// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Marco Papa? A holy father figure.

Marco Papa
Nationality	Italian
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1980, 1983 – 1996 First race 1980 250 cc Nations Grand Prix Last race 1996 500 cc Imola Grand Prix Team(s) Paton, Cagiva Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 104 0 0 0 0 110

Marco Papa (16 March 1958 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, – 9 September 1999 near Adro Italy) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His most successful year was in 1990 when he finished in 13th place in the 500cc world championship aboard a Moto Club Perugia sponsored Honda NS500. Papa perished in a road accident in September 1999. A Turn was dedicated to him at Magione circuit near Perugia.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	Pos.	Pts
1980	250cc	Yamaha	NAT 10	SPA	FRA DNQ	YUG	NED	BEL 25	FIN	GBR	CZE	GER						32nd	1
1981	500cc	Suzuki	AUT	GER	NAT 20	FRA	YUG	NED	BEL	RSM	GBR	FIN	SWE					NC	0
1982	500cc	Suzuki	ARG	AUT Ret	FRA 16	SPA Ret	NAT	NED	BEL	YUG	GBR Ret	SWE	RSM Ret	GER				NC	0
1983	500cc	Suzuki	RSA	FRA	NAT 16	GER	SPA	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	GBR	SWE	RSM				NC	0
1984	500cc	Honda	RSA	NAT 20	SPA 17	AUT 19	GER 29	FRA	YUG	NED	BEL	GBR	SWE	RSM Ret				NC	0
1985	500cc	Suzuki	RSA	SPA	GER 26	NAT 20	AUT	YUG 19	NED 18	BEL 25	FRA							NC	0
		Paton										GBR DNQ	SWE	RSM 19
1986	500cc	Honda	SPA	NAT 10	GER	AUT	YUG 16	NED 18	BEL	FRA	GBR	SWE DNS	RSM					24th	1
1987	500cc	Honda	JPN	SPA	GER 18	NAT 16	AUT	YUG	NED DNS	FRA	GBR	SWE	CZE	RSM 17	POR	BRA	ARG	NC	0
1988	500cc	Honda	JPN	USA	SPA Ret	EXP 9	NAT 24	GER 14	AUT Ret	NED 14	BEL 14	YUG Ret	FRA 18	GBR DNS	SWE	CZE 12	BRA	17th	17
1989	500cc	Paton	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA Ret	NAT Ret	GER DNQ	AUT	YUG 17	NED 20	BEL 18	FRA Ret	GBR 16	SWE	CZE Ret	BRA	NC	0
1990	500cc	Honda	JPN	USA	SPA	NAT 9	GER 11	AUT 13	YUG 6	NED 14	BEL DSQ	FRA 9	GBR 13	SWE 11	CZE 13	HUN 12	AUS 10	14th	55
1991	500cc	Honda	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA 12	ITA 11	GER				FRA 13						16th	36
		Cagiva							AUT 12	EUR Ret	NED		GBR 10	RSM 12	CZE	VDM 13	MAL 9
1992	500cc	Librenti	JPN DNQ	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	SPA 24	ITA Ret	EUR 22	GER Ret	NED 18	HUN	FRA 18	GBR 16					NC	0
		Cagiva												BRA 17	RSA 16
1993	500cc	Librenti	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	JPN Ret	SPA Ret	AUT 25	GER DNQ	NED Ret	EUR Ret				ITA Ret	USA Ret	FIM		NC	0
		ROC Yamaha									RSM Ret	GBR
		Harris Yamaha											CZE 21
1994	500cc	ROC Yamaha	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	JPN	SPA Ret	AUT Ret	GER Ret	NED	ITA	FRA	GBR	CZE 19	USA Ret	ARG Ret	EUR Ret		NC	0
1995	500cc	Librenti	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	GER	ITA DNQ	NED									NC	0
		ROC Yamaha								FRA Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 23	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	EUR Ret
1996	500cc	ROC Yamaha	MAL	INA	JPN	SPA	ITA 19	FRA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CZE					NC	0
		Paton												IMO 18	CAT	BRA	AUS

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		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
1990	Yamaha	SPA 24	SPA 17	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	GER	GER	CAN	CAN	USA	USA	AUT	AUT	JPN	JPN	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	AUS	AUS	NZL	NZL	NC	0

External links

• Marco Papa on MotoGP.com