Eugene Laverty

Eugene Laverty
Nationality Irish
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Current team Milwaukee Aprilia World Superbike Team
Bike number 50
Website eugenelaverty.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years20152016
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati
2016 championship position13rd (77 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
36 0 0 0 0 86
250cc World Championship
Active years20072008
ManufacturersAprilia
2008 championship position21st (8 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 0 0 0 0 14
125cc World Championship
Active years2004
ManufacturersHonda
2004 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years20112014
ManufacturersYamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki
2014 championship position10th (161 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
103 13 33 2 5 1151.5
Supersport World Championship
Active years2008–2010
ManufacturersHonda, Yamaha
Championships0
2010 championship position2nd (252 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 12 19 6 6 508

Eugene Laverty (born 3 June 1986) is an Irish professional motorcycle road racer, the brother of Michael and John. In 2017, he will compete in the Superbike World Championship aboard an Aprilia RSV4. 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 Superbike World Championship race at Monza on 8 May 2011. Eugene stood proudly as his national anthem was played just after race one.[11] Later that afternoon, Laverty completed the double by winning race two, with fellow Yamaha teammate Marco Melandri taking second spot.[12] For 2012 Laverty rode a factory-specification Aprilia, partnering Max Biaggi.

MotoGP 2015–

For the 2015 season, Laverty moved to MotoGP with the Aspar Racing Team, riding a Honda RC213V-RS open-specification motorcycle. He finished the season in 22nd place in the riders' championship standings, with a best result of 12th in Catalunya.[13]

Laverty will remain with the team – now riding Ducati Desmosedici GP14.2 motorcycles – for the 2016 season, where he will partner Yonny Hernández.[14] In Argentina, he achieved his best results in MotoGP career with 4th place.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Number Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2004 125cc Honda Red Bull Rookies Honda 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 250cc Honda Honda LCR 50 17 0 0 0 0 6 25th
2008 250cc Aprilia Blusens Aprilia 50 12 0 0 0 0 8 21st
2015 MotoGP Honda Pull & Bear Aspar Team 50 18 0 0 0 0 9 22nd
2016 MotoGP Ducati Aspar Team Moto GP 50 18 0 0 0 0 77 13th
Total 66 0 0 0 0 100

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 2015-2016 2015 Qatar 36 0 0 0 0 86 0
Total 2004, 2007–2008, 2015-2016 66 0 0 0 0 100

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
2016 MotoGP Ducati QAT
12
ARG
4
AME
12
SPA
9
FRA
11
ITA
13
CAT
13
NED
7
GER
11
AUT
18
CZE
6
GBR
12
RSM
14
ARA
14
JPN
Ret
AUS
14
MAL
12
VAL
16
13th 77

Supersport World Championship

By season

Season Moto Team Number Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2008 Yamaha Yamaha World Supersport 50 2 0 1 0 0 20 21st
2009 Honda Parkalgar Honda 50 14 4 8 1 1 236 2nd
2010 Honda Parkalgar Honda 50 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 Team Number Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2011 Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 58 26 2 6 0 0 303 4th
2012 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 58 27 1 6 0 1 263.5 6th
2013 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 58 27 9 18 3 3 424 2nd
2014 Suzuki Voltcom Crescent Suzuki 58 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

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