Julián Simón Sesmero (born 3 April 1987) is a Spanish
motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the
2009
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125cc World Championship.
Career
125cc World Championship
Born in
Villacañas,
Toledo,
Spain
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, Simón began his racing career racing for
Honda
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in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season at the
Spanish Grand Prix. In
2003 he raced for
Malaguti
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before switching to
Aprilia in
2004
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and
KTM in
2005
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. He won the
2005
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125cc
British Grand Prix.
250cc World Championship
In
2007 he raced in the 250cc class for the
Repsol
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Honda team, before riding a KTM in
2008.
Return to 125cc
In
2009
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he signed with the
Mapfre Aspar team to compete in the 125 class. He famously celebrated winning a race a lap before the race finished, allowing himself to be overtaken. He eventually finished fourth. He was dominant at the subsequent Sachsenring race, dominating both wet qualifying and the dry race. This set the tone for a dominant season in which he clinched the title by overtaking closest rival
Bradley Smith on the final lap at
Phillip Island. He then also beat Smith to win the final two races of the year.
Moto2 World Championship
For 2010 he stepped up to the new Moto2 class with Mapfre Aspar, initially on an RSV chassis but switching to Suter after the first two rounds. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the
French round at
Le Mans, moving into fourth place in the championship standings.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Toledo
Spanish motorcycle racers
250cc World Championship riders
125cc World Championship riders
Moto2 World Championship riders
Superbike World Championship riders
125cc World Riders' Champions