Alex Barros
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 Barros aboard the Honda RC211V in Jerez 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 18, 1970 São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandre Barros (born October 18, 1970) is a
Career
Early career
Barros started racing motorcycles at the age of 8, when he won on his debut in the Brazilian minibike championship. In the next two years, he was twice Brazilian moped champion. In 1981, he was the Brazilian 50cc Champion, and in 1985 he won the title of Brazilian's 250cc category. The year of 1986 saw his international début in the 80cc category—he lied about his age so he could race at the Spanish Grand Prix at the age of 15. He finished the championship in sixteenth place, scoring 6 points. In 1987, he also raced the 80cc championship, finishing seventeenth, scoring 8 points.
250cc World Championship
In 1988, Barros made his first race on the World Championship 250cc category, scoring no points. That same year, he was 3rd in the Latin American circuit of that same class. The next year, he finished 18th in the World Championship, scoring 30 points.
500cc & MotoGP World Championship
In
The year of
Superbike World Championship
For
His season was characterised by poor starts, but despite this he ended the season as the second highest Honda rider in the championship in sixth place, behind former champion James Toseland. At Imola he took his only WSBK win, and followed it with a second place in race 2.
Brazilian Superbike
After retiring from Motogp, Alex Barros is still actively racing. He is still competitive and has won several victories in the Brazilian SuperBike Championship.
Alex won the 2016 Brazilian SuperBike final riding a BMW S1000RR. Alex is known as the owner of the BMW Motorrad Alex Barros Racing Team which he formed after retiring from the world of MotoGP racing, his last work in the 2007 season. And during the final of the Brazilian Superbike series (BRSBK) he tried to compete in the last series in Sao Paolo.
In the final session of the BMW S1000RR-powered team, the team was once again able to win the championship with four podium finishes. Including when Alex himself, who holds 276 starts in MotoGP, tried to compete in that final. In race 1, Alex was second behind Diego Faustino, the BRSBK champion, and first in race 2 beating Diego by 6.8 seconds. Alex is now in 9th place in the standings after the two races of the final round of the BRSBK.[6]
Until 2019, Alex Barros is still racing in this championship.
Suzuka 8 Hours
In 1999, Barros and
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By class
| Class | Season | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80cc | 1986–1987 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 250cc | 1988–1989 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 500cc | 1990–2001 | 163 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1,347 |
| MotoGP | 2002–2005, 2007 | 82 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 732 |
| Total | 1986–2005, 2007 | 276 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 2,123 |
Races by year
Points system from 1969 to 1987:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1992:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1993 onwards:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
By season
| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Honda CBR1000RR | Klaffi Honda | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 246 | 6th | – |
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
2006
|
Honda
|
QAT 6 |
QAT 7 |
AUS 2 |
AUS 3 |
SPA 11 |
SPA 14 |
ITA 2 |
ITA 4 |
EUR 9 |
EUR 5 |
SMR 4 |
SMR 2 |
CZE Ret |
CZE 11 |
GBR 8 |
GBR 9 |
NED Ret |
NED 7 |
GER 5 |
GER Ret |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
FRA 7 |
FRA 10 |
6th | 246 |
References
- ^ After 7th place, Barros retires from MotoGP Terra Esportes (in Portuguese language) November 4, 2007, Retrieved May 24, 2018
- ^ "Aoki finishes first – but it's a Honda Pons 1, 2! ". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. June 3, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ "Barros wins after breathtaking season finale". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. November 3, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ "Barros wins first ever 'flag-to-flag', Sete falls". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. April 17, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ Alex Barros career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com Archived April 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alex Barros Masih Perkasa Juarai Superbike Brazil - Naik Motor - Jurnal Pengendara Motor".
- ^ "1999 Suzuka 8 Hours results at www.motoracing-japan.com". Archived from the original on February 8, 2004. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ^ Alex Barros career statistics at MotoGP.com
External links
- Alex Barros at MotoGP.com
- Alex Barros at WorldSBK.com
- Alex Barros profile on Motorcycle Racing Online
- Alex Barros bio at highrevs.net
