Pramac Racing

Pramac Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP and MotoE World Championships. The team was created in 2002 by Italian company Pramac.[1] In 2005 Pramac Racing joined forces with d'Antin MotoGP to form Pramac d'Antin and in 2007 the team became part of the Pramac Group.[2] After d'Antin left the team in 2008, the team became known as Pramac Racing.

Pramac Racing

2021 name	MotoGP: Pramac Racing MotoE: Pramac MotoE
Base	Blaenau Gwent, UK
Rider(s)	MotoGP: 5. Johann Zarco 89. Jorge Martín MotoE: 61. Alessandro Zaccone 68. Yonny Hernández
Motorcycle	MotoGP: Ducati Desmosedici GP21 MotoE: Energica Ego Corsa
Tyres	MotoGP: Michelin MotoE: Michelin
Riders' Championships	-

History

d'Antin MotoGP

The d'Antin MotoGP Team was created in 1999 by Spanish former motorcycle racer Luis d'Antin and was based in Madrid. Beginning in 1999 the team raced in the 250 cc Spanish and World Championships with Yamaha bikes and Spanish riders Fonsi Nieto and David García. In the same season the team ran in the 500 cc class with Japanese rider Norifumi Abe aboard a Yamaha YZR500. Abe took a win in 2000 at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. José Luis Cardoso joined the team in 2001 as second rider alongside Abe. A podium finish was the team's best result.

In 2002 the 500 cc class became MotoGP and the D'Antin team continued with the same riders and the same Yamaha YZR500. The 500 cc 2-stroke motorcycle was not able to compete against the more powerful 990 cc 4-strokes and top 10 finishes were the team's best results. D'Antin got the new Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2003, with Shinya Nakano as the team's only rider. The team switched to Ducati motorcycles in 2004 using the previous season's Desmosedici GP3 and signing 2003 Superbike World Champion Neil Hodgson and runner-up Rubén Xaus, Ducati's factory riders for the 2003 World Superbike Championship season. The team ran into financial difficulties mid-season and was not able to run a test program; their best result was a third place for Xaus in Qatar.

Pramac Racing

Pramac Racing entered MotoGP in 2002, taking over the activities of Hardwick Racing, relocating to Italy[3] and using the Honda NSR500 with Tetsuya Harada as a rider. In September 2002 Pramac signed a three-year deal with Max Biaggi and Honda Racing Corporation to enter a Honda RC211V.[4] Two months later Pramac and Pons Racing reached an agreement whereby Biaggi would have competed for Pons while still under contract with Pramac.[5]

In 2003 Pramac also entered his own team with a Honda RC211V for Makoto Tamada, being the only Honda team to use Bridgestone tyres.[6][7] A podium in Brazil was the team's best result, while Biaggi scored two wins and finished the championship in third place.

For 2004 Pramac Racing ran alongside Pons Racing under the name Camel Honda. Tamada and his team, led by Luca Montiron, joined Sito Pons' structure. Tamada still raced on Bridgestone tyres while Biaggi used Michelin tyres.[8] Tamada finished the season with two wins and sixth place in the final championship standings; Biaggi clinched a win and the third place overall. Many changes happened at the end of the season: Biaggi terminated his contract with Pramac and joined the Repsol Honda works team, Luca Montiron also left the team and founded JiR with Tamada as a rider while Pramac ended its relationship with Pons Racing to start a new project with Ducati and d'Antin.

Pramac d'Antin

In 2005 d'Antin MotoGP and Pramac Racing merged to form Pramac d'Antin. The team used the previous season's Desmosedici GP4 with Italian Roberto Rolfo as a rider. The team used Dunlop tyres and usually finished races near the back of the grid. For 2006 the team was given use of the Desmosedici GP6. the same motorcycles the factory team was using. Alex Hofmann and José Luis Cardoso were the team's riders. The Dunlop tyres the team used were not competitive and once again the team finished races near the back of the grid.

Prior to the start of the 2007 season, Pramac and d'Antin reached an agreement that saw the d'Antin team becoming an integral part of the Pramac Group.[9] The team used the new 800 cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7 and Bridgestone tyres, and Brazilian Alex Barros joined the team alongside Alex Hofmann. Barros had a strong season finishing regularly in the top ten and taking a podium finish at the Italian Grand Prix, beating works rider Casey Stoner into fourth place. Hofmann had a more average season and he injured his hand in practice at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He was replaced by Chaz Davies for the remainder of the weekend, and by Iván Silva at Brno. Hofmann returned to racing at Misano but he was fired by the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix, after pulling out of the race while in with a chance of scoring points, due to a lack of motivation.[10] Davies returned to complete the season.

Alice Team

In 2008, the team continued using the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 and Bridgestone tyres. Sylvain Guintoli and Toni Elías were the team's riders, while the team was sponsored by Alice – Telecom Italia's DSL service – and was renamed the Alice Team. Luis d'Antin resigned from the team midway though the 2008 season, at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.[11][12]

Pramac Racing

For the 2009 season, the team competed under the name of Pramac Racing, using the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 and Bridgestone tyres with Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa as the team's riders.[13] On 19 August 2009 it was announced Aleix Espargaró would race for Pramac in Indianapolis and Misano, the seat having been filled by Michel Fabrizio at Brno. He temporarily replaced Kallio who in turn filled in for Casey Stoner at the Ducati works team.[14] Kallio and Espargaró raced for Pramac for the 2010 season.

