Michael van der Mark (born 26 October 1992) is a
motorcycle road racer based in the Netherlands. He competes in the
Superbike World Championship
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The championship was founded i ...
with a BMW M1000RR. He was the 2012
European Superstock 600 champion. In 2013 and 2014 he won the
Suzuka 8 Hours with
Takumi Takahashi
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Takahashi has raced in the All Japan Road Race Championship in the GP125 class, in the GP250 class, where he was champion ...
and
Leon Haslam
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in the
Endurance FIM World Championship
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on a
Honda CBR1000RRW. In
2014
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he won the
Supersport World Championship with
PATA Honda.
In 2015 he moved to the Superbike level continuing with the Pata Honda team. In he made his debut in the MotoGP class of
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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at
Sepang as a replacement for ill rider
Jonas Folger
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in the
Tech 3
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satellite Yamaha team.
MotoGP: Van der Mark gets Folger replacement call
''Motorcycle News
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'', 24 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017 In the same year he won his third Suzuka 8 Hours, this time on a Yamaha YZF-R1
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He competed in World Su ...
and Katsuyuki Nakasuga.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Races by year
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
(key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Suzuka 8 Hours results
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Dutch people of Moluccan descent
Dutch motorcycle racers
125cc World Championship riders
Moto2 World Championship riders
Supersport World Championship riders
Superbike World Championship riders
Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
Tech3 MotoGP riders
MotoGP World Championship riders