Joshua Frederick Hook (born 9 January 1993) is an endurance world champion motorcycle racer from Australia. Currently competing in the FIM Endurance World Championship with F.C.C. TSR Honda France. He was the winner of 2011 Australia 125GP Championship on Aprilia.

Career

Early career Born in Taree, New South Wales, Hook started riding at the age of 14 months. He started dirt track riding in 2005, then moved to road racing in 2008, where he ranked third in the MRRDA series nationally. Hook was selected to compete in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in Europe in 2009 and 2010, finishing the seasons 19th and 12th respectively. Hook showed his diversity by also ranking third nationally on a Honda CBR600, in the FX 600 Championship. In the 2012 season, he rode for Team Honda Australia in the Australia Supersport 600 category, finishing second. Hook also competed in the Petronas Asia Dream Cup throughout Asia, finishing third. His first season on a Superbike in 2013 saw him finish fifth in ASBK and fifth again in 2014 in ASC. He moved to the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship for the 2015 season and finished 11th overall on his Honda CBR1000RR; he also finished second alongside Dominique Aegerter and Kyle Smith in the 2015 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He also participated in Moto2 replacing an injured Aegerter for the last four races of the season, with a best result of 20th on home soil at Phillip Island.

Superbike World Championship Hook joined the Grillini Racing Team for the season, partnering Dominic Schmitter in the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R-equipped team. However, Hook missed the start of the season due to a pre-season injury.

Career statistics Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2009SPA1SPA2ITANEDGERGBRCZE1CZE2 19th 11 2010SPA1SPA2ITANED1NED2GER1GER2CZE1CZE2RSM 12th 43

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Aprilia Hook Racing.com 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 125cc Aprilia Hook Racing.com 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Kalex Technomag Racing Interwetten 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC MotoE Energica Octo Pramac MotoE 6 0 0 0 0 28 13th MotoE Energica Octo Pramac MotoE 7 0 1 0 0 52 8th Total 19 0 1 0 0 80

By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp 125cc 2010–2011 2010 Australia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moto2 2015 2015 Japan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 MotoE 2019–present 2019 Germany 2020 France Race 2 13 0 1 0 0 80 0 Total 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019–Present 19 0 1 0 0 80 0

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 2010 125cc Aprilia QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL NC 0 2011 125cc Aprilia QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 MotoE Energica GER AUT RSM1 RSM2 VAL1 VAL2 13th 28 MotoE Energica SPA ANC RSM EMI1 EMI2 FRA1 FRA2 8th 52

Supersport 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 2013 Honda AUS SPA NED ITA GBR POR ITA RUS GBR GER TUR FRA SPA NC 0

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 2016 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 31st 2

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2015 F.C.C. TSR Dominique Aegerter Kyle Smith Honda CBR1000RR 2nd2017 F.C.C. TSR Dominique Aegerter Randy de PunietHonda CBR1000RR3rd

British Superbike Championship By year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Kawasaki SIL SIL OUL OUL BHI BHI KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR BHGP BHGP CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP 26th 4

Australian Superbike 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 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 2022 Honda PHI PHI QUE QUE WAK WAK HID HID HID MOR MOR PHI PHI PHI BEN BEN NC 0

FIM World Endurance Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2017–18 F.C.C. TSR Honda France Honda CBR1000RR Freddy Foray Josh Hook Alan Techer 1st 2018–19 F.C.C TSR Honda Honda CBR1000RR Josh Hook Freddy Foray Mike Di Meglio 2nd 2019–20 F.C.C. TSR Honda Honda CBR1000RR Freddy Foray Josh Hook Mike Di Meglio 3rd 2022 F.C.C. TSR Honda France Honda CBR1000RR Joshua Hook Mike Di Meglio Gino Rea Alan Techer 1st

References

External links

Profile on teamhondaracing.com.au