Balázs Németh

Balázs Németh
Németh in 2011
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 Budapest, Hungary
Current team	R2 MotorSport Team
Bike number	34

Balázs Németh (born June 12, 1988 in Budapest) is a Hungarian motorcycle racer. He currently races in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship for R2 MotorSport Team aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Career

Early career

Németh began his career at the age of 6, with minimotos. He raced until 2005 in various categories, and he was multiple Hungarian champion.

Superstock and Supersport

His debut in the Superstock 600 championship was in 2005. In his second race, in the Hungarian championship, he was in the podium, and in a race in the Hungaroring, he was in the podium, but now in the international championship.

From 2006, Németh competed in the Superstock 1000 category. He spent there three years, and in this time, he achieved two victories and another two podium finishes. His best overall position was 4th. In this year, he was the best young Hungarian motorcycle racer.

In 2008 he competed six races in the Supersport championship, but he cannot score points. His best position was 16th.

250cc

After Gábor Talmácsi left Balatonring Team because of financial reasons and the scarcity of his second bike, Jorge Martínez wanted another Hungarian motorcycle racer, and signed Németh just before the Italian race.^[1][2] He scored his first point in the Czech Grand Prix, he finished in the 14h position. Currently he is 24th overall with 3 points.

Races by year

References