Marco Melandri FANSITE!

THIS IS A MARCO MELANDRI FANSITE!!!!!!!! PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY MARCO MELANDRI! JUST SOME VERY BIG FANS OF HIS!!! WE HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE MAN HIMSELF!!!Marco Melandri started racing in motocross when he was only 6 years only, and became national champion in his category. In 1989, he was second in European Motocross championship. Marco Melandri started minibike racing in 8 years of age, in 1990, and became two times national champion. 125ccm racing career of Marco Melandri started in 1996, when he contested European championship. In 1997, he was fourth in European championship, and also has won Honda trophy 125cc Grand Prix. The same year he made 125ccm world championship debut. Marco Melandri finished his first full 125cc world championship season in 1998 on respectable 3rd place. Same year he became Italian national champion in this class. In 1999, Marco Melandri finished second in 125cc world championship. Marco Melandri moved to 250cc world championship in 2000, riding Aprilia. He finished his first season in this class as 5th. In 2001, Melandri was third in world 250cc championship. Marco Melandri wins 250cc world championship in 2002, in his third attempt. After securing the 250cc world title in 2002, Melandri moved up to MotoGP class to spearhead Yamaha factory team alongside Carlos Checa in 2003. Unfortunately he broke his leg in a heavy crash in this first race meeting, and struggled to succeed for the rest of the season. He finished the season in 15th position without collecting any podiums. He joined Yamaha satellite team, Tech 3 in 2004 alongside Norick Abe. This season, he again struggled to get top results. However, he manages to collect 2 consecutive podiums, but a series of crash and retirement keep him out of top 10 in overall standings. He finished the season in 12th position. Having been released from his Yamaha contract in 2005, Melandri became a surprise choice by team boss Fausto Gresini to join Sete Gibernau in his Movistar Honda, but he proved to be the revelation of the season, with a consistent run of podium finishes early in the season, ultimately taking his first two wins in the final two races of the season to clinch second place in the championship. He was the first Honda rider to win back-to-back races for nearly two years, winning round 16 of MotoGP championship at Istanbul, Turkey and Valencia. Although he never really challenges his best friend Valentino Rossi for the title, he finished the season strongly as runner-up with total of 2 wins and 5 additional podiums. Melandri rides for the Gresini's Fortuna Honda team alongside Toni Elías in 2006 season.