# Imre Tóth

Imre "Imi" Tóth (born 6 September 1985 in Budapest, Hungary) is a motorcycle racer who competed for 8 years in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 125cc the 250cc World Championships as a privateer. He last raced in the Superbike World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. He previously raced in the Supersport World Championship. He now owns a Supersport team called Team Tóth, which started operating when he was in 125cc (he competed as a private his entire career). He is not related to László Tóth (racing driver).

## Early life

Tóth started his racing career in 1989 on an electric bike. The next year, he continued on a 50cc automatic LEM bike, with which he won his first race in 1991.

## Early career

He became Hungarian champion in 1992 and 1993 with Honda QR bike in the 50cc automatic category. Then in 1994, Tóth was inaugurated to win the championship in the 50cc stick shift category.
The next step was an 80cc CASAL bike, then raced with a Honda 125cc bike, in age ten and a half, with special permission, in the Czech Republic and Croatia. In Hungary he was not permitted to start due to his young age.
At age 12, Toth became champion as the youngest rider in Slovakia.
He then finished second in the Alpok-Adria tournament in year 1997.
In the Alpok-Adria tournament Imi couldn't have participated, as the Italian regulation only allows riders from the age of fourteen onwards, but the race director permitted him to race, after checking his training results. Finishing at the seventh place, he received a special award for being the youngest rider in Italy.
After receiving the permission to race in Hungary at age 12, Tóth became the youngest Hungarian and international champion in the motorcycle racing history by winning the Hungarian Championship.
Finally, when he turned 14, he received he gained the permission to compete in European races from the European Motorcycle Union.

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

| Season | Class | Team | Number | Motorcycle | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Points | Placed |
| 2002 | 125cc | Semprucci Angaia Racing | 20 | Honda | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 125cc | Team Hungary | 25 | Honda Seel | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 125cc | Team Hungary | 25 | Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29th |
| 2005 | 125cc | Road Racing Team Hungary | 45 | Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28th |
| 2006 | 125cc | Team Tóth | 45 | Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 250cc | Team Tóth Aprilia | 10 | Aprilia | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th |
| 2008 | 250cc | Team Tóth Aprilia | 10 | Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20th |
| 2009 | 250cc | Team Tóth Aprilia | 10 | Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22nd |
| Best | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th |
| Total | | | | | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |

#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2002 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 18 | RSA 23 | SPA 27 | FRA 22 | ITA 21 | CAT 23 | NED 27 | GBR 20 | GER 25 | CZE 26 | POR Ret | BRA 28 | PAC 23 | MAL 22 | AUS 23 | VAL 25 | | NC | 0 |
| 2003 | 125cc | Honda | JPN 24 | RSA Ret | SPA 26 | FRA 23 | ITA 27 | CAT 20 | NED 23 | GBR 17 | GER Ret | CZE 23 | POR Ret | BRA Ret | PAC 26 | MAL 24 | AUS Ret | VAL 22 | | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | 125cc | Aprilia | RSA 22 | SPA 26 | FRA 21 | ITA 16 | CAT 19 | NED 10 | BRA 18 | GER Ret | GBR 19 | CZE Ret | POR Ret | JPN Ret | QAT 25 | MAL 18 | AUS 21 | VAL 21 | | 29th | 6 |
| 2005 | 125cc | Aprilia | SPA 16 | POR 22 | CHN 30 | FRA 9 | ITA 25 | CAT Ret | NED 25 | GBR 26 | GER 20 | CZE 18 | JPN 21 | MAL 22 | QAT 29 | AUS Ret | TUR 24 | VAL 21 | | 27th | 7 |
| 2006 | 125cc | Aprilia | SPA 26 | QAT Ret | TUR 29 | CHN 32 | FRA 20 | ITA 25 | CAT 27 | NED 29 | GBR Ret | GER 27 | CZE 20 | MAL 23 | AUS Ret | JPN 25 | POR 18 | VAL 33 | | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT 19 | SPA 18 | TUR Ret | CHN 18 | FRA Ret | ITA 22 | CAT 22 | GBR 15 | NED 22 | GER Ret | CZE 19 | RSM 17 | POR 15 | JPN 18 | AUS Ret | MAL 21 | VAL 23 | 28th | 2 |
| 2008 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT Ret | SPA 15 | POR 18 | CHN 16 | FRA 18 | ITA 15 | CAT Ret | GBR Ret | NED 20 | GER 17 | CZE | RSM Ret | INP C | JPN 22 | AUS 13 | MAL 15 | VAL 13 | 20th | 9 |
| 2009 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT 17 | JPN 13 | SPA 16 | FRA 9 | ITA 15 | CAT Ret | NED 15 | GER 18 | GBR 17 | CZE 17 | INP 17 | RSM 18 | POR 18 | AUS 18 | MAL Ret | VAL 19 | | 22nd | 12 |

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

| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2010 | Honda | AUS | POR | SPA | NED 16 | ITA 16 | RSA | USA | SMR 19 | CZE 19 | GBR 23 | GER 14 | ITA Ret | FRA Ret | 37th | 2 |
| 2011 | Honda | AUS 15 | EUR 16 | NED 11 | ITA Ret | SMR 20 | SPA 15 | CZE 13 | GBR 17 | GER 14 | ITA 15 | FRA 20 | POR Ret | | 19th | 13 |
| 2012 | Honda | AUS 18 | ITA Ret | NED 16 | ITA 4 | EUR Ret | SMR 13 | SPA Ret | CZE 19 | GBR 17 | RUS 24 | GER 20 | POR 20 | FRA 13 | 20th | 19 |
| 2013 | Honda | AUS 22 | SPA Ret | NED | ITA 23 | GBR 26 | POR 23 | ITA 17 | RUS C | GBR 21 | GER 25 | TUR 23 | FRA 21 | SPA 24 | NC | 0 |

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

| 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 | 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2014 | BMW | AUS 16 | AUS 19 | SPA 18 | SPA 17 | NED 20 | NED 16 | ITA 20 | ITA 19 | GBR 18 | GBR 20 | MAL 14 | MAL 18 | SMR DNS | SMR DNS | POR | POR | USA | USA | SPA 18 | SPA Ret | FRA 20 | FRA 13 | QAT 18 | QAT 17 | | | 28th | 5 |
| 2015 | BMW | AUS 20 | AUS 17 | THA 18 | THA 18 | SPA 18 | SPA 20 | NED Ret | NED Ret | ITA 15 | ITA 12 | GBR 19 | GBR 17 | POR 20 | POR 19 | SMR 22 | SMR 22 | USA 16 | USA 17 | MAL 19 | MAL 20 | SPA 20 | SPA 20 | FRA 20 | FRA 21 | QAT 17 | QAT 14 | 30th | 7 |
| 2016 | Yamaha | AUS 19 | AUS 19 | THA 22 | THA 21 | SPA 20 | SPA 22 | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | MAL 19 | MAL 21 | GBR 18 | GBR Ret | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | GER | GER | FRA Ret | FRA 21 | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | NC | 0 |
* Season still in progress.