Alex Debón

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.

Career

Debón 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 and Brno in 2007.

Debón opened the season with a pole position in Qatar, leading on the final lap before dropping to fourth. 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.

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

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPolePtsPlcd 1998 250cc Honda Hernandez Team 73 1 0 0 0 0 NC 1999 250cc Honda Team Chupa Chups 60 3 0 0 0 0 NC 2000 250cc Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar 30 16 0 0 0 33 15th 2001 250cc Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team 6 16 0 0 0 60 11th 2002 250cc Aprilia Campetella Racing 6 16 0 0 0 72 11th 2003 250cc Honda Troll Honda BQR 6 15 0 0 0 81 11th 2004 250cc Honda Wurth Honda BQR 6 15 0 0 0 82 12th 2005 250cc Honda Wurth Honda BQR 6 16 0 0 0 67 12th 2006 250cc Aprilia Fortuna Aprilia 6 5 0 0 0 50 13th Aprilia Racing 2007 250cc Aprilia Aprilia Racing 6 4 0 1 0 27 18th 2008 250cc Aprilia Lotus Aprilia 6 16 2 4 2 176 4th 2009 250cc Aprilia Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens 6 15 0 1 2 101 10th 2010 Moto2 FTR Aeroport de Castello-Ajo 6 14 0 1 0 73 16th Total 152 2 7 4 822

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 Pos Pts 250cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MADRet NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0 250cc Honda MAL JPN SPA26 FRA ITA CATRet NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL18 AUS RSA BRA ARG NC 0 2000 250cc Aprilia RSA12 MAL9 JPNRet SPA14 FRA15 ITARet CATRet NEDRet GBR6 GERRet CZERet PORRet VAL11 BRARet PAC12 AUS18 15th 33 2001 250cc Aprilia JPNRet RSA15 SPA13 FRA10 ITA8 CAT11 NED20 GBR8 GER6 CZE10 POR12 VAL9 PAC18 AUSRet MAL14 BRA16 11th 60 2002 250cc Aprilia JPN9 RSA9 SPA8 FRA9 ITARet CAT13 NED12 GBR9 GER10 CZE13 PORRet BRARet PAC10 MALRet AUS9 VAL9 11th 72 2003 250cc Honda JPN11 RSADSQ SPA9 FRA8 ITA12 CAT11 NED11 GBR10 GER9 CZEDNS POR11 BRA11 PAC9 MALRet AUS5 VAL10 11th 81 250cc Honda RSA6 SPA5 FRA9 ITA15 CAT8 NED12 BRA9 GER11 GBRRet CZEDNS POR8 JPN10 QAT8 MALRet AUS11 VAL14 12th 82 2005 250cc Honda SPA8 POR13 CHN11 FRA8 ITARet CAT11 NED13 GBRRet GER12 CZE13 JPN9 MALRet QAT11 AUS9 TUR12 VAL11 12th 67 2006 250cc Aprilia SPADNS QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA5 CAT5 NED4 GBR GER CZE12 MAL AUS JPN POR VAL5 13th 50 2007 250cc Aprilia QAT SPA5 TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT16 GBR NED GER CZERet RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL3 18th 27 2008 250cc Aprilia QAT4 SPA6 PORRet CHN5 FRA1 ITA2 CAT4 GBR7 NED4 GERRet CZE1 RSMRet INPC JPN3 AUS5 MAL6 VALRet 4th 176 2009 250cc Aprilia QAT14 JPN5 SPARet FRARet ITA7 CAT5 NED6 GER2 GBR6 CZERet INPRet RSM7 POR9 AUS13 MAL7 VALDNS 10th 101 2010 Moto2 FTR QAT2 SPA25 FRA16 ITA10 GBR5 NEDDNS CATRet GERRet CZE7 INPRet RSM ARA22 JPN10 MAL5 AUS9 PORDNS VAL13 16th 73