Pol Espargaró

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Pol Espargaró
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Nationality	Spanish
Date of birth	June 10, 1991 (1991-06-10) (age 16)
Place of birth	Granollers, Barcelona (Spain)

125cc World Championship Record
Current team	Belson Derbi
Bike number	44
World Championships
Race starts	25
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
Championship Points	138
2007 Championship position	9th

Pol Espargaró (born June 10, 1991 in Granollers, Barcelona) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the 125cc class for team Belson Derbi. Pol is the younger brother of Louts Aprilia 250 rider Aleix Espargaró

1 Biography
2 Career Statistics
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Biography

[edit] 2006, The Youngest rider to score a point in a GP

Pol Espargaró, arrived in the 125 World Championship in 2006 participating in the last six races of the year. This promising rider from Barcelona replaced the injured Italian Andrea Iannone at Campetella Racing and made his debut with the Italian team onboard a Derbi at the Czech Republic Grand Prix. Two months before, Espargaró had made history as a wildcard in the Catalunya GP when he finished 13th to become the youngest ever point scorer in a Grand Prix at the age of just 15 years and 8 days. His end of season run-in was spectacular, winning five consecutive races in Spanish 125cc Championship to become champion, followed by a 6th placed finish at the Valencian GP.

[edit] 2007, The First Podium

In 2007 the talented younger Espargaró aimed to further enhance the family reputation over a full season with Campetella Racing Junior Aprilia. The season start with two good results, a 7th at the Qatar GP and an 4th at the Spanish GP in Jerez, then a couple of Top 10's until the Catalunyan GP where he finished 5th. The next races Pol experiencing some difficult to follow the front group and he retired in a couple of races. The Czech GP was the turning point, a strong 6th position in the race gave him the necessary confidence to the follow GP, at the San Marino GP he gets a Top 5 finish, starting from 14th position on the grid. The Portuguese GP was the highlight point of his short career, a 7th position on the grid and a pace with the front group was his presentation card to the race, and the race was no desillution, Polyccio even lead the race for a couple of laps but Héctor Faubel and Gábor Talmácsi don't let him to escape from the group and in the final laps the duo pass to the front and between them was the dispute of the race, Pol finish 3rd his first podium in the category.^[1] ^[2]

[edit] 2008, Back to Derbi

After running last year onboard a Aprilia RS125 in Belson Campetella, this season he switches the Aprilia for the Derbi, in this occasion an RSA and partnered by Joan Olivé.

[edit] Career Statistics

[edit] By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Race	Podium	Pts	Plcd
2006	125cc	Derbi	7	0	19	20th
2007	125cc	Aprilia	17	1	110	9th
2008	125cc	Derbi	4	0	26	-
Total			28	1	155

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2006-Present	2006 CAT	2007 POR		28	0	1	0	0	155	0
Total	2006-Present				28	0	1	0	0	155

[edit] Races by year

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

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Pos	Pts
2006	125 cc	Derbi	SPA -	QAT -	TUR -	CHN -	FRA -	ITA -	CAT 13	NED -	GBR -	GER -	CZE Ret	MAL 14	AUS 16	JPN 19	POR 12	VAL 6		20th	19
2007	125 cc	Aprilia	QAT 7	SPA 4	TUR 11	CHN 9	FRA 11	ITA 9	CAT 5	GBR Ret	NED 11	GER Ret	CZE 6	SMR 5	POR 3	JPN Ret	AUS 11	MAL Ret	VAL 10	9th	110
2008	125cc	Derbi	QAT 8	SPA 14	POR 13	CHN 4	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	-	55*