Ãlvaro Bautista
Álvaro Bautista Arce ( born November 21, 1984 in Talavera de la Reina ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
In the 2006 season he became world champion in the 125cc class of the MotoGP World Championship. Currently Bautista starts in MotoGP class.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 Statistics in the Motorcycle World Championship
Career
Early years
Álvaro Bautista gained his first experience on two wheels at the age of three years on minibikes, where he also celebrated its first successes.
Then in 1997 he went into the Aprilia 50 cc Cup, he finished in sixth place overall. The following year he won in this series then third place behind Jorge Lorenzo and Joan olivé.
For 1999, he was selected by Alberto Puig under 400 pilots who Copa Movistar to deny that he graduated fifth.
In the following years he played the Spanish 125cc Championship. In 2002 he graduated as a wildcard rider in this class at the Grand Prix of Spain at Jerez in his first race in the Motorcycle World Championship.
125 cc class
The 2003 season was his first as a regular driver in the Motorcycle World Championship. Bautista drove in the team of soccer stars Clarence Seedorf an Aprilia, but could reach the 20th place in the overall standings with 31 points from 16 races. In the Spanish 125cc Championship, which he denied in parallel after, he nevertheless was able to celebrate the championship.
In 2004, he went further in Seedorf team; his teammate this season was his compatriot Hector Barbera. With a second place in the Grand Prix of Great Britain at Donington Park and three third places, he could reach seventh place in the overall standings.
For the 2005 season, his team then rose from Aprilia to Honda on. Although the Swiss Thomas Luthi celebrated the world title this season with this brand, Bautista came up with the Honda absolutely not cope and could not build on the successes of the previous season. With 47 points, he was only 15, the World Cup.
Therefore, Bautista decided, for the 2006 season in the Master - MVA Aspar team of former world champion Jorge Martínez to change where he could ride an Aprilia again. At the first race of the season at Jerez, he could immediately celebrated his first victory. Bautista dominated the entire season, drove in 14 of 16 races on the podium and scored points in every race. With eight wins and 338 points, he was ultimately superior world champion in the 125 cc class. At the end of the season he had 76 points ahead of the World Cup runner-up, the Finn Mika Kallio.
250 cc class
For the 2007 season, Álvaro Bautista joined the team of Jorge Martínez in the 250 cc class, where he drove an Aprilia factory bike. His teammate, Alex De Angelis of San Marino. He got used to very quickly on the larger machine and was already in the second race, occupy his home Grand Prix in Jerez behind Jorge Lorenzo in second place. With wins in Italy and Portugal, and a total of seven podiums Bautista reached the fourth world rank and Rookie of the Year was in the 250cc class. In the 2008 season, the Spaniard went as title favorites. After a victory at Estoril he crashed in China and Italy in the lead. After three more wins in the season, the Spaniard was second in the final behind-the Gilera riders Marco Simoncelli. After the 2009 season, who graduated Bautista with two wins and four stop place he get on in the MotoGP class.
MotoGP class
Bautista signed for 2010 at the Rizla Suzuki factory team, where he competed together with Loris Capirossi. He achieved his best result in fifth in his home race, the Grand Prix of Catalonia. At the end of the year were to book 85 points and the 13th overall place for him. Also in 2011 remained Bautista with Suzuki, where only one machine was used for financial reasons. Due to injury, the Spaniard was missing in the first two races and then had more physical problems. So he came over two ranks sixth out not to be the best placement. With 67 points and 13th place Bautista closed the year.
Since 2012 Álvaro Bautista will start for the Fausto Gresini Honda RC213V on. In the first year he was fifth overall in 2013 concluded the Spaniard as the World Championship sixth from. Also in 2014 Bautista will compete for Gesini on Honda in the MotoGP class.
Statistics
Title
- 2003 - Spanish 125cc champion on Aprilia
- 2006 - 125 cc World Champion on Aprilia
- 16 Grand Prix wins
Statistics in the Motorcycle World Championship
(As of end of season 2012)