Nicolás Terol

Nicolás "Nico" Terol Peidro (born 27 September 1988) is a professional motorcycle road racer, winner of the final 125cc World Championship in 2011. He currently races in the Supersport World Championship aboard a MV Agusta F3 675.

Career

125cc World Championship

Terol at the 2011 Czech Republic Grand Prix.

Born in Alcoy, Province of Alicante Valencia, Spain, Terol began his professional racing career in 2005. He took his first international victory in the rain-shortened 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix as he was leading the race at the time of the final completed lap.^[1] He finished third in the 2009 championship, while he finished runner-up to Marc Márquez in the 2010 championship. In 2011, Terol won eight races during the season, and won the final world championship for the class, before it was replaced by Moto3 for 2012.

Moto2 World Championship

Terol moved up to the intermediate class, Moto2, for the 2012 season. Terol endured a testing season, which finished with a third-place finish on home soil in Valencia. In 2013, Terol won three races with the Aspar Racing Team, en route to a seventh-place finish in the final championship standings. Terol struggled in the 2014 campaign, taking a solitary points-scoring finish – a 14th-place finish in Argentina – as he finished in 28th place in the final championship standings.

Superbike World Championship

Terol started 2015 competing in the Superbike World Championship with Althea Racing, riding a Ducati but left the team mid-season.^[2]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Podiums	Pole	Pts	Position
2004	125cc	Aprilia	1	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	125cc	Derbi	13	0	0	0	1	36th
2006	125cc	Derbi	16	0	0	0	53	14th
2007	125cc	Derbi	17	0	0	0	19	22nd
2008	125cc	Aprilia	17	1	5	0	176	5th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	16	1	4	0	179.5	3rd
2010	125cc	Aprilia	16	3	14	1	296	2nd
2011	125cc	Aprilia	16	8	11	7	302	1st
2012	Moto2	Suter	17	0	1	0	37	17th
2013	Moto2	Suter	17	3	4	1	150	7th
2014	Moto2	Suter	16	0	0	0	2	28th
Total			162	16	39	9	1215.5

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
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL 22			NC	0
2005	125cc	Derbi	SPA 15	POR 23	CHN 26	FRA 22	ITA 21	CAT Ret	NED 16	GBR 21	GER Ret	CZE 19	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS Ret	TUR 16	VAL 16			36th	1
2006	125cc	Derbi	SPA 19	QAT 16	TUR 27	CHN 19	FRA Ret	ITA 18	CAT 11	NED 15	GBR 9	GER 7	CZE 7	MAL 10	AUS 11	JPN 10	POR Ret	VAL 11			14th	53
2007	125cc	Derbi	QAT 16	SPA 14	TUR 16	CHN Ret	FRA 19	ITA 12	CAT 23	GBR 24	NED 17	GER 22	CZE 22	RSM 18	POR Ret	JPN 17	AUS 13	MAL 11	VAL 11		22nd	19
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 10	SPA 2	POR 3	CHN 8	FRA 3	ITA 7	CAT Ret	GBR 18	NED 9	GER 7	CZE 5	RSM 5	IND 1	JPN 5	AUS Ret	MAL 9	VAL 2		5th	176
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 7	JPN 17	SPA 10	FRA 9	ITA 2	CAT 2	NED 5	GER 4	GBR 4	CZE 1	IND 4	RSM 2	POR Ret	AUS 6	MAL 5	VAL 10			3rd	179.5
2010	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	SPA 2	FRA 2	ITA 2	GBR 4	NED 2	CAT Ret	GER	CZE 1	IND 1	RSM 2	ARA 2	JPN 2	MAL 3	AUS 3	POR 2	VAL 3		2nd	296
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	SPA 1	POR 1	FRA 2	CAT 1	GBR 8	NED DNS	ITA 1	GER 4	CZE Ret	IND 1	RSM 1	ARA 1	JPN 2	AUS 6	MAL 5	VAL 2		1st	302
2012	Moto2	Suter	QAT 23	SPA 27	POR 16	FRA 13	CAT 15	GBR 20	NED 17	GER 14	ITA 13	IND 13	CZE 12	RSM 15	ARA 12	JPN 18	MAL Ret	AUS 17	VAL 3		17th	37
2013	Moto2	Suter	QAT 14	AME 1	SPA 5	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT 16	NED 17	GER Ret	IND 12	CZE 6	GBR 11	RSM 10	ARA 1	MAL 18	AUS 9	JPN 6	VAL 1		7th	150
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT Ret	AME Ret	ARG 14	SPA DNS	FRA 21	ITA 24	CAT 20	NED 22	GER 19	IND 21	CZE 25	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA 29	JPN 22	AUS 18	MAL 24	VAL 18	28th	2

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos.	Pts
Year	Make	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pos.	Pts
2015	Ducati	AUS 8	AUS 6	THA 12	THA 12	SPA 7	SPA 10	NED 9	NED Ret	ITA	ITA	GBR 12	GBR Ret	POR 15	POR 15	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	QAT	QAT	17th	54

References

↑ "Terol takes rain-interrupted Indy win". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
↑ "Nico Terol and Althea Racing Team part company". WorldSBK. Dorna WSBK. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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Preceded by Marc Márquez	125 cc Motorcycle World Champion 2011	Succeeded by Sandro Cortese (Moto3 in 2012)

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – N. Pagani

1950 – B. Ruffo
1951 – C. Ubbiali
1952 – C. Sandford
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – R. Hollaus
1955 – C. Ubbiali
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – T. Provini
1958 – C. Ubbiali
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – T. Phillis
1962 – L. Taveri
1963 – H. Anderson
1964 – L. Taveri
1965 – H. Anderson
1966 – L. Taveri
1967 – B. Ivy
1968 – P. Read
1969 – D. Simmonds

1970 – D. Braun
1971 – Á. Nieto
1972 – Á. Nieto
1973 – K. Andersson
1974 – K. Andersson
1975 – P. Pileri
1976 – P. Bianchi
1977 – P. Bianchi
1978 – E. Lazzarini
1979 – Á. Nieto

1980 – P. Bianchi
1981 – Á. Nieto
1982 – Á. Nieto
1983 – Á. Nieto
1984 – Á. Nieto
1985 – F. Gresini
1986 – L. Cadalora
1987 – F. Gresini
1988 – J. Martínez
1989 – À. Crivillé

1990 – L. Capirossi
1991 – L. Capirossi
1992 – A. Gramigni
1993 – D. Raudies
1994 – K. Sakata
1995 – H. Aoki
1996 – H. Aoki
1997 – V. Rossi
1998 – K. Sakata
1999 – E. Alzamora

2000 – R. Locatelli
2001 – M. Poggiali
2002 – A. Vincent
2003 – D. Pedrosa
2004 – A. Dovizioso
2005 – T. Lüthi
2006 – Á. Bautista
2007 – G. Talmácsi
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol
2012 – S. Cortese
2013 – M. Viñales
2014 – Á. Márquez
2015 – D. Kent

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