Michael Laverty

Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is a motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. He is the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and has raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing. His brothers Eugene and John are also racers. In 2017, he will be aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the British Superbike Championship.

Career

British Superbike and Supersport championships

He raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races.^[1]

In 2005 and 2006 he raced for Stobart Motorsport team in the British Superbike Championship. In 2005 he was 10th overall with podiums at Knockhill and Snetterton, his achievements earning him the title of 'Irish Motorcyclist of the Year' from Irish Racer magazine.^[2] In 2006 he was team-mate to Michael Rutter. Helped by a pair of 5th places at Knockhill in round 7 he came 7th overall, ahead of the more experienced Rutter.

For 2007, Michael moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team. He beat team-mate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to BSB with the team for 2008. He took two fourth places early on in the season and finished 9th overall, but decided to leave the team for 2009.

For 2009 Michael competed in the USA riding in selected rounds of the AMA Superbike Championship with Celtic Racing. Michael finished in the top 10 at every round he competed in, with a 2nd position to Mat Mladin at the Road America round being his best result. He also competed in selected World Supersport rounds and joined the CRS team for the latter part of the 2009 season.

In January 2010, Laverty confirmed that he had re-signed with the Relentless Suzuki team to ride in the 2010 British Superbike Championship season.^[3]

In May 2010, Laverty took his and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team's first Superbike victory, in race two of the third round of the 2010 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

In the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Laverty competed in MotoGP on a CRT bike run by Paul Bird and his PBM Team.

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pos	Pts	Ref
2010	Suzuki	BHI Ret	BHI 4	THR 10	THR 6	OUL 5	OUL 1		CAD 2	CAD 3	MAL 3	MAL 3	KNO 4	KNO C		SNE 6	SNE 5	SNE 3	BHGP 6	BHGP 4	BHGP Ret	CAD 4	CAD 4		CRO 2	CRO 1	SIL 3	SIL Ret	OUL 4	OUL 8	OUL 4	4th	604¹	^[4]
2011	Yamaha	BHI Ret	BHI 4	OUL 5	OUL 5	CRO 24	CRO Ret		THR 1	THR 7	KNO 6	KNO 3	SNE 4	SNE 5		OUL 6	OUL C		BHGP 8	BHGP 4	BHGP 4	CAD 1	CAD 2	CAD 3	DON 2	DON 14	SIL 2	SIL 4	BHGP 1	BHGP NC	BHGP 5	4th	601¹	^[5]
2012	Honda	BHI Ret	BHI C	THR 6	THR 13	OUL 6	OUL 12	OUL 7	SNE 2	SNE 1	KNO 3	KNO 1	OUL Ret	OUL 4	OUL 5	BHGP 4	BHGP 4		CAD 3	CAD 3		DON 3	DON 2		ASS 7	ASS 7	SIL 3	SIL 5	BHGP 10	BHGP 3	BHGP Ret	5th	581¹	^[6]

Notes: 1.^ – Laverty qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 11th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3,2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2013	MotoGP	PBM	Paul Bird Motorsport	18	3	25th
2013	MotoGP	ART	Paul Bird Motorsport	18	3	25th
2014	MotoGP	PBM	Paul Bird Motorsport	18	9	24th
2015	MotoGP	Aprilia	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	1	0	NC
Total				37	12

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
MotoGP	2013–2015	2013 Qatar			37	0	0	0	0	12	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2013	MotoGP	PBM	QAT 17	AME 16	SPA 13	FRA 17	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED 22	GER 16	USA Ret	IND 18	CZE 18	GBR 19	RSM 18						25th	3
2013	MotoGP	ART														ARA Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 18	JPN 19	VAL 17	25th	3
2014	MotoGP	PBM	QAT 16	AME 16	ARG 18	SPA 16	FRA 16	ITA 16	CAT 17	NED 21	GER Ret	IND 14	CZE Ret	GBR 17	RSM 17	ARA 16	JPN 18	AUS 13	MAL 12	VAL 19	24th	9
2015	MotoGP	Aprilia	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER 20	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
2002	Honda	SPA	AUS	RSA	JPN	ITA	GBR	GER	SMR	GBR	GER	NED	ITA 15			34th	1
2003	Honda	SPA	AUS	JPN	ITA	GER 17	GBR Ret	SMR	GBR 21	NED 12	ITA	FRA				30th	4
2009	Honda	AUS	QAT	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA 11		SMR Ret	GBR 20	CZE 13	GER 18	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	POR 14	22nd	10
2009	Yamaha							USA 17								22nd	10

References

↑ http://www.superbike.it/rider.php?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Conduttore=1202
↑ http://www.iomtt.com/blogs/features/archive/2006/01/28/Michael_Laverty_takes_major_award.aspx
↑ "Laverty back at Relentless Suzuki". Insidebikes. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/164500/standings.pdf
↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/407432/standings.pdf
↑ "Round 7 – Standings" (PDF). MotorSportVision Racing. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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