Steve Martin (motorcyclist)

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Steve Martin
Nationality Australian
Born (1968-12-02) 2 December 1968 (age 53)
South Australia, Australia
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years 1999
Championships 0
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
400002
Superbike World Championship
Active years18
Manufacturers Suzuki, Ducati, Petronas, Yamaha, Honda, BMW
Championships 0
2009 championship positionNC
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
1830531532
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2007
Manufacturers Yamaha
Championships 0
2007 championship position32nd
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
100006

Steve Martin is a motorcycle road racer from Australia. He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia. He is the 2009 World Endurance Champion for YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team), but is a veteran of the World Superbike Championship, and former champion of the Australian series.

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After success in trials, he started racing in his home Superbike Championship in 1990, initially on a factory Suzuki. Years on private bikes followed, but he later earned a Ducati ride. He led the 1998 standings until a crash at Phillip Island, but won the title in 1999. He also did an assortment of wild card rides in the Superbike World Championship rounds at Phillip Island over the years, as well as four 500cc Grand Prix races in 1999.

After that, he moved to the Australian Supersport series, before moving to the Superbike World Championship full-time for 2001, riding on Pirelli tyres for DFXtreme. He scored a pair of top-6 finishes at Imola in 2001, and set fastest lap at the Lausitzring that year, but he was not a frontrunner for much of 2001 or 2002. However, he stepped up to 8th overall in 2003 and 7th in 2004, along with 3 pole positions and five podiums. He spent the next 2 years with Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team, which struggled to be competitive with its three-cylinder machine, although beating team-mates Garry McCoy and Craig Jones in those years. He returned to DFXtreme for 2007, [1] turning down other offers as he believed the team had enough funds for the full season. It soon became clear that this was not the case - he nearly lost the ride after 2 races, [2] but continued for rounds 3 and 4, before leaving the team as it could not provide a full-time entry. He moved into the World Supersport Championship at Assen, replacing injured countryman Kevin Curtain [3] Later in 2007 he contested the Suzuka 8 Hours race, and he made World Superbike starts on Yamaha and Suzuki equipment, but finished the season with a broken metatarsal.

In 2008 he retired from World Superbike racing but joined the World Superbike Championship as a commentator alongside Jonathan Green. He continued to race a Superbike and finished 1st in the World Endurance Championship for YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team). BMW also retained his services as a development rider for their new S1000RR Superbike project, [4] which led to a one-off return at Kyalami in place of Troy Corser.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearMake1234567891011121314Pos.Pts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1989 Suzuki GBR GBR HUN HUN CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT FRA FRA JPN JPN GER GER ITA ITA AUS
15		 AUS
Ret		 NZL NZL 87th1
1990 Suzuki SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN JPN FRA FRA ITA ITA MAL MAL AUS
11		 AUS
10		 NZL NZL 41st11
1991 Suzuki GBR GBR SPA SPA CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT SMR SMR SWE SWE JPN JPN MAL MAL GER GER FRA FRA ITA ITA AUS
8		 AUS
7		36th17
1992 Suzuki SPA SPA GBR GBR GER GER BEL BEL SPA SPA AUT AUT ITA ITA MAL MAL JPN JPN NED NED ITA ITA AUS
16		 AUS
16		 NZL NZL NC0
1994 Suzuki GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPN JPN NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS
15		 AUS
15		61st2
1995 Suzuki GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED INA INA AUS
16		 AUS
16		NC0
1996 Suzuki SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA USA EUR EUR INA
Ret		 INA
15		 JPN JPN NED NED SPA SPA AUS
14		 AUS
Ret		49th3
1997 Suzuki AUS
16		 AUS
Ret		 SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED SPA SPA JPN JPN INA INA NC0
1998 Ducati AUS
Ret		 AUS
10		 GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA GER GER SMR SMR RSA RSA USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED JPN JPN 36th6
1999 Ducati RSA RSA AUS
Ret		 AUS
7		 GBR GBR SPA SPA ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER GER JPN JPN 41st9
2001 Ducati SPA
11		 SPA
Ret		 RSA
19		 RSA
17		 AUS
12		 AUS
C		 JPN
19		 JPN
20		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
14		 GBR
17		 GBR
18		 GER
15		 GER
14		 SMR
13		 SMR
Ret		 USA
14		 USA
13		 EUR
14		 EUR
18		 GER
Ret		 GER
14		 NED
20		 NED
20		 ITA
6		 ITA
5		17th47
2002 Ducati SPA
17		 SPA
9		 AUS
13		 AUS
Ret		 RSA
Ret		 RSA
Ret		 JPN
17		 JPN
20		 ITA
10		 ITA
11		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
19		 GER
9		 GER
11		 SMR
13		 SMR
12		 USA
14		 USA
11		 GBR
19		 GBR
16		 GER GER NED
Ret		 NED
DNS		 ITA
13		 ITA
14		16th52
2003 Ducati SPA
6		 SPA
5		 AUS
4		 AUS
9		 JPN
15		 JPN
Ret		 ITA
9		 ITA
7		 GER
6		 GER
6		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 SMR
6		 SMR
9		 USA
Ret		 USA
Ret		 GBR
14		 GBR
Ret		 NED
9		 NED
11		 ITA
6		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
7		 FRA
5		8th139
2004 Ducati SPA
Ret		 SPA
3		 AUS
4		 AUS
Ret		 SMR
7		 SMR
3		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
8		 GER
5		 GER
Ret		 GBR
6		 GBR
6		 USA
3		 USA
6		 EUR
3		 EUR
Ret		 NED
7		 NED
Ret		 ITA
6		 ITA
3		 FRA
5		 FRA
Ret		7th181
2005 Petronas QAT
15		 QAT
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
17		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
20		 SMR
11		 SMR
8		 CZE
17		 CZE
16		 GBR
15		 GBR
Ret		 NED
14		 NED
16		 GER
18		 GER
9		 ITA
5		 ITA
C		 FRA
Ret		 FRA
DNS		18th35
2006 Petronas QAT
18		 QAT
18		 AUS
14		 AUS
15		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
15		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
17		 CZE
Ret		 CZE
19		 GBR
17		 GBR
16		 NED
12		 NED
11		 GER
14		 GER
12		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
16		 FRA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		21st19
2007 Honda QAT
11		 QAT
18		 AUS
10		 AUS
Ret		 EUR
19		 EUR
13		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 NED NED ITA
16		 ITA
Ret		 GBR GBR SMR SMR CZE CZE 18th27
Yamaha GBR
11		 GBR
16
Suzuki GER
14		 GER
14		 ITA
14		 ITA
14		 FRA
16		 FRA
Ret
2009 BMW AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA
22		 RSA
18		 USA USA SMR SMR GBR GBR CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR NC0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516Pos.Pts
1999 500cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS
14		 RSA
21		 BRA
Ret		 ARG
20		32nd2

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearBike12345678910111213Pos.Pts
2007 Yamaha QAT AUS EUR SPA NED
10		 ITA GBR SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA 32nd6

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References

  1. ↑ Rubber Magazine - SBK: Steve Martin signs with DFX for 2007 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Steve Martin Left Without A Ride For Remainder Of Season
  3. ↑ Yamaha Owners Club - Steve Martin to stand in for Kevin Curtain Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "STEVE MARTIN 99 :: World superbike championship rider". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
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