# Steve Martin (motorcyclist)

Steve Martin is a retired motorcycle road racer and racing commentator 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.
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, 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, 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 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, 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)
| Year | Make | 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 | 14 | 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 |
| 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 | | | | | | | 87th | 1 |
| 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 | | | 41st | 11 |
| 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 | | | 36th | 17 |
| 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 | | | NC | 0 |
| 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 | | | | | | | 61st | 2 |
| 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 | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 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 | | | | | 49th | 3 |
| 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 | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 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 | | | | | 36th | 6 |
| 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 | | | 41st | 9 |
| 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 | | | 17th | 47 |
| 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 | | | 16th | 52 |
| 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 | | | | | 8th | 139 |
| 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 | | | | | | | 7th | 181 |
| 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 | | | | | 18th | 35 |
| 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 | | | | | 21st | 19 |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 27 |
| 2007 | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR 11 | GBR 16 | | | | | | | | | 18th | 27 |
| 2007 | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GER 14 | GER 14 | ITA 14 | ITA 14 | FRA 16 | FRA Ret | | | 18th | 27 |
| 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 | NC | 0 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1999 | 500cc | Honda | MAL | JPN | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | IMO | VAL | AUS 14 | RSA 21 | BRA Ret | ARG 20 | 32nd | 2 |

### Supersport World Championship
#### Races by year

(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 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2007 | Yamaha | QAT | AUS | EUR | SPA | NED 10 | ITA | GBR | SMR | CZE | GBR | GER | ITA | FRA | 32nd | 6 |