Julián Simón Sesmero (born 3 April 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2009 125cc World Championship.
Career
125cc World Championship Born in Villacañas, Toledo, Spain, Simón began his racing career racing for Honda in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season at the Spanish Grand Prix. In 2003 he raced for Malaguti before switching to Aprilia in 2004 and KTM in 2005. He won the 2005 125cc British Grand Prix.
250cc World Championship In 2007, Simón raced in the 250cc class for the Repsol Honda team, before riding a KTM in 2008.
Return to 125cc In 2009, Simón signed with the Mapfre Aspar team to compete in the 125 class. He famously celebrated winning a race a lap before the race finished, allowing himself to be overtaken. He eventually finished fourth. He was dominant at the subsequent Sachsenring race, dominating both wet qualifying and the dry race. This set the tone for a dominant season in which he clinched the title by overtaking closest rival Bradley Smith on the final lap at Phillip Island. He then also beat Smith to win the final two races of the year.
Moto2 World Championship For 2010, Simón stepped up to the new Moto2 class with Mapfre Aspar, initially on an RSV chassis but switching to Suter after the first two rounds. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the French round at Le Mans, moving into fourth place in the championship standings.
Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 2002 125cc Honda Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team 4 0 0 0 0 2 37th 2003 125cc Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti 16 0 0 0 0 4 29th 2004 125cc Honda Angaia Racing 14 0 0 0 0 60 14th 2005 125cc KTM Red Bull KTM GP125 15 1 1 0 0 123 7th 2006 125cc KTM Red Bull KTM GP 125 13 0 1 0 0 97 9th 2007 250cc Honda Repsol Honda 250cc 17 0 0 0 0 123 9th 2008 250cc KTM Repsol KTM 250cc 16 0 0 0 0 109 10th 2009 125cc Aprilia Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 16 7 12 7 7 289 1st 2010 Moto2 RSV Mapfre Aspar Team 17 0 8 3 3 201 2nd Suter Moto2 Suter Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 10 0 1 0 0 68 14th Moto2 FTR Blusens Avintia 17 0 2 0 0 81 13th Suter Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 17 0 0 0 2 81 13th 2014 Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 18 0 0 0 0 56 17th 2015 Moto2 Speed Up QMMF Racing Team 18 0 0 0 0 58 18th 2016 Moto2 Speed Up QMMF Racing Team 16 0 1 0 0 40 18th 2017 Moto2 Kalex Garage Plus Interwetten 3 0 0 0 0 0 40th Tech 3 Tech 3 Racing Total 227 8 26 10 12 1392
By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp 125cc 2002–2006, 2009 2002 Spain 2005 Great Britain 2005 Great Britain 78 8 14 7 7 575 1 250cc 2007–2008 2007 Qatar 33 0 0 0 0 232 0 Moto2 2010–2017 2010 Qatar 2010 France 116 0 12 3 5 585 0 Total 2002–2017 227 8 26 10 12 1392 1
Races by year (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 17 18 Pos Pts 2002 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPARet FRA ITA CAT22 NED GBR GER CZE POR14 BRA PAC MAL AUS VALRet 37th 2 2003 125cc Malaguti JPN19 RSA27 SPARet FRA20 ITARet CAT24 NED17 GBR18 GER20 CZE22 PORRet BRA25 PAC24 MAL25 AUS12 VAL19 29th 4 2004 125cc Honda RSA11 SPA11 FRA13 ITA20 CAT14 NED19 BRA14 GER9 GBR8 CZE10 PORWD JPN QAT7 MAL6 AUS20 VAL13 14th 60 2005 125cc KTM SPA9 POR9 CHN10 FRA8 ITA7 CAT8 NED6 GBR1 GER5 CZE10 JPNRet MAL6 QAT8 AUSRet TUR VAL8 7th 123 2006 125cc KTM SPA5 QAT10 TUR11 CHN5 FRA12 ITA7 CATRet NED GBR GER CZERet MAL4 AUS5 JPN3 POR5 VALRet 9th 97 2007 250cc Honda QAT8 SPARet TUR7 CHN7 FRA5 ITA7 CAT10 GBR7 NEDRet GERRet CZE8 RSM10 POR8 JPN6 AUS6 MAL6 VAL6 9th 123 2008 250cc KTM QAT11 SPA7 POR7 CHNRet FRA8 ITA11 CAT9 GBR8 NED10 GER5 CZE12 RSM5 INPC JPN4 AUS4 MALRet VALRet 10th 109 2009 125cc Aprilia QAT2 JPN2 SPARet FRA1 ITA3 CAT4 NED2 GER1 GBR1 CZE2 INP5 RSM1 POR12 AUS1 MAL1 VAL1 1st 289 2010 Moto2 RSV QATRet SPA8 2nd 201 Suter FRA2 ITA9 GBR3 NED6 CAT3 GERRet CZE5 INP2 RSM2 ARA2 JPN2 MAL21 AUS4 POR12 VAL3 2011 Moto2 Suter QAT10 SPA6 POR2 FRA4 CATRet GBR NED ITA GERRet CZEDNS INP7 RSM12 ARA17 JPN AUS MAL VAL10 14th 68 Moto2 FTR QAT15 13th 81 Suter SPA23 POR8 FRA12 CATRet GBR22 NED14 GER15 ITA14 INP3 CZE11 RSM12 ARA17 JPN11 MAL4 AUSRet VAL2 Moto2 Kalex QAT6 AME19 SPA16 FRA8 ITA17 CAT15 NED10 GER4 INP11 CZERet GBR12 RSM12 ARA8 MAL10 AUSRet JPN5 VAL11 13th 81 2014 Moto2 Kalex QAT16 AME23 ARG17 SPA14 FRARet ITA22 CAT12 NED7 GER16 INPRet CZE7 GBR12 RSM8 ARA16 JPN6 AUS20 MAL6 VALRet 17th 56 2015 Moto2 Speed Up QAT13 AME9 ARG26 SPA11 FRA6 ITA7 CAT15 NED11 GER9 INPRet CZE18 GBR18 RSM5 ARARet JPN16 AUS18 MAL25 VAL18 18th 58 2016 Moto2 Speed Up QATRet ARG19 AME9 SPADNS FRARet ITA17 CAT13 NED16 GER3 AUT15 CZE13 GBR14 RSMRet ARA21 JPN8 AUSRet MALWD VAL23 18th 40 2017 Moto2 Kalex QAT23 ARG18 40th 0 Tech 3 AMERet SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Superbike World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 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 2017 Aprilia AUS AUS THA THA SPA13 SPA15 NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER POR POR FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 34th 4
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