# Eugene Laverty

Eugene Laverty (born 3 June 1986) is a former professional motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland, the brother of Michael and John.
For 2022, Laverty is contracted to ride for satellite BMW team Bonovo in World Superbike Championship. Midway through the season, Laverty announced his intended retirement at the end of 2022, partly due to poor race results, to continue with the same team as a co-owner and rider coach.
During 2021, Laverty rode in some World Superbike events before his RC Squadra Corse team withdrew from racing; further rides later in the season were as a replacement for injured BMW factory rider Tom Sykes.

## Career
### Early career

Born in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland, Laverty was runner-up in the 2004 British 125cc Championship. He had a successful year in 2006 aboard the Dunlop shod Red Bull Honda CBR600RR. He was a top challenger for the British Supersport title, but finished third overall behind Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes, with four wins. He had previously finished 9th overall as a series rookie in 2005.

### 250cc World Championship (2007–2008)

For 2007, he raced in the 250cc Grand Prix World Championship for LCR Honda finishing in 25th place overall with a best result of 14th. A strong run at Barcelona produced no points due to an engine problem.
For 2008 it was expected that he would go back to Britain and further his career in Supersports or Superbikes, but he was signed by Blusens Aprilia on 18 December to continue to race in 250cc with privateer motorcycles. He scored points in China and Portugal, but at Le Mans he crashed at the one remaining wet corner as the circuit dried.

### Supersport World Championship (2008–2010)

Plans for him to make his World Superbike debut later that year were scrapped when Chris Walker joined the team full-time, but he instead joined the factory Yamaha team in World Supersport as a temporary replacement for the injured Fabien Foret. Despite riding injured following a crash at the 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix a week earlier, he moved up from an early 7th to battle championship leader Andrew Pitt and teammate Broc Parkes for 2nd. Parkes got the better of him, but he finished on the podium after surviving contact with Pitt which eliminated the Honda rider. He decided before this race to end his 250cc season, and focus on a full-time WSS ride for 2009.
The young Irish man signed with the Parkalgar Honda World Supersport team for the 2009 season. On 14 March 2009 Laverty won his first Supersport World Championship race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, narrowly beating Ten Kate Racing's Andrew Pitt to the chequered flag. His win was also the first for the Parkalgar Honda team. He stacked up three more wins and four-second places to finish as series runner-up behind Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow – ending Ten Kate's run of being the top Honda team for many years.

### Superbike World Championship (2011–2014)

Laverty, on his Yamaha World Superbike, won his first Superbike World Championship race at Monza on 8 May 2011. Eugene stood proudly as his national anthem was played just after race one. Later that afternoon, Laverty completed the double by winning race two, with fellow Yamaha teammate Marco Melandri taking second spot. For 2012 Laverty rode a factory-specification Aprilia, partnering Max Biaggi.

### MotoGP World Championship (2015–2016)

For the 2015 season, Laverty moved to MotoGP with the Aspar Team, riding a Honda RC213V-RS open-specification motorcycle. He finished the season in 22nd place in the riders' championship standings, with a best result of 12th in Catalunya.
Laverty remained with the team – now riding Ducati Desmosedici GP14.2 motorcycles – for the 2016 season, where he partnered Yonny Hernández. In Argentina, he achieved his best results in MotoGP career with 4th place.

## Timeline

In 2008 he had competed in both the 250cc World Championship and the World Supersport series, he then went on to be runner up in the Supersport World Championship in both 2009 and 2010.
In 2011 he moved up to the Superbike World Championship with the factory Yamaha World Superbike team, alongside former MotoGP rider Marco Melandri. On 8 May he won his first World Superbike race at Monza and went on to complete the double in race two. For 2012 he moved to the Aprilia Racing Team and has been racing the Aprilia RSV4 alongside Max Biaggi, ending the championship in 6th position and competed for the 2013 championship in the same team alongside Sylvain Guintoli.
In 2017 and 2018 Laverty competed in the World Superbikes aboard an Aprilia RSV4, before losing his position within the Shaun Muir Racing team to former Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes.
For 2019 he was contracted to ride in the Superbike World Championship for Team Go Eleven on a Ducati Panigale.
During 2021 Laverty rode a few times for under-financed RC Squadra Corse BMW team and as a replacement for injured Chaz Davies.
For 2022, Laverty has signed to race in Superbike World Championship for satellite BMW team Bonovo, together with team-mate Loris Baz.

