Emilio Alzamora
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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 second 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 |
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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
^ Emilio Alzamora career statistics at MotoGP.com
^ CEO of Monlau Repsol Technical School
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| 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 |