Sebastián Porto

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.

Titles and achievements

1992 - Argentine Promotional 100cc Champion
1994 - Argentine 250cc Champion
1995 - Spanish 250cc Champion (Open Ducados)
1996 - European 250cc Champion
1999 - 9th place in the 250cc World Championship
2000 - Michel Metraux Trophy for best rider on a non-works bike
2000 - 9th place in the 250cc World Championship
2002 - Brazilian Grand Prix 250cc winner
2002 - 5th place in the 250cc World Championship
2004 - Five Grand Prix wins (Czech Republic, Australia, Qatar, Netherlands, Italy) and ten total podium finishes
2004 - 2nd place in the 250cc World Championship
2005 - Dutch TT 250cc winner

Grand Prix career statistics

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

(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
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	Telefónica 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

References

↑ Sebastián Porto career statistics at MotoGP.com

External links

Official site (Spanish)
Interview
ESPN profiles (Spanish)
On his retirement (Spanish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Luca Boscoscuro	250 cc motorcycle European Champion 1996	Succeeded by Davide Bulega

250 cc Motorcycle European Champions

1924 Maurice van Geert
1925 Jock Porter
1926 Jock Porter
1927 Cecil Ashby
1928 Cecil Ashby
1929 Frank Longman
1930 Syd Crabtree
1931 Graham Walker
1932 Riccardo Brusi
1933 Charlie Dodson
1934 Walfried Winkler
1935 Arthur Geiss
1936 Henry Tyrell-Smith
1937 Omobono Tenni
1938 Ewald Kluge
1939 Ewald Kluge
1947 Bruno Francisci
1948 Maurice Cann
1981 Herbert Hauf
1982 Reinhold Roth
1983 Carlos Cardús
1984 Gary Noel
1985 Massimo Matteoni
1986 Hans Lindner
1987 Xavier Cardelús
1988 Fausto Ricci
1989 Andrea Borgonovo
1990 Leon van der Heijen
1991 Max Biaggi
1992 Luis Carlos Maurel
1993 Giuseppe Fiorillo
1994 Régis Laconi
1995 Luca Boscoscuro
1996 Sebastián Porto
1997 Davide Bulega
1998 Alex Hofmann
1999 Ivan Clementi
2000 Riccardo Chiarello
2001 David García
2002 Álvaro Molina
2003 Taro Sekiguchi
2004 Álvaro Molina
2005 Álvaro Molina
2006 Álvaro Molina
2007 Álvaro Molina

Persondata
Name	Porto, Sebastian
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine motorcycle racer
Date of birth	September 12, 1978
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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