Gregorio Lavilla

Gregorio Lavilla (born 29 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle road racer. He has raced in MotoGP (full-time in 250s, and part-time in 500s and MotoGP itself), the Superbike World Championship, and the British Superbike Championship, taking the British crown in 2005. For , he raced in WSB for the Ventaxia Honda team, finishing the championship in 12th place. He raced in four rounds of the 2009 WSB series with the Guandalini Racing Ducati team.

Lavilla started 2006 in even stronger form, with six wins in the first eight races. His championship lead reached 66 points, but dropped after he crashed out of race 12 at Snetterton. Croft was not a successful meeting for him - a technical problem in race 1 and a fall in race 2 saw his championship lead down to 11 points over Haslam and 20 over Ryuichi Kiyonari's Honda. Further struggles meant that he lost the championship lead, and the final meeting was a disaster - he failed to score in either race, and slipped to third in the championship behind Kiyonari and Haslam. His totals of eight wins and ten further podiums were still impressive for a third-place overall finish.

Lavilla started 2007 spectacularly, winning the first four races, and also winning race 7. However, his form then faded and he finished fourth overall.

World Championship part 2 For , Lavilla moved to the Superbike World Championship riding a Honda CBR1000RR for Ventaxia VK Honda as part of the Paul Bird team. . In May 2009, Lavilla returned to WSBK with the Guandalini Racing team, initially in a one-race deal to replace the injured Brendan Roberts. It was subsequently reported that Lavilla would race with Guandalini for the rest of the season, but after four rounds (Kyalami, Miller, Misano and Donington), he was replaced at the team by Italian Matteo Baiocco.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts 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 1994 Yamaha GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA17 SPA17 AUT AUT INA INA JPN JPN NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS AUS NC 0 1996 Yamaha SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA USA EUR EUR INA INA JPN JPN NED NED SPA11 SPA12 AUS AUS 32nd 9 1997 Ducati AUS AUS SMR SMR GBR13 GBR13 GERDNS GER13 ITA ITA USA USA EUR EUR AUTRet AUTRet NED NED SPA7 SPARet JPN JPN INA INA 26th 18 1998 Ducati AUS11 AUS11 GBRRet GBRRet ITA10 ITARet SPA3 SPARet GERRet GER6 SMRRet SMR7 RSA3 RSARet USA13 USARet EURRet EURRet AUT11 AUT7 NEDRet NEDRet JPN17 JPN15 12th 83.5 1999 Kawasaki RSA8 RSA6 AUSRet AUSRet GBRRet GBRRet SPA6 SPA4 ITA8 ITA7 GER4 GERRet SMR7 SMR5 USA12 USA8 EURRet EUR10 AUT5 AUTRet NED9 NED7 GER6 GER8 JPN14 JPN16 8th 156 2000 Kawasaki RSA6 RSA5 AUS7 AUS4 JPN10 JPN10 GBR11 GBRRet ITA6 ITARet GER GER SMR SMR SPA SPA USA USA GBR12 GBR8 NEDRet NEDRet GER2 GER4 GBR9 GBR5 10th 133 2001 Kawasaki SPA5 SPA3 RSA7 RSA7 AUSRet AUSC JPN6 JPN19 ITA4 ITARet GBR10 GBR13 GER6 GER16 SMR4 SMR3 USA12 USARet EURRet EUR14 GER11 GER7 NED12 NED9 ITA7 ITA6 10th 166 2002 Suzuki SPA8 SPARet AUS7 AUS8 RSARet RSA11 JPN12 JPN12 ITA7 ITA5 GBRRet GBR14 GER8 GERRet SMR10 SMR6 USADNS USADNS GBR15 GBR12 GER8 GER9 NED7 NEDRet ITA8 ITA7 10th 130 2003 Suzuki SPA7 SPA6 AUS3 AUS7 JPN5 JPN2 ITA3 ITA2 GERRet GERRet GBRRet GBR2 SMR4 SMR5 USARet USA5 GBR7 GBR6 NEDRet NED3 ITA4 ITA3 FRA4 FRA4 5th 256 2008 Honda QAT13 QAT14 AUS11 AUS8 SPA7 SPA11 NED9 NED7 ITA11 ITA10 USA13 USA15 GERRet GER14 SMR8 SMR14 CZE15 CZE14 GBR14 GBR13 EUR4 EUR7 ITA14 ITARet FRA10 FRA12 POR6 POR8 12th 135 2009 Ducati AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA11 RSA12 USA14 USARet SMR22 SMR15 GBRRet GBR18 CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 28th 12

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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 Pts 1995 250cc Honda AUS15 MAL22 JPNRet SPA23 GER18 ITA22 NED15 FRA18 GBR22 CZE18 BRARet ARG19 EUR24 32nd 2 1998 500cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER11 CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG 27th 5 2004 MotoGP Suzuki RSA SPA FRA ITA CATRet NED BRA GER GBR CZERet POR JPN QAT MAL AUS16 VAL17 NC 0

British Superbike Championship (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 Pos Pts 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 2004 Suzuki SIL SIL BHI BHI SNE SNE OUL OUL MON MON THR4 THR3 BHGP BHGP KNO KNO MAL MAL CRO CRO CAD CAD OUL OUL DON DON 22nd 29 2005 Ducati BHI2 BHI3 THR3 THR2 MALRet MAL3 OUL2 OULRet MOP3 MOP1 CRO3 CRO1 KNO6 KNO3 SNERet SNE1 SIL1 SIL2 CAD2 CAD2 OUL2 OUL2 DON1 DON1 BHGP1 BHGP2 1st 450 Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 2006 Ducati BHI1 BHI13 DON1 DON3 THR1 THR1 OUL1 OUL1 MONC MONC MAL3 MAL1 SNE3 SNERet KNO11 KNORet OUL3 OULRet CRO3 CRO3 CAD1 CAD2 SIL2 SIL2 BHGPRet BHGPRet 3rd 377 2007 Ducati BHGP1 BHGP1 THR1 THR1 SIL5 SIL2 OUL1 OUL4 SNE6 SNERet MON3 MON3 KNO7 KNORet OULRet OUL10 MAL5 MAL'7 CRO6 CRO4 CAD7 CAD3 DON4 DON5 BHI1 BHI1 4th 368

Post racing career In 2012, Lavilla joined the Avintia Blusens MotoGP CRT team as crew chief, from the second round of testing onwards. In 2013, he became a member of the new Dorna WorldSBK Orangisation (DWO), to become the WorldSBK Sporting director later.

Personal Lavilla's sporting heroes are Mick Doohan, Wayne Rainey and Lance Armstrong. He is unmarried and lives in L'Hospitalet de l'Infant.