Loris Baz

Loris Baz (born 1 February 1993) is a motorcycle racer from France, who races in MotoGP for the Avintia Racing team. He has previously competed in the Superbike World Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the European Superstock 600 Championship, where he was champion in 2008. Baz is currently the tallest MotoGP rider, at 191 centimetres (6 ft 3 in).

Career

Superbike World Championship (2012–14)

Kawasaki Racing confirmed Baz for the 2013 Superbike World Championship season.^[1]

MotoGP (2015–)

On 4 October 2014, it was announced that Baz would move into MotoGP, with Forward Racing.^[2] At Misano in September, Baz achieved his best result with 4th place in changeable conditions.^[3] Baz finished his début season with 28 points, and was 17th in the final championship standings.

For the 2016 season, Baz is riding with the Avintia Racing team.^[4]

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10		11		12			Pos.	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pos.	Pts
2010	Yamaha	BHI	BHI	THR	THR	OUL	OUL	CAD	CAD	MAL	MAL	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	SNE	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	CRO 7	CRO Ret	SIL 11	SIL Ret	OUL 10	OUL 9	OUL 6	20th	37
2011	Yamaha	BHI 7	BHI 13	OUL 8	OUL 9	CRO 4	CRO 5	THR 25	THR 11	KNO 9	KNO Ret	SNE 9	SNE 7	OUL 7	OUL C	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	14th	88

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
2009	Yamaha	SPA Ret	NED 6	ITA 10	SMR 9	GBR 5	CZE Ret	GER 14	ITA 10	FRA 6	POR 6	8th	61
2010	Yamaha	POR 3	SPA 5	NED Ret	ITA Ret	SMR 6	CZE 9	GBR 6	GER 5	ITA	FRA Ret	8th	65
2011	Honda	NED	ITA	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA Ret	POR 7	19th	9
2012	Kawasaki	ITA 2	NED 6	ITA Ret	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	POR	FRA	14th	30

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Moto	Team	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2012	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	20	1	3	0	1	122	13th	–
2013	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	17	1	2	0	0	180	8th	–
2014	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	24	0	9	2	1	311	5th	–
Total			61	2	14	2	2	613		0

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos.	Pts
Year	Make	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	R1	R2	Pos.	Pts
2012	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR 16	EUR 8	USA 15	USA 14	SMR Ret	SMR 8	SPA Ret	SPA 20	CZE 3	CZE 8	GBR 1	GBR 2	RUS 11	RUS 9	GER Ret	GER 8	POR 7	POR 7	FRA 10	FRA Ret	13th	122
2013	Kawasaki	AUS 6	AUS Ret	SPA 5	SPA 6	NED 5	NED 3	ITA 7	ITA 8	GBR 5	GBR 7	POR 5	POR 4	ITA 9	ITA 6	RUS 8	RUS C	GBR 5	GBR 1	GER DNS	GER DNS	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	8th	180
2014	Kawasaki	AUS 5	AUS 2	SPA 2	SPA 2	NED 4	NED 7	ITA 4	ITA 4	GBR 2	GBR 2	MAL Ret	MAL 5	SMR 2	SMR 2	POR 3	POR 6	USA 9	USA 6	SPA Ret	SPA 7	FRA 5	FRA 7	QAT 2	QAT 7					5th	311

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Pts	Plcd
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	Forward Racing	76	17	28	17th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Racing	76	14	35	20th
Total					31	63

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
MotoGP	2015–2016	2015 Qatar			31	0	0	0	0	63	0
Total	2015 – present				31	0	0	0	0	63	0

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
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	QAT 22	AME 17	ARG 14	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 12	CAT 13	NED 15	GER 19	IND	CZE 15	GBR 16	RSM 4	ARA 17	JPN Ret	AUS 18	MAL Ret	VAL 19	17th	28
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	ARG Ret	AME 15	SPA 13	FRA 12	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GER 17	AUT 13	CZE 4	GBR DNS	RSM	ARA 18	JPN 16	AUS Ret	MAL 5	VAL 18	20th	35

References

↑ "Loris Baz to continue with Kawasaki in 2013". twowheelsblog.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
↑ "Loris Baz joins Forward Yamaha for 2015 MotoGP season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
↑ Morrison, Neil (14 September 2015). "Baz: This proves I'm not too tall!". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
↑ "Loris Baz joins Avintia for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

External links

Rider profile at Worldsbk.com
Official website

Teams and riders competing in the 2016 MotoGP World Championship

Ducati Team	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Avintia Racing	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Repsol Honda Team

04 Dovizioso 29 Iannone	6 Bradl 19 Bautista	8 Barberá 51 Pirro	45 Redding 9 Petrucci	25 Viñales 41 A. Espargaró	26 Pedrosa 93 Márquez

LCR Honda	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Aspar Team MotoGP

35 Crutchlow	38 Smith 44 P. Espargaró	43 Miller 53 Rabat	46 Rossi 99 Lorenzo	50 Laverty 68 Hernández

Other riders who have competed: 76 Baz (Avintia Racing)

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