Eugene Laverty

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Eugene Laverty
Laverty in 2016
NationalityBritish
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 37)
Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Current teamBonovo Action BMW
Bike number50
Websiteelaverty.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2015–2016
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati
Championships0
2016 championship position13th (77 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
36 0 0 0 0 86
250cc World Championship
Active years2007–2008
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Championships0
2008 championship position21st (8 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 0 0 0 0 14
125cc World Championship
Active years2004
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2004 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2011–2014, 2017–2022
ManufacturersYamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki, Ducati, BMW
Championships0
2022 championship position16th (36 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
242 13 35 4 5 1678.5
Supersport World Championship
Active years2008–2010
ManufacturersYamaha, Honda
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 a former professional motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland, the brother of Michael and John.

For 2022, Laverty is contracted to ride for satellite BMW team Bonovo in World Superbike Championship.[1] Midway through the season, Laverty announced his intended retirement at the end of 2022, partly due to poor race results, to continue with the same team as a co-owner and rider coach.[2][3]

During 2021, Laverty rode in some World Superbike events before his RC Squadra Corse team withdrew from racing; further rides later in the season were as a replacement for injured BMW factory rider Tom Sykes.[4]

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

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.[5] He had previously finished 9th overall as a series rookie in 2005.

250cc World Championship (2007–2008)[edit]

For 2007, he raced in the 250cc Grand Prix World Championship for LCR Honda[6] finishing in 25th place overall with a best result of 14th. A strong run at Barcelona produced no points due to an engine problem.[7]

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.[8] He scored points in China and Portugal, but at Le Mans he crashed at the one remaining wet corner as the circuit dried.[9]

Supersport World Championship (2008–2010)[edit]

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 teammate 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.[10]

The young Irish man signed with the Parkalgar Honda World Supersport team for the 2009 season.[11] 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.

Superbike World Championship (2011–2014)[edit]

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.[12] Later that afternoon, Laverty completed the double by winning race two, with fellow Yamaha teammate Marco Melandri taking second spot.[13] For 2012 Laverty rode a factory-specification Aprilia, partnering Max Biaggi.

MotoGP World Championship (2015–2016)[edit]

For the 2015 season, Laverty moved to MotoGP with the Aspar 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.[14]

Laverty remained with the team – now riding Ducati Desmosedici GP14.2 motorcycles – for the 2016 season, where he partnered Yonny Hernández.[15] In Argentina, he achieved his best results in MotoGP career with 4th place.

Timeline[edit]

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,[16] alongside former MotoGP 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.[17] 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.

In 2017 and 2018 Laverty competed in the World Superbikes aboard an Aprilia RSV4, before losing his position within the Shaun Muir Racing team to former Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes.[18]

For 2019 he was contracted to ride in the Superbike World Championship for Team Go Eleven on a Ducati Panigale.[18]

During 2021 Laverty rode a few times for under-financed RC Squadra Corse BMW team and as a replacement for injured Chaz Davies.

For 2022, Laverty has signed to race in Superbike World Championship for satellite BMW team Bonovo, together with team-mate Loris Baz.[19]

Career statistics[edit]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[edit]

By season[edit]

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

By class[edit]

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2004 2004 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
250cc 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[edit]

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

Year Class Bike 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 RIO 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
16 		GBR
Ret 		NED
16 		GER
15 		CZE
16 		RSM
Ret 		INP
C 		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 		INP
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[edit]

By season[edit]

Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2008 Yamaha Yamaha World Supersport 2 0 1 0 0 20 21st
2009 Honda Parkalgar Honda 14 4 8 1 1 236 2nd
2010 Honda Parkalgar Honda 13 8 10 5 5 252 2nd
Total 29 12 19 6 6 508

Races by year[edit]

(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[edit]

By season[edit]

Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2011 Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 26 2 6 0 0 303 4th
2012 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 27 1 6 0 1 263.5 6th
2013 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 27 9 19 2 4 424 2nd
2014 Suzuki Voltcom Crescent Suzuki 24 1 2 0 0 161 10th
2017 Aprilia Milwaukee Aprilia 26 0 0 0 0 157 10th
2018 Aprilia Milwaukee Aprilia 21 0 2 1 0 158 8th
2019 Ducati Team GoEleven 24 0 0 0 0 81 15th
2020 BMW BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 22 0 0 1 0 55 15th
2021 BMW RC Squadra Corse 19 0 0 0 0 40 19th
2022 BMW Bonovo Action BMW 27 0 0 0 0 36* 16th*
Total 243 13 35 4 5 1678.5

