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Sandro Cortese

Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese (born 6 January 1990) is a retired German motorcycle racer, who last competed in 2020 World Superbike Championship for Team Pedercini. Cortese won his first world title in the Moto3 class, in 2012,[2] and his second in the Supersport World Championship, in 2018.[3] He lives in Berkheim, Germany.

Sandro Cortese
Cortese at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix
NationalityGerman
Born (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34)[1]
Ochsenhausen, West Germany
Current teamOutdo Kawasaki TPR
Bike number11
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2013–2017
ManufacturersKalex
Championships0
2017 championship position18th (43 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
88 0 3 0 0 301
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2012
ManufacturersKTM
Championships1 (2012)
2012 championship position1st (325 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
17 5 15 7 4 325
125cc World Championship
Active years2005–2011
ManufacturersHonda, Derbi, Aprilia
Championships0
2011 championship position4th (225 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
116 2 11 3 7 736
Superbike World Championship
Active years2019–2020
ManufacturersYamaha, Kawasaki
Championships0
2020 championship position19th (14 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
43 0 0 0 0 148
Supersport World Championship
Active years2018
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships1 (2018)
2018 championship position1st (208 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
12 2 8 3 7 208

Cortese contested every race from his Grand Prix début in 2005 until the 2016 French Grand Prix, where he missed the race due to a knee injury.[4]

Career

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Early career

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Cortese was born in Ochsenhausen, West Germany, as the son of an Italian father and a German mother. He started his career at the age of nine on pocket bikes and was European Pocket Bike champion as well as German Mini Bike champion. He competed in the German IDM Championship in the 125cc class, finishing 10th.[1]

125cc World Championship

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Sandro Cortese races MotoGP at Sachsenring, 2011

Cortese made his 125cc World Championship debut with Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda in 2005, finishing the season in 26th place with 8 points. His best finish was 14th place in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Turkey. In 2006, he switched to the 2005 125cc Championship-winning team, Elit – Caffè Latte Honda as team mate to 125cc World Champion Thomas Lüthi. He made steady progress scoring some championship points, His best result was in the Portuguese Grand Prix in 10th place, improving his championship standing to 17th place with 23 points.

In 2007 his team was renamed Emmi – Caffè Latte and it switched to Aprilia motorbikes. Lüthi moved up to 250cc, also with Aprilia. Cortese improved in 2007, finishing most of the season's races in the top 10, including 7th places in the French, the Italian and German Grands Prix. He finished the championship in 14th place with 66 points. For 2008 he rode a works Aprilia RSA 125. The 2008 season started poorly for him, finishing outside the top 8 at the first five races. His fortunes changed for the better after Mugello and he finished consistently in the top eight. In the Australian Grand Prix he crashed while leading but managed to recover to sixth and helped Mike Di Meglio to win the championship by finishing ahead of Simone Corsi, Di Meglio's championship rival. In the Malaysian Grand Prix he rode the fastest lap of the race despite starting 18th on the grid to finish fourth. He was the only 125cc rider to finish all races that year, gaining points in every race except in China.

In 2009, Cortese rode for the Finnish Ajo Motorsport team that took Di Meglio to his 125cc World Championship. He replaced Di Meglio and teamed up with Dominique Aegerter, running factory Derbi RSA 125 bikes. Cortese finished on the podium three times and ended up sixth in the championship.

For 2010 he rode a Derbi again, for Ajo Motorsport. He was teamed up with Marc Márquez and Adrián Martín, with each rider running different sponsorship. Cortese took two podiums during the season, at the Sachsenring and Indianapolis. He also achieved pole position in Italy, and finished seventh in the championship.

For the 2011 season, Cortese moved to Dirk Heidolf's Racing Team Germany outfit, as a single-bike entry.[5] He took second-place finishes in Qatar and Portugal, before taking his first Grand Prix victory – in his 109th start – in the Czech Republic, having battled with Johann Zarco in the closing stages of the race.[6] Cortese eventually ended the season fourth in the championship.

Moto2 World Championship

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Cortese moved up to Moto2 class as a Moto3 champion in 2013. He joined Dynavolt Intact GP as the sole rider of the team.[7] In 2014, Cortese recorded his first podium finish in Moto2 at Brno. He remained at the team until the end of 2017 season.

