Niklas Ajo

Niklas Ajo
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 30) Valkeakoski, Finland
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2015 Manufacturers KTM, Husqvarna Championships 0 2015 championship position 22nd (21 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 60 0 0 0 0 175 125cc World Championship Active years 2010–2011 Manufacturers Aprilia, Derbi Championships 0 2011 championship position 21st (19 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 16 0 0 0 0 19

Niklas 'Niki' Ajo (born 10 July 1994, in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and the 2009 champion of the Finnish 125GP Championship. Ajo has also competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the Spanish 125GP Championship.

He is currently working as crew chief and race engineer for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team founded by his father, former motorcycle racer Aki Ajo.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(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
2008	SPA1 DNS	SPA2 DNS	POR	FRA	ITA 20	GBR Ret	NED DNS	GER 15	CZE1 16	CZE2 18	26th	1

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	125cc	Derbi	Monlau Competicion	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	125cc	Aprilia	TT Motion Events Racing	15	0	0	0	0	19	21st
2012	Moto3	KTM	TT Motion Events Racing	15	0	0	0	0	40	19th
2013	Moto3	KTM	Avant Tecno	17	0	0	0	0	62	14th
2014	Moto3	Husqvarna	Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo	17	0	0	0	0	52	15th
2015	Moto3	KTM	RBA Racing Team	11	0	0	0	0	21	22nd
Total				76	0	0	0	0	194

Races by year

(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	Derbi	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL Ret		NC	0
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 17	SPA Ret	POR 14	FRA Ret	CAT 13	GBR 16	NED Ret	ITA 22	GER 10	CZE Ret	INP Ret	RSM	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL	VAL 8		21st	19
2012	Moto3	KTM	QAT 13	SPA Ret	POR EX	FRA 15	CAT 21	GBR 14	NED 8	GER 14	ITA 11	IND DSQ	CZE EX	RSM Ret	ARA 14	JPN 13	MAL 9	AUS Ret	VAL 9		19th	40
2013	Moto3	KTM	QAT 9	AME 15	SPA 6	FRA Ret	ITA 8	CAT Ret	NED 10	GER 18	INP 11	CZE Ret	GBR 15	RSM 11	ARA 21	MAL 12	AUS 9	JPN 8	VAL Ret		14th	62
2014	Moto3	Husqvarna	QAT 26	AME 14	ARG 8	SPA 10	FRA Ret	ITA 5	CAT 8	NED Ret	GER	INP Ret	CZE 12	GBR 10	RSM Ret	ARA 25	JPN Ret	AUS 9	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	15th	52
2015	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	AME 14	ARG 10	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA 12	CAT 13	NED 17	GER 10	INP 30	CZE Ret	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	22nd	21

External links

• Niklas Ajo at MotoGP.com
• Niklas Ajo at AS.com (in Spanish)