Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (* June 10, 1991 in Granollers ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
His biggest success is winning the Moto2 World Championship in the 2013 season. His older brother Aleix Espargaró is also motorcycle racer.
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Career
Pol Espargaró launched at the Grand Prix of Catalunya in 2006 on a 125 - cc Derbi as a wildcard rider for the first time in the motorcycle world championship. He reached the 13th place, becoming the youngest driver who took ever championship points. In the last six races of the season, he replaced the injured Andrea Iannone in the team Campetella Racing Junior and drove the last race of the year, the Grand Prix of Valencia to sixth place, earning him 20th place in the overall standings.
In the following season went Espargaró, continue on an Aprilia Campetella the team with third place in the Grand Prix of Portugal for the first time on the podium and finished the year in ninth place. Back to Derbi he won in 2008 ranked third in Italy, and the second places in Catalonia and Indianapolis and in turn, was ninth in the overall standings.
2009 Espargaró could celebrate his first Grand Prix victory in Indianapolis, at Estoril, Portugal, he won later even the second. In addition, three times he was third and finished the season in fourth place. In 2010 he won at the Grand Prix of Spain, France and Aragon, drove to second place in the UK, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Australia and Valencia and was third in Italy, at the Dutch TT in Catalonia and in Indianapolis. In the overall standings, Spaniard Marc Márquez and ranking it behind Nicolas Terol third place.
In the 2011 season Pol Espargaró went for the team Tuenti Speed Up to Speed Up in the Moto2 class of the Motorcycle World Championship at the start.
Statistics
Title
- 2006 - Spanish 125cc champion on Aprilia
- 2012 - Michel Metraux Trophy for the best Moto2 rider
- 2013 - Moto2 world champion on Kalex
- 15 Grand Prix wins
In the World Motorcycle Championship
(As of end of season 2013)