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Spanish motorcycle racer
Alex Debón
Debón at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix
NationalitySpanish
Born (1976-03-01) 1 March 1976 (age 48)
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

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.

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 and Brno in 2007.

Debón opened the season with a pole position in Qatar, leading on the final lap before dropping to fourth. 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.

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

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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 		INP
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 		INP
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 		INP
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. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. 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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