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Alex Debón

Alex Debón

Spanish motorcycle racer

Alex Debón Latorre (born 1 March 1976 in La Vall d'Uixó, Valencia, Spain) is a former professional motorcycle road racer, who last competed in the Moto2 World Championship.

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Career

He began racing internationally in 2000 after a handful of wildcard rides, but after several years of middling results he became Aprilia's test and reserve rider in 2006. He was promoted to a regular race ride for 2008, after some strong wildcard showings including Catalunya in 2006[1] and Brno in 2007.[2]

Debón opened the season with a pole position in Qatar,[3] leading on the final lap before dropping to fourth.[4] He took his first GP win on 18 May 2008 at Le Mans in the French Grand Prix. Having qualified on pole, he correctly chose dry tyres in changeable conditions, and pulled away to a huge lead - resulting in speculation that his bike may contain traction control, in preparation for Aprilia's planned MotoGP class bike. It was the 112th GP start of his career.[5]

For 2010 he raced for Ajo Motorsport in Moto2, with a chassis by FTR Moto. He finished second in the first race in Qatar.[6] At Assen, he crashed heavily in qualifying, breaking his collarbone having set the third-quickest time in the session.[7] During the season, Debón announced his intention to retire at the end of the season,[8] and will be replaced by Kevin Coghlan for the 2011 season.[9]

Career statistics

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Races by year

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Provisional pole position for Alex Debon". inforally.sibiul.ro. XWD. 2006-06-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. [2]
    Carnell, Sarah (2007-08-17). "Alex Debon takes provisional 250 pole". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  3. [3]
    Carnell, Sarah (2008-03-08). "Alex Debon takes pole position on return to 250s". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  4. [4]
    Carnell, Sarah (2008-03-09). "Debutant Mattia Pasini makes dream start to 250GP career with a win". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  5. [5]
    Lostia, Michele (2008-05-18). "Debon takes dominant maiden win". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  6. [6]
    "Tomizawa wins the first ever Moto2 race". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  7. [7]
    Strang, Simon (2010-06-25). "Iannone takes pole, Debon injured". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  8. [8]
    Strang, Simon (10 October 2010). "Rolfo's win, Elias's title at Sepang". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 10 November 2010. Alex Debon, who is set to retire at the end of the year, made it a good day for the veterans with fifth place.
  9. [9]
    "Coghlan secures full time 2011 ride". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
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