Supersport World Championship

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After failing to secure a ride for 2018 Moto2 season, Cortese signed a deal with Kallio Racing to race in Supersport World Championship, aboard Yamaha YZF-R6.[8] He won 2 races at Aragon and Donington Park, securing 8 podium finishes and became the champion of 2018 Supersport World Championship in his maiden season.[9]

Superbike World Championship

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He promoted to Superbike class for 2019 season, signing for GRT Yamaha World SBK team where he finished 12th in the standings. The following year he moved to Team Pedercini, switched bike from Yamaha to Kawasaki. He crashed in the first race of Portimao round, suffering multiple injuries which he would recover from after 8 months.[10] He did not participate for the rest of the season, and his place was taken over by Roman Ramos, Valentin Debise, and Loris Cresson respectively.[11]

Retirement

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Twenty months after his crash at Portimão, Cortese announced his retirement from motorcycle racing on his own Instagram account.[12] He credited local emergency medical efforts for saving him from paraplegia but noted that his body has never fully recovered from the accident. Cortese is due to start a job at one of his former sponsors, Gutmann Gruppe.[13]

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Type Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2005 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Kiefer-Bos-Castrol Honda 16 0 0 0 0 8 26th
2006 125cc Honda Honda RS125R Elit – Caffè Latte 16 0 0 0 0 23 17th
2007 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RS125 Elit – Caffè Latte 17 0 0 0 0 66 14th
2008 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 Elit – Caffè Latte 17 0 0 0 1 141 8th
2009 125cc Derbi Derbi RSA 125 Ajo Interwetten 16 0 3 1 2 130 6th
2010 125cc Derbi Derbi RS 125 R Avant Mitsubishi Ajo 17 0 2 1 2 143 7th
2011 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 Intact-Racing Team Germany 17 2 6 1 2 225 4th
2012 Moto3 KTM KTM RC250GP Red Bull KTM Ajo 17 5 15 7 4 325 1st
2013 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Dynavolt Intact GP 17 0 0 0 0 22 19th
2014 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Dynavolt Intact GP 18 0 1 0 0 85 9th
2015 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Dynavolt Intact GP 18 0 1 0 0 90 11th
2016 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Dynavolt Intact GP 17 0 1 0 0 61 15th
2017 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Dynavolt Intact GP 18 0 0 0 0 43 18th
Total 221 7 29 10 11 1362

By class

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Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2005–2011 2005 Spain 2009 Qatar 2011 Czech Republic 116 2 11 3 7 736 0
Moto3 2012 2012 Qatar 2012 Qatar 2012 Portugal 17 5 15 7 4 325 1
Moto2 2013–2017 2013 Qatar 2014 Czech Republic 88 0 3 0 0 301 0
Total 2005–2017 221 7 29 10 11 1362 1

