Marco Melandri #33

Marco Melandri #33

Personal opinion: a nice guy and a good rider, had a very though year last year, he had a lot of problems with the Ducati, lets hope this year will be better for him even due I expect this year not to be to easy with a new bike and a new team without the full support of the factory.

MCN Sport: Melandri

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2009 season

Marco melandri drift

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Date of birth August 7, 1982 (1982-08-07) (age 26)
Place of birth Ravenna, Italy
Website marcomelandri.co.uk
MotoGP Record
Current team Hayate Racing Team
Bike number 33
World Championships 250cc - 2002
Race starts 173
Race Wins 22
Podium finishes 61
Pole positions 9
Fastest laps 16
Championship Points 1885
2008 Championship position 17th (51 pts)

Marco Melandri (born August 7, 1982 in Ravenna Italy) is a MotoGP road racer currently racing for the factory Kawasaki Team. Melandri is also a former 250cc World Champion in 2002. Melandri currently lives 2 miles away from the famous race track, Donington Park, Leicestershire, England.


Early days

Marco Melandri was born in Ravenna. He was introduced to racing by a former rider Loris Reggiani at the age of six. He came through the ranks from minibikes, motocross and then the Italian and European 125cc championship.

In 1997, Melandri won the Italian 125cc championship, also finishing 4th in European 125cc championship. In addition to his European success, he made his debut in 125cc world championship at Brno, Czech Republic as a wild card rider.

125cc (1998-1999)

After impressing in Italian and European championship in 1997, Melandri finally got his chance to compete in 1998 125cc world championship as a regular. He rode Honda 125cc bike under Benetton Honda Team. He went on to impress many as he earned his first podium in the fourth race of the season, where he finished second in his home Grand Prix at Mugello, Italy. His brilliant debut season continued when he won his first grand prix at Assen TT, Netherlands. He won this race at the age of 15 years and 324 days which made him the youngest ever Grand Prix winner, at the time. Since then, Scott Redding has become the youngest winner, having won the 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix. Overall, he won two Grand Prix in his debut season and therefore he finished the season at 3rd position in overall standings behind champion Kazuto Sakata and runner-up Tomomi Manako.

He remained on the same bike and team in 1999, where he bid to win the 125cc world championship. He went on to win 5 Grand Prix but failed to win the championship, finishing second behind Emilio Alzamora with just a single point difference. Failure in securing his first world championship did not stop his rise to 250cc world championship in 2000.

250cc (2000-2002)

Melandri was signed by Aprilia in 2000 to replace another Italian Valentino Rossi who left the team and 250cc class for 500cc class. He was highly expected to take over Rossi's shoes and to win the 250cc world championship. However, his debut season did not start as well as the expectation. He struggled to adapt to bigger bike and higher competition. He failed to win any Grand Prix in 2000, managing only 4 podiums, all came late in the season. Despite these problems, he still finishes the season at 5th position overall.

In 2001, his performances were improving. He managed to win his first 250cc Grand Prix at Sachsenring, Germany. However, it was his only win in 2001. Despite managing to appear on the podium on 9 occasions, he never really challenged for the championship. He finished the season in 3rd position behind champion Daijiro Kato and runner-up Tetsuya Harada.

2002 proved to be Melandri's chance to shine. With 2001 champion and runner-up, Kato and Harada moved to MotoGP class, he became the strongest contender for the championship. He dominated the season by collecting 9 wins and 3 additional podiums. After challenging for world championship for years, he finally won the 250cc world title. He became the youngest 250cc world champion at the age of 20 years and 74 days until Dani Pedrosa broke his record in 2004.

MotoGP (2003-present)

After securing the 250cc world title in 2002, Melandri moved up to MotoGP class to spearhead Yamaha factory team alongside Carlos Checa in 2003. Unfortunately he had with the Yamaha a worse Bike than Honda and Ducati, and struggled to succeed for the season. He finished the season in 5th position without collecting any wins and only two third Places.

