Stefan Bradl

Stefan Bradl (born 29 November 1989^[1] in Augsburg, West Germany) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently is a rider in the MotoGP Class. He is the 2011 Moto2 World Champion, and the son of former racer Helmut Bradl.

He started his 125cc World Championship career in 2005 as a wild card for three races, competing in the 125cc German Championship with KTM. He took another three wild card races in 2006, still with KTM. He had a terrible fracture when he was hit by another rider during practice for the 2006 Malaysian GP. Later that year he was competing again at the Red Bull MotoGP Academy.

Bradl was offered by Alberto Puig to ride his Repsol Honda factory 250cc team for 2007; he withdrew after a couple of tests due to personal problems, but didn't stop racing. Later, he joined the 125cc Spanish Championship with Blusens Aprilia. winning the title just five points ahead of his team mate Scott Redding. Later he took a couple of wild card World Championship races, with the same team. Additionally, from the 2007 Portuguese GP onwards Blusens Aprilia Team principal Raul Romero placed him in a second bike with veteran Pablo Nieto, replacing Dutchman Hugo van den Berg.

For 2008, rather than stay with Blusens Aprilia, he decided to ride for the German Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing, on an official factory Aprilia RSA 125. He took his first win at Brno, fittingly a track his father won at in 1991.

After moving up to the Moto2 class of Grand Prix racing in 2010, he went on to claim ninth in the championship, with one victory in Estoril. 2011 saw Bradl win four of the first six races, and maintained a healthy lead in the championship until Marc Márquez found significant speed halfway through the season. The championship seemed to be going down to the wire, with both Bradl and Márquez having a fair shot at the title with two rounds remaining. Márquez, however, suffered a heavy fall during free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix, and was unable to race for the remainder of the season, due to eyesight problems. Bradl was therefore crowned the World Champion at the final race of the season in Valencia, Spain. After a successful test on an 800cc Honda for the LCR team he was signed to ride a 1000cc LCR Honda in 2012.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Pos
2005	125cc	KTM	Red Bull ADAC KTM Juniors	3	0	0	0	0	1	35th
2006	125cc	KTM	Red Bull KTM Junior Team	9	0	0	0	0	4	26th
2007	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia	9	0	0	0	0	39	18th
2008	125cc	Aprilia	Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing	17	2	6	0	2	187	4th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	16	0	0	0	0	85	10th
2010	Moto2	Suter	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	16	1	1	0	0	97	9th
2011	Moto2	Kalex	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	17	4	11	7	3	274	1st
2012	MotoGP	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	18	0	0	0	0	135	8th
2013	MotoGP	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	16	0	1	1	0	156	7th
Total				121	7	19	8	5	978

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2005–2009	2005 Catalunya	2008 Qatar	2008 Czech Republic	54	2	6	0	2	316	0
Moto2	2010–2011	2010 Qatar	2010 Portugal	2010 Portugal	33	5	12	7	3	371	1
MotoGP	2012–	2012 Qatar	2013 United States		34	0	1	1	0	291	0
Total	2005–Present				121	7	19	8	5	978	1

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	18	Pos	Pts
2005	125cc	KTM	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED	GBR	GER 16	CZE 15	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL			35th	1
2006	125cc	KTM	SPA	QAT 26	TUR 19	CHN 20	FRA 18	ITA 16	CAT	NED 31	GBR Ret	GER 18	CZE 12	MAL DNS	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL			26th	4
2007	125cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT 9	GBR	NED 10	GER 13	CZE	RSM 7	POR 6	JPN 15	AUS Ret	MAL 13	VAL Ret		18th	39
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 3	SPA 4	POR 8	CHN 5	FRA 6	ITA 10	CAT 4	GBR Ret	NED 12	GER 2	CZE 1	RSM Ret	IND 3	JPN 1	AUS 2	MAL Ret	VAL Ret		4th	187
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 8	JPN 4	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 8	CAT 7	NED 6	GER Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 7	IND 7	RSM 6	POR 4	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL Ret			10th	85
2010	Moto2	Suter	QAT Ret	SPA 14	FRA 9	ITA 14	GBR Ret	NED 19	CAT	GER 9	CZE 9	IND Ret	RSM 5	ARA 9	JPN 7	MAL 7	AUS 5	POR 1	VAL Ret		9th	97
2011	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 1	SPA 5	POR 1	FRA 3	CAT 1	GBR 1	NED Ret	ITA 2	GER 2	CZE 3	IND 6	RSM 2	ARA 8	JPN 4	AUS 2	MAL 2	VAL Ret		1st	274
2012	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 8	SPA 7	POR 9	FRA 5	CAT 8	GBR 8	NED Ret	GER 5	ITA 4	USA 7	IND 6	CZE 5	RSM 6	ARA Ret	JPN 6	MAL Ret	AUS 6	VAL Ret	8th	135
2013	MotoGP	Honda	QAT Ret	AME 5	SPA Ret	FRA 10	ITA 4	CAT 5	NED 6	GER 4	USA 2	IND 7	CZE 6	GBR 6	RSM 5	ARA 5	MAL DNS	AUS DNS	JPN 5	VAL 6	7th	156

References

↑ MotoGP profile

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Bradl.

Official website
Stefan Bradl Profile at Yahoo! Sport

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pol Espargaró	Spanish 125cc Champion 2007	Succeeded by Efrén Vázquez
Preceded by Toni Elías	Moto2 World Champion 2011	Succeeded by Marc Márquez

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

v t e LCR Honda MotoGP

Stefan Bradl (6)

Grand Prix motorcycle Honda RC213V

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – B. Ruffo

1950 – D. Ambrosini
1951 – B. Ruffo
1952 – E. Lorenzetti
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – W. Haas
1955 – H. Müller
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – C. Sandford
1958 – T. Provini
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – M. Hailwood
1962 – J. Redman
1963 – J. Redman
1964 – P. Read
1965 – P. Read
1966 – M. Hailwood
1967 – M. Hailwood
1968 – P. Read
1969 – K. Carruthers

1970 – R. Gould
1971 – P. Read
1972 – J. Saarinen
1973 – D. Braun
1974 – W. Villa
1975 – W. Villa
1976 – W. Villa
1977 – M. Lega
1978 – K. Ballington
1979 – K. Ballington

1980 – A. Mang
1981 – A. Mang
1982 – J. Tournadre
1983 – C. Lavado
1984 – C. Sarron
1985 – F. Spencer
1986 – C. Lavado
1987 – A. Mang
1988 – S. Pons
1989 – S. Pons

1990 – J. Kocinski
1991 – L. Cadalora
1992 – L. Cadalora
1993 – T. Harada
1994 – M. Biaggi
1995 – M. Biaggi
1996 – M. Biaggi
1997 – M. Biaggi
1998 – L. Capirossi
1999 – V. Rossi

2000 – O. Jacque
2001 – D. Kato
2002 – M. Melandri
2003 – M. Poggiali
2004 – D. Pedrosa
2005 – D. Pedrosa
2006 – J. Lorenzo
2007 – J. Lorenzo
2008 – M. Simoncelli
2009 – H. Aoyama

2010 – T. Elías
2011 – S. Bradl
2012 – M. Márquez
2013 – P. Espargaró

Authority control	VIAF: 232300252 GND: 1019559616

Persondata
Name	Bradl, Stefan
Alternative names
Short description	German motorcycle racer
Date of birth	29 November 1989
Place of birth	Zahling, Augsburg (West Germany)
Date of death
Place of death

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