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Michael Laverty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Laverty, 2007 British Superbike Championship in Brands Hatch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toome / Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | 7 June 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | mlaverty.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is an occasional motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. After participating in the 2017 season in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1, and the 2018 season on a Tyco BMW, [1] Laverty became a television commentator and occasional rider in Endurance events. [2] [3]
For 2021, Laverty established a young-riders' academy, to act as a competition stepping-stone, based on race-styled minibikes. Laverty also has Moto3 machines available for occasional wildcard race entries. [4] [5]
In September 2021, Laverty announced live on BT Sport, the television provider he is contracted to as a motorcycle race pundit, that he was to establish a new race team for 2022 out of the former Petronas Moto3 team, run by Johan Stigefelt, which will be disbanded at the end of the 2021 season. The team for 2022 with British riders Scott Ogden and Josh Whatley will be known as Vision Track Honda after the title-sponsor, also active in BSB as Vision Track Ducati. Laverty will act as race-team principal, with Taylor Mackenzie as team manager. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
He was the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing. His brother Eugene is a World Superbike rider and brother John was also a racer.
He raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races.[ citation needed ]
In 2005 and 2006 he raced for the Stobart Honda team in the British Superbike Championship. In 2005 he was 10th overall with podiums at Knockhill and Snetterton, his achievements earning him the title of 'Irish Motorcyclist of the Year' from Irish Racer magazine. [13] In 2006 he was teammate to Michael Rutter. Helped by a pair of 5th places at Knockhill in round 7 he came 7th overall, ahead of the more experienced Rutter.
For 2007, Michael moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team. He beat teammate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to BSB with the team for 2008. He took two fourth places early on in the season and finished 9th overall, but decided to leave the team for 2009.
For 2009 Michael competed in the USA riding in selected rounds of the AMA Superbike Championship with Celtic Racing. Michael finished in the top 10 at every round he competed in, with a 2nd position to Mat Mladin at the Road America round being his best result. He also competed in selected World Supersport rounds and joined the CRS team for the latter part of the 2009 season.
In January 2010, Laverty confirmed that he had re-signed with the Relentless Suzuki team to ride in the 2010 British Superbike Championship season. [14]
In May 2010, Laverty took his and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team's first Superbike victory, in race two of the third round of the 2010 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.
In the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Laverty competed in MotoGP on a CRT bike run by Paul Bird and his PBM Team.
The WEPOL Endurance Racing team, run by the German Penz13.com squad with Laverty replacing Matthieu Lagrive placed fourth in races at Le Mans (April 2019) and Slovakiaring (May 2019). [15] [16] [17] They had to abandon their home race in Oschersleben after a technical failure and finished 5th in the overall standing of the 2018-2019 season. [18]
Laverty operates a racing team called MLav Racing. They have competed in Moto3 since 2022 while also competing in the British Talent Cup, the 2025 FIM JuniorGP World Championship [19] and have recently made their debut in British Superbikes for the 2025 season with Irish rider Richard Kerr. [20]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
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2002 | Suzuki | VAL | MNZ | SIL | LAU | SMR | BRA NC | OSC | NED 1 | IMO | 19th | 25 |
2003 | Suzuki | VAL 7 | MNZ | OSC | SIL | SMR | BRA | NED | IMO | MAG | 21st | 9 |
(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 | ||||
2005 | Honda | BHI 15 | BHI 15 | THR 15 | THR DNS | MAL 7 | MAL 9 | OUL 13 | OUL 10 | MOP 6 | MOP 4 | CRO 4 | CRO 10 | KNO 3 | KNO 4 | SNE Ret | SNE 2 | SIL | SIL | CAD | CAD | OUL | OUL | DON | DON 10 | BHGP 11 | BHGP 11 | 10th | 129 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||||
2006 | Honda | BHI 7 | BHI Ret | DON 4 | DON 7 | THR 10 | THR 11 | OUL 11 | OUL 11 | MON C | MON C | MAL 5 | MAL 7 | SNE 5 | SNE 4 | KNO 5 | KNO 5 | OUL 7 | OUL Ret | CRO 13 | CRO 7 | CAD 12 | CAD 7 | SIL Ret | SIL 11 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 5 | 9th | 179 | ||||||||
