Eugene Laverty
Laverty in 2016
NationalityBritish
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
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

Early career

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

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

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

(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

By season

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

(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 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

(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

  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
  5. ↑ "Honda Racing Team News with Try My Sport". Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Apologetic Coulthard Suffers 'nightmare'". Crash. 25 July 1999.
  7. ↑ http://www.bikehq.co.uk/news/article/7,257/Eugene-Laverty-MotoGP-race-report/%5B%5D
  8. 1 2 "Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News | Live Scores | Results". uk.sports.yahoo.com.
  9. ↑ "Laverty fails to finish 250 race". BBC News. 18 May 2008.
  10. ↑ "250: Laverty quits Blusens to seek WSS fortune". Crash. 22 September 2008.
  11. ↑ "Sagittarius Marketing - Marketing News | the latest marketing news from Sagittarius Marketing". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  12. ↑ "Laverty takes famous first WSBK race win". Superbike World Championship. Dorna Sports. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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  14. ↑ "Jorge Lorenzo beats Valentino Rossi". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Aspar MotoGP team swaps Honda for Ducati, keeps Laverty for 2016". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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  18. 1 2 Eugene Laverty secures spot in World Superbikes for 2019 Belfast Telegraph, 24 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019
  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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