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
Nationality	Spanish
Born	1 March 1976 La Vall d'Uixó, Valencia, Spain
Website	alexdebon.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010 Manufacturers FTR Championships 0 2010 championship position 16th (73 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 1 0 0 73 250cc World Championship Active years 1998–2009 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 10th (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.