Àlex Crivillé

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Àlex Crivillé
Nationality	Spanish
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1987 - 2001
Teams	Derbi, Hummel Motorsports, JJ Cobas, Yamaha, Honda
Grands Prix	193
Championships	1989 - 125cc 1999 - 500cc
Wins	20
Podium finishes	66
Career points	2012
Pole positions	12
Fastest laps	20
First Grand Prix	1987 80cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win	1989 125cc Australian Grand Prix
Last win	2000 500cc French Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	2001 500cc Brazilian Grand Prix

Àlex Crivillé (born March 4, 1970 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1999, he became the first Spaniard to win the 500cc World Championship.

Contents 1 Pre 500 cc 2 500 cc 3 Grand Prix career statistics [5] 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Pre 500 cc

Crivillé falsified his age in order to start racing at 14 in 1985, the minimum age for a license being 15 in Spain. In that year he won the Criterium Solo Moto, a national series for 75 cc Honda streetbikes.^[1]

Crivillé started his international career in the now-defunct 80cc World Championship in the team Derbi, taking a 2nd place in his very first race in 1987. He was second overall in 1988, also dabbling in the 125cc series, which he raced fulltime in 1989. He won the 125cc World Championship in his first attempt riding for the JJ Cobas team, claiming 5 victories.

In 1990 he stepped up to the 250 cc class for Giacomo Agostini's team, before returning to the Cobas team a year later. He never did win a 250 cc race.

[edit] 500 cc

Nonetheless, Crivillé joined the Sito Pons team in 500cc for 1992, taking 8th overall, and his first win at Assen in a race missed by Mick Doohan, Wayne Rainey and Wayne Gardner due to injuries. In 1993, he again finished 8th in the championship. 1994 was his first year as a full factory Honda rider, as Mick Doohan's team-mate on the Repsol-backed Hondas which would dominate 500cc and MotoGP racing in years to come. Crivillé was 4th in 1995 and 1997, runner-up in 1996 with 11 podium finishes, and 3rd in 1998.

Doohan's career-ending crash in 1999 opened the door for Crivillé, and he took six wins, including his 100th 500 cc start at Donington Park ^[2], clinching the championship with a race to spare. However, he finished 9th in 2000 and 8th in 2001 (with a third place at Jerez). Fired by Repsol Honda, he planned to spend the 2002 MotoGP season with the d'Antin Yamaha team, but was forced to retire due to undetermined health problems, the main symptom being fainting spells that started during the 2000 pre-season^[3], and had continued over the following 2 years.^[4]

[edit] Grand Prix career statistics ^[5]

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
1987	80cc	Derbi	3	0	1	0	0	12	11th
1988	80cc	Derbi	7	0	5	0	1	90	2nd
1988	125cc	Hummel Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	7	31st
1989	125cc	JJ Cobas	11	5	9	3	4	166	1st
1990	250cc	Yamaha TZR250	14	0	0	0	0	76	11th
1991	250cc	JJ Cobas	15	0	0	0	0	51	13th
1992	500cc	Honda NSR500	13	1	2	0	0	59	8th
1993	500cc	Honda NSR500	14	0	2	0	0	117	8th
1994	500cc	Honda NSR500	13	0	3	0	0	144	6th
1995	500cc	Honda NSR500	13	1	6	1	1	166	4th
1996	500cc	Honda NSR500	15	2	11	5	6	245	2nd
1997	500cc	Honda NSR500	10	2	6	0	1	172	4th
1998	500cc	Honda NSR500	14	2	7	1	3	198	3rd
1999	500cc	Honda NSR500	16	6	10	2	2	267	1st
2000	500cc	Honda NSR500	16	1	2	0	1	122	9th
2001	500cc	Honda NSR500	15	0	2	0	0	120	8th
Total			193	20	66	12	20	2012

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Crash.net profile
• Interview following his 500cc championship victory

Preceded by Michael Doohan	500cc Motorcycle World Champion 1999	Succeeded by Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Preceded by Jorge Martínez	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1989	Succeeded by Loris Capirossi

v • d • e 500 cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - L. Graham 1950 - U. Masetti 1951 - G. Duke 1952 - U. Masetti 1953 - G. Duke 1954 - G. Duke 1955 - G. Duke 1956 - J. Surtees 1957 - L. Liberati 1958 - J. Surtees 1959 - J. Surtees 1960 - J. Surtees 1961 - G. Hocking 1962 - M. Hailwood 1963 - M. Hailwood 1964 - M. Hailwood 1965 - M. Hailwood 1966 - G. Agostini 1967 - G. Agostini 1968 - G. Agostini 1969 - G. Agostini 1970 - G. Agostini 1971 - G. Agostini 1972 - G. Agostini 1973 - P. Read 1974 - P. Read 1975 - G. Agostini 1976 - B. Sheene 1977 - B. Sheene 1978 - K. Roberts 1979 - K. Roberts 1980 - K. Roberts 1981 - M. Lucchinelli 1982 - F. Uncini 1983 - F. Spencer 1984 - E. Lawson 1985 - F. Spencer 1986 - E. Lawson 1987 - W. Gardner 1988 - E. Lawson 1989 - E. Lawson 1990 - W. Rainey 1991 - W. Rainey 1992 - W. Rainey 1993 - K. Schwantz 1994 - M. Doohan 1995 - M. Doohan 1996 - M. Doohan 1997 - M. Doohan 1998 - M. Doohan 1999 - À. Crivillé 2000 - K. Roberts, Jr. 2001 - V. Rossi 2002 - V. Rossi 2003 - V. Rossi 2004 - V. Rossi 2005 - V. Rossi 2006 - N. Hayden 2007 - C. Stoner

v • d • e 125 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - N. Pagani 1950 - B. Ruffo 1951 - C. Ubbiali 1952 - C. Sandford 1953 - W. Haas 1954 - R. Hollaus 1955 - C. Ubbiali 1956 - C. Ubbiali 1957 - T. Provini 1958 - C. Ubbiali 1959 - C. Ubbiali 1960 - C. Ubbiali 1961 - T. Phillis 1962 - L. Taveri 1963 - H. Anderson 1964 - L. Taveri 1965 - H. Anderson 1966 - L. Taveri 1967 - B. Ivy 1968 - P. Read 1969 - D. Simmonds 1970 - D. Braun 1971 - Á. Nieto 1972 - Á. Nieto 1973 - K. Andersson 1974 - K. Andersson 1975 - P. Pileri 1976 - P. Bianchi 1977 - P. Bianchi 1978 - E. Lazzarini 1979 - Á. Nieto 1980 - P. Bianchi 1981 - Á. Nieto 1982 - Á. Nieto 1983 - Á. Nieto 1984 - Á. Nieto 1985 - F. Gresini 1986 - L. Cadalora 1987 - F. Gresini 1988 - J. Martínez 1989 - À. Crivillé 1990 - L. Capirossi 1991 - L. Capirossi 1992 - A. Gramigni 1993 - D. Raudies 1994 - K. Sakata 1995 - H. Aoki 1996 - H. Aoki 1997 - V. Rossi 1998 - K. Sakata 1999 - E. Alzamora 2000 - R. Locatelli 2001 - M. Poggiali 2002 - A. Vincent 2003 - D. Pedrosa 2004 - A. Dovizioso 2005 - T. Lüthi 2006 - Á. Bautista 2007 - G. Talmácsi