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Find sources: "Marco Papa" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 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](/source/Perugia), [Umbria](/source/Umbria), [Italy](/source/Italy), – 9 September 1999 near [Adro](/source/Adro) Italy) was a [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) [road racer](/source/Road_racing).[1] His most successful year was in [1990](/source/1990_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season) when he finished in 13th place in the 500cc world championship aboard a Moto Club Perugia sponsored [Honda NS500](/source/Honda_NS500).[2] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Marco Papa at MotoGP.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200808044210/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/profiles/Marco+Papa). Archived from [the original](http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Marco+Papa) on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [www.f1network.net](http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st53227.htm) ## External links - [Marco Papa](https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/-/58d8f4b7-404e-4667-a886-e5da55d98cb0) on [MotoGP.com](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) Authority control databases International VIAF WorldCat National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marco Papa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Papa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Papa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.