Michael Laverty

Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is a motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. He is the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and has raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing. His brothers Eugene and John are also racers.

Career

British Superbike & Supersport Championships

He raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races.^[1]

In 2005 and 2006 he raced for Stobart Motorsport team in the British Superbike Championship. In 2005 he was 10th overall with podiums at Knockhill and Snetterton, his achievements earning him the title of 'Irish Motorcyclist of the Year' from Irish Racer magazine.^[2] In 2006 he was team-mate to Michael Rutter. Helped by a pair of 5th places at Knockhill in round 7 he come 7th overall, ahead of the more experienced Rutter.

For 2007, Michael moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team. He beat team-mate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to BSB with the team for 2008. He took two fourth places early on in the season and finished 9th overall, but decided to leave the team for 2009.

For 2009 Michael competed in the USA riding in selected rounds of the AMA Superbike Championship with Celtic Racing. Michael finished in the top 10 at every round he competed in, with a 2nd position to Mat Mladin at the Road America round being his best result. He also been competing in selected World Supersport rounds and joined the CRS team for the latter part of the 2009 season.

In January 2010, Laverty confirmed that he had re-signed with the Relentless Suzuki team to ride in the 2010 British Superbike Championship season.^[3]

In May 2010, Laverty too his and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team's first Superbike victory, in race two of the third round of the 2010 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

In 2013 Laverty will ride in MotoGP on a CRT bike run by Paul Bird and his PBM Team

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pos	Pts	Ref
2010	Suzuki	BHI Ret	BHI 4	THR 10	THR 6	OUL 5	OUL 1		CAD 2	CAD 3	MAL 3	MAL 3	KNO 4	KNO C		SNE 6	SNE 5	SNE 3	BHGP 6	BHGP 4	BHGP Ret	CAD 4	CAD 4		CRO 2	CRO 1	SIL 3	SIL Ret	OUL 4	OUL 8	OUL 4	4th	604¹	^[4]
2011	Yamaha	BHI Ret	BHI 4	OUL 5	OUL 5	CRO 24	CRO Ret		THR 1	THR 7	KNO 6	KNO 3	SNE 4	SNE 5		OUL 6	OUL C		BHGP 8	BHGP 4	BHGP 4	CAD 1	CAD 2	CAD 3	DON 2	DON 14	SIL 2	SIL 4	BHGP 1	BHGP NC	BHGP 5	4th	601¹	^[5]
2012	Honda	BHI Ret	BHI C	THR 6	THR 13	OUL 6	OUL 12	OUL 7	SNE 2	SNE 1	KNO 3	KNO 1	OUL Ret	OUL 4	OUL 5	BHGP 4	BHGP 4		CAD 3	CAD 3		DON 3	DON 2		ASS 7	ASS 7	SIL 3	SIL 5	BHGP 10	BHGP 3	BHGP Ret	5th	581¹	^[6]

Notes: 1.^ – Laverty qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 11th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3,2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Race	Pts	Plcd
2013	MotoGP	PBM	18	3	25th
2013	MotoGP	ART	18	3	25th
Total			18	3

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
MotoGP	2013–	2013 Qatar			18	0	0	0	0	3	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2013	MotoGP	PBM	QAT 17	AME 16	SPA 13	FRA 17	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED 22	GER 16	USA Ret	IND 18	CZE 18	GBR 19	RSM 18						25th	3
2013	MotoGP	ART														ARA Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 18	JPN 19	VAL 17	25th	3

References

↑ http://www.superbike.it/rider.php?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Conduttore=1202
↑ http://www.iomtt.com/blogs/features/archive/2006/01/28/Michael_Laverty_takes_major_award.aspx
↑ "Laverty back at Relentless Suzuki". Insidebikes. Retrieved 14 Jan 2010.
↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/164500/standings.pdf
↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/407432/standings.pdf
↑ "Round 7 - Standings". MotorSportVision Racing. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

Teams and riders competing in the 2013 MotoGP World Championship

Ducati Team	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	LCR Honda MotoGP	Avintia Blusens	Came IodaRacing Project	Pramac Racing Team	Power Electronics Aspar

4 Dovizioso 69 Hayden	5 Edwards 71 Corti	6 Bradl	7 Aoyama 8 Barberá	9 Petrucci 52 Pešek	11 Spies 29 Iannone	14 de Puniet 41 Espargaró

Cardion AB Motoracing	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	Repsol Honda Team	Paul Bird Motorsport	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha Factory Racing

17 Abraham	19 Bautista 67 Staring	26 Pedrosa 93 Márquez	68 Hernández 70 Laverty	35 Crutchlow 38 Smith	46 Rossi 99 Lorenzo

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Name	Laverty, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	British motorcycle racer
Date of birth	7 June 1981
Place of birth	Toomebridge
Date of death
Place of death

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