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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1993 Taree, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Frederick Hook [1] (born 9 January 1993) is an endurance world champion motorcycle racer from Australia. Currently competing in the FIM Endurance World Championship with F.C.C. TSR Honda France. He was the winner of 2011 Australia 125GP Championship on Aprilia.
Born in Taree, New South Wales, Hook started riding at the age of 14 months. He started dirt track riding in 2005, then moved to road racing in 2008, where he ranked 3rd in the MRRDA series nationally. Hook was selected to compete in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in Europe in 2009 and 2010, finishing the seasons 19th and 12th respectively. Hook showed his diversity by also ranking 3rd nationally on a Honda CBR600, in the FX 600 Championship. In the 2012 season, he rode for Team Honda Australia in the Australia Supersport 600 category, finishing second. Hook also competed in the Petronas Asia Dream Cup throughout Asia, finishing third. [1] His first season on a Superbike in 2013 saw him finish 5th in ASBK and 5th again in 2014 in ASC. He moved to the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship for the 2015 season and finished 11th overall on his Honda CBR1000RR; he also finished second alongside Dominique Aegerter and Kyle Smith in the 2015 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He also participated in Moto2 replacing an injured Aegerter for the last four races of the season, with a best result of 20th on home soil at Phillip Island.
Hook joined the Grillini Racing Team for the 2016 season, partnering Dominic Schmitter in the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R-equipped team. [2] However, Hook missed the start of the season due to a pre-season injury. [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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SPA1 5 | SPA2 Ret | ITA Ret | NED Ret | GER DNS | GBR | CZE1 16 | CZE2 16 | 19th | 11 | ||
| 2010 | SPA1 Ret | SPA2 8 | ITA Ret | NED1 16 | NED2 9 | GER1 6 | GER2 8 | CZE1 18 | CZE2 6 | RSM Ret | 12th | 43 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 125cc | Aprilia | Hook Racing.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | Hook Racing.com | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | Technomag Racing Interwetten | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica | Octo Pramac MotoE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13th |
| 2020 | MotoE | Energica | Octo Pramac MotoE | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8th |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125cc | 2010–2011 | 2010 Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moto2 | 2015 | 2015 Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MotoE | 2019–present | 2019 Germany | 2020 France Race 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | |
| Total | 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019–Present | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | |||
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT | SPA | FRA | ITA | GBR | NED | CAT | GER | CZE | INP | RSM | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS 18 | POR | VAL | NC | 0 | |
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | CZE | INP | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS 26 | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 | |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT | AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | INP | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN Ret | AUS 20 | MAL 23 | VAL 26 | NC | 0 |
| 2019 | MotoE | Energica | GER 15 | AUT 7 | RSM1 10 | RSM2 12 | VAL1 8 | VAL2 Ret | 13th | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | MotoE | Energica | SPA 9 | ANC 8 | RSM 18 | EMI1 8 | EMI2 Ret | FRA1 4 | FRA2 3 | 8th | 52 |
(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 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Honda | AUS 17 | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | POR | ITA | RUS | GBR | GER | TUR | FRA | SPA | NC | 0 |
(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 | 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 | ||||
| 2016 | Kawasaki | AUS | AUS | THA | THA | SPA Ret | SPA Ret | NED 16 | NED DNS | ITA 17 | ITA Ret | MAL 15 | MAL 15 | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | GER | GER | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | 31st | 2 |
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| Year | Team | Co-Riders | Bike | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  F.C.C. TSR |  Dominique Aegerter  Kyle Smith | Honda CBR1000RR | 2nd |
| Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | F.C.C. TSR Honda France | Honda CBR1000RR |  Freddy Foray Josh Hook Alan Techer | 1st |
| 2018–19 | F.C.C TSR Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | Josh Hook Freddy Foray Mike Di Meglio | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | F.C.C. TSR Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | Freddy Foray Josh Hook Mike Di Meglio | 3rd |
| 2022 | F.C.C. TSR Honda France | Honda CBR1000RR |  Joshua Hook Mike Di Meglio Gino Rea Alan Techer | 1st |
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