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

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda | Red Bull Rookies Honda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2007 | 250cc | Honda | Honda LCR | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25th |
| 2008 | 250cc | Aprilia | Blusens Aprilia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21st |
| 2015 | MotoGP | Honda | Aspar MotoGP Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22nd |
| 2016 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13th |
| Total | | | | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| 125cc | 2004 | 2004 Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 250cc | 2007–2008 | 2007 Qatar | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2015–2016 | 2015 Qatar | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| Total | 2004, 2007–2008, 2015–2016 | | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |

#### 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 |
| 2004 | 125cc | Honda | RSA | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | RIO | GER | GBR 25 | CZE | POR | JPN | QAT | MAL | AUS | VAL | | | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | 250cc | Honda | QAT 18 | SPA 14 | TUR 17 | CHN 17 | FRA 15 | ITA 20 | CAT 19 | GBR Ret | NED 21 | GER Ret | CZE Ret | RSM 15 | POR 14 | JPN 19 | AUS 16 | MAL 17 | VAL 21 | | 25th | 6 |
| 2008 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT Ret | SPA Ret | POR 15 | CHN 13 | FRA Ret | ITA 13 | CAT 16 | GBR Ret | NED 16 | GER 15 | CZE 16 | RSM Ret | INP C | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | | 21st | 8 |
| 2015 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 18 | AME 16 | ARG 17 | SPA 18 | FRA 14 | ITA 15 | CAT 12 | NED Ret | GER 17 | INP 19 | CZE Ret | GBR 17 | RSM 19 | ARA 14 | JPN 17 | AUS 19 | MAL 19 | VAL Ret | 22nd | 9 |
| 2016 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 12 | ARG 4 | AME 12 | SPA 9 | FRA 11 | ITA 13 | CAT 13 | NED 7 | GER 11 | AUT 18 | CZE 6 | GBR 12 | RSM 14 | ARA 14 | JPN Ret | AUS 14 | MAL 12 | VAL 16 | 13th | 77 |

### Supersport World Championship
#### By season

| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2008 | Yamaha | Yamaha World Supersport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21st |
| 2009 | Honda | Parkalgar Honda | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 236 | 2nd |
| 2010 | Honda | Parkalgar Honda | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 252 | 2nd |
| Total | | | 29 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 508 | |

#### 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 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| 2008 | Yamaha | QAT | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GER | SMR | CZE | GBR | EUR 12 | ITA 3 | FRA | POR | | 21st | 20 |
| 2009 | Honda | AUS 5 | QAT 1 | SPA 9 | NED 1 | ITA 4 | RSA 1 | USA 2 | SMR 2 | GBR 5 | CZE 5 | GER 2 | ITA 2 | FRA 13 | POR 1 | 2nd | 236 |
| 2010 | Honda | AUS 1 | POR 11 | SPA 5 | NED 1 | ITA 1 | RSA 1 | USA 2 | SMR 1 | CZE Ret | GBR 1 | GER 1 | ITA 3 | FRA 1 | | 2nd | 252 |

### Superbike World Championship
#### By season

| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2011 | Yamaha | Yamaha World Superbike Team | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 4th |
| 2012 | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing Team | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 263.5 | 6th |
| 2013 | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing Team | 27 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 424 | 2nd |
| 2014 | Suzuki | Voltcom Crescent Suzuki | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 10th |
| 2017 | Aprilia | Milwaukee Aprilia | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 10th |
| 2018 | Aprilia | Milwaukee Aprilia | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 8th |
| 2019 | Ducati | Team GoEleven | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 15th |
| 2020 | BMW | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 15th |
| 2021 | BMW | RC Squadra Corse | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 19th |
| 2022 | BMW | Bonovo Action BMW | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36* | 16th* |
| Total | | | 243 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1678.5 | |

