Eugene Laverty
Eugene Laverty ( born June 3, 1986 in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland ) is an Irish motorcycle racer.
His older brothers, Michael ( b. 1981 ) and John ( b. 1982 ) are also active motorcycle racers.
- 2.1 In the World Motorcycle Championship
- 2.2 In the Supersport World Championship
- 2.3 In the Superbike World Championship
- 3.1 External links
- 3.2 Notes and references
Career
Laverty drove his first race in 2001 on the airfield circuit of Nutts Corner and won in the same year his first race at the Mondello Park Circuit. 2007 and 2008, he went first for Honda, then for Aprilia in the 250 cc class in the motorcycle world championship and was able to achieve a wild card for the first time in the Supersport World Championship at Vallelunga a podium finish. 2009 and 2010, he joined regularly in the Supersport World Championship, which he completed in each case as runner-up in these years.
Superbike World Championship
In 2011 he went to the Yamaha World Superbike Team in the World Superbike Championship and could here enter two race wins in his first season. After the Yamaha factory team withdrew at the end of the 2011 season of the Superbike World Championship, Laverty is committed for the next two years in the Aprilia factory team.
In the 2014 season, he takes in the Superbike World Championship for the Crescent Suzuki team.
Statistics
In the World Motorcycle Championship
In the Supersport World Championship
In the Superbike World Championship
(Updated: February 28, 2014)