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. 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. After d'Antin left the team in 2008, the team became known as Pramac Racing.

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 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 at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. José Luis Cardoso joined the team in as second rider alongside Abe. A podium finish was the team's best result.
In 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, with Shinya Nakano as the team's only rider. The team switched to Ducati motorcycles in using the previous season's Desmosedici GP3 and signing 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 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.
Two months later Pramac and Pons Racing reached an agreement whereby Biaggi would have competed for Pons while still under contract with Pramac.
In 2003 Pramac also entered his own team with a Honda RC211V for Makoto Tamada, being the only Honda team to use Bridgestone tyres. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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 replaced Kallio who in turn replaced Casey Stoner at the Ducati works team. Kallio and Espargaró raced for Pramac for the 2010 season.
The Pramac team competed in the championship with riders Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet and achieving a sixth place as a best race result. Damian Cudlin and Sylvain Guintoli entered some races replacing an injured Capirossi. In Pramac Racing fielded only one bike for Héctor Barberá. For 2013, Pramac Racing received Factory supported team Ducati status and fielded two factory-specification Desmosedici for works riders Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies. 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 season alongside the confirmed Iannone. During 2014 Iannone still raced a factory-supported GP14 bike, while Hernandez rode a GP13 bike.
For Iannone was promoted to the factory Ducati team, to replace Cal Crutchlow. Iannone was replaced by Danilo Petrucci at Pramac. In 2016, Scott Redding joined the team.

MotoGP results

YearTeamMotorcycleTyresNo.Riders12345678910111213141516171819PointsPos.
Pramac Honda Racing TeamHonda NSR500JPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL4711th
Pramac Honda Racing TeamHonda NSR50031 Tetsuya Harada111210Ret10131311Ret15101315Ret14144711th
Pramac HondaHonda RC211VJPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL879th
Pramac HondaHonda RC211V6 Makoto TamadaRet146Ret471613139103DSQ101010879th
D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac
Team d'Antin Pramac 		Ducati Desmosedici GP4ESPPORCHNFRAITACATNEDUSAGBRGERCZEJPNMALQATAUSTURVAL2510th
D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac
Team d'Antin Pramac 		Ducati Desmosedici GP444 Roberto Rolfo15131615171418Ret101417Ret13121316Ret2510th
Pramac d'Antin MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP5ESPQATTURCHNFRAITACATNEDGBRGERUSACZEMALAUSJPNPORVAL3311th
Pramac d'Antin MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP530 José Luis CardosoRet16Ret17Ret171117151413Ret1717Ret14Ret3311th
Pramac d'Antin MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP566 Alex Hofmann1515161513Ret10Ret1415131611Ret3311th
Pramac d'Antin MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP522 Iván Silva16Ret183311th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP7QATESPTURCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRPORJPNAUSMALVAL1816th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP74 Alex Barros911414Ret3877Ret99RetRet851271816th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP766 Alex Hofmann11DSQ995111398911Ret1816th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP757 Chaz Davies16Ret17DNS1816th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP722 Iván Silva161816th
Pramac d'AntinDucati Desmosedici GP772 Shinichi Ito151816th
Alice TeamDucati Desmosedici GP8QATESPPORCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRINDJPNAUSMALVAL1598th
Alice TeamDucati Desmosedici GP824 Toni Elías14151281112DSQ11121272312161115181598th
Alice TeamDucati Desmosedici GP850 Sylvain Guintoli15161515131113131061212117141413121598th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP9QATJPNESPFRAITACATNEDUSAGERGBRCZEINDSMRPORAUSMALVAL1088th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP936 Mika Kallio88RetRet139Ret1410Ret91091088th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP988 Niccolò Canepa17141615916141212812Ret1313DNS1088th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP984 Michel FabrizioRet1088th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP944 Aleix Espargaró131111131088th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP10QATESPFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL1098th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1041 Aleix EspargaróRet15981010RetRetRet129111014Ret8Ret111098th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1036 Mika KallioRet713Ret131112Ret9RetRetRet141512111098th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1071 Carlos ChecaRet151098th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP11QATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDITAGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL926th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1114 Randy de PunietRetRet10RetRet12Ret1413DNS1281412106CRet926th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1165 Loris CapirossiRet1112Ret910DNS1213RetRetRet9C9926th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1150 Sylvain Guintoli17926th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP116 Damian CudlinRet926th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP12QATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAUSAINDCZESMRARAJPNMALAUSVAL938th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP128 Héctor Barberá9101091110799Ret1210712Ret938th
Pramac Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1224 Toni ElíasRet1111938th
Energy T.I. Pramac TeamDucati Desmosedici GP13QATAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERUSAINDCZEGBRSMRARAMALAUSJPNVAL1218th
Energy T.I. Pramac TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1329 Andrea Iannone910Ret1113Ret13DNS11911Ret10Ret814Ret1218th
Ignite Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1311 Ben Spies1013DNSDNS1218th
Ignite Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1351 Michele Pirro81014101212101218th
Ignite Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1315 Alex de Angelis111218th
Ignite Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1368 Yonny Hernández12101315Ret1218th
Pramac RacingQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL1556th
Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1429 Andrea Iannone1076RetRet7965Ret585Ret6RetDNS221556th
Energy T.I. Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1368 Yonny Hernández121312141310111917RetRet111015Ret117Ret1556th
Pramac Racing
Octo Pramac Racing 		Ducati Desmosedici GP14QATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL1696th
Pramac Racing
Octo Pramac Racing 		Ducati Desmosedici GP149 Danilo Petrucci121011121099119101026RetRet126101696th
Pramac Racing
Octo Pramac Racing 		Ducati Desmosedici GP1468 Yonny Hernández10RetRet10810Ret14121211RetRet10141712131696th
Octo Pramac YakhnichDucati Desmosedici GP15QATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERAUTCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL1616th
Octo Pramac YakhnichDucati Desmosedici GP159 Danilo PetrucciDNS789RetRet117911178910121616th
Octo Pramac YakhnichDucati Desmosedici GP1545 Scott Redding10Ret619RetRet16348151715199715141616th
Octo Pramac YakhnichDucati Desmosedici GP1551 Michele Pirro128161616th
Octo Pramac RacingQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL1885th
Octo Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP179 Danilo PetrucciRet787Ret3Ret2127RetRet2203216131885th
Octo Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1645 Scott Redding781211Ret1213Ret2016128714161113Ret1885th
Alma Pramac RacingQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRSMRARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL2355th
Alma Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP189 Danilo Petrucci510124278Ret465C11799129Ret2355th
Alma Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1743 Jack Miller104964RetRet10141218C18910Ret78Ret2355th
Alma Pramac RacingQATARGAMESPAFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL2196th
Alma Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1943 Jack MillerRet43Ret4Ret5963Ret89314103832196th
Alma Pramac RacingDucati Desmosedici GP1863 Francesco BagnaiaRet149RetRetRetRet141712711Ret161113412DNS2196th

* Season still in progress.