Alex Hofmann

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Alex Hofmann
Alex Hofmann in 2005
Nationality	German
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1997 - 2007
Teams	Yamaha, Honda, TSR-Honda, Aprilia, Kawasaki, Ducati
Grands Prix	106
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	315
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1997 125cc German Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	2007 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix

Alex Hofmann (born May 24, 1980 in Mindelheim, Germany) is a motorcycle racer in MotoGP. He is nicknamed 'The Hoff' in English-speaking countries, a nod to David Hasselhoff.

He successfully raced in Motocross in his early teens, before entering the German 125cc championship for the first time in 1995, and the European series alongside it a year later. In 1997 he was runner-up in the German series, and also started the German 125cc World Championship race as a wild card.

In 1998 he moved up to 250cc, winning every race in the German championship and also winning the European title, as well as coming 10th in a one-off in the 250cc World Championship. From 1999 to 2001 Hofmann was a regular in this series, although without taking a podium finish, and missing 8 races in 2000 due to injury.

Contents 1 MotoGP 2 Personal 3 Career statistics 3.1 By season 3.2 By class 3.3 Races by year 4 References 5 External links

[edit] MotoGP

He started 2002 without a ride, but made his MotoGP debut as a stand-in rider for Garry McCoy at the WCM Red Bull team, also filling in for Loris Capirossi for Sito Pons' team. He was hired to be Kawasaki's test rider role in 2003. In two starts, he scored points both times. He and Shinya Nakano replaced McCoy and Andrew Pitt as full-time racers in 2004. The next two years were difficult, mainly due to an ill-handling bike and injuries^[1], partly through his love of Motocross. Points were rare and Kawasaki chose Randy de Puniet for 2006 over Hofmann.

In 2006 he joined the D'Antin Pramac team, riding on a 2006 customer version of the works Ducati alongside Jose Luis Cardoso. When their factory rider Sete Gibernau was injured at the Circuit de Catalunya (a race in which Alex finished 8th, helped by 3 riders not starting the resumption of the race), Hofmann was appointed as his replacement for the next 2 races, before returning to D'Antin for his home race at Sachsenring^[2], dropping out early.

In 2007 he remained with D'Antin, alongside the veteran Alex Barros. Fifth place at Le Mans took him to 10th in the championship after five rounds, ahead of reigning champion Nicky Hayden. He was a strong 8th at Assen. Preparation for his home round at the Sachsenring were hampered by a hand injury suffered when a friend closed a car door onto it, but he scored minor points in the race. He injured his hand in practice at Laguna Seca^[3]. He was replaced at Laguna Seca by Chaz Davies and by Ivan Silva at Brno. He returned to racing at Misano but he was fired by the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix, after pulling out of the race while in with a chance of scoring points, due to a lack of motivation.^[4]

[edit] Personal

His girlfriend is called Romina Rados. He loves action sports such as skiing and BMX bikes. At 1.80m he is tall for a motorcycle racer. His favourite food is Italian.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
1997	125cc	Yamaha TZ125	1	0	0	0	0	2	28th	-
1998	250cc	Honda RS250	1	0	0	0	0	6	29th	-
1999	250cc	Honda TSR250	16	0	0	0	0	51	16th	-
2000	250cc	Aprilia RS250	9	0	0	0	0	12	25th	-
2001	250cc	Aprilia RS250	15	0	0	0	0	55	12th	-
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR500	2	0	0	0	0	11	22nd	-
		Honda NSR500	2	0	0	0	0
2003	MotoGP	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	5	0	0	0	0	8	23rd	-
2004	MotoGP	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	16	0	0	0	0	51	15th	-
2005	MotoGP	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR	10	0	0	0	0	24	19th	-
2006	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici	17	0	0	0	0	30	17th	-
2007	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici	12	0	0	0	0	65	13th	-
Total			106	0	0	0	0	315		0

[edit] By class

Class	Season(s)	1st Grand Prix	1st Podium	1st Win	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	WCh
125cc	1997	1997 Germany	N/A	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
250cc	1998-2001	1998 Germany	N/A	N/A	41	0	0	0	0	124	0
MotoGP	2002-2007	2002 Catalunya	N/A	N/A	64	0	0	0	0	189	0
Total	1997-2007				106	0	0	0	0	315	0

[edit] Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Pos	Pts
1997	125 cc	Yamaha	MAL	JPN	SPA	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	SMR	GER 14	BRA	GBR	CZE	CAT	IND	AUS				28th	2
1998	250 cc	Honda	JPN	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER 10	CZE	SMR	CAT	AUS	ARG					29th	6
1999	250 cc	TSR-Honda	MAL 17	JPN 18	SPA 15	FRA 8	ITA 16	CAT 11	NED 11	GBR 13	GER 9	CZE Ret	SMR 17	VAL 10	AUS 13	SAF 13	BRA 12	ARG 10			16th	51
2000	250 cc	Aprilia	SAF Ret	MAL 10	JPN 15	SPA 17	FRA 18	ITA Ret	CAT Inj	NED Inj	GBR Inj	GER Inj	CZE 19	POR 11	VAL 18	BRA Inj	PAC Inj	AUS Inj			25th	12
2001	250 cc	Aprilia	JPN 12	SAF 10	SPA 11	FRA 11	ITA 18	CAT 9	NED 12	GBR 9	GER 7	CZE Ret	POR Ret	VAL Ret	PAC 17	AUS Ret	MAL 8	BRA 17			12th	55
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN	SAF	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED 11												22nd	11
		Honda								GBR 17	GER 10	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
2003	MotoGP	Kawasaki	JPN	SAF	SPA 16	FRA	ITA 14	CAT	NED 10	GBR	GER 17	CZE 19	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			23rd	8
2004	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SAF Ret	SPA 13	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT 11	NED 13	BRA 11	GER 10	GBR 19	CZE 13	POR 13	JPN 10	QAT 9	MAL Ret	AUS 13	VAL 11			15th	51
2005	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SPA 11	POR Inj	CHN Inj	FRA Inj	ITA 12	CAT 17	NED Ret	USA 12	GBR 8	GER Ret	CZE 15	JPN Ret	MAL Inj	QAT Inj	AUS Inj	TUR Inj	VAL 14		19th	24
2006	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 15	QAT 15	TUR 16	CHN 15	FRA 13	ITA Ret	CAT 10	NED 12	GBR 13	GER Ret	USA 14	CZE 16	MAL 15	AUS 13	JPN 16	POR 11	VAL Ret		17th	30
2007	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 11	SPA DSQ	CHN 9	TUR 9	FRA 5	ITA 11	CAT 13	GBR 9	NED 8	GER 9	USA Inj	CZE Inj	SMR 11	POR Ret	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	13th	65

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Official MotoGP profile
• Bio at EastCoast wheels
• Crash.net profile