Alex Barros
Alexandre "Alex" Barros ( born October 18, 1970 in São Paulo, Brazil ) is a former Brazilian motorcycle racer. With 276 contested race he was up to the 277th Grand Prix start of Loris Capirossi record holder in the Motorcycle World Championship.
Career
Barros drove his first race at the age of eight years in the Brazilian Minibike Championship, which he won at first. In the two following years he won the Brazilian moped championship in 1981 ³ the national title in the class up to 50 cm and in 1985 in the 250cc.
1986 Barros debuted at 15 on the international stage of the motorcycle world championship in the 80 cc class and could enter six championship points in his first season. 1988 was followed by the rise in the class up to 250 cc, in which he finished in 18th place in the World Cup second year.
In 1990, Barros as the youngest driver ever in the 500cc class to Cagiva. According to some results in the points Barros In 1992 with a third place at Assen for the first time on the podium. Switching to Suzuki in 1993 brought the final breakthrough. At the Grand Prix of Spain Barros won his first of seven races. In the following years Barros was always competitive and ranked as best position five times the fourth world rank. However, the end of 2005 he had to make the junior space. He did not get a contract more for the 2006 season and accepted an offer from the team Klaffi Honda for the Superbike World Championship, where he did well with two wins and the sixth World Cup place.
For the 2007 season, he returned to the MotoGP class and drove in the D' Antin Ducati Desmosedici GP7 a team. He finished with a third place as best result the tenth World Cup ranking.
Statistics
In the World Motorcycle Championship
Status: after 2007 season