Giancarlo Falappa

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Giancarlo Falappa

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| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|06|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Filottrano

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| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1989}} - {{SBK|1994}}

| SBK Race Starts = 106

| SBK Race Wins = 16

| SBK Podiums = 30

| SBK Poles = 8

| SBK Fastest laps = 11

| SBK Total Points = 954

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Giancarlo Falappa (born 30 June 1963) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer.[http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=5 Giancarlo Falappa career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410015305/http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=5 |date=2009-04-10 }} He was nicknamed the Lion of Jesi because of his fearsome riding style.

Motorcycle racing career

Falappa was born in Filottrano in the Province of Ancona and then moved to Jesi with his family. He began his racing career in motocross before making the switch to road racing in 1988. In {{SBK|1989}} he moved up to the Superbike World Championship riding for Bimota, winning 3 races and finishing the season in sixth place. Falappa moved to the Ducati team in {{SBK|1990}}. His best result was a 4th-place finish in the {{SBK|1992}} season and a 5th place in the {{SBK|1993}} season (winning 7 races, including the season's first 3).

In {{SBK|1994}}, Falappa crashed while testing a factory Ducati 916 and suffered serious head injuries. After being in a lengthy coma, he eventually recovered, but never raced again. He won a total of 16 races in his Superbike World Championship career.

Career statistics

=Superbike World Championship=

==Races by year==

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

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1989 ! Bimota \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 17 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| GBR 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| HUN 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| HUN 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CAN Ret \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| CAN 1 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 13 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUT Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FRA 5 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| FRA 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 4 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| JPN 3 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GER Ret \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| GER 2 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| ITA DNS \| AUS \| AUS \| NZL \| NZL \| \| \| \| ! 6th ! 139
1990 ! Ducati \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 5 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| SPA 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 7 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| GBR 1 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| HUN Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| HUN 7 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CAN Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| CAN DNS \| USA \| USA \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| AUT DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| AUT DNS \| JPN \| JPN \| FRA \| FRA \| ITA \| ITA \| MAL \| MAL \| AUS \| AUS \| NZL \| NZL ! 11th ! 94
1991 ! Ducati \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 14 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GBR Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \| CAN \| CAN \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUT Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SMR 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SWE 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SWE 13 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 6 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MAL Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 6 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FRA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FRA 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 6 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \| AUS \| AUS ! 9th ! 113
1992 ! Ducati \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 5 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 16 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 8 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GER 19 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| BEL 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| BEL 2 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| SPA 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 7 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| AUT 1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| AUT 1 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| ITA 3 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| ITA 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 8 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| NED 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 12 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUS Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| NZL Ret \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| NZL 1 ! 4th ! 279
1993 ! Ducati \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| IRL 1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| IRL 1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| GER 1 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| GER 3 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SMR* 1 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| *SMR* 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 6 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| AUT 1 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| CZE 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CZE Ret \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| SWE 2 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| SWE 3 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MAL Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MAL Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| JPN Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| NED Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| ITA 1 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GBR Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| POR 4 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| POR 4 ! 5th ! 255
1994 ! Ducati \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GER Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 4 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| ITA 2 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| ITA 1 \| SPA \| SPA \| AUT \| AUT \| INA \| INA \| JPN \| JPN \| NED \| NED \| SMR \| SMR \| EUR \| EUR \| AUS \| AUS \| \| \| \| ! 15th ! 74

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