Claudio Corti

Claudio Corti, born on 25 June 1987 in Como, is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He progressed through the Italian 125GP Championship and finished 2004 as runner-up in the Italian Supersport Championship. In 2005 he won the European Superstock 600cc Cup, run on the Superbike World Championship support package, for the Trasimeno team, finishing his first seven races on the podium including five victories. He then moved to the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, finishing as championship runner-up in 2006 and 2007 with Yamaha Team Italia and again in 2009 with Alstare Racing on a Suzuki. In 2010 he moved up to the new Moto2 class with Forward Racing on a Suter, finishing 25th in the championship with a best result of ninth in San Marino and taking pole position at the British Grand Prix. At the time of the source article he competed in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-10R.