# Julián Simón

Julián Simón Sesmero (born 3 April 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2009 125cc World Championship.

## Career
### 125cc World Championship

Born in Villacañas, Toledo, Spain, Simón began his racing career racing for Honda in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season at the Spanish Grand Prix. In 2003 he raced for Malaguti before switching to Aprilia in 2004 and KTM in 2005. He won the 2005 125cc British Grand Prix.

### 250cc World Championship

In 2007 he raced in the 250cc class for the Repsol Honda team, before riding a KTM in 2008.

### Return to 125cc

In 2009 he signed with the Mapfre Aspar team to compete in the 125 class. He famously celebrated winning a race a lap before the race finished, allowing himself to be overtaken. He eventually finished fourth. He was dominant at the subsequent Sachsenring race, dominating both wet qualifying and the dry race. This set the tone for a dominant season in which he clinched the title by overtaking closest rival Bradley Smith on the final lap at Phillip Island. He then also beat Smith to win the final two races of the year.

### Moto2 World Championship

For 2010 he stepped up to the new Moto2 class with Mapfre Aspar, initially on an RSV chassis but switching to Suter after the first two rounds. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the French round at Le Mans, moving into fourth place in the championship standings.

## Career statistics
### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda | Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37th |
| 2003 | 125cc | Malaguti | Semprucci Angaia Malaguti | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29th |
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda | Angaia Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 14th |
| 2005 | 125cc | KTM | Red Bull KTM GP125 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 7th |
| 2006 | 125cc | KTM | Red Bull KTM GP 125 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 9th |
| 2007 | 250cc | Honda | Repsol Honda 250cc | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 9th |
| 2008 | 250cc | KTM | Repsol KTM 250cc | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 10th |
| 2009 | 125cc | Aprilia | Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 289 | 1st |
| 2010 | Moto2 | RSV | Mapfre Aspar Team | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 2nd |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter | Mapfre Aspar Team | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 2nd |
| 2011 | Moto2 | Suter | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 14th |
| 2012 | Moto2 | FTR | Blusens Avintia | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 13th |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Suter | Blusens Avintia | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 13th |
| 2013 | Moto2 | Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 13th |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17th |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QMMF Racing Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 18th |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QMMF Racing Team | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 18th |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | Garage Plus Interwetten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Tech 3 | Tech 3 Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th |
| Total | | | | 227 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 1392 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| 125cc | 2002–2006, 2009 | 2002 Spain | 2005 Great Britain | 2005 Great Britain | 78 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 575 | 1 |
| 250cc | 2007–2008 | 2007 Qatar | | | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2010–2017 | 2010 Qatar | 2010 France | | 116 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 585 | 0 |
