| Alexis Masbou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Masbou at the 2010 Dutch TT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1987 Albi, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Moto Ain CRT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexis Masbou (born 2 June 1987) is a French motorcycle rider. He currently rides a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the Endurance FIM World Cup.
Masbou was born in Albi. Before he reached the world championship he was joining the CDM French motorsport school. He started racing in the 50cc French class in 2001. From 2002 he stepped up to the national 125cc class. He was very successful and looked to be the next French revelation. In 2003 he made his wild-card debut at the Le Mans GP. In 2004 he became the national 125cc champion and he was ready to challenge the World Championship riders.
In 2005 he signed for the Ajo Moto Honda team to compete in the 125cc class, teamed with Japanese youngster Tomoyoshi Koyama. Masbou had a good debut season, with a best result of fifth in the Dutch TT, having run in the leading group throughout. For 2006 he rode an unfashionable Malaguti, with little success. In 2007 he again raced a Honda, finishing 21st overall best results were two tenth places. For 2008 he joined the new Loncin team, struggling to make this bike competitive and scoring four points. For 2009 he was joined in the Loncin team by Koyama.
At the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix, Masbou achieved his first victory at World Championship level after prevailing in a 17-rider lead battle, holding off Enea Bastianini and Danny Kent on the final lap. [1]
Masbou gets another win At 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix.
Masbou still remained with the team for 2016 season, but the team will use newly Peugeot MGP3O. After failing to score a single point in nine races he was replaced by Albert Arenas ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.
He will be ineligible to compete in Moto3 in 2017 due to the age limit.
(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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Honda | JER1 | JER2 | LMS | ARA | CAT1 | CAT2 | ALB | NAV | ALG | VAL1 2 | VAL2 5 | 17th | 31 |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 125cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA | FRA Ret | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR | BRA | PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | NC | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda | RSA | SPA | FRA Ret | ITA | CAT | NED | BRA | GER | GBR | CZE | POR | JPN | QAT | MAL | AUS | VAL | NC | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 125cc | Honda | SPA Ret | POR 13 | CHN 21 | FRA Ret | ITA 10 | CAT Ret | NED 5 | GBR Ret | GER DSQ | CZE Ret | JPN 20 | MAL 14 | QAT 20 | AUS 10 | TUR Ret | VAL Ret | 18th | 28 | ||
| 2006 | 125cc | Malaguti | SPA DNS | QAT DNS | TUR 20 | CHN Ret | FRA 29 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GBR | GER 25 | CZE 23 | MAL DNS | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL | NC | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 125cc | Honda | QAT 10 | SPA Ret | TUR Ret | CHN 13 | FRA 12 | ITA Ret | CAT 16 | GBR 19 | NED 16 | GER 19 | CZE 14 | RSM 21 | POR 14 | JPN 21 | AUS Ret | MAL 10 | VAL 14 | 21st | 25 | |
| 2008 | 125cc | Loncin | QAT Ret | SPA 21 | POR 20 | CHN Ret | FRA 15 | ITA 27 | CAT Ret | GBR Ret | NED 23 | GER 20 | CZE 26 | RSM Ret | INP 26 | JPN 15 | AUS Ret | MAL Ret | VAL 14 | 28th | 4 | |
| 2009 | 125cc | Loncin | QAT 26 | JPN 21 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GER Ret | GBR Ret | CZE 24 | INP Ret | RSM | POR | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 10 | SPA 9 | FRA 16 | ITA 12 | GBR Ret | NED Ret | CAT Ret | GER 13 | CZE Ret | INP DNS | RSM Ret | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | POR | VAL | 20th | 20 | |
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA 15 | 22nd | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| KTM | CAT 14 | GBR 14 | NED 11 | ITA 16 | GER 26 | CZE Ret | INP 14 | RSM 20 | ARA Ret | JPN Ret | AUS 14 | MAL 12 | VAL 22 | |||||||||
| 2012 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT Ret | SPA 5 | POR 9 | FRA Ret | CAT 5 | GBR 4 | NED 7 | GER 2 | ITA 12 | INP 10 | CZE 16 | RSM | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | VAL | 13th | 81 | |
| 2013 | Moto3 | FTR Honda | QAT 14 | AME 8 | SPA 10 | FRA 9 | ITA 12 | CAT 8 | NED 9 | GER DNS | INP 12 | CZE 6 | GBR 8 | RSM Ret | ARA 11 | MAL 7 | AUS 10 | JPN Ret | VAL 6 | 8th | 94 | |
| 2014 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 7 | AME 6 | ARG 11 | SPA 12 | FRA 9 | ITA 6 | CAT 11 | NED 4 | GER 3 | INP 4 | CZE 1 | GBR 8 | RSM 7 | ARA 10 | JPN Ret | AUS 6 | MAL 6 | VAL 12 | 6th | 164 |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 1 | AME 16 | ARG Ret | SPA 15 | FRA Ret | ITA 9 | CAT 18 | NED Ret | GER 8 | INP 32 | CZE Ret | GBR 11 | RSM 7 | ARA 8 | JPN Ret | AUS 9 | MAL 9 | VAL 15 | 13th | 78 |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Peugeot | QAT 24 | ARG 21 | AME 16 | SPA Ret | FRA 19 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GER 16 | AUT | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 |
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