Julián Simón

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Julián Simón
Simón at the 2010 Aragon Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1987-04-03) 3 April 1987 (age 37) Villacañas, Spain
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2017 Manufacturers RSV, Suter, FTR, Kalex, Speed Up, Tech 3 Championships 0 2017 championship position 40th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 116 0 12 3 5 585 250cc World Championship Active years 2007–2008 Manufacturers Honda, KTM Championships 0 2008 championship position 10th (109 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 33 0 0 0 0 232 125cc World Championship Active years 2002–2006, 2009 Manufacturers Honda, Malaguti, KTM, Aprilia Championships 1 (2009) 2009 championship position 1st (289 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 78 8 14 7 7 575 Superbike World Championship Active years 2017 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2017 championship position 34th (4 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 4

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

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

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.^[1] 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.

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.^[2]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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