He joined Yamaha satellite team, Tech 3 in 2004 alongside Carlos Checa again. This season, he again struggled to get top results. However, he managed to collect 2 consecutive podiums, but a series of crashes and retirements kept him out of top 10 in overall standings. He finished the season in 12th position.

Released from his Yamaha contract after the 2004 season, Melandri was the surprise choice of boss Fausto Gresini to join Sete Gibernau in the Movistar Honda team for the 2005 MotoGP campaign. Melandri was remarkably successful with Movistar Honda in 2005, with a consistent run of podium finishes early in the season, ultimately taking his first two wins in the final two races of 2005 to clinch second place in the championship. In doing so, he was the first Honda rider to win back-to-back races for nearly two years, winning round 16 of the MotoGP Championship at Istanbul, Turkey, as well as the 17th and final race at Valencia. Although he never really challenged his best friend Valentino Rossi for the title, he finished the season strongly as runner-up, with a total of 2 wins and 5 additional podiums.

Melandri rode for Gresini's Fortuna Honda team alongside Toni Elías in the 2006 season. With Rossi struggling to find consistency, he was a major challenger, along with Ducati's Loris Capirossi and Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa. He again won at Istanbul, despite starting from 14th on the grid. He managed further wins at Le Mans, France and Phillip Island, Australia. He finished the season in 4th position, just 1 point behind Capirossi.

In 2007, Melandri and Elias remained in the Honda Gresini team, now sponsored by Hannspree. Honda's 800cc machine was not competitive. As of the race at Laguna Seca in which he finished third, Marco lies sixth overall, with an additional podium at Le Mans . After these 10 races, works rider Dani Pedrosa is the only Honda ahead of him in the standings - he and Pedrosa the only Honda riders with multiple podiums.

Immediately after Melandri's 3rd place finish in the 2007 USA's MotoGP round, Ducati announced that he will join its factory team alongside Casey Stoner for 2008 and 2009 . But 2008 proved disastrous, with a run of uncompetitive runs often leaving him behind the semi-works Alice Team bikes of Toni Elías and Sylvain Guintoli. At Assen he qualified last and ran there throughout. Due to the poor running in the season, speculation persisted with Melandri tipped to move to Kawasaki after the summer break in 2008 to form a three bike team alongside John Hopkins and Anthony West, while his current seat was said to be taken over by Sete Gibernau for the second half of the 2008 season. However, on July 27th Ducati Marlboro team boss Livio Suppo confirmed that Marco Melandri would race at Brno, the first race after the 2008 summer break. On 19 August, however, Melandri confirmed he will be joining Kawasaki Racing Team for the 2009 MotoGP season to ride alongside his new teammate John Hopkins. He then ended the season in a lackluster 17th position.
The factory’s decision to scale down their MotoGP operation left the Italian in limbo over the winter. An agreement was eventually found, with the Hayate Racing team now running Melandri in a single-rider effort for the 2009 campaign.

Career summary

* 1996: 13th in 125cc Honda Trophy with Honda
* 1997: 1st in 125cc Italian Championship with Honda, 1st in 125cc Honda Trophy with Honda, 4th in European 125cc Championship with Honda
* 1998: 3rd in 125cc World Championship with Benetton Playlife (Honda)
* 1999: 2nd in 125cc World Championship with Benetton Playlife (Honda)
* 2000: 5th in 250cc World Championship with Blu Aprilia Team (Aprilia)
* 2001: 3rd in 250cc World Championship with MS Aprilia Racing (Aprilia)
* 2002: 1st in 250cc World Championship with MS Aprilia Racing (Aprilia)
* 2003: 15th in MotoGP World Championship with Fortuna Yamaha Team (Yamaha)
* 2004: 12th in MotoGP World Championship with Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 (Yamaha)
* 2005: 2nd in MotoGP World Championship with MoviStar Honda MotoGP (Honda)
* 2006: 4th in MotoGP World Championship with Fortuna Honda (Honda)
* 2007: 5th in MotoGP World Championship with Honda Gresini (Honda)
* 2008: 17th in MotoGP World Championship with Ducati Marlboro Team (Ducati)
* 2009: MotoGP World Championship with Hayate Racing Team (Kawasaki)