| Total | 2002–2017 | | | | 227 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 1392 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda | JPN | RSA | SPA Ret | FRA | ITA | CAT 22 | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR 14 | BRA | PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL Ret | | | 37th | 2 |
| 2003 | 125cc | Malaguti | JPN 19 | RSA 27 | SPA Ret | FRA 20 | ITA Ret | CAT 24 | NED 17 | GBR 18 | GER 20 | CZE 22 | POR Ret | BRA 25 | PAC 24 | MAL 25 | AUS 12 | VAL 19 | | | 29th | 4 |
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda | RSA 11 | SPA 11 | FRA 13 | ITA 20 | CAT 14 | NED 19 | BRA 14 | GER 9 | GBR 8 | CZE 10 | POR WD | JPN | QAT 7 | MAL 6 | AUS 20 | VAL 13 | | | 14th | 60 |
| 2005 | 125cc | KTM | SPA 9 | POR 9 | CHN 10 | FRA 8 | ITA 7 | CAT 8 | NED 6 | GBR 1 | GER 5 | CZE 10 | JPN Ret | MAL 6 | QAT 8 | AUS Ret | TUR | VAL 8 | | | 7th | 123 |
| 2006 | 125cc | KTM | SPA 5 | QAT 10 | TUR 11 | CHN 5 | FRA 12 | ITA 7 | CAT Ret | NED | GBR | GER | CZE Ret | MAL 4 | AUS 5 | JPN 3 | POR 5 | VAL Ret | | | 9th | 97 |
| 2007 | 250cc | Honda | QAT 8 | SPA Ret | TUR 7 | CHN 7 | FRA 5 | ITA 7 | CAT 10 | GBR 7 | NED Ret | GER Ret | CZE 8 | RSM 10 | POR 8 | JPN 6 | AUS 6 | MAL 6 | VAL 6 | | 9th | 123 |
| 2008 | 250cc | KTM | QAT 11 | SPA 7 | POR 7 | CHN Ret | FRA 8 | ITA 11 | CAT 9 | GBR 8 | NED 10 | GER 5 | CZE 12 | RSM 5 | INP C | JPN 4 | AUS 4 | MAL Ret | VAL Ret | | 10th | 109 |
| 2009 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 2 | JPN 2 | SPA Ret | FRA 1 | ITA 3 | CAT 4 | NED 2 | GER 1 | GBR 1 | CZE 2 | INP 5 | RSM 1 | POR 12 | AUS 1 | MAL 1 | VAL 1 | | | 1st | 289 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | RSV | QAT Ret | SPA 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 201 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter | | | FRA 2 | ITA 9 | GBR 3 | NED 6 | CAT 3 | GER Ret | CZE 5 | INP 2 | RSM 2 | ARA 2 | JPN 2 | MAL 21 | AUS 4 | POR 12 | VAL 3 | | 2nd | 201 |
| 2011 | Moto2 | Suter | QAT 10 | SPA 6 | POR 2 | FRA 4 | CAT Ret | GBR | NED | ITA | GER Ret | CZE DNS | INP 7 | RSM 12 | ARA 17 | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL 10 | | 14th | 68 |
| 2012 | Moto2 | FTR | QAT 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 81 |
| 2012 | Moto2 | Suter | | SPA 23 | POR 8 | FRA 12 | CAT Ret | GBR 22 | NED 14 | GER 15 | ITA 14 | INP 3 | CZE 11 | RSM 12 | ARA 17 | JPN 11 | MAL 4 | AUS Ret | VAL 2 | | 13th | 81 |
| 2013 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 6 | AME 19 | SPA 16 | FRA 8 | ITA 17 | CAT 15 | NED 10 | GER 4 | INP 11 | CZE Ret | GBR 12 | RSM 12 | ARA 8 | MAL 10 | AUS Ret | JPN 5 | VAL 11 | | 13th | 81 |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 16 | AME 23 | ARG 17 | SPA 14 | FRA Ret | ITA 22 | CAT 12 | NED 7 | GER 16 | INP Ret | CZE 7 | GBR 12 | RSM 8 | ARA 16 | JPN 6 | AUS 20 | MAL 6 | VAL Ret | 17th | 56 |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT 13 | AME 9 | ARG 26 | SPA 11 | FRA 6 | ITA 7 | CAT 15 | NED 11 | GER 9 | INP Ret | CZE 18 | GBR 18 | RSM 5 | ARA Ret | JPN 16 | AUS 18 | MAL 25 | VAL 18 | 18th | 58 |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT Ret | ARG 19 | AME 9 | SPA DNS | FRA Ret | ITA 17 | CAT 13 | NED 16 | GER 3 | AUT 15 | CZE 13 | GBR 14 | RSM Ret | ARA 21 | JPN 8 | AUS Ret | MAL WD | VAL 23 | 18th | 40 |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 23 | ARG 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 0 |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Tech 3 | | | AME Ret | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 40th | 0 |

### Superbike World Championship
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | 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 |
| 2017 | Aprilia | AUS | AUS | THA | THA | SPA 13 | SPA 15 | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | GER | GER | POR | POR | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | 34th | 4 |