Alexis Masbou (born 2 June 1987) is a French
motorcycle rider
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. He currently rides a
Yamaha YZF-R1
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Endurance FIM World Cup.
Career
Early career
Masbou was born in
Albi
Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig ...
. Before he reached the world championship he was joining the CDM French motorsport school. He started racing in the 50cc French class in 2001. From 2002 he stepped up to the national 125cc class. He was very successful and looked to be the next French revelation. In 2003 he made his wild-card debut at the Le Mans GP. In 2004 he became the national 125cc champion and he was ready to challenge the World Championship riders.
125cc/Moto3 World Championship
In 2005 he signed for the Ajo Moto Honda team to compete in the 125cc class, teamed with Japanese youngster
Tomoyoshi Koyama
is a professional motorcycle road racer who currently races in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race ST600 Championship and the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship, riding a Honda CBR600RR.
Career
Koyama was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. After compe ...
. Masbou had a good debut season, with a best result of fifth in the
Dutch TT, having run in the leading group throughout. For 2006 he rode an unfashionable
Malaguti
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, with little success. In 2007 he again raced a Honda, finishing 21st overall best results were two tenth places. For 2008 he joined the new Loncin team, struggling to make this bike competitive and scoring four points. For 2009 he was joined in the Loncin team by Koyama.
At the
2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix, Masbou achieved his first victory at World Championship level after prevailing in a 17-rider lead battle, holding off
Enea Bastianini
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Career
Early career
Born in Ri ...
and
Danny Kent
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on the final lap.
Masbou gets another win At
2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix.
Masbou still remained with the team for
2016 season, but the team will use newly
Peugeot MGP3O. After failing to score a single point in nine races he was replaced by
Albert Arenas
Albert Arenas Ovejero (born 11 December 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer set to compete in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Red Bull KTM Ajo. He won the 2020 Moto3 World Championship.
Career Moto3 World Championship
Arenas debut ...
ahead of the
Austrian Grand Prix.
He will be ineligible to compete in Moto3 in
2017
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due to the age limit.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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125cc World Championship riders
French motorcycle racers
1987 births
Living people
Moto3 World Championship riders