Get to know the grid: WSBK- John Hopkins #121

John Hopkins #121

Personal opinion: not a bad rider, but not as good as his ego, was a protégée racer when he was young, many thought he has amazing potanciel, but so far we haven’t really seen it on the track, maybe the move down to WSBK will be good for him, but he will find it hard to be a real contender for the championship, because of the races he missed already and also I am not sure he will be able to be faster the Ben “elbows” spies and Haga. But for some reason he does seam to have a lot of fans in the stats- any way- I hope he has a better year then the last few…

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John Hopkins

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John Hopkins
Nationality	American
Date of birth	May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 25)
Place of birth	Ramona, California
Website	hopperracing.com
SBK Record
Current team	Stiggy Racing Honda
Bike number	21
World Championships	0
Race starts
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes
Pole positions
Fastest laps

John "Hopper" Hopkins(pronounced /ˈdʒɒn ˈhɒpkɪnz/) (born May 22, 1983) is an American motorcycle racer in Superbike World Championship as well as previously in motoGP. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke 500 cc bike, and joined the factory Suzuki squad a year later, for a five-year spell. He raced for the Kawasaki MotoGP team in 2008, but they dropped him for 2009 due to the global economic crisis and the company's uncompetitive showings.

He was born in Ramona, California to English parents. His race number is 21.

Biography

MotoGP career

2002

The 2002 season saw Hopkins join the WCM RedBull Yamaha team alongside multiple race winner Garry McCoy. The team was using Yamaha YZR500 motorcycles on lease from Yamaha. Overall the YZR500 was considered to be uncompetitive that year, due to a change in the regulations allowing 990 cc four-stroke motorcycles to race against 500 cc two-stroke motorcycles. Although the two-strokes held (on average) a 10 kg weight advantage over the four-strokes, they had between 30 and 50 less hp depending on the engine configuration used for the racetrack. Hopkins finished the season ranked 15th, with 58 points, which put him 25 points clear of his teammate McCoy.

2003

In 2003 Hopkins joined the Suzuki factory racing team. This year he would ride a 990 cc V4 four-stroke. In 2003 John was teamed with 2000 500cc world champion Kenny Roberts, Jr.. Although he was racing a four-stroke this year, the results didn't seem to come as one would have expected. There are many theories for this, including the Suzuki's lack of power and its tendency to wear out tires faster than other bikes. This year also saw Hopkins involved in a turn 1 crash at the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, he was accused of causing this crash, and was suspended for one race. This suspension resulted in a DNS (did not start) at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Also noteworthy for the 2003 season was the crash in Italy where Kenny Roberts, Jr.'s GSV-R Suzuki suffered an engine management failure and the bike launched into Hopkins, putting both GSV-R's out of the race. At the end of the season, Hopkins finished in 17th place with 29 points. This finish put him 2 places and 7 points ahead of his teammate Kenny Roberts, Jr.

2004

The technology and technical advancement of the GSV-R was further developed in 2004. Most of the refinements took place in the engine management package, making the bike easier to ride. Towards the end of the year, the GSV-R was showing clear improvements, allowing Hopkins to move up the standings. Unfortunately it also saw several mechanical failures, which effectively undid the hard work to develop the motorcycle. Having qualified on the front row at Motegi, he was eliminated in a first-corner crash. Of note is that John was crashed into by Loris Capirossi, one of the same riders he himself had hit at the very same turn 1 at Motegi in 2003. Overall he finished 16th.

