Alex Debón

Alex Debón Latorre (born 1 March 1976 in La Vall d'Uixó, Valencia, Spain) is a former professional motorcycle road racer, who last competed in the Moto2 World Championship.

Alex Debón
Debón (left), with Shoya Tomizawa (middle) and Jules Cluzel on the first Moto2 podium at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix
NationalitySpanish
Born (1976-03-01) 1 March 1976
La Vall d'Uixó, Valencia, Spain
Websitealexdebon.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010
ManufacturersFTR
Championships0
2010 championship position16th (73 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
14 0 1 0 0 73
250cc World Championship
Active years1998–2009
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position10th (101 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
138 2 6 4 3 749

Career

He began racing internationally in 2000 after a handful of wildcard rides, but after several years of middling results he became Aprilia's test and reserve rider in 2006. He was promoted to a regular race ride for 2008, after some strong wildcard showings including Catalunya in 2006[1] and Brno in 2007.[2]

Debón opened the season with a pole position in Qatar,[3] leading on the final lap before dropping to fourth.[4] He took his first GP win on 18 May 2008 at Le Mans in the French Grand Prix. Having qualified on pole, he correctly chose dry tyres in changeable conditions, and pulled away to a huge lead - resulting in speculation that his bike may contain traction control, in preparation for Aprilia's planned MotoGP class bike. It was the 112th GP start of his career.[5]

For 2010 he raced for Ajo Motorsport in Moto2, with a chassis by FTR Moto. He finished second in the first race in Qatar.[6] At Assen, he crashed heavily in qualifying, breaking his collarbone having set the third-quickest time in the session.[7] During the season, Debón announced his intention to retire at the end of the season,[8] and will be replaced by Kevin Coghlan for the 2011 season.[9]

Career statistics

By season
Season Class Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole Pts Plcd
1998 250cc Honda Hernandez Team 73 1 0 0 0 0 NC
1999 250cc Honda Team Chupa Chups 60 3 0 0 0 0 NC
2000 250cc Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar 30 16 0 0 0 33 15th
2001 250cc Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team 6 16 0 0 0 60 11th
2002 250cc Aprilia Campetella Racing 6 16 0 0 0 72 11th
2003 250cc Honda Troll Honda BQR 6 15 0 0 0 81 11th
2004 250cc Honda Wurth Honda BQR 6 15 0 0 0 82 12th
2005 250cc Honda Wurth Honda BQR 6 16 0 0 0 67 12th
2006 250cc Aprilia Fortuna Aprilia 6 5 0 0 0 50 13th
Aprilia Racing
2007 250cc Aprilia Aprilia Racing 6 4 0 1 0 27 18th
2008 250cc Aprilia Lotus Aprilia 6 16 2 4 2 176 4th
2009 250cc Aprilia Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens 6 15 0 1 2 101 10th
2010 Moto2 FTR Aeroport de Castello-Ajo 6 14 0 1 0 73 16th
Total 152 2 7 4 822

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 Pos Pts
1998 250cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD
Ret		 NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0
1999 250cc Honda MAL JPN SPA
26		 FRA ITA CAT
Ret		 NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL
18		 AUS RSA BRA ARG NC 0
2000 250cc Aprilia RSA
12		 MAL
9		 JPN
Ret		 SPA
14		 FRA
15		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
Ret		 NED
Ret		 GBR
6		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 POR
Ret		 VAL
11		 BRA
Ret		 PAC
12		 AUS
18		 15th 33
2001 250cc Aprilia JPN
Ret		 RSA
15		 SPA
13		 FRA
10		 ITA
8		 CAT
11		 NED
20		 GBR
8		 GER
6		 CZE
10		 POR
12		 VAL
9		 PAC
18		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
14		 BRA
16		 11th 60
2002 250cc Aprilia JPN
9		 RSA
9		 SPA
8		 FRA
9		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
13		 NED
12		 GBR
9		 GER
10		 CZE
13		 POR
Ret		 BRA
Ret		 PAC
10		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
9		 VAL
9		 11th 72
2003 250cc Honda JPN
11		 RSA
DSQ		 SPA
9		 FRA
8		 ITA
12		 CAT
11		 NED
11		 GBR
10		 GER
9		 CZE
DNS		 POR
11		 BRA
11		 PAC
9		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
5		 VAL
10		 11th 81
2004 250cc Honda RSA
6		 SPA
5		 FRA
9		 ITA
15		 CAT
8		 NED
12		 BRA
9		 GER
11		 GBR
Ret		 CZE
DNS		 POR
8		 JPN
10		 QAT
8		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
11		 VAL
14		 12th 82
2005 250cc Honda SPA
8		 POR
13		 CHN
11		 FRA
8		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
11		 NED
13		 GBR
Ret		 GER
12		 CZE
13		 JPN
9		 MAL
Ret		 QAT
11		 AUS
9		 TUR
12		 VAL
11		 12th 67
2006 250cc Aprilia SPA
DNS		 QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA
5		 CAT
5		 NED
4		 GBR GER CZE
12		 MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
5		 13th 50
2007 250cc Aprilia QAT SPA
5		 TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT
16		 GBR NED GER CZE
Ret		 RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL
3		 18th 27
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
4		 SPA
6		 POR
Ret		 CHN
5		 FRA
1		 ITA
2		 CAT
4		 GBR
7		 NED
4		 GER
Ret		 CZE
1		 RSM
Ret		 IND
C		 JPN
3		 AUS
5		 MAL
6		 VAL
Ret		 4th 176
2009 250cc Aprilia QAT
14		 JPN
5		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
7		 CAT
5		 NED
6		 GER
2		 GBR
6		 CZE
Ret		 IND
Ret		 RSM
7		 POR
9		 AUS
13		 MAL
7		 VAL
DNS		 10th 101
2010 Moto2 FTR QAT
2		 SPA
25		 FRA
16		 ITA
10		 GBR
5		 NED
DNS		 CAT
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
7		 IND
Ret		 RSM ARA
22		 JPN
10		 MAL
5		 AUS
9		 POR
DNS		 VAL
13		 16th 73

References
  1. "Provisional pole position for Alex Debon". inforally.sibiul.ro. XWD. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. Carnell, Sarah (2007-08-17). "Alex Debon takes provisional 250 pole". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  3. Carnell, Sarah (2008-03-08). "Alex Debon takes pole position on return to 250s". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  4. Carnell, Sarah (2008-03-09). "Debutant Mattia Pasini makes dream start to 250GP career with a win". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  5. Lostia, Michele (2008-05-18). "Debon takes dominant maiden win". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  6. "Tomizawa wins the first ever Moto2 race". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  7. Strang, Simon (2010-06-25). "Iannone takes pole, Debon injured". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  8. Strang, Simon (10 October 2010). "Rolfo's win, Elias's title at Sepang". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 10 November 2010. Alex Debon, who is set to retire at the end of the year, made it a good day for the veterans with fifth place.
  9. "Coghlan secures full time 2011 ride". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.


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