User:EdGilmour/Federico Sandi

Federico Sandi is a proffesional motorcycle racer He rides in the World Superstock championship.

Career
Sandi came 6th in the 2005 Cuna de Campeones. is firts 250cc was in the 2005 Australian Grand Prix. His first 125cc race was in the Spanish Grand Prix in 2005.

In 1998, when Federico was 9 years old, runs 3 races in the Minibike category, achieving one 1st position and two 2nd places. In the following years he participates to some races of the Minibike Italian Championship, always finishing in 2nd or 3rd position, achieving the qualification to the final phases, that he couldn’t afford because of his father's business in the Moto GP World Championship. In 2003 he runs the 125cc Bancaja Series Cup and some competitions of the 125cc Sport Production Spanish Championship. Despite of two withdrawals, the first when he was in 2nd position and the second while he was in 5th position, he ended the championship in 11th position, running all the competitions on circuits he had never seen (Cartagena, Albacete, Jerez de la Frontera, Valencia, etc...). Thanks to the his good performances during his first experiences, Federico gained the opportunity to start in 2 rounds of the Spanish Championship (CEV), with a bike he had never tried before: the 125 GP. He runs his first GP race in Valencia and wins the Round B obtaining the chance to start in the Sunday's race ending 27th on wet track. The second competition was in Jerez de la Frontera, where in the Saturday's qualifying laps he got the 15th position, on dry and wet track (not bad as second experience). He ended the race in 24th position due to an electric problem to his motorbike. He runs a third race in Valencia on December 13th 2003 and he finally gets great satisfaction from the pole position in the two official practises, an overwhelming victory with 8"40 on the 2nd classified and the fast lap. It has been a very good result for a 14 years old boy riding bikes since 11 months, and who had run 9 competitions, 6 of which in the Sport Production. In 2004 Sandi runs in the in the Trophy "Cuna de Campeones Repsol Bancaja“ of the Spanish National Championship (CEV), ending 6th in the CEV final despite he didn’t start 2 rounds because of a malleolus fracture occurred during the tests in Jarama and won the "Cuna de Campeones" with 40 points more than the second placed. During the 2004 season he achieved two victories, one 2nd and two 3rd position in "Cuna de Campeones" and one 3rd, two 5th, one 6th and one 15th position (caused by engine problems) in CEV, with excellent timing lap results in competition and practises. These results allowed Federico the possibility to ride in the 2005 125cc World Championship, after only one year of races in the 125 GP. In 2005 Federico was a rider in the 125 World Championship with an Honda “Kit A”, obtaining appreciable results as a rookie. This important experience will be useful in 2006 when Federico will run in SSM Racing Team with Aprilia. In 2006 Federico obtained his first points in 125 cc. World Championship. In 2007 Federico run with Aprilia of Skilled Team of Italo Fontana. After the Grand prix of San Marino in Misano, Federico had the possibility to test Team Sicilia Matteoni's Aprilia 250 cc. . So Federico ran the last G.P. of 2007 season (Australian G.P., Malaysian G.P. and Comunitat Valenciana G.P. ) in 250 cc. with the Team Sicilia of Matteoni. In 2008 season Federico run only 7 G.P. because of school maturity examinations but he obtained two points in Portugal G.P. and four points in G.P. of San Marino.