Eugene Laverty

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Eugene Laverty
File:Eugene Laverty in Parc Fermé, Silverstone 2012.jpg
Nationality Northern Irish
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 37)
Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
Current team Power Electronics Aspar Team
Bike number 50
Website eugenelaverty.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2015
Manufacturers Honda
2015 Championship position 22nd (9 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 0 0 0 0 9
250cc World Championship
Active years 2007–2008
Manufacturers Aprilia
2008 Championship position 21st (8 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 0 0 0 0 14
125cc World Championship
Active years 2004
Manufacturers Honda
2004 Championship position NC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2011–2014
Manufacturers Yamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki
2014 Championship position 10th (161 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
103 13 33 2 5 1151.5
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2008–2010
Manufacturers Honda, Yamaha
Championships 0
2010 Championship position 2nd (252 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 12 19 6 6 508

Eugene Laverty (born 3 June 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer, the brother of Michael and John. In 2008 he had competed in both the 250cc World Championship and the World Supersport series, he then went on to be runner up in the Supersport World Championship in both 2009 and 2010.

In 2011 he moved up to the Superbike World Championship with the factory Yamaha World Superbike team[1] alongside former Moto GP rider Marco Melandri. On 8 May he won his first World Superbike race at Monza and went on to complete the double in race two.[2] For 2012 he moved to the Aprilia Racing Team and has been racing the Aprilia RSV4 alongside Max Biaggi, ending the championship in 6th position and competed for the 2013 championship in the same team alongside Sylvain Guintoli.

Early days

Born in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland, Laverty was runner up in the 2004 British 125cc Championship. He had a successful year in 2006 aboard the Dunlop shod Red Bull Honda CBR600RR. He was a top challenger for the British Supersport title, but finished third overall behind Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes, with four wins.[3] He had previously finished 9th overall as a series rookie in 2005.

250cc Grands Prix 2007–2008

For 2007, he raced in the 250cc Grand Prix World Championship for LCR Honda[4] finishing in 25th place overall with a best result of 14th. A strong run at Barcelona produced no points due to an engine problem.[5]

For 2008 it was expected that he would go back to Britain and further his career in Supersports or Superbikes, but he was signed by Blusens Aprilia on 18 December to continue to race in 250cc with privateer motorcycles.[6] He scored points in China and Portugal, but at Le Mans he crashed at the one remaining wet corner as the circuit dried.[7]

World Supersport Championship 2008–2010

Plans for him to make his World Superbike debut later that year[8] were scrapped when Chris Walker joined the team full-time, but he instead joined the factory Yamaha team in World Supersport as a temporary replacement for the injured Fabien Foret. Despite riding injured following a crash at the 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix a week earlier, he moved up from an early 7th to battle championship leader Andrew Pitt and team-mate Broc Parkes for 2nd. Parkes got the better of him, but he finished on the podium after surviving contact with Pitt which eliminated the Honda rider. He decided before this race to end his 250cc season, and focus on a full-time WSS ride for 2009.[9]

The young Irish man signed with the Parkalgar Honda World Supersport team for the 2009 season.[10] On 14 March 2009 Laverty won his first Supersport World Championship race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, narrowly beating Ten Kate Racing's Andrew Pitt to the chequered flag. His win was also the first for the Parkalgar Honda team. He stacked up three more wins and four-second places to finish as series runner-up behind Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow – ending Ten Kate's run of being the top Honda team for many years.

World Superbike Championship 2011-2014

Laverty, on his Yamaha World Superbike, won his first World Superbike race at Monza on 8 May 2011. Eugene, who rides under the Irish flag, stood proudly as his national anthem was played just after race one (of two) at the famous Italian track.[11] Later that afternoon, Laverty completed the double by winning race two, with fellow Yamaha teammate Marco Melandri taking second spot[12]

MotoGP 2015-

Laverty move to MotoGP with Aspar MotoGP Team riding Honda RC213V-RS open-spec bikes. He finishing in 22nd place with best result 12th at Catalunya.

Laverty still remain for the team with new partner Yonny Hernández in 2016 season, but he will ride Ducati Desmosedici GP14.2.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Moto Team Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2004 125cc Honda Red Bull Rookies 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 250cc Honda LCR Honda 17 0 0 0 0 6 25th
2008 250cc Aprilia Blu:sens Avintia 12 0 0 0 0 8 21st
2015 MotoGP Honda Aspar Racing Team 18 0 0 0 0 9 22nd
Total 48 0 0 0 0 23

By class

Class Season 1st Race 1st Pod 1st Win Races Wins Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125 cc 2004 2004 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 cc 2007–2008 2007 Qatar 29 0 0 0 0 14 0
MotoGP 2015 2015 Qatar 18 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 2004, 2007–2008, 2015 48 0 0 0 0 23

