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Sebastián Porto (born September 12, 1978 in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province as Sebastián Porco) is a former Argentine professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Sebas started his racing career at age 11, competing in the mini-motorcycle local circuit. His first international competition was the 125cc 1994 Argentine Grand Prix, and only two years later he won the 250cc European Championship.
The bulk of his racing career was in the 250cc World Championship, starting in 1996 with Aprilia. In 1999 he moved to Yamaha and finished in 9th place in his first two years at the team and in 5th place in the 2002 championship, winning the Brazilian Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro [1]
He moved to the Repsol Aprilia team in 2004 and was championship runner-up, winning five Grands Prix and taking ten podium positions in total. In the 2005 season he claimed the Dutch TT at Assen and also finished second in the Australian Grand Prix, before the Repsol team moved to Honda bikes for 2006.
Rather than the expected switch to MotoGP after the 2006 season, he surprised everyone with the news of his retirement from motorcycle competition, claiming he had a hard time adjusting to the 250cc Honda bike, and that he was no longer enjoying his work.
Being the most visible exponent of motorcycling in Argentina, he has received all 12 Argentine Olimpia Awards for that sport between 1994 and 2005.
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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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| 1994 | 125cc | Aprilia | RS125 | AUS - |
MAL - |
JPN - |
ESP - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NED - |
ITA - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
CZE - |
USA - |
ARG NC |
EUR - |
0 | - | 0 | |||
| 1995 | 250cc | Team Yuki-Aprilia | RS250 | AUS - |
MAL - |
JPN - |
ESP - |
GER - |
ITA - |
NED - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
CZE - |
BRA - |
ARG 13 |
EUR - |
3 | 28th | 0 | ||||
| 1996 | 250cc | Aprilia | RS250 | MAL NC |
INA 9 |
JPN 16 |
ESP 12 |
ITA 16 |
FRA 16 |
NED NC |
GER 20 |
GBR - |
AUT 13 |
CZE NC |
IMO NC |
CAT 12 |
BRA 12 |
AUS 13 |
25 | 19th | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 250cc | Aprilia | RS250 | MAL NC |
JPN 12 |
ESP NC |
ITA 10 |
AUT 9 |
FRA 7 |
NED NC |
IMO NC |
GER 16 |
BRA 9 |
GBR 9 |
CZE 10 |
CAT 18 |
INA 9 |
AUS 9 |
60 | 11th | 0 | ||
| 1998 | 250cc | Aprilia | RS250 | JPN NC |
MAL 9 |
ESP NC |
ITA NC |
FRA NC |
MAD NC |
NED 6 |
GBR DNS |
GER NC |
CZE NC |
IMO NC |
CAT NC |
AUS NC |
ARG NC |
17 | 22nd | 0 | |||
| 1999 | 250cc | Semprucci-Biesse Yamaha | YZR250 | MAL 15 |
JPN 17 |
ESP 12 |
FRA 7 |
ITA 9 |
CAT 9 |
NED 12 |
GBR NC |
GER 7 |
CZE NC |
IMO 9 |
VAL 6 |
AUS 9 |
RSA 6 |
BRA 6 |
ARG 4 |
98 | 9th | 0 | |
| 2000 | 250cc | EDO Yamaha | YZR250 | RSA 8 |
MAL 8 |
JPN 12 |
ESP 9 |
FRA 10 |
ITA NC |
CAT NC |
NED 7 |
GBR 11 |
GER 9 |
CZE 8 |
POR NC |
VAL 8 |
BRA 8 |
PAC NC |
AUS 11 |
83 | 9th | 0 | |
| 2001 | 250cc | Kurz Yamaha | YZR250 | JPN 9 |
RSA 7 |
ESP NC |
FRA 8 |
ITA NC |
CAT 14 |
NED 14 |
GBR NC |
GER NC |
CZE 8 |
POR NC |
VAL 13 |
PAC NC |
AUS NC |
MAL NC |
BRA NC |
39 | 16th | 0 | |
| 2002 | 250cc | Petronas Sprinta Yamaha | YZR250 | JPN 5 |
RSA 8 |
ESP 7 |
FRA 8 |
ITA 7 |
CAT NC |
NED 4 |
GBR NC |
GER 3 |
CZE 2 |
POR 3 |
BRA 1 |
PAC 8 |
MAL 4 |
AUS 3 |
VAL NC |
172 | 5th | 1 | |
| 2003 | 250cc | Telefonica MoviStar Honda | NSR250 | JPN 4 |
RSA 4 |
ESP 6 |
FRA NC |
ITA 8 |
CAT 7 |
NED 5 |
GBR 6 |
GER 4 |
CZE 5 |
POR 5 |
BRA NC |
PAC NC |
MAL 8 |
AUS NC |
VAL 6 |
127 | 8th | 0 | |
| 2004 | 250cc | Repsol-Aspar Aprilia | RS250 | RSA 3 |
ESP 7 |
FRA NC |
ITA 1 |
CAT 4 |
NED 1 |
BRA NC |
GER 2 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 1 |
POR 2 |
JPN 4 |
QAT 1 |
MAL 2 |
AUS 1 |
VAL NC |
256 | 2nd | 5 | |
| 2005 | 250cc | Repsol-Aspar Aprilia | RS250 | ESP 2 |
POR 9 |
CHN 5 |
FRA NC |
ITA 5 |
CAT NC |
NED 1 |
USA - |
GBR 5 |
GER 5 |
CZE 7 |
JPN NC |
MAL 3 |
QAT 5 |
AUS 2 |
TUR NC |
VAL - |
152 | 6th | 1 |
| 2006 | 250cc | Repsol-Honda | NSR250 | ESP NC |
QAT 7 |
TUR 10 |
CHN NC |
FRA 14 |
ITA 13 |
CAT - |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
USA - |
CZE - |
MAL - |
AUS - |
JPN - |
POR - |
VAL - |
20 | 18th | 0 |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Luca Boscoscuro |
250 cc motorcycle European Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by Davide Bulega |