Races by year[edit]

(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
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 		ITA
9 		ITA
7 		POR
8 		POR
9 		USA
Ret 		USA
4 		SPA
6 		SPA
6 		FRA
19 		FRA
Ret 		QAT
9 		QAT
Ret 		10th 161
2017 Aprilia AUS
8 		AUS
10 		THA
Ret 		THA
15 		SPA
8 		SPA
9 		NED
8 		NED
8 		ITA
NC 		ITA
7 		GBR
13 		GBR
Ret 		ITA
6 		ITA
5 		USA
Ret 		USA
6 		GER
10 		GER
Ret 		POR
7 		POR
4 		FRA
6 		FRA
17 		SPA
8 		SPA
Ret 		QAT
4 		QAT
7 		10th 157
2018 Aprilia AUS
8 		AUS
15 		THA
9 		THA
Ret 		SPA SPA NED NED ITA
12 		ITA
9 		GBR
6 		GBR
Ret 		CZE
6 		CZE
4 		USA
4 		USA
3 		ITA
3 		ITA
8 		POR
Ret 		POR
7 		FRA
9 		FRA
11 		ARG
5 		ARG
Ret 		QAT
4 		QAT
C 		8th 158
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Ducati AUS
12 		AUS
9 		AUS
9 		THA
Ret 		THA
DNS 		THA
Ret 		SPA
15 		SPA
6 		SPA
6 		NED
14 		NED
C 		NED
13 		ITA
WD 		ITA
WD 		ITA
WD 		SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR
DNS 		GBR
DNS 		GBR
DNS 		USA
11 		USA
14 		USA
12 		POR
Ret 		POR
15 		POR
14 		FRA
9 		FRA
13 		FRA
12 		ARG
DNS 		ARG
13 		ARG
7 		QAT
9 		QAT
9 		QAT
6 		15th 81
2020 BMW AUS
11 		AUS
DNS 		AUS
DNS 		SPA
15 		SPA
13 		SPA
Ret 		POR
10 		POR
20 		POR
12 		SPA
16 		SPA
16 		SPA
14 		SPA
8 		SPA
14 		SPA
11 		SPA
11 		SPA
11 		SPA
7 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
15 		FRA
14 		POR
12 		POR
16 		POR
12 		15th 55
2021 BMW SPA
Ret 		SPA
16 		SPA
17 		POR
18 		POR
8 		POR
9 		ITA
DNS 		ITA
13 		ITA
15 		GBR
13 		GBR
12 		GBR
15 		NED NED NED CZE CZE CZE SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA
12 		SPA
C 		SPA
11 		POR
9 		POR
9 		POR
10 		ARG
13 		ARG
15 		ARG
16 		INA INA INA 19th 40
2022 BMW SPA
10 		SPA
11 		SPA
12 		NED
DNS 		NED
DNS 		NED
DNS 		POR
15 		POR
Ret 		POR
14 		ITA
13 		ITA
12 		ITA
14 		GBR
20 		GBR
23 		GBR
Ret 		CZE
19 		CZE
18 		CZE
DNS 		FRA
18 		FRA
18 		FRA
Ret 		SPA
10 		SPA
14 		SPA
14 		POR
15 		POR
15 		POR
16 		ARG
14 		ARG
19 		ARG
11 		INA
14 		INA
17 		INA
16 		AUS
18 		AUS
15 		AUS
Ret 		16th 36

* Season still in progress.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bonovo BMW team signs Laverty, Baz for 2022 WSBK season motorsport.com, 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021
  2. ^ Eugene Laverty set to retire from racing as former World Superbike Championship runner-up prepares for new challenge Belfast Newsletter, 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022
  3. ^ Laverty to retire from WSBK, take Bonovo BMW role in 2023 motorsport.com, 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022
  4. ^ Eugene Laverty: Northern Irishman secures WSBK ride for 2022 BBC Sport, 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022
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  13. ^ Marsden, Liam (8 May 2011). "Laverty does the double". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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  19. ^ Bonovo action BMW Racing Team to line up with Eugene Laverty and Loris Baz in the 2022 WorldSBK. BMW Group, 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021

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