2008 | Suzuki | THR 10 | THR 5 | OUL 7 | OUL 4 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 4 | DON 9 | DON Ret | SNE 6 | SNE 6 | MAL 11 | MAL Ret | OUL 9 | OUL 7 | KNO 6 | KNO 21 | CAD 8 | CAD 9 | CRO 7 | CRO 10 | SIL Ret | SIL 15 | BHI Ret | BHI Ret | 9th | 141 | ||||||||||
2010 | Suzuki | BHI Ret | BHI 4 | THR 10 | THR 6 | OUL 5 | OUL 1 | CAD 2 | CAD 3 | MAL 3 | MAL 3 | KNO 4 | KNO C | SNE 6 | SNE 5 | SNE 3 | BHGP 6 | BHGP 4 | BHGP Ret | CAD 4 | CAD 4 | CRO 2 | CRO 1 | SIL 3 | SIL Ret | OUL 4 | OUL 8 | OUL 4 | 4th | 604 1 | [21] | ||||||
2011 | Yamaha | BHI Ret | BHI 4 | OUL 5 | OUL 5 | CRO 24 | CRO Ret | THR 1 | THR 7 | KNO 6 | KNO 3 | SNE 4 | SNE 5 | OUL 6 | OUL C | BHGP 8 | BHGP 4 | BHGP 4 | CAD 1 | CAD 2 | CAD 3 | DON 2 | DON 14 | SIL 2 | SIL 4 | BHGP 1 | BHGP NC | BHGP 5 | 4th | 601 1 | [22] | ||||||
2012 | Honda | BHI Ret | BHI C | THR 6 | THR 13 | OUL 6 | OUL 12 | OUL 7 | SNE 2 | SNE 1 | KNO 3 | KNO 1 | OUL Ret | OUL 4 | OUL 5 | BHGP 4 | BHGP 4 | CAD 3 | CAD 3 | DON 3 | DON 2 | ASS 7 | ASS 7 | SIL 3 | SIL 5 | BHGP 10 | BHGP 3 | BHGP Ret | 5th | 581 1 | [23] |
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
2015 | BMW | DON 9 | DON 7 | BHI 13 | BHI 19 | OUL 8 | OUL 4 | SNE Ret | SNE 4 | KNO 4 | KNO 6 | BHGP 5 | BHGP 5 | THR 9 | THR 6 | CAD 5 | CAD Ret | OUL 9 | OUL 7 | OUL 12 | ASS 3 | ASS 9 | SIL 6 | SIL 2 | BHGP 9 | BHGP 3 | BHGP 1 | 4th | 601 | |||
2016 | BMW | SIL 1 | SIL 6 | OUL 6 | OUL 5 | BHI 6 | BHI Ret | KNO 8 | KNO 21 | SNE Ret | SNE 3 | THR 2 | THR 1 | BHGP 14 | BHGP Ret | CAD 10 | CAD 12 | OUL 8 | OUL Ret | OUL 4 | DON 10 | DON 13 | ASS 6 | ASS 6 | BHGP 11 | BHGP 16 | BHGP 16 | 8th | 202 | |||
2017 | Yamaha | DON 8 | DON Ret | BHI 8 | BHI 11 | OUL Ret | OUL Ret | KNO 10 | KNO 8 | SNE 12 | SNE 15 | BHGP 13 | BHGP 9 | THR 21 | THR 13 | CAD 17 | CAD 8 | SIL 17 | SIL 15 | SIL 2 | OUL 6 | OUL 14 | ASS Ret | ASS 15 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 8 | BHGP 4 | 14th | 125 | |||
2018 | BMW | DON 10 | DON 10 | BHI 8 | BHI 3 | OUL Ret | OUL 13 | SNE Ret | SNE 9 | KNO 6 | KNO 5 | BHGP 10 | BHGP 11 | THR Ret | THR 13 | CAD 14 | CAD 7 | SIL 14 | SIL Ret | SIL Ret | OUL 5 | OUL Ret | ASS 11 | ASS Ret | BHGP 10 | BHGP Ret | BHGP Ret | 13th | 116 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
2019 | BMW | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | DON | BRH | BRH | KNO | KNO | SNE 11 | SNE 9 | THR | THR | CAD | CAD | OUL | OUL | OUL | ASS | ASS | DON | DON | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | 24th | 12 |
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2013 | MotoGP | PBM | Paul Bird Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th |
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2014 | MotoGP | PBM | Paul Bird Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24th |
2015 | MotoGP | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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MotoGP | 2013–2015 | 2013 Qatar | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 2013–2015 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 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 |
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2013 | MotoGP | PBM | QAT 17 | AME 16 | SPA 13 | FRA 17 | ITA 17 | CAT Ret | NED 22 | GER 16 | USA Ret | INP 18 | CZE 18 | GBR 19 | RSM 18 | 25th | 3 | |||||
ART | ARA Ret | MAL Ret | AUS 18 | JPN 19 | VAL 17 | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | MotoGP | PBM | QAT 16 | AME 16 | ARG 18 | SPA 16 | FRA 16 | ITA 16 | CAT 17 | NED 21 | GER Ret | INP 14 | CZE Ret | GBR 17 | RSM 17 | ARA 16 | JPN 18 | AUS 13 | MAL 12 | VAL 19 | 24th | 9 |
2015 | MotoGP | Aprilia | QAT | AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER 20 | INP | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 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 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
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2002 | Honda | SPA | AUS | RSA | JPN | ITA | GBR | GER | SMR | GBR | GER | NED | ITA 15 | 34th | 1 | ||
2003 | Honda | SPA | AUS | JPN | ITA | GER 17 | GBR Ret | SMR | GBR 21 | NED 12 | ITA | FRA | 30th | 4 | |||
2009 | Honda | AUS | QAT | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA 11 | SMR Ret | GBR 20 | CZE 13 | GER 18 | ITA Ret | FRA Ret | POR 14 | 22nd | 10 | |
Yamaha | USA 17 |
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||
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R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||||
2009 | SuperBike | Suzuki | DAY 9 | FON | FON | RAT | RAT | BAR 12 | BAR 24 | INF | INF | RAM 2 | RAM 22 | LAG | OHI 10 | OHI 6 | HRT 22 | HRT 7 | VIR 9 | VIR 24 | NJE | NJE | 15th | 98 |
Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
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2014 | ![]() | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6th |