Leon Camier

Leon Camier

Camier during a 2016 WSBK meeting at Assen
Nationality English
Born (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986
Ashford, Kent, England
Current team MV Agusta Reparto Corse
Bike number 2
Website leon-camier.net
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2014
ManufacturersHonda
2014 championship position27th (1 pt)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
4 0 0 0 0 1
125cc World Championship
Active years20022003
ManufacturersItaljet, Honda
Championships0
2003 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
12 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years20092016
ManufacturersYamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki, BMW, MV Agusta
Championships0
2015 championship position13th (89 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
141 0 9 0 1 816.5
British Superbike Championship
Active years2007–2009
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati, Yamaha
Championships1
2009 championship position1st (549.5 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
69 22 31 9 18 1054.5
British Supersport Championship
Active years2004–2006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships1
2006 championship position4th (112 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
37 4 13 0 0 413

Leon Stuart Camier (born 4 August 1986) is a British motorcycle racer. He was the 2005 British Supersport and 2009 British Superbike Champion. 2010 was his first full season in the World Superbike series. He currently competes for MV Agusta Reparto Corse in the Superbike World Championship, aboard an MV Agusta F4.

Personal life

Camier was born in Ashford, Kent, England. His distant paternal ancestors were French Huguenots, although several generations of the family lived in Cork, Ireland. His appreciation of the music of Jack Johnson has been mentioned on ITV's racing coverage. He also enjoys System of a Down and Linkin Park. At 6'2", he is tall for his profession which has its disadvantages. According to ITV's coverage, he has a habit of walking around circuits the evening before races with the aim of spotting extra details about the track. This is a habit picked up from his Grasstrack days where this behaviour is usual. His nickname is Shafter. As well as racing, Camier also enjoyed playing football as a youngster for an Ashford-based club called Bliby. Camier resides in Bournemouth.

Early career

After beginning Grasstrack racing aged 6 and winning five British championships, Camier became British Junior 80 cc Road Racing champion in 1998. He won the British 125 cc title in 2001 and the British Supersport crown in 2005.[1] This period built a working relationship with Honda which included contesting the 2005 Suzuka 8 Hours race in 2005 at the age of 18[2] (unusually young for a non-Japanese rider).

British Superbike Championship (2007–2009)

Camier riding his Airwaves Yamaha during the 2009 BSB championship at Snetterton

2007 was his first season in the British Superbike Championship on a Bike Animal Honda. He led the first corners of his very first race and was on the podium in the first three races. A crash in race 6 at Silverstone and two eighth places at Oulton Park damaged his momentum however. At Snetterton, a bike failure in qualifying saw him start 29th but he moved up to 6th in both races amidst Honda dominance. His season ended with a huge crash at Cadwell Park causing a broken left femur and right pelvis.[3]

For 2008 he joined the GSE Racing Airwaves Ducati team alongside former champion Shane 'Shaky' Byrne. He finished fifth overall, taking his first three wins.

For 2009 GSE switched to Yamahas and James Ellison joined as him team-mate. Camier quickly dominated the series, winning even more races than Byrne had in 2008. He clinched the title with four races to go fittingly by overtaking closest rival Ellison on the penultimate lap of race 1 at Silverstone. Immediately on returning to the pits he was greeted by Niall Mackenzie (the last man to win the BSB title on a Yamaha) decked out in his original 1998 Rob Mac Cadbury's Boost leathers. Camier ultimately won a record-breaking 18 races despite only leading out of the first corner twice. His success led to the organisers of the series to adopt the "Matt Kenseth Rule" for 2010. This revised the points system to the split-season format popularly used by saloon-car series in the United States.

World Superbikes (2009–)

After winning the title, Camier was invited to join the Aprilia squad in the Superbike World Championship for the final two races of the season, replacing the injured Shinya Nakano.[4] His first meeting at Magny-Cours saw him qualify 16th improving to set the fourth fastest warm-up time. Unfortunately, two technical problems meant he took no points. However in the last meeting of the season at Portimao, Camier finished 6th and 7th.

Camier raced full-time with Aprilia in World Superbike in 2010. He finished second to team-mate Max Biaggi in race two at Miller Motorsport Park, giving Aprilia their first 1–2 in the series.[5] At his home round at Silverstone, Camier started 16th but fought back to finish sixth and third in the two races.[6]

Career statistics

Series Years Active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
British Supersport Championship 2004–06 37 0 13 4 5 4 0 1
Supersport World Championship 2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Superbike Championship 2007–09 69 9 31 22 6 5 18 1
Superbike World Championship 2009− 79 0 7 0 3 4 1 0
Total 186 9 51 26 14 13 19 2

British Supersport Championship

Races by year

Yr Class Team SIL
England
BHI
England
SNE
England
OUL
England
MON
Republic of Ireland
SNE
England
BHGP
England
KNO
Scotland
MAL
England
CRO
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
Pos Pts Ref
2004 BSS Honda 5 Ret Ret 6 8 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 4 15 7th 99 [7]
Yr Class Team BHI
England
THR
England
MAL
England
OUL
England
MON
Republic of Ireland
CRO
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
SIL
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
BHGP
England
Pos Pts Ref
2005 BSS Honda 4 1 1 Ret Ret 2 1 1 4 3 2 7 5 1st 202 [8]
Yr Class Team BHI
England
DON
England
THR
England
OUL
England
MON
Republic of Ireland
MAL
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
OUL
England
CRO
England
CAD
England
SIL
England
BHGP
England
Pos Pts Ref
2006 BSS Honda 5 Ret 4 Ret Can 2 6 Ret 3 3 4 Ret 4 4th 112 [9]

