Emilio Alzamora

Emilio Alzamora Escardibul (born May 22, 1973 in Lleida, Spain) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 1999 F.I.M. 125cc world champion.^[1] He is the only rider to win a Grand Prix motorcycle world championship without having won a race.

Alzamora got his start racing in the 80cc class, winning the 1989 80cc championship of Catalunya at the age of 16. In 1994, he made his Grand Prix debut in the 125 class as a member of former world champion Paolo Pileri's team. He moved up to the 250 class in 1997, but after a season marred by injuries, he returned to the 125 class. Alzamora won the 1999 125cc world championship without winning a race by virtue of 10 podium positions, defeating Marco Melandri and Masao Azuma who each had five victories. He continued to compete until the 2003 season.

Since 2005 he is the director of the Monlau Competicion technical school. He manages motorcycle racing projects from the base up to the Moto3 World Championship with the creation of the new Team Estrella Galicia 0,0.^[2]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Pts
1994	125cc	Honda	AUS	MAL Ret	JPN 16	SPA Ret	AUT 22	GER 22	NED 11	ITA 18	FRA Ret	GBR 22	CZE Ret	USA 21	ARG 5	EUR Ret			22nd	16
1995	125cc	Honda	AUS 4	MAL 23	JPN 7	SPA 7	GER 3	ITA Ret	NED Ret	FRA 7	GBR 3	CZE 10	BRA 10	ARG 1	EUR 2				3rd	129
1996	125cc	Honda	MAL 5	INA Ret	JPN Ret	SPA 2	ITA 7	FRA 3	NED 1	GER 4	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	CZE 5	IMO 2	CAT 4	BRA 2	AUS Ret		4th	158
1997	250cc	Honda	MAL 7	JPN DNS	SPA	ITA Ret	AUT DNS	FRA	NED Ret	IMO 10	GER 10	BRA 14	GBR Ret	CZE 12	CAT 12	INA Ret	AUS Ret		17th	31
1998	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 21	MAL 16	SPA Ret	ITA 17	FRA Ret	MAD Ret	NED Ret	GBR 14	GER 5	CZE Ret	IMO 13	CAT 14	AUS 21	ARG DNS			21st	18
1999	125cc	Honda	MAL 2	JPN 3	SPA 3	FRA 3	ITA 6	CAT 2	NED 4	GBR 3	GER 2	CZE 6	IMO 4	VAL 2	AUS 15	RSA Ret	BRA 3	ARG 2	1st	227
2000	125cc	Honda	RSA 3	MAL 4	JPN 5	SPA 1	FRA 3	ITA 7	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR 2	GER Ret	CZE 3	POR 1	VAL 5	BRA 8	PAC 2	AUS 4	3rd	203
2001	250cc	Honda	JPN Ret	RSA 19	SPA 6	FRA 4	ITA 6	CAT 7	NED 2	GBR 4	GER Ret	CZE 7	POR Ret	VAL 4	PAC 2	AUS 6	MAL Ret	BRA 7	7th	136
2002	250cc	Honda	JPN 4	RSA 7	SPA 3	FRA 7	ITA 11	CAT 9	NED Ret	GBR 12	GER Ret	CZE	POR 6	BRA 7	PAC 5	MAL 8	AUS 13	VAL 3	7th	120
2003	125cc	Derbi	JPN Ret	RSA 23	SPA 18	FRA 19	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 21	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 21	POR 19	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	MAL 23	AUS 14	VAL 24	31st	2

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jorge Martínez	Spanish 125cc Champion 1995	Succeeded by David Almansa
Preceded by Kazuto Sakata	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1999	Succeeded by Roberto Locatelli

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
2016 – B. Binder

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