An Italian rider born in Rome on 26th June 1971 has been nicknamed ‘il Corsaro’ (‘the Corsair’) and ‘the Roman Emperor’ In childhood, he was more interested in football. On his seventeenth birthday in 1989 he got a motorcycle. His racing career began in 1990 when he won the 125cc Italian Sports Production Championship.
In 1991 he moved to the 250cc class of motorcycle racing, but he was not successful in his debut year and got 27th position overall. But from 1994 to 1997 he won the four consecutive titles of the 250cc racing championship. After this, in 1998 he moved to 500cc class and competed in this class for next four years.