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

Yr Class Team BHGP
England
THR
England
SIL
England
OUL
England
SNE
England
MOP
Republic of Ireland
KNO
Scotland
OUL
England
MAL
England
CRO
England
CAD
England
DON
England
BHI
England
Pos Pts Ref
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
2007 BSB Honda 2 3 2 5 4 Ret 8 8 5 6 7 6 Ret 7 6 5 8 11 7 5 Ret DNS 8th 199 [10]
Yr Class Team THR
England
OUL
England
BHGP
England
DON
England
SNE
England
MAL
England
OUL
England
KNO
Scotland
CAD
England
CRO
England
SIL
England
BHI
England
Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 BSB Ducati 5 4 3 3 5 3 5 4 1 2 Ret 8 Inj Inj 5 8 4 4 1 5 1 4 5 3 5th 306 [11]
Yr Class Team BHI
England
OUL
England
DON
England
THR
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
MAL
England
BHGP
England
CAD
England
CRO
England
SIL
England
OUL
England
Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2009 BSB Yamaha 4 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 EX 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 1st 549.5 [12]

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
2006 Honda QAT AUS SPA ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR
10
NED GER ITA FRA 32nd 6

Superbike World Championship

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

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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 R1 R2
2009 Yamaha AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR
13
GBR
6
20th 32
Aprilia CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA
Ret
FRA
Ret
POR
6
POR
7
2010 AUS
11
AUS
11
POR
5
POR
5
SPA
Ret
SPA
Ret
NED
3
NED
Ret
ITA
5
ITA
4
RSA
6
RSA
Ret
USA
4
USA
2
SMR
6
SMR
11
CZE
Ret
CZE
8
GBR
6
GBR
3
GER
DNS
GER
DNS
ITA ITA FRA FRA 12th 164
2011 AUS
13
AUS
6
EUR
8
EUR
3
NED
Ret
NED
4
ITA
8
ITA
Ret
USA
4
USA
2
SMR
6
SMR
Ret
SPA
3
SPA
8
CZE
7
CZE
Ret
GBR
15
GBR
5
GER
8
GER
Ret
ITA
15
ITA
3
FRA
4
FRA
6
POR
12
POR
6
7th 208
2012 Suzuki AUS
17
AUS
12
ITA
Ret
ITA
8
NED
Ret
NED
14
ITA
C
ITA
15
EUR
9
EUR
4
USA
13
USA
11
SMR
10
SMR
15
SPA
9
SPA
Ret
CZE
14
CZE
9
GBR
Ret
GBR
Ret
RUS
15
RUS
5
GER
5
GER
3
POR
11
POR
Ret
FRA
Ret
FRA
10
14th 115.5
2013 AUS
9
AUS
9
SPA
DNS
SPA
DNS
NED
9
NED
7
ITA
9
ITA
7
GBR
Ret
GBR
13
POR
4
POR
Ret
ITA
7
ITA
7
RUS
9
RUS
C
GBR
3
GBR
5
GER
Ret
GER
DNS
TUR
DNS
TUR
DNS
USA USA FRA FRA SPA
8
SPA
6
11th 132
2014 BMW AUS AUS SPA
12
SPA
12
NED
13
NED
Ret
ITA
11
ITA
12
GBR
DNS
GBR
DNS
MAL
10
MAL
12
SMR SMR POR POR 16th 37
MV Agusta USA
15
USA
10
SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT
2015 AUS
10
AUS
8
THA
Ret
THA
Ret
SPA
10
SPA
15
NED
10
NED
10
ITA
Ret
ITA
Ret
GBR
9
GBR
Ret
POR
Ret
POR
Ret
SMR
13
SMR
16
USA
10
USA
10
MAL
13
MAL
12
SPA
9
SPA
8
FRA
5
FRA
15
QAT
Ret
QAT
Ret
13th 89
2016 AUS
7
AUS
Ret
THA
11
THA
11
SPA
Ret
SPA
16
NED
4
NED
9
ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA ITA ITA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 12th* 39*

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Italjet 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 125cc Honda 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 MotoGP Honda 4 0 0 0 0 1 27th
Total 16 0 0 0 0 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 Italjet JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT
24
NED
28
GBR
24
GER CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2003 125cc Honda JPN
26
RSA
Ret
SPA
30
FRA
24
ITA
30
CAT
27
NED
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
23
CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2014 MotoGP Honda QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND
Ret
CZE
15
GBR
16
RSM
16
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 27th 1

References

  1. Motorcycle Racing Online – Leon Camier scoops 2005 British Supersport crown. F1network.net. Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
  2. CAMIER TURNING JAPANESE: News from Leon Camier. Biker247.com (3 August 2005). Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
  3. Pinchin, Gary. (28 August 2007) British Superbikes: Leon Camier's operation a success – | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN. Motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
  4. "Camier to replace Nakano at Aprilia". VisorDown (Magicalia Ltd.). 29 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  5. "Aprilia savours new landmark result". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2 June 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  6. "Camier shows fighting spirit with 16th to podium". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  7. Archived 25 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. Camier scoops Supersport title | BSB News | Oct 2005. Crash.Net (13 October 2005). Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
  9. Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. Airwaves Ducati Back In BSB With Byrne & Camier. Londonbikers.com (7 November 2007). Retrieved on 27 August 2011.
  11. http://www.britishsuperbike.com/teams/airwaves-yamaha.aspx
  12. BSB: Camier celebrates BSB championship title – British Superbikes – BSB Blog – Mirror.co.uk. Blogs.mirror.co.uk (27 September 2009). Retrieved on 27 August 2011.

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