The Pramac team competed in the 2011 championship with riders Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet[15] and achieving a sixth place as a best race result. Damian Cudlin and Sylvain Guintoli entered some races replacing an injured Capirossi. In 2012 Pramac Racing fielded only one bike for Héctor Barberá.[16] For 2013, Pramac Racing received Factory supported team Ducati status and fielded two factory-specification Desmosedici for works riders Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies.[17] Spies was injured for all but the first two races of that season and was replaced by Michele Pirro and later Yonny Hernández, who ended up securing a ride for the team in the 2014 season[18] alongside the confirmed Iannone. During 2014 Iannone still raced a factory-supported GP14 bike, while Hernandez rode a GP13 bike.

For 2015 Iannone was promoted to the factory Ducati team, to replace Cal Crutchlow. Iannone was replaced by Danilo Petrucci at Pramac. Hernández retained with the team, both of them were riding with the Ducati Desmosedici GP14. In 2016, Scott Redding joined the team. Petrucci retained with the team, both of them were riding with the Ducati Desmosedici GP15.

In 2017, the Pramac team received a factory-specification Ducati Desmosedici for Petrucci - as his championship standing was ahead from Redding in 2016 - while Redding riding with an one-year old Ducati Desmosedici. In 2018, Jack Miller joined the team to replacing Redding, who was moved to the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. As usual, Petrucci riding with GP18 bike while Miller riding with GP17 bike.

In 2019 Petrucci was promoted to the factory Ducati team, to replace Jorge Lorenzo. Petrucci was replaced by Francesco Bagnaia - the 2018 Moto2 World Champion - at Pramac. Miller was promoted to riding a Ducati Desmosedici GP19, whilst Bagnaia riding with a Ducati Desmosedici GP18. For 2020, for the first time since 2013, the Pramac Racing fielded two factory-specification Ducati Desmosedici GP20 bike for works riders Miller and Bagnaia - both riders are riding with the same bike for the first time since 2016.

For 2021, Johann Zarco and Jorge Martín will joined the team after their last season with Esponsorama Racing and Moto2 respectively. Both of them will be riding the Ducati Desmosedici GP21.