2005

John continued with Suzuki in 2005, as the team showed promising signs after the arrival of Paul Denning as team boss following Denning's success with Suzuki's British Superbike team. John briefly lead at Donington, but his best result was a 5th place at Motegi, and he was 14th overall. Qualifying results were often better than race results, largely due to Bridgestone tyres being better suited to short runs.

2006

Remains at Suzuki, now backed by Rizla, where he is joined by new team-mate Chris Vermeulen. Enjoys his best season yet. Hopkins finished the 2006 season in 10th place overall with 116 points. Hopkins has had one pole position this season, at Assen. His best finishes were in China and in Catalunya, where he finished fourth.

2007

Continuing with Rizla Suzuki, Hopkins set near-lap-record times aboard the new 800 cc motorcycle, and was labeled the dark horse by Colin Edwards. On 15 February 2007 he fractured his wrist after falling while testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain, but returned for the start of the season.

Hopkins completed his long-overdue first MotoGP podium finish at the Shanghai circuit in China, finishing in 3rd place - 3.6 seconds behind Valentino Rossi but 7.6 seconds ahead of 2006 event winner Dani Pedrosa. He finished as 4th overall in the 2007 season, two places ahead of Vermeulen and one behind Rossi.

2008

For 2008 he joins Kawasaki Racing Team. Explaining the decision, Rizla Suzuki boss Paul Denning suggested that "There are reasons for that other than performance". He crashed heavily at Assen, fracturing his ankle.

Prior to 2009 season, Kawasaki made the decision to halt Motogp racing activities because of the global economic crisis, meaning that John Hopkins will not have a ride for the 2009 season.

2009

After the Kawasaki pulling out of motoGP, Hopkins secured a ride on SBK's team Stiggy Racing Honda.

Get to know the grid: WSBK-Makoto Tamada # 100

Makoto Tamada




Personal opinion: lets hope he can stay in the points….

Birthdate: November 4th, 1976 Birthplace: Ehime, Japan
Height/Weight: 171cm/60kg

WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team


1995 All Japan Road Race Championship Debut
2003 FIM Road Race World Championship (MotoGP) Debut
2004 2 Wins at Rio GP and Japan GP
2008 World Superbike Championship from Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse

Race Profile
1994 Kyushu Road Race Championship GP250 & SP250: Champion
1995 All Japan Road Race Championship GP250: Ranking 11th
1996 All Japan Road Race Championship GP250: Ranking 14th
1997 All Japan Road Race Championship GP250: Ranking 6th
1998 All Japan Road Race Championship GP250: Ranking 4th / Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 10th
1999 All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike: Ranking 5th / Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 8th
2000 All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike: Ranking 3rd / Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 43rd
2001 Superbike World Championship SUGO Round: Champion
All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike: Ranking 2nd
Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 4th
2002 Superbike World Championship SUGO Round: Champion
All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike: Ranking 4th
Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 2nd
2003 Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class: 11th（Mugello GP 4th, Rio GP 3rd）
2004 Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class: 6th (2 Wins at Rio GP and Japan GP; Portugal GP 2nd)
2005 Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class from Konica Minolta Honda
Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class: 11th（Japan GP 3rd）
2006 Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class: 12th
Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race: 5th
2007 Road Race World Championship MotoGP Class: 18th
2008 Superbike World Championship: 20th

Kawasaki World Superbike Team rider Broc Parkes enjoyed a better weekend when round two of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship took place at the Losail circuit in Doha, Qatar earlier today.

Riding for Paul Bird's team, the Australian not only managed a battling eleventh place start on the grid in the new Superpole format, but scored the team's first points of the campaign when he brought the Kawasaki ZX-10R into fourteenth place in the opening leg having run inside the top ten for much of the race until he lost traction towards the end of the race.

In race two, once again Parkes made a great start but was unable to sustain the pace and frustratingly, ended up just outside the points in sixteenth place but was happy to have made progress following on from the disappointment of Phillip Island two weeks ago.

