Xavier Siméon

Xavier Siméon
Simeon at the Circuit Mettet 2013.
Nationality	Belgian
Born	31 August 1989 Brussels, Belgium
Current team	QMMF Racing Team
Bike number	19
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2015 Manufacturers Moriwaki, Tech 3, Kalex, Suter Championships 0 2015 championship position 7th (113 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 94 1 4 2 0 322

Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium and winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship.

At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since Didier de Radiguès in 1990 to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the German Grand Prix, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in 1989.^[1] Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.^[2] In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck.^[3]

Career statistics

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT	SPA	FRA Ret	ITA 19	GBR 8	NED Ret	CAT 24	GER 15	CZE 19	IND	RSM 19	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR 23	VAL 15		30th	10
2011	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 25	SPA 19	POR 26	FRA 18	CAT 14	GBR Ret	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 18	CZE 23	IND 13	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL 15	VAL 8		26th	23
2012	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 17	SPA 13	POR 13	FRA DNS	CAT	GBR 21	NED 13	GER 8	ITA Ret	IND Ret	CZE Ret	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 13	MAL Ret	AUS 13	VAL 27		21st	23
2013	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	AME 12	SPA 6	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 8	IND 9	CZE 11	GBR Ret	RSM 8	ARA Ret	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	JPN 4	VAL 12		12th	90
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT 24	AME Ret	ARG 2	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED 25	GER 10	IND Ret	CZE 14	GBR Ret	RSM 16	ARA Ret	JPN 10	AUS 9	MAL 19	VAL 5	14th	63
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	AME Ret	ARG 22	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA 6	CAT Ret	NED 6	GER 1	IND 8	CZE 16	GBR 25	RSM 12	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 5	MAL 10	VAL 16	7th	113

References

1. "Maiden pole position for Simeon at Sachsenring". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
2. "Simeón takes first ever Moto2 win". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
3. Wilmotte, Thierry (12 July 2015). "Superbe première victoire de Xavier Siméon en Moto2" [Superb first victory for Xavier Siméon in Moto2]. Le Soir (in French) (Rossel & Cie, S.A.). Retrieved 12 July 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Official MotoGP profile