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| Arthur Sissis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Sissis at the2012 Australian Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-06-15)15 June 1995 (age 30) Adelaide,South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Unitech Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.instagram.com/arthursissis61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Sissis (born 15 June 1995) is anAustralianmotorcycle andspeedway rider and formerGrand Prix motorcycle racer who last rode forMahindra Racing in theMoto3 World Championship before being replaced byAndrea Migno mid season due to racing positions. He currently competes in theAustralian Superbike Championship, aboard aYamaha YZF-R1 2021.
Sissis was born inAdelaide,South Australia, but grew up in the small town ofVirginia, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Adelaide. Sissis started racing juniormotocross before joining theSidewinders Under 16 Speedway Club in the northern suburbs of Adelaide at just 9 years of age. He went on to win the 2008 and 2009, 2011 Australian Under-16 Individual Speedway Championships, and finished second to Brady Kurtz fromNew South Wales, in the final of the 2010 championship.
Sissis then chased hisGrand Prix dream and went on to ride in the2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookie Cup. A best placing of 6th in the first race of Round 3 atAssen saw him finish 13th in the championship. He again rode in the championship in2011, scoring three wins (Jerez race 2, Assen race 2 andMugello race 1) and finished 2nd in the championship, only 9 points behindItalian Lorenzo Baldassarri.
It was during2011 that Sissis got his first Grand Prix start when he rode anAprilia 125cc at theMalaysian Grand Prix. After qualifying 30th he had a steady race and finished in 20th.
In 2012, Sissis has joined theRed Bull KTM Ajo team for theMoto3 World Championship, replacing the 125cc World Championship. After qualifying 9th for the first race at theLosail International Circuit inQatar, Sissis got a good start and was 2nd on the first lap before slowly dropping back and eventually finishing 7th.
The high point in Sissis' racing career to date was his third-place finish at his home Grand Prix atPhillip Island on 28 October 2012. Sissis led home a competitive pack behind the two leaders, his position only secured in the final seconds of the race, by only 0.054 seconds from fourth placedAlex Rins. This result was his only Grand Prix podium.
In December 2014, Sissis decided on a return to speedway, signing to ride in 2015 forSheffield Tigers in the BritishPremier League.[1]
In his return to speedway, Sissis finished 10th in the2014/15 South Australian Solo Championship held at theGillman Speedway in Adelaide on 28 December 2014.[2]
In May 2016, Sissis rejoined theSheffield Tigers team.[3]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SPA1 Ret | SPA2 18 | ITA 6 | NED 8 | GER Ret | GBR 12 | CZE1 15 | CZE2 11 | 13th | 28 | ||||||
| 2010 | SPA1 12 | SPA2 12 | ITA 15 | NED1 6 | NED2 11 | GER1 11 | GER2 9 | CZE1 Ret | CZE2 11 | RSM 14 | 13th | 43 | ||||
| 2011 | SPA1 6 | SPA2 1 | POR1 2 | POR2 1 | GBR1 9 | GBR2 7 | NED1 2 | NED2 1 | ITA 1 | GER1 18 | GER2 Ret | CZE1 2 | CZE2 Ret | RSM 4 | 2nd | 199 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | TT Motion Events Racing | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2012 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 61 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 12th |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 61 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15th |
| 2014 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Mahindra Racing | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29th |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
(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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | CZE | INP | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL 20 | VAL | NC | 0 | |
| 2012 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 7 | SPA Ret | POR 13 | FRA 5 | CAT 22 | GBR 8 | NED 16 | GER 9 | ITA Ret | INP 11 | CZE 14 | RSM 10 | ARA 9 | JPN 11 | MAL 11 | AUS 3 | VAL 19 | 12th | 84 | |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 8 | AME 12 | SPA 12 | FRA 13 | ITA 18 | CAT 10 | NED 8 | GER 10 | INP 6 | CZE 14 | GBR 24 | RSM 15 | ARA 9 | MAL 19 | AUS 16 | JPN 16 | VAL 18 | 15th | 59 | |
| 2014 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT DNS | AME Ret | ARG 22 | SPA Ret | FRA 17 | ITA 17 | CAT 18 | NED 21 | GER 13 | INP 21 | CZE 26 | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 29th | 3 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2022 | Yamaha | PHI 8 | PHI 8 | QUE 7 | QUE 4 | WAK 6 | WAK 6 | HID 7 | HID 7 | HID 5 | MOR 8 | MOR 9 | PHI 4 | PHI 9 | PHI 7 | BEN 5 | BEN 5 | 6th | 231 |
