Xavier Siméon

Xavier Siméon
Xavier Siméon
	Simeon in 2013.
Nationality	Belgian
Born	31 August 1989; Brussels, Belgium
Current team	Reale Avintia Racing
Bike number	10
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years	2018–present
Manufacturers	Ducati
Championships	0
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2010–2017
Manufacturers	Moriwaki, Tech 3, Kalex, Suter, Speed Up
Championships	0
2017 championship position	23rd (16 pts)

Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium and winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship.

At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since Didier de Radiguès in 1990 to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the German Grand Prix, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in 1989.^[1] Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.^[2] In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck.^[3]

Career statistics

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	HolidayGym G-22	10	0	0	0	0	10	30th
2011	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 B	17	0	0	0	0	23	26th
2012	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Racing	15	0	0	0	0	23	21st
2013	Moto2	Kalex	Maptaq SAG Team Zelos	17	0	1	1	0	90	12th
2014	Moto2	Suter	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	18	0	1	0	0	63	14th
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	18	1	2	1	0	113	7th
2016	Moto2	Speed Up	QMMF Racing Team	17	0	0	0	1	46	17th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	15	0	0	0	0	16	23rd
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	13	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
Total				140	1	4	2	1	384

* Season still in progress.

(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	18	19	Pos	Pts
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT	SPA	FRA Ret	ITA 19	GBR 8	NED Ret	CAT 24	GER 15	CZE 19	IND	RSM 19	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR 23	VAL 15			30th	10
2011	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 25	SPA 19	POR 26	FRA 18	CAT 14	GBR Ret	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 18	CZE 23	IND 13	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL 15	VAL 8			26th	23
2012	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 17	SPA 13	POR 13	FRA DNS	CAT	GBR 21	NED 13	GER 8	ITA Ret	IND Ret	CZE Ret	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 13	MAL Ret	AUS 13	VAL 27			21st	23
2013	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	AME 12	SPA 6	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 8	IND 9	CZE 11	GBR Ret	RSM 8	ARA Ret	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	JPN 4	VAL 12			12th	90
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT 24	AME Ret	ARG 2	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED 25	GER 10	IND Ret	CZE 14	GBR Ret	RSM 16	ARA Ret	JPN 10	AUS 9	MAL 19	VAL 5		14th	63
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	AME Ret	ARG 22	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA 6	CAT Ret	NED 6	GER 1	IND 8	CZE 16	GBR 25	RSM 12	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 5	MAL 10	VAL 16		7th	113
2016	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT Ret	ARG 12	AME 8	SPA 10	FRA 11	ITA DNS	CAT Ret	NED 11	GER Ret	AUT 23	CZE 15	GBR 16	RSM Ret	ARA 11	JPN 10	AUS 11	MAL 15	VAL 16		17th	46
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 15	ARG Ret	AME 13	SPA 19	FRA 16	ITA 15	CAT 20	NED 7	GER 14	CZE 23	AUT Ret	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA 25	JPN Ret	AUS DNS	MAL	VAL Ret		23rd	16
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 21	ARG 21	AME 20	SPA 17	FRA 18	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 19	CZE 20	AUT Ret	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 19	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC*	0*

* Season still in progress.

↑ "Maiden pole position for Simeon at Sachsenring". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ "Simeón takes first ever Moto2 win". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ Wilmotte, Thierry (12 July 2015). "Superbe première victoire de Xavier Siméon en Moto2" [Superb first victory for Xavier Siméon in Moto2]. Le Soir (in French). Rossel & Cie, S.A. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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