Sadly for Japanese team-mate Makoto Tamada, once again he struggled in qualifying, securing 22nd place on the grid, but worse was to follow when he crashed in morning warm up which necessitated a hospital check up whereby he was diagnosed as having sustained heavy bruising to his hip and pelvic area with a suspected dislocation, broken thumb and left big toe and was declared not fit to race. He is hoping to be ready for the Valencia test in two weeks time.

Get to know the grid: WSBK- Broc Parkes #23

Personal opinion: a strong rider, that’s for sure, but is he strong enough to be a contender for the #1 position? I am not sure; I predict that he will defiantly be in the top 10 maybe even close to the top 5- if not in it.


Name: Broc Parkes
Date of Birth: 24/12/81
Nationality: Australian
Home: The Hunter Valley region of NSW
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 64 kg
Current Occupation: International Motorcycle Racer!!!
Previous Occupation: 2 years as an apprentice bricklayer
Interests: Motorcycling, Bodyboarding, Surfing.
Ambition: "To be successfull at whatever I do"
Tattoo's: Black Panther, a star and number 23.
Favourite Band: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Favourite Sports Person: Anna Kournikova !!
Favourite Movie Mission Impossible 2


Without a doubt Broc has got to be one of the coolest customers when it comes to racing a bike..or at least that's what it seems. You will not see Broc get flustered, vocal or nervous. However if you look closely you may see him check his watch a little more often when it comes to race time. Otherwise he is quiet, polite and unaffected by his rise to the ranks of World Championship Rider. At the age of 4 he watched Wayne Gardner win a race. He turned around and asked his dad "Who is this guy". He was told that was the World Champion, to which Broc replied that that was what he wanted to be. In 2009 Broc returns to the Superbikes with the Paul Bird Motorsports Kawasaki team. Broc sees this as a 2 year project to get the ZX10 up the front and hopes to build on that with this great UK based team.
Broc comes from a Dirt Track background with a swag of titles to his name from his first at the tender age of 5. His first foray into the world of road racing came at the age of 16 in 1998 on a Honda RS125 Grand Prix bike. In this first year Broc won every Championship he entered and quickly got an enviable reputation around the pits as the one to beat. In 1999 Broc again swept all comers aside in the Australian National series and had his first taste of World Championship racing in the Australian Round of the 125 Grand Prix World Championships. In 2000 Broc accepted an offer from Moriwaki Engineering to pilot a Honda VTR 1000 in the All Japan X Formula series, with the added bonus of a ride in the prestigious Suzuka 8hour endurance race. 2001 was Broc's rookie year in the World Superbike Championship. With Wayne Gardner as his new Manager, Broc rode for the Ducati Scuderia NCR team. Broc demonstrated that in the rain he can run with the best, robbed of a podium finish by nothing more than a bolt holding on the gearshift and finishing the season 16th. For 2002 Broc continued with the Ducati Scuderia NCR team with the addition of sponsorship from Parmalat and tyres from Pirelli. Unfortunately even with the Parmalat support resources were tight and Broc had to ride conservatively, but still finished 11th. For 2003 Broc joined the Honda family and moved to Supersport with the Belguim based BKM team with full factory support from Dunlop. Lack of funds saw the team fold before the end of the year. 2004 saw Broc again with Honda. This time he was with Ten Kate where he ended the year in 2nd spot. 2005 through to 2008 saw Broc aboard a Yamaha R6 with the Yamaha Germany squad alongside fellow Aussie Kevin Curtain and tehn Frenchman Fabien Foret. 2005 was a difficult year although Broc ended the season on a high with a win. 2006 saw Broc right in there with a shot at the title until a nasty crash at Assen which effectively ended his title hopes. 2007 agian saw Broc get a rough start with a series of DNF's. But 4 podiums from the last 6 races including 2 wins saw him climb back to a very creditable overall 2nd. A new bike in 2008 which saw some grmlins during mid season again dashed Broc's title hopes. For 2009, Broc returns to the Superbikes, this time aboard a Kawasaki ZX10R. A big challenge, but Broc's ready for it.

