Marco Melandri 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 at the 2005 French motorcycle Grand Prix
Melandri at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix
Melandri at the 2009 British Grand Prix.
Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles.
James Toseland (1) on a Ducati leads Chris Walker (9) on a Kawasaki and Yukio Kagayama (71) on a Suzuki during a 2005 Superbike World Championship race
Troy Bayliss won the Superbike World Championship three times with Ducati
Max Biaggi riding his Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 at Assen
Lorenzo Lanzi riding the Ducati 999F07