Joan Olivé
Joan Olivé Marquez ( born November 22, 1984 in Tarragona ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
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Career
Joan Olivé won the 2000 Aprilia at the age of 15 years the title in the 125 cc class of the Spanish Cup. He was then committed for the 2001 season by the Spanish Telefonica MoviStar Junior Team of the ex- Grand Prix driver Alberto Puig for the eighth liter class of the Motorcycle World Championship, where he started on the side of compatriot Dani Pedrosa on Honda. His first season ended without Olivé podium at the 19th rank. In 2002, he reached the same team with a third place at the Dutch TT in Assen his first podium and finished off on the twelfth. He then drove two seasons at Aprilia in the 250 cc class, but it never came to the podium and reached the World Cup ranks twelve and 19
For the 2005 season, Joan Olivé moved back to the 125 cc class in the team Nocable.It Race, where he went to the start at Aprilia on the side of Marco Simoncelli. He could reach the last podium finish at the Italian Grand Prix again and finished the season in 14th place. 2006, the Spaniards remained without podium, but could be improved to tenth place in the overall standings. With two second places in Turkey and in Australia as well as the eighth place in the overall standings, he made progress again in 2007.
2008 Olivé ran his first year on a Derbi factory team on the side of Pol Espargaró. It should be his most successful season so far, with second places in Qatar, Portugal, the Netherlands and third place at the Grand Prix of Czech Republic and the seventh championship ranking. In the 2009 season, the Spaniard reached only once the podium ranks for Derbi with third place in Germany and ended the season in ninth place.
For the 2010 season, Joan Olivé moved to the Jack & Jones by A. Banderas of actor Antonio Banderas in the newly created Moto2 class. He goes up the side of the US-American Kenny Noyes at the start.
Statistics
Title
- 2000 - Spanish 125cc champion on Aprilia
In the World Motorcycle Championship
( Stand: Grand Prix of San Marino, September 16, 2012)