#### 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 | 14 | 14 | 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 | R1 | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2011 | Yamaha | AUS 4 | AUS 15 | EUR Ret | EUR 14 | NED 7 | NED 6 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | USA 5 | USA 4 | SMR 5 | SMR 13 | SPA 4 | SPA 6 | CZE 5 | CZE 5 | GBR 2 | GBR 2 | GER 4 | GER 5 | ITA 5 | ITA 4 | FRA 5 | FRA 3 | POR 19 | POR 2 | | | 4th | 303 |
| 2012 | Aprilia | AUS Ret | AUS 8 | ITA 5 | ITA 6 | NED 5 | NED 3 | ITA C | ITA 3 | EUR 15 | EUR Ret | USA 5 | USA 6 | SMR 7 | SMR Ret | SPA 5 | SPA 2 | CZE 5 | CZE 5 | GBR 10 | GBR 4 | RUS 4 | RUS Ret | GER 2 | GER 2 | POR 13 | POR 1 | FRA 7 | FRA 4 | 6th | 263.5 |
| 2013 | Aprilia | AUS 2 | AUS 1 | SPA NC | SPA Ret | NED 4 | NED 1 | ITA 3 | ITA 1 | GBR 7 | GBR 3 | POR Ret | POR 1 | ITA 3 | ITA Ret | RUS Ret | RUS C | GBR 2 | GBR 3 | GER 15 | GER 2 | TUR 1 | TUR 1 | USA 3 | USA 1 | FRA 3 | FRA 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | 2nd | 424 |
| 2014 | Suzuki | AUS 1 | AUS Ret | SPA 5 | SPA 6 | NED Ret | NED Ret | ITA 7 | ITA 9 | GBR Ret | GBR 13 | MAL 3 | MAL 7 | ITA 9 | ITA 7 | POR 8 | POR 9 | USA Ret | USA 4 | SPA 6 | SPA 6 | FRA 19 | FRA Ret | QAT 9 | QAT Ret | | | | | 10th | 161 |
| 2017 | Aprilia | AUS 8 | AUS 10 | THA Ret | THA 15 | SPA 8 | SPA 9 | NED 8 | NED 8 | ITA NC | ITA 7 | GBR 13 | GBR Ret | ITA 6 | ITA 5 | USA Ret | USA 6 | GER 10 | GER Ret | POR 7 | POR 4 | FRA 6 | FRA 17 | SPA 8 | SPA Ret | QAT 4 | QAT 7 | | | 10th | 157 |
| 2018 | Aprilia | AUS 8 | AUS 15 | THA 9 | THA Ret | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA 12 | ITA 9 | GBR 6 | GBR Ret | CZE 6 | CZE 4 | USA 4 | USA 3 | ITA 3 | ITA 8 | POR Ret | POR 7 | FRA 9 | FRA 11 | ARG 5 | ARG Ret | QAT 4 | QAT C | | | 8th | 158 |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2019 | Ducati | AUS 12 | AUS 9 | AUS 9 | THA Ret | THA DNS | THA Ret | SPA 15 | SPA 6 | SPA 6 | NED 14 | NED C | NED 13 | ITA WD | ITA WD | ITA WD | SPA | SPA | SPA | ITA | ITA | ITA | GBR DNS | GBR DNS | GBR DNS | USA 11 | USA 14 | USA 12 | POR Ret | POR 15 | POR 14 | FRA 9 | FRA 13 | FRA 12 | ARG DNS | ARG 13 | ARG 7 | QAT 9 | QAT 9 | QAT 6 | 15th | 81 |
| 2020 | BMW | AUS 11 | AUS DNS | AUS DNS | SPA 15 | SPA 13 | SPA Ret | POR 10 | POR 20 | POR 12 | SPA 16 | SPA 16 | SPA 14 | SPA 8 | SPA 14 | SPA 11 | SPA 11 | SPA 11 | SPA 7 | FRA Ret | FRA 15 | FRA 14 | POR 12 | POR 16 | POR 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 55 |
| 2021 | BMW | SPA Ret | SPA 16 | SPA 17 | POR 18 | POR 8 | POR 9 | ITA DNS | ITA 13 | ITA 15 | GBR 13 | GBR 12 | GBR 15 | NED | NED | NED | CZE | CZE | CZE | SPA | SPA | SPA | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA 12 | SPA C | SPA 11 | POR 9 | POR 9 | POR 10 | ARG 13 | ARG 15 | ARG 16 | INA | INA | INA | 19th | 40 |
| 2022 | BMW | SPA 10 | SPA 11 | SPA 12 | NED DNS | NED DNS | NED DNS | POR 15 | POR Ret | POR 14 | ITA 13 | ITA 12 | ITA 14 | GBR 20 | GBR 23 | GBR Ret | CZE 19 | CZE 18 | CZE DNS | FRA 18 | FRA 18 | FRA Ret | SPA 10 | SPA 14 | SPA 14 | POR 15 | POR 15 | POR 16 | ARG 14 | ARG 19 | ARG 11 | INA 14 | INA 17 | INA 16 | AUS 18 | AUS 15 | AUS Ret | | | | 16th | 36 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.