Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winner of the 2021 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race on Suzuki together with Sylvain Guintoli and Gregg Black.[1]
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Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 31 August 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | LCR E-Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.[3] In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck.[4] Siméon won the 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Championship with the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team with team-mates Gregg Black and Etienne Masson and the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship with team-mates Gregg Black and Sylvain Guintoli.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2010 | Moto2 | Moriwaki MD600 | Holiday Gym G22 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30th |
2011 | Moto2 | Tech 3 Mistral 610 | Tech 3 B | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26th |
2012 | Moto2 | Tech 3 Mistral 610 | Tech 3 Racing | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21st |
2013 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 2012 | Maptaq SAG Team Zelos | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 12th |
2014 | Moto2 | Suter MMX2 | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 14th |
2015 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 7th |
2016 | Moto2 | Speed Up SF16 | QMMF Racing Team | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 17th |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23rd |
2018 | MotoGP | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | Reale Avintia Racing | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th |
Ducati Desmosedici GP17 | |||||||||||
2019 | MotoE | Energica Ego Corsa | Avintia Esponsorama Racing | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6th |
2020 | MotoE | Energica Ego Corsa | LCR E-Team | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10th |
Total | 157 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 488 |
By class
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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Moto2 | 2010–2017 | 2010 France | 2013 France | 2015 Germany | 127 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 384 | 0 |
MotoGP | 2018 | 2018 Qatar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MotoE | 2019–2020 | 2019 Germany | 2019 Austria | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | |
Total | 2010–2020 | 157 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 488 | 0 |
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
FIM EWC
By year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | LE MANS | ESTORIL | BOL D'OR | MOST | Pos | Pts | |||||||||
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Grid | 8 Hrs | 16 Hrs | 24 Hrs | Grid | 8 Hrs | 12 Hrs | Grid | 8 Hrs | 16 Hrs | 24 Hrs | Grid | 6 Hrs | ||||
2021 | Suzuki GSX-R 1000R | 4 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 31,5 | 1st | 175,5 |
References
External links
- Xavier Siméon at MotoGP.com
- Xavier Siméon at WorldSBK.com
- Xavier Siméon at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Official website