Nicolás Terol

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Terol and the second or maternal family name is Peidro.

Nicolás Terol
Terol at Brno in 2011
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1988-09-27) 27 September 1988 Alcoy, Province of Alicante, Valencia (Spain)
Current team	Schmidt Racing
Bike number	88
Website	nicoterol.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2012–2014 Manufacturers Suter Championships 0 2014 Championship position 28th (2 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 3 5 1 1 189 125cc World Championship Active years 2004–2011 Manufacturers Aprilia, Derbi Championships 1 (2011) 2011 Championship position 1st (302 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 112 13 34 8 7 1026.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 2015 Manufacturers Ducati Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 12 0 0 0 0 54 Supersport World Championship Active years 2015-2016 Manufacturers MV Agusta 2015 Championship position 18th (23 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 10 0 1 0 0 53

Nicolás "Nico" Terol Peidro (born 27 September 1988) is a professional motorcycle road racer, winner of the final 125cc World Championship in 2011. He currently races in the Supersport World Championship aboard a MV Agusta F3 675.

Career

125cc World Championship

Terol at the 2011 Czech Republic Grand Prix.

Born in Alcoy, Province of Alicante Valencia, Spain, Terol began his professional racing career in 2005. He took his first international victory in the rain-shortened 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix as he was leading the race at the time of the final completed lap. He finished third in the 2009 championship, while he finished runner-up to Marc Márquez in the 2010 championship. In 2011, Terol won eight races during the season, and won the final world championship for the class, before it was replaced by Moto3 for 2012.

Moto2 World Championship

Terol moved up to the intermediate class, Moto2, for the 2012 season. Terol endured a testing season, which finished with a third-place finish on home soil in Valencia. In 2013, Terol won three races with the Aspar Racing Team, en route to a seventh-place finish in the final championship standings. Terol struggled in the 2014 campaign, taking a solitary points-scoring finish – a 14th-place finish in Argentina – as he finished in 28th place in the final championship standings.

Superbike World Championship

Terol started 2015 competing in the Superbike World Championship with Althea Racing, riding a Ducati but left the team mid-season.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Podiums	Pole	Pts	Position
2004	125cc	Aprilia	1	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	125cc	Derbi	13	0	0	0	1	36th
2006	125cc	Derbi	16	0	0	0	53	14th
2007	125cc	Derbi	17	0	0	0	19	22nd
2008	125cc	Aprilia	17	1	5	0	176	5th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	16	1	4	0	179.5	3rd
2010	125cc	Aprilia	16	3	14	1	296	2nd
2011	125cc	Aprilia	16	8	11	7	302	1st
2012	Moto2	Suter	17	0	1	0	37	17th
2013	Moto2	Suter	17	3	4	1	150	7th
2014	Moto2	Suter	16	0	0	0	2	28th
Total			162	16	39	9	1215.5

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL 22			NC	0
2005	125cc	Derbi	SPA 15	POR 23	CHN 26	FRA 22	ITA 21	CAT Ret	NED 16	GBR 21	GER Ret	CZE 19	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS Ret	TUR 16	VAL 16			36th	1
2006	125cc	Derbi	SPA 19	QAT 16	TUR 27	CHN 19	FRA Ret	ITA 18	CAT 11	NED 15	GBR 9	GER 7	CZE 7	MAL 10	AUS 11	JPN 10	POR Ret	VAL 11			14th	53
2007	125cc	Derbi	QAT 16	SPA 14	TUR 16	CHN Ret	FRA 19	ITA 12	CAT 23	GBR 24	NED 17	GER 22	CZE 22	RSM 18	POR Ret	JPN 17	AUS 13	MAL 11	VAL 11		22nd	19
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 10	SPA 2	POR 3	CHN 8	FRA 3	ITA 7	CAT Ret	GBR 18	NED 9	GER 7	CZE 5	RSM 5	IND 1	JPN 5	AUS Ret	MAL 9	VAL 2		5th	176
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 7	JPN 17	SPA 10	FRA 9	ITA 2	CAT 2	NED 5	GER 4	GBR 4	CZE 1	IND 4	RSM 2	POR Ret	AUS 6	MAL 5	VAL 10			3rd	179.5
2010	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	SPA 2	FRA 2	ITA 2	GBR 4	NED 2	CAT Ret	GER	CZE 1	IND 1	RSM 2	ARA 2	JPN 2	MAL 3	AUS 3	POR 2	VAL 3		2nd	296
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	SPA 1	POR 1	FRA 2	CAT 1	GBR 8	NED DNS	ITA 1	GER 4	CZE Ret	IND 1	RSM 1	ARA 1	JPN 2	AUS 6	MAL 5	VAL 2		1st	302
2012	Moto2	Suter	QAT 23	SPA 27	POR 16	FRA 13	CAT 15	GBR 20	NED 17	GER 14	ITA 13	IND 13	CZE 12	RSM 15	ARA 12	JPN 18	MAL Ret	AUS 17	VAL 3		17th	37
2013	Moto2	Suter	QAT 14	AME 1	SPA 5	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT 16	NED 17	GER Ret	IND 12	CZE 6	GBR 11	RSM 10	ARA 1	MAL 18	AUS 9	JPN 6	VAL 1		7th	150
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT Ret	AME Ret	ARG 14	SPA DNS	FRA 21	ITA 24	CAT 20	NED 22	GER 19	IND 21	CZE 25	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA 29	JPN 22	AUS 18	MAL 24	VAL 18	28th	2

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		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
2015	Ducati	AUS 8	AUS 6	THA 12	THA 12	SPA 7	SPA 10	NED 9	NED Ret	ITA	ITA	GBR 12	GBR Ret	POR 15	POR 15	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	QAT	QAT	17th	54

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
2015	MV Agusta	AUS	THA	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	POR	ITA	MAL	SPA 5	FRA 14	QAT 6	18th	23
2016	MV Agusta	AUS 11	THA Ret	SPA 3	NED 13	ITA 10	MAL Ret	GBR Ret	ITA	GER	FRA	SPA	QAT	12th*	30*

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Profile on MotoGP.com
• Profile on WorldSBK.com

Preceded by Marc Márquez

125 cc Motorcycle World Champion 2011

Succeeded by Sandro Cortese (Moto3 in 2012)