MotoGP results

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

Year	Team	Motorcycle	Tyres	No.	Riders	Race																				Riders' championship		Teams' championship		Manufacturers' championship
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	Pos.	Points	Pos.	Points	Pos.
2002	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda NSR500	D			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				31	Tetsuya Harada	11	12	10	Ret	10	13	13	11	Ret	15	10	13	15	Ret	14	14					47	17th	47	11th	390	1st
2003	Pramac Honda	Honda RC211V	B			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				6	Makoto Tamada	Ret	14	6	Ret	4	7	16	13	13	9	10	3	DSQ	10	10	10					87	11th	87	9th	395	1st
2005	D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac (Rd. 1 - 3) Team d'Antin Pramac (Rd. 4 - 17)	Ducati Desmosedici GP4	D			ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL
				44	Roberto Rolfo	15	13	16	15	17	14	18	Ret	10	14	17	Ret	13	12	13	16	Ret				25	18th	25	10th	202	3rd
2006	Pramac d'Antin MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP5	D			ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL
				30	José Luis Cardoso	Ret	16	Ret	17	Ret	17	11	17	15	14	13	Ret	17	17	Ret	14	Ret				10	20th	33	11th	248	3rd
				66	Alex Hofmann	15	15	16	15	13	Ret	10			Ret	14		15	13	16	11	Ret				23 (30)[lower-alpha 1]	17th
				22	Iván Silva								16	Ret			18									0	NC
2007	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati Desmosedici GP7	B			QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				4	Alex Barros	9	11	4	14	Ret	3	8	7	7	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	8	5	12	7			115	10th	181	6th	394	1st
				66	Alex Hofmann	11	DSQ	9	9	5	11	13	9	8	9			11	Ret							65	13th
				57	Chaz Davies											16					Ret	17	DNS			0	NC
				22	Iván Silva												16									0	NC
				72	Shinichi Ito															15						1	26th
2008	Alice Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP8	B			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				24	Toni Elías	14	15	12	8	11	12	DSQ	11	12	12	7	2	3	12	16	11	15	18			92	12th	159	8th	321	2nd
				50	Sylvain Guintoli	15	16	15	15	13	11	13	13	10	6	12	12	11	7	14	14	13	12			67	13th
2009	Pramac Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP9	B			QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	SMR	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL
				36	Mika Kallio	8	8	Ret	Ret	13	9	Ret		14	10				Ret	9	10	9				54 (71)[lower-alpha 1]	15th	108	8th	272	3rd
				88	Niccolò Canepa	17	14	16	15	9	16	14	12	12	8	12	Ret	13	13	DNS						38	16th
				84	Michel Fabrizio											Ret										0	NC
				44	Aleix Espargaró												13	11			11	13				16	18th
2010	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP10	B			QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL
				41	Aleix Espargaró	Ret	15	9	8	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	9	11	10	14	Ret	8	Ret	11			65	14th	109	8th	286	3rd
				36	Mika Kallio	Ret	7	13	Ret	13	11	12	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	15	12	11					43	17th
				71	Carlos Checa																	Ret	15			1	21st
2011		Ducati Desmosedici GP11	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				14	Randy de Puniet	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	13	DNS	12	8	14	12	10	6	C	Ret			49	16th	92	6th	180	3rd
				65	Loris Capirossi	Ret	11	12	Ret	9	10	DNS			12	13	Ret	Ret	Ret		9	C	9			43	17th
				50	Sylvain Guintoli									17												0	NC
				6	Damian Cudlin															Ret						0	NC
2012		Ducati Desmosedici GP12	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
				8	Héctor Barberá	9	10	10	9	11	10	7	9	9				Ret	12	10	7	12	Ret			83	11th	93	8th	192	3rd
				24	Toni Elías										Ret	11	11									10	24th
2013	Energy T.I. Pramac Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP13	B			QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL
				29	Andrea Iannone	9	10	Ret	11	13	Ret	13	DNS		11	9	11	Ret	10	Ret	8	14	Ret			57	12th	121	8th	155	3rd
	Ignite Pramac Racing			11	Ben Spies	10	13			DNS					DNS											9	21st
				51	Michele Pirro				8		10	14	10			12	12	10								36 (56)[lower-alpha 1]	13th
				15	Alex de Angelis									11												5	23rd
				68	Yonny Hernández														12	10	13	15	Ret			14 (21)[lower-alpha 1]	18th
2014	Pramac Racing		B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Ducati Desmosedici GP14		29	Andrea Iannone	10	7	6	Ret	Ret	7	9	6	5	Ret	5	8	5	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	22			102	10th	155	6th	211	3rd
	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati Desmosedici GP13		68	Yonny Hernández	12	13	12	14	13	10	11	19	17	Ret	Ret	11	10	15	Ret	11	7	Ret			53	15th
2015	Pramac Racing (Rd. 1 - 5) Octo Pramac Racing (Rd. 6 - 18)	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				9	Danilo Petrucci	12	10	11	12	10	9	9	11	9	10	10	2	6	Ret	Ret	12	6	10			113	10th	169	6th	256	3rd
				68	Yonny Hernández	10	Ret	Ret	10	8	10	Ret	14	12	12	11	Ret	Ret	10	14	17	12	13			56	14th
2016	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				9	Danilo Petrucci	DNS				7	8	9	Ret	Ret	11	7	9	11	17	8	9	10	12			75	14th	161	6th	261	3rd
				45	Scott Redding	10	Ret	6	19	Ret	Ret	16	3	4	8	15	17	15	19	9	7	15	14			74	15th
				51	Michele Pirro		12	8	16																	12 (36)[lower-alpha 1]	19th
2017	Octo Pramac Racing		M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Ducati Desmosedici GP17		9	Danilo Petrucci	Ret	7	8	7	Ret	3	Ret	2	12	7	Ret	Ret	2	20	3	21	6	13			124	8th	188	5th	310	3rd
		Ducati Desmosedici GP16		45	Scott Redding	7	8	12	11	Ret	12	13	Ret	20	16	12	8	7	14	16	11	13	Ret			64	14th
2018	Alma Pramac Racing		M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	SMR	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Ducati Desmosedici GP18		9	Danilo Petrucci	5	10	12	4	2	7	8	Ret	4	6	5	C	11	7	9	9	12	9	Ret		144	8th	235	5th	335	2nd
		Ducati Desmosedici GP17		43	Jack Miller	10	4	9	6	4	Ret	Ret	10	14	12	18	C	18	9	10	Ret	7	8	Ret		91	13th
2019	Alma Pramac Racing		M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Ducati Desmosedici GP19		43	Jack Miller	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	Ret	5	9	6	3	Ret	8	9	3	14	10	3	8	3		165	8th	219	6th	318	3rd
		Ducati Desmosedici GP18		63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	12	7	11	Ret	16	11	13	4	12	DNS		54	15th
2020	Pramac Racing		M			SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
		Ducati Desmosedici GP20		43	Jack Miller	4	Ret	9	3	2	8	Ret	5	Ret	9	Ret	6	2	2							132	7th	183	5th	221	1st
				51	Michele Pirro				12	20																4	23rd
				63	Francesco Bagnaia	7	Ret	DNS			2	Ret	6	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret							47	16th
2021	Pramac Racing		M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	FIN	TBD	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
		Ducati Desmosedici GP21		5	Johann Zarco																					0*	NC*	0*	NC*	0*	NC*
				89	Jorge Martín																					0*	NC*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

1. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with the motorcycle, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References

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External links

• Official website