Kev Coghlan

Kev Coghlan
Kev Coghlan
Nationality	British
Born	23 June 1988 (age 36); Perth, Scotland
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2010–2011
Manufacturers	FTR
Championships	0
2011 championship position	29th (11 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	2005, 2007
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2007 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Supersport World Championship
Active years	2008–2009, 2013–2014, 2017
Manufacturers	Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki
Championships	0
2017 championship position	NC (0 pts)

Last updated December 29, 2024

Kev Alexander Coghlan^[1] (born 23 June 1988) is a British motorcycle racer. He has won the European Junior Supersport title in 2008 and the Spanish CEV Supersport Championship and the European Supersport title in 2009;^[2] he has also ridden in the 125cc and Moto2 World Championships, the Supersport World Championship and the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup.

Career

In 2012 Coghlan split his program into British Supersport Championship aboard a Yamaha and the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup aboard a Ducati, due to the struggles of travelling too and from Britain and Europe Coghlan quit the British Supersport Championship to concentrate on the Superstock 1000 championship, this led to a vast improvement in his results scoring his first podium (2nd place) at Nürburgring^[3] and going on to finish 9th in the championship as well as ending up 17th in the British Supersport Championship.

Career statistics

2012 - 9th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098R
2015 - 6th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2005	125cc	Honda	UK1 Racing	1	0	NC
2007	125cc	Honda	Humangest Racing Team 125cc	2	0	NC
2007	125cc	Honda	UK1 Racing	2	0	NC
2010	Moto2	FTR	Monlau Joey Darcey	2	0	NC
2011	Moto2	FTR	Aeroport de Castelló	6	11	29th
Total				11	11

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR Ret	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		NC	0
2007	125cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	TUR 21	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR Ret	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0
2010	Moto2	FTR	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR 22	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA Ret	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL	NC	0
2011	Moto2	FTR	QAT Ret	SPA 8	POR DNS	FRA 27	CAT 24	GBR 13	NED 21	ITA	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	29th	11

Supersport World Championship

(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	14	Pos.	Pts
2008	Honda	QAT	AUS	SPA	NED 21	ITA 20	GER	SMR	CZE	GBR	EUR	ITA	FRA	POR		NC	0
2009	Yamaha	AUS	QAT	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA	USA	SMR Ret	GBR 13	CZE	GER 20	ITA	FRA 14	POR 15	26th	6
2013	Kawasaki	AUS 18	SPA 13	NED 8	ITA 5	GBR Ret	POR Ret	ITA Ret	RUS C	GBR 4	GER 3	TUR 7	FRA 14	SPA 7		9th	71
2014	Yamaha	AUS 2	SPA 5	NED 4	ITA Ret	GBR 3	MAL Ret	ITA 8	POR 7	SPA 5	FRA 6	QAT 5				5th	109
2017	Yamaha	AUS	THA	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	ITA	GER	POR	FRA	SPA DNS	QAT			NC	0

British Supersport Championship

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2009	Honda	BHI	OUL 8	DON 7	THR	SNE	KNO	MAL	BHGP	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	25th	17	^[4]

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12			Pos.	Pts	Ref
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2011	Yamaha	BRH	BRH	OUL	OUL	CRO	CRO	THR	THR	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	OUL Ret	OUL C	BRH	BRH	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	SIL	SIL	BRH	BRH	BRH	NC	0	^[5]
2012	Yamaha	BHI 13	BHI 9¹	THR 9	THR 11	OUL 14	OUL 11	SNE 10	SNE Ret	KNO 12	KNO Ret	OUL 5	OUL 8	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	ASS	ASS	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP		17th	54.5	^[6]

Notes

1. ^ – Race was abandoned after second restart, half points awarded.

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References

↑ "Cinco wild‐cards españoles correrán en el GP de Aragón" (PDF). fedemoto.info (in Spanish). Real Federación Motociclista Española. August 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
↑ "Kev Coghlan". yamaha-racing.com. Yamaha Motor Racing . Retrieved 13 December 2016.
↑ "Coghlan grabs first-ever Superstock podium". Worldsbk.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Kev Coghlan at MotoGP.com

Kev Coghlan at WorldSBK.com

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[1] "Cinco wild‐cards españoles correrán en el GP de Aragón" (PDF). fedemoto.info (in Spanish). Real Federación Motociclista Española. August 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[2] "Kev Coghlan". yamaha-racing.com. Yamaha Motor Racing . Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[3] "Coghlan grabs first-ever Superstock podium". Worldsbk.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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