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2008 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Losail 1st
Round 2 Philip Island DNF
Round 3 Valencia 4th
Round 4 Assen 5th
Round 5 Monza 3rd
Round 6 Nurburgring 3rd
Round 7 Misano 10th
Round 8 Brno 4th
Round 9 Brands Hatch 4th
Round 10 Donnington 10th
Round 11 Vallelunga 2nd
Round 12 Magny-Cours DNF
Round 13 Portimao 5th

Final overall placing 4th

2007 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Losail DNF
Round 2 Philip Island 3rd
Round 3 Donnington DNS
Round 4 Valencia 5th
Round 5 Assen DNF
Round 6 Monza DNF
Round 7 Silverstone DNF
Round 8 Misano 2ND
Round 9 Brno 13TH
Round 10 Brands Hatch 1ST
Round 11 Lausitz 1ST
Round 12 Vallelunga 4TH
Round 13 Magny-Cours 2nd

Final overall placing 2nd


2006 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Losail DNF
Round 2 Philip Island 3rd
Round 3 Valencia 4th
Round 4 Monza 7th
Round 5 Silverstone 2nd
Round 6 Misano 3rd
Round 7 Brno 2nd
Round 8 Brands Hatch 1st
Round 9 Assen DNF
Round 10 Lausitz DNS
Round 11 Imola 6th
Round 12 Magny-Cours 3rd


Final overall placing 4th


2005 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Losail 6th
Round 2 Philip Island 7th
Round 3 Valencia 6th
Round 4 Monza 7th
Round 5 Silverstone 5th
Round 6 Misano 5th
Round 7 Brno DNF
Round 8 Brands Hatch DNF
Round 9 Assen 7th
Round 10 Lausitz 2nd
Round 11 Imola 5th
Round 12 Magny-Cours 1st


Final overall placing 6th


2004 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Valencia DNF
Round 2 Philip Island 4th
Round 3 Misano DNF
Round 4 Monza 2nd
Round 5 Oscheleben 2nd
Round 6 Silverstone 3rd
Round 7 Brands Hatch 4th
Round 8 Assen 4th
Round 9 Imola 2nd
Round 10 Magny-Cours 2nd


Final overall placing 2nd


2003 World Supersport Championship

Circuit Result
Round 1 Valencia 7th
Round 2 Philip Island DNF
Round 3 Sugo 7th
Round 4 Monza 15th
Round 5 Oscheleben 5th
Round 6 Silverstone DNF
Round 7 Misano 3rd
Round 8 Brands Hatch 15th
Round 9 Assen -
Round 10 Imola -
Round 11 Magny cours DNF


Final overall placing 13th


2002
2002 was a year of limited resources. With only the one bike and no data logger for the bulk of the season, Broc could not afford to give it his all as a crash would leave him without a bike. Broc also struggled with the under developed Pirelli tyres for the first part of the seaon. However Pirelli were able to give him tyres that more suited his style for the latter part of the season which shows in the results that Broc was able to attain.


2002 World Superbike Championship

Circuit 1st Race 2nd Race
Round 1 Valencia 15th DNF
Round 2 Philip Island DNF 13th
Round 3 Kayalami 11th 14th
Round 4 Sugo DNF DNF
Round 5 Monza DNF 8th
Round 6 Silverstone DNF 12th
Round 7 Lausitz 11th DNF
Round 8 Misano DNF 14th
Round 9 Laguna Seca 15th 12th
Round 10 Brands Hatch DNF 18th
Round 11 Oscheleben 10th 10th
Round 12 Assen 9th 8th
Round 13 Imola 9th 8th



