| Stefan Bradl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-11-29)29 November 1989 (age 35)[1] Augsburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Repsol Honda Team (Test/Replacement rider) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefan Bradl (born 29 November 1989) is a German professionalmotorcycle racer, best known for winning theMoto2 World Championship in 2011. He then moved toMotoGP in 2012 withLCR Honda. While in MotoGP, Bradl is best known for his performance atLaguna Seca getting the pole position and finishing second in the race behindMarc Marquez, ahead ofValentino Rossi. Bradl finished the 2013 season 7th, despite missing two races due to injury. This proved to be his highest ever MotoGP finish.
Bradl is the son of former racerHelmut Bradl. He is contracted as a test rider forHonda Racing Corporation in MotoGP and makes occasionalwild card appearances and acts as an injury replacement.
Born inAugsburg,West Germany, Bradl started his 125cc World Championship career in2005 as a wild card for three races, competing in the 125cc German Championship withKTM. He took more wild card races in2006, still with KTM. He had a terrible fracture when he was hit by another rider during practice for the 2006Malaysian GP. Later that year he was competing again at theRed Bull KTM Junior.
Bradl was offered byAlberto Puig to ride hisRepsolHonda factory 250cc team for2007; he withdrew after a couple of tests, but did not stop racing. Later, he joined the 125cc Spanish Championship withBlusens Aprilia, winning the title just five points ahead of his teammateScott Redding. Later he took a couple of wild card World Championship races, with the same team. Additionally, from the2007 Portuguese GP onwards Blusens Aprilia Team principal Raúl Romero placed him on a second bike with veteranPablo Nieto, replacingDutchmanHugo van den Berg.
For2008, rather than stay with Blusens Aprilia, he decided to ride for theGerman Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing, on an official factoryAprilia RSA 125. He took his first win at Brno, fittingly a track his father won at in 1991.
After moving up to the Moto2 class of Grand Prix racing in 2010, he went on to claim ninth in the championship, with one victory atEstoril.
2011 saw Bradl win four of the first six races, and maintained a healthy lead in the championship untilMarc Márquez found significant speed halfway through the season. The championship seemed to be going down to the wire, with both Bradl and Márquez having a fair shot at the title with two rounds remaining. Márquez, however, suffered a heavy fall during free practice for theMalaysian Grand Prix, and was unable to race for the remainder of the season, due to eyesight problems. Bradl was therefore crowned the World Champion at the final race of the season inValencia,Spain.
Bradl was signed by the LCR Honda team for 2012. He had a good season, running consistently in the top-10, with a best result of fourth place obtained at theItalian Grand Prix.[2] He completed the season in eighth place, winning the Rookie of the Year award.[3]
Bradl battled consistently among the second group of riders in 2013, along withValentino Rossi,Cal Crutchlow andÁlvaro Bautista. The highlight of his season was a pole-position at theUnited States Grand Prix, at Laguna Seca,[4] where he also finished second, achieving his first MotoGP podium. A crash towards the end of the season at theMalaysian Grand Prix – in which he broke an ankle[5] – took him out of contention in the battle for fifth place with Bautista and Crutchlow. He closed the season in seventh place with 156 points.
In 2014, Bradl continued to ride for LCR Honda. However, on 2 August 2014, it was announced thatCal Crutchlow would join LCR Honda for the 2015 season and ride the factory-specification Honda RC213V.[6] Bradl subsequently announced a move to theForward Racing team for 2015, riding an open-specification bike.[7]
For the 2015 season, Bradl moved toForward Racing, riding a Yamaha Forward – where he was joined byLoris Baz, moving into the series from theSuperbike World Championship. At the midway point of the season, Bradl had collected 9 points, despite missing his home race at theSanchsenring due to injury.[8] After the summer break, Bradl parted company with the team, following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari.
In August, Bradl joinedApriliaGresini Racing for the remainder of the 2015 season.[9] His partnership with Gresini started with a 20th atIndianapolis, and scored his first points for the team, with 14th atBrno.
For the 2016 season, Bradl was partnered by Spanish riderÁlvaro Bautista. He collected 63 points, with no poles, fastest laps and podiums. He finished the season ranked 16th overall.
For the 2017 season, Bradl moved fromMotoGP to theSuperbike World Championship, riding a Honda of theRedBull Honda Team. He only raced 6 full rounds and 4 half-rounds; taking up 67 points and ranked 14th in the list.
In 2018, Bradl returned toMotoGP as a replacement rider for an injuredFranco Morbidelli atEG 0,0 Marc VDS Racing in his home race at the Sachsenring. He made two wildcard entries forHRC Honda Team at the Czech Republic and San Marino rounds. Bradl replaced the injured Cal Crutchlow atLCR Honda for the final two rounds, finishing 13th in Malaysia and 9th in Valencia. He collected 10 points total on the season, and was ranked 24th overall.
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In 2019, Bradl was contracted as a test rider for the Honda works MotoGP team. He raced in the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez as a wildcard entry and in the German, Czech Republic and Austrian Grand Prix as a replacement for the injured Jorge Lorenzo. Bradl finished 10th at Jerez as a wildcard rider. In his second outing as replacement for Jorge Lorenzo he finished 10th in Germany, 15th at Brno and 13th in Austria.
In 2020, Bradl was called up as a replacement rider forMarc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards, while Márquez was recovering from injuries sustained in an August crash at theSpanish Grand Prix.[10]
In 2021, Bradl was a replacement rider for injured Marquez in the early season.[11] He finished in positions 11 and 14 with two consecutive weekend races atLosail, Doha. Bradl also had a wild card ride in 2021 at Jerez, finishing in position 12.[12][13]
For 2022, in the third race of the season at Argentina on 3 April, Bradl finished in position 19 when deputising for Marc Márquez, who was injured in March a few hours before the Indonesian Grand Prix atMandalika.[14]
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125cc | 2005–2009 | 2005 Catalunya | 2008 Qatar | 2008 Czech Republic | 54 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 316 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2010–2011 | 2010 Qatar | 2010 Portugal | 2010 Portugal | 33 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 371 | 1 |
| MotoGP | 2012–2016, 2018–2024 | 2012 Qatar | 2013 United States | 131 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 567 | 0 | |
| Total | 2005–2016, 2018–2024 | 218 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1254 | 1 | |||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2017 | Honda | AUS 15 | AUS 15 | THA 10 | THA Ret | SPA 9 | SPA 12 | NED 6 | NED 10 | ITA 10 | ITA 14 | GBR Ret | GBR 11 | ITA NC | ITA 10 | USA 11 | USA 11 | GER DNS | GER 13 | POR Ret | POR DNS | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | 14th | 67 |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Spanish 125cc Champion 2007 | Succeeded by |