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Michael Laverty

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Michael Laverty
Laverty, 2007 British Superbike Championship in Brands Hatch
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1981-06-07) 7 June 1981 (age 43)
Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Websitemlaverty.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2013–2015
ManufacturersPBM, ART, Aprilia
Championships0
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
37 0 0 0 0 12

Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is an occasional motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. After participating in the 2017 season in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1, and the 2018 season on a Tyco BMW,[1] Laverty became a television commentator and occasional rider in Endurance events.[2][3]

For 2021, Laverty established a young-riders' academy, to act as a competition stepping-stone, based on race-styled minibikes. Laverty also has Moto 3 machines available for occasional wildcard race entries.[4][5]

In September 2021, Laverty announced live on BT Sport, the television provider he is contracted to as a motorcycle race pundit, that he was to establish a new race team for 2022 out of the former Petronas Moto3 team, run by Johan Stigefelt, which will be disbanded at the end of the 2021 season. The team for 2022 with British riders Scott Ogden and Josh Whatley will be known as Vision Track Honda after the title-sponsor, also active in BSB as Vision Track Ducati. Laverty will act as race-team principal, with Taylor Mackenzie as team manager.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

He was the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing. His brother Eugene is a World Superbike rider and brother John was also a racer.

Career

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British Superbike and Supersport World Championship

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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.[13]

In 2005 and 2006 he raced for the Stobart Honda 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.[14] In 2006 he was teammate 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 teammate 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.[15]

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.

The WEPOL Endurance Racing team, run by the German Penz13.com squad with Laverty replacing Matthieu Lagrive placed fourth in races at Le Mans (April 2019) and Slovakiaring (May 2019).[16][17][18] They had to abandon their home race in Oschersleben after a technical failure and finished 5th in the overall standing of the 2018-2019 season. [19]

Career statistics

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British Superbike Championship

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(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 Pos Pts Ref
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
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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]
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

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By season

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

By class

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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
Total 2013–2015 37 0 0 0 0 12 0

Races by year

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(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
2013 MotoGP PBM QAT
17 		AME
16 		SPA
13 		FRA
17 		ITA
17 		CAT
Ret 		NED
22 		GER
16 		USA
Ret 		INP
18 		CZE
18 		GBR
19 		RSM
18 		25th 3
ART ARA
Ret 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
18 		JPN
19 		VAL
17
2014 MotoGP PBM QAT
16 		AME
16 		ARG
18 		SPA
16 		FRA
16 		ITA
16 		CAT
17 		NED
21 		GER
Ret 		INP
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 		INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0

Supersport World Championship

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Races by year

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(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
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
Yamaha USA
17

References

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  1. ^ BSB: Laverty makes Tyco BMW return for 2018 crash.net, 17 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019
  2. ^ Michael Laverty leaves British Superbike to focus on other projects bikeandrace.com, 11 January 2019 Retrieved 9 May 2019
  3. ^ Exciting weekend in store EWC FIM Endurance, 20 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019
  4. ^ Michael Laverty’s all-new riding academy is all about developing the British stars of tomorrow Motorcycle News, 14 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021
  5. ^ MLav Academy Ltd Companies House Retrieved 19 May 2021
  6. ^ Ex-MotoGP racer Michael Laverty announces British Moto3 team Autosport, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
  7. ^ Michael Laverty: Former MotoGP rider sets up Moto3 team to help British riders BBC Sport, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
  8. ^ Michael Laverty launches new Moto3 team for 2022 Motorcycle News, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
  9. ^ Vision Track Honda signs Scott Ogden, Josh Whatley for all British 2022 Moto3 bid visordown.com, 18 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
  10. ^ Mackenzie swaps racing for Moto3 management bikesportnews, 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021
  11. ^ Taylor Mackenzie named as all-British VisionTrack Racing Moto3 team manager visordown, 1 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021
  12. ^ Why ‘older brother’ Taylor Mackenzie is the ideal modern boss for new Moto3 team visordown, 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021
  13. ^ "superbike.it - This website is for sale! - superbike Resources and Information". www.superbike.it. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Michael Laverty takes major award". Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  15. ^ "Laverty back at Relentless Suzuki". Insidebikes. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  16. ^ Wepol Racing lead the way for Yamaha as Moto AIN Finish on SST Podium at Le Mans[permanent dead link‍] Yamaha Racing, Retrieved 16 May 2019
  17. ^ WEPOL Endurance strengthens with Michael Laverty Speedweek.com (in German) 25 February 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019
  18. ^ Slovakiaring results Archived 2 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine FIM EWC.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019
  19. ^ "Circuit Racing Endurance". FIM Live. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Round 12 Standings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  21. ^ "Round 12 Standings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  22. ^ "Round 7 – Standings" (PDF). MotorSportVision Racing. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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