Final overall placing 11th


2001
2001 was Broc's rookie year in the World Superbike Championship. With Wayne Gardner as his new Manager, Broc rode for the Ducati Scuderia NCR team. Unfortunately the year was dogged by Mechanical failures at points where Broc was well placed. A bad crash testing tyres for Michelin at Sugo kept Broc out of the Monza race and a bad crash at Brands Hatch meant that Broc missed 2 complete rounds with injuries and struggling with the same injuries for a couple more. These all combined to give him an end result of 16th in the Championship which does not reflect his true potential. They say rain is a great leveler as skill and talent take over from horsepower. In 2001 Broc demonstrated that in the rain he can run with the best, robbed of a podium finish by nothing more than a bolt holding on the gearshift.


2001 World Superbike Championship

Circuit 1st Race 2nd Race
Round 1 Valencia DNF 13th
Round 2 Kayalami 16th 17th
Round 3 Philip Island 5th Abandoned
Round 4 Sugo 19th 16th
Round 5 Monza DNS DNS
Round 6 Donnington 20th 14th
Round 7 Lausitz 15th DNF
Round 8 Misano DNF 7th
Round 9 Laguna Seca 13th 14th
Round 10 Brands Hatch DNS DNS
Round 11 Oscheleben DNF 18th
Round 12 Assen 22nd DNF
Round 13 Imola DNF 8th



Final overall placing 16th


2000
For 2000 Broc rode for Moriwaki Engineering on a Honda VTR 1000 in the All Japan series. Despite 3 DNF’s, Broc still managed to finish a very creditable 3rd in the series. Broc’s result in the Suzuka 8hour does not reflect on his personal performance, due to his teammate crashing the bike.


2000 All Japan X Formula Championship

Round 1 Suzuka 4th
Round 2 CP Mine DNF
Round 3 Tsukuba 2nd
Round 4 Suzuka DNF Crash due to oil lap 9
Round 5 Twin Ring Motegi 3rd
Round 6 Sugo 1st
Round 7 Suzuka 2nd
Round 8 Tsukuba 1st
Round 9 Sugo DNF Crash
Round 10 TI DNS
Round 11 Twin Ring Motegi 3rd


Final overall placing 3rd


Suzuka 8 hour Endurance Race

Honda VTR 1000 17th



Suzuka Endurance Summer 2000

SSS 600 1st



1999
In 1999, there is no question that Broc was the one to beat in every national race he entered. Despite being significantly underpowered due to budgetary restrictions, Broc managed to put up a good fight in the Australian round of the 125GP World Championship. It seemed what ever he lost down the main straight he made up in the corners in his dice for 15th, until he eventually had to push the bike too hard and ended up out braking himself which led to him losing touch with the pack and ending up in 23rd.


1999 Australian National Shell Road Race Series

250 Produciton Series Aprillia RS250 1st
125 GP Series Honda RS125 1st



1999 Australian Grand Prix


250 Production Series Aprillia RS250 1st
125 GP Series Honda RS125 23rd (Highest Placed Australian)



1998
1998, at the age of 16, was Broc’s first year as a senior rider and his first year on the road race circuit. Although completely unknown to road racing, Broc quickly became the talk of the pits and secured all the road racing titles he entered in his first year! Meanwhile he still continued with his Dirt Track, this time as a senior, picking up another title.



NSW Championship (road race)

125 GP Honda RS125 1st
Formula 3 Honda RS 125 1st
RB Import Series Honda RS 125 1st



Australian National Dirt Track Championship

500cc dirt track 1st
250cc dirt track 2nd



Pre - 1998
1997 Broc rode some Road Racing Demonstration races on a moriwaki 80cc. Otherwise, the titles for Broc, pre-1998 are too numerous to mention. However it is worth pointing out that in addition to the ones listed above, he has 46 Australian National titles and 90 state titles in dirt track together with 3 junior speedway championships to his name!