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2004 125cc Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR
25		 CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2007 250cc Honda QAT
18		 SPA
14		 TUR
17		 CHN
17		 FRA
15		 ITA
20		 CAT
19		 GBR
Ret		 NED
21		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 RSM
15		 POR
14		 JPN
19		 AUS
16		 MAL
17		 VAL
21		 25th 6
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 POR
15		 CHN
13		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
13		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 NED
16		 GER
15		 CZE
16		 RSM
Ret		 IND
DNS		 JPN AUS MAL VAL 21st 8
2015 MotoGP Honda QAT
18		 AME
16		 ARG
17		 SPA
18		 FRA
14		 ITA
15		 CAT
12		 NED
Ret		 GER
17		 IND
19		 CZE
Ret		 GBR
17		 RSM
19		 ARA
14		 JPN
17		 AUS
19		 MAL
19		 VAL
Ret		 22nd 9

Supersport World Championship

By season

Season Moto Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2008 Yamaha 2 0 1 0 0 20 21st
2009 Honda 14 4 8 1 1 236 2nd
2010 Honda 13 8 10 5 5 252 2nd
Total 29 12 19 6 6 508

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
2008 Yamaha QAT AUS SPA NED ITA GER SMR CZE GBR EUR
12		 ITA
3		 FRA POR 21st 20
2009 Honda AUS
5		 QAT
1		 SPA
9		 NED
1		 ITA
4		 RSA
1		 USA
2		 SMR
2		 GBR
5		 CZE
5		 GER
2		 ITA
2		 FRA
13		 POR
1		 2nd 236
2010 Honda AUS
1		 POR
11		 SPA
5		 NED
1		 ITA
1		 RSA
1		 USA
2		 SMR
1		 CZE
Ret		 GBR
1		 GER
1		 ITA
3		 FRA
1		 2nd 252

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season Moto Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2011 Yamaha 26 2 6 0 0 303 4th
2012 Aprilia 27 1 6 0 1 263.5 6th
2013 Aprilia 27 9 18 3 3 424 2nd
2014 Suzuki 24 1 2 0 0 161 10th
Total 104 13 32 3 4 1151.5

Races by year

(key) (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 14 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 R1 R2
2011 Yamaha AUS
4		 AUS
15		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
14		 NED
7		 NED
6		 ITA
1		 ITA
1		 USA
5		 USA
4		 SMR
5		 SMR
13		 SPA
4		 SPA
6		 CZE
5		 CZE
5		 GBR
2		 GBR
2		 GER
4		 GER
5		 ITA
5		 ITA
4		 FRA
5		 FRA
3		 POR
19		 POR
2		 4th 303
2012 Aprilia AUS
Ret		 AUS
8		 ITA
5		 ITA
6		 NED
5		 NED
3		 ITA
C		 ITA
3		 EUR
15		 EUR
Ret		 USA
5		 USA
6		 SMR
7		 SMR
Ret		 SPA
5		 SPA
2		 CZE
5		 CZE
5		 GBR
10		 GBR
4		 RUS
4		 RUS
Ret		 GER
2		 GER
2		 POR
13		 POR
1		 FRA
7		 FRA
4		 6th 263.5
2013 Aprilia AUS
2		 AUS
1		 SPA
NC		 SPA
Ret		 NED
4		 NED
1		 ITA
3		 ITA
1		 GBR
7		 GBR
3		 POR
Ret		 POR
1		 ITA
3		 ITA
Ret		 RUS
Ret		 RUS
C		 GBR
2		 GBR
3		 GER
15		 GER
2		 TUR
1		 TUR
1		 USA
3		 USA
1		 FRA
3		 FRA
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
1		 2nd 424
2014 Suzuki AUS
1		 AUS
Ret		 SPA
5		 SPA
6		 NED
Ret		 NED
Ret		 ITA
7		 ITA
9		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
13		 MAL
3		 MAL
7		 SMR
9		 SMR
7		 POR
8		 POR
9		 USA
Ret		 USA
4		 SPA
6		 SPA
6		 FRA
19		 FRA
Ret		 QAT
9		 QAT
Ret		 10th 161

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/World-Superbikes/2011/May/may0811-monza-laverty-does-double/
  3. ↑ http://www.trymysport.co.uk/sports_news/honda_racing_news/2006/oct_06/red_bull_honda_brands_races.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/feature/11078-0/qa_eugene_laverty.html
  5. ↑ http://www.bikehq.co.uk/news/article/7,257/Eugene-Laverty-MotoGP-race-report/
  6. ↑ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/06122007/58/season-2008-250s-blusens-ride-laverty.html
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10072008/23/laverty-wsbk-debut.html
  9. ↑ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/news/169340-0/250__laverty_quits_blusens_to_seek_wss_fortune.html
  10. ↑ http://www.parkalgar-honda.com/pages/news/latest_news_detail.aspx?nid=1366
  11. ↑ http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/7418-laverty-takes-famous-first-wsbk-race-win.html
  12. ↑ http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/World-Superbikes/2011/May/may0811-monza-laverty-does-double/. For 2012 Laverty rode a factory-spec Aprilia, partnering Max Biaggi.
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