Races by year

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(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 18 Pos Pts
2005 125cc Honda SPA
20 		POR
25 		CHN
Ret 		FRA
15 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
23 		NED
24 		GBR
15 		GER
14 		CZE
14 		JPN
Ret 		MAL
21 		QAT
17 		AUS
19 		TUR
14 		VAL
Ret 		26th 8
2006 125cc Honda SPA
16 		QAT
Ret 		TUR
16 		CHN
17 		FRA
15 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
19 		NED
14 		GBR
14 		GER
13 		CZE
11 		MAL
17 		AUS
14 		JPN
14 		POR
10 		VAL
18 		17th 23
2007 125cc Aprilia QAT
17 		SPA
7 		TUR
Ret 		CHN
18 		FRA
7 		ITA
7 		CAT
11 		GBR
12 		NED
8 		GER
7 		CZE
10 		RSM
15 		POR
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
10 		MAL
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		14th 66
2008 125cc Aprilia QAT
11 		SPA
10 		POR
10 		CHN
16 		FRA
11 		ITA
8 		CAT
8 		GBR
9 		NED
4 		GER
6 		CZE
7 		RSM
7 		INP
5 		JPN
6 		AUS
6 		MAL
4 		VAL
5 		8th 141
2009 125cc Derbi QAT
3 		JPN
6 		SPA
6 		FRA
12 		ITA
10 		CAT
9 		NED
Ret 		GER
6 		GBR
Ret 		CZE
6 		INP
18 		RSM
5 		POR
2 		AUS
3 		MAL
6 		VAL
8 		6th 130
2010 125cc Derbi QAT
5 		SPA
11 		FRA
6 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
6 		NED
5 		CAT
4 		GER
3 		CZE
16 		INP
2 		RSM
5 		ARA
5 		JPN
12 		MAL
6 		AUS
Ret 		POR
Ret 		VAL
5 		7th 143
2011 125cc Aprilia QAT
2 		SPA
6 		POR
2 		FRA
7 		CAT
4 		GBR
7 		NED
4 		ITA
12 		GER
8 		CZE
1 		INP
3 		RSM
4 		ARA
7 		JPN
5 		AUS
1 		MAL
2 		VAL
Ret 		4th 225
2012 Moto3 KTM QAT
3 		SPA
3 		POR
1 		FRA
6 		CAT
2 		GBR
3 		NED
2 		GER
1 		ITA
3 		INP
2 		CZE
3 		RSM
1 		ARA
2 		JPN
6 		MAL
1 		AUS
1 		VAL
2 		1st 325
2013 Moto2 Kalex QAT
17 		AME
25 		SPA
18 		FRA
12 		ITA
14 		CAT
Ret 		NED
14 		GER
14 		INP
16 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
20 		RSM
Ret 		ARA
10 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
11 		JPN
15 		VAL
16 		19th 22
2014 Moto2 Kalex QAT
7 		AME
14 		ARG
9 		SPA
9 		FRA
12 		ITA
13 		CAT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GER
Ret 		INP
6 		CZE
3 		GBR
18 		RSM
12 		ARA
12 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
6 		MAL
7 		VAL
Ret 		9th 85
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
7 		AME
14 		ARG
7 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
14 		ITA
8 		CAT
Ret 		NED
17 		GER
11 		INP
Ret 		CZE
8 		GBR
8 		RSM
8 		ARA
13 		JPN
3 		AUS
Ret 		MAL
7 		VAL
13 		11th 90
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
15 		ARG
Ret 		AME
12 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
DNS 		ITA
11 		CAT
Ret 		NED
12 		GER
15 		AUT
11 		CZE
23 		GBR
12 		RSM
9 		ARA
13 		JPN
5 		AUS
3 		MAL
17 		VAL
Ret 		15th 61
2017 Moto2 Suter QAT
22 		ARG
8 		AME
23 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
14 		ITA
19 		CAT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GER
8 		CZE
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		RSM
5 		ARA
9 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
9 		MAL
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		18th 43

Supersport World Championship

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Races by year

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(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 Pos Pts
2018 Yamaha AUS
3 		THA
4 		SPA
1 		NED
6 		ITA
4 		GBR
1 		CZE
2 		ITA
3 		POR
6 		FRA
2 		ARG
2 		QAT
2 		1st 208

Superbike World Championship

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Races by year

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(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 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Yamaha AUS
8 		AUS
7 		AUS
8 		THA
7 		THA
7 		THA
7 		SPA
7 		SPA
9 		SPA
10 		NED
13 		NED
C 		NED
11 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
13 		ITA
C 		SPA
8 		SPA
9 		SPA
6 		ITA
7 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
15 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
13 		USA
14 		USA
11 		USA
14 		POR
8 		POR
8 		POR
10 		FRA
10 		FRA
11 		FRA
Ret 		ARG
DNS 		ARG
7 		ARG
15 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
8 		QAT
10 		12th 134
2020 Kawasaki AUS
13 		AUS
11 		AUS
9 		SPA
14 		SPA
14 		SPA
14 		POR
Ret 		POR
DNS 		POR
DNS 		SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA POR POR POR 19th 14

References

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  1. ^ a b "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com.
  2. ^ "Cortese crowned Moto3 World Champion with win in Sepang". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Mahias takes win in extraordinary Losail race; Cortese becomes WorldSSP Champion". WorldSBK.com. Dorna Sports. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Nach 206 GP-Starts in Serie: Cortese verpasst Le Mans" [After 206 GP starts Streak: Cortese missed Le Mans]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Cortese joins Racing Team Germany". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  6. ^ "First victory for Cortese in Brno". Dorna Sports. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  7. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Cortese and Dynavolt Intact GP present 2013 bike | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Sandro Cortese to join Kallio Racing! - Kallio Racing". www.kallioracing.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Supersport-Weltmeister 2018: Sandro Cortese, Kallio Racing bei Losail - Superbike-WM Fotos". de.motorsport.com (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Sandro Cortese: "Im Leben ergibt sich immer etwas" / Superbike-WM - SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Cresson steps up to WorldSBK for Estoril Round with Pedercini Kawasaki". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Sandro Cortese on Instagram: "Missing that feeling already 😍"".
  13. ^ "Rücktritt Sandro Cortese nach 20 Monaten Verletzung / Superbike-WM - SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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