From a press release issued by Scuderia SC Caracchi-NCR

FONSI NIETO JOINS LORENZO LANZI IN THE SCUDERIA SC CARACCHI – NCR FOR 2005 WORLD SUPERBIKE

Yesterday, January 22 Saturday, has been signed in Spain an agreement between the Spanish rider Alfonso Gonzales Nieto, alias Fonsi Nieto, and Team Caracchi-NCR to contest the 2005 World Championship series.

Nieto will join the historical Team based in Bologna, which will have the full help from Ducati Corse, the Italian Lorenzo Lanzi, the most interesting of young riders contesting the World Superbike. Team Caracchi-NCR will send his challenge in the Queen class of Production bikes with a couple of young rookies, giving a strong interest in a championship always more interesting, with the return of majors Japanese factories side by side to Ducati factory, which never let the great Superbike stage, earning an unapproachable record of wins.

Fonsi Nieto will test his new sporting weapon, the 999RS Ducati, in Jerez during this week end to go on a reach test sessions in Europe, just before the 2005 Championship debut round on Losail circuit, in Qatar desert.

GONZALES NIETO “Fonsi” Alfonso

Nephew of racing Spanish legend Angel Nieto (13 times world champion). Alfonso started racing on a pocket bike as a teenager, winning the Madrid Championship in 1994, and moving to win the Junior 125 Spanish and Catalan titles in 1995. National Spanish champion several times in his first racing years, Alfonso made his world championship debut in 1999. In 2002 he was the hardest challenger of Marco Melandri for the world title in 250 class, category where Alfonso won a total of five GPs.

Personal file

Born in Madrid in 1978, December 2

Residence: Madrid

Marital status: single, girl friend Aña Pataxi

Hobbies: snowboarding, motocross, cinema, internet

Race file

2004
7th World 250GP Championship (Aprilia)

2003
5th World 250GP Championship (Aprilia)

(1 win: Donington)

2002
Runner-up in World 250GP Championship (Aprilia)

(4 wins: Jerez, Le Mans, Estoril, Sepang)

2001
5th World 250GP Championship (Aprilia)

2000
14th World 250GP Championship (Yamaha)

Spanish 250GP Champion (Yamaha)

(3 wins: Valencia, Albacete, Jerez)

1999
23rd World 250GP Championship (Yamaha)

Spanish 250GP Champion (Yamaha)

(2 wins: Cartagena, Albacete)

1998
Spanish 125GP Champion (Aprilia)

(2 wins: Albacete, Albacete)

22nd European 125GP Championship (Aprilia)

1997
8th European 125GP Championship (Aprilia)

4th Spanish 125GP Championship (Aprilia)

1996
24th European 125GP Championship (Honda)

Contests Spanish 125GP Championship (Honda)

1995
Spanish Criterium Junior 125 Champion (Honda)

Catalunya Criterium 125 Champion

1994
Madrid Minibike Champion

Contests the Castiglia Minibike Championship