 3	ITA 2	FRA 5	MAD 6	NED 2	GBR 6	GER 2	CZE 1	IMO 3	CAT DSQ	AUS 8	ARG 5				2nd	208
1999	500cc	Yamaha	MAL Ret	JPN 9	SPA 2	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT Ret	NED 5	GBR 4	GER Ret	CZE 4	IMO 3	VAL 7	AUS 2	RSA 1	BRA 2	ARG 2		4th	194
2000	500cc	Yamaha	RSA Ret	MAL 4	JPN Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 9	CAT 5	NED 4	GBR 9	GER 4	CZE 1	POR 4	VAL 3	BRA 5	PAC 3	AUS 1		3rd	170
2001	500cc	Yamaha	JPN 3	RSA 8	SPA 11	FRA 1	ITA 3	CAT 2	NED 1	GBR 2	GER 1	CZE 10	POR 5	VAL 10	PAC Ret	AUS 2	MAL Ret	BRA 3		2nd	219
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN Ret	RSA 9	SPA DSQ	FRA 3	ITA 2	CAT 4	NED 4	GBR 2	GER 2	CZE 1	POR 6	BRA 2	PAC Ret	MAL 1	AUS 6	VAL 3		2nd	215
2003	MotoGP	Honda	JPN 2	RSA 3	SPA 2	FRA 5	ITA 3	CAT 14	NED 2	GBR 1	GER Ret	CZE 5	POR 2	BRA 4	PAC 1	MAL 3	AUS 17	VAL 4		3rd	228
2004	MotoGP	Honda	RSA 2	SPA 2	FRA 3	ITA 3	CAT 8	NED 4	BRA 2	GER 1	GBR 12	CZE 3	POR Ret	JPN Ret	QAT 6	MAL 2	AUS 7	VAL 2		3rd	217
2005	MotoGP	Honda	SPA 7	POR 3	CHN 5	FRA 5	ITA 2	CAT 6	NED 6	USA 4	GBR Ret	GER 4	CZE 3	JPN 2	MAL 6	QAT Ret	AUS Ret	TUR 12	VAL 6	5th	173

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2007	SBK	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Alstare Suzuki	25	3	17	0	5	397	3rd
2008	SBK	Ducati 1098 RS	Sterilgarda Go Eleven	28	0	7	0	1	238	7th
2009	SBK	Aprilia RSV4	Aprilia Racing	28	1	9	0	1	319	4th
2010	SBK	Aprilia RSV4	Aprilia Alitalia Racing	26	10	14	4	2	451	1st
2011	SBK	Aprilia RSV4	Aprilia Alitalia Racing	21	2	12	4	5	303	3rd
2012	SBK	Aprilia RSV4	Aprilia Racing	27	5	11	2	5	358	1st
2015	SBK	Aprilia RSV4	Aprilia Racing	4	0	1	0	0	36	20th
Total				157	21	71	10	19	2102

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	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
2007	Suzuki	QAT 1	QAT 2	AUS 3	AUS 4	EUR 3	EUR 2	SPA 8	SPA 2	NED 6	NED 3	ITA 3	ITA 5	GBR 6	GBR C	SMR Ret	SMR 3	CZE 2	CZE 1	GBR 3	GBR 8	GER 2	GER 3	ITA 1	ITA 2	FRA 6	FRA 2			3rd	397
2008	Ducati	QAT 2	QAT 3	AUS Ret	AUS Ret	SPA 16	SPA 8	NED 10	NED 12	ITA 5	ITA Ret	USA 9	USA 4	GER 13	GER 7	SMR Ret	SMR 2	CZE 4	CZE 3	GBR 3	GBR 12	EUR 3	EUR 6	ITA 2	ITA Ret	FRA 4	FRA 6	POR Ret	POR 13	7th	238
2009	Aprilia	AUS 11	AUS 15	QAT 3	QAT 3	SPA 8	SPA 8	NED 5	NED Ret	ITA 11	ITA 5	RSA 5	RSA 5	USA 6	USA 4	SMR 13	SMR 10	GBR 2	GBR 21	CZE 1	CZE 2	GER 5	GER 4	ITA 2	ITA 4	FRA 3	FRA 2	POR 3	POR 6	4th	319
2010	Aprilia	AUS 5	AUS 8	POR 1	POR 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	NED 6	NED 4	ITA 1	ITA 1	RSA 4	RSA 3	USA 1	USA 1	SMR 1	SMR 1	CZE 2	CZE 1	GBR 5	GBR 6	GER 4	GER 5	ITA 11	ITA 5	FRA 4	FRA 1			1st	451
2011	Aprilia	AUS 2	AUS 2	EUR 7	EUR DSQ	NED 2	NED 2	ITA 2	ITA 8	USA Ret	USA 3	SMR 2	SMR 2	SPA 2	SPA 1	CZE 2	CZE 1	GBR 11	GBR 4	GER DNS	GER DNS	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR 4	POR 7			3rd	303
2012	Aprilia	AUS 1	AUS 2	ITA 4	ITA 4	NED 4	NED 8	ITA C	ITA 5	EUR 5	EUR 2	USA 3	USA 3	SMR 1	SMR 1	SPA 1	SPA 4	CZE 6	CZE 4	GBR Ret	GBR 11	RUS 3	RUS Ret	GER 1	GER 13	POR 4	POR 3	FRA Ret	FRA 5	1st	358
2015	Aprilia	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	SMR 6	SMR 6	USA	USA	MAL 3	MAL Ret	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	QAT	QAT			20th	36

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External links

• Max Biaggi at DriverDB.com
• Max Biaggi at MotoGP.com
• Max Biaggi at WorldSBK.com
• Max Biaggi at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Official website