Loris Baz

Loris Baz (born 1 February 1993) is a French motorcycle racer. He was competing for the War Horse Ducati team in the 2024 Steel Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.

Baz has previously competed in World Superbikes for Ten Kate Racing, the MotoGP series, the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the European Superstock 600 Championship, where he won in 2008.

Career Superbike World Championship (2012–2014) Kawasaki Racing Team confirmed Baz for the 2013 Superbike World Championship season.

MotoGP World Championship (2015–2018) On 4 October 2014, it was announced that Baz would move into MotoGP, with Forward Racing. At Misano in September, Baz achieved his best result with 4th place in changeable conditions. Baz finished his début season with 28 points, and was 17th in the final championship standings.

For the and seasons, Baz rode with the Avintia Racing team.

Baz made a one-off appearance at the 2018 British GP, replacing the injured Pol Espargaró in the factory KTM team. However, the race was cancelled due to dangerous track conditions following heavy rain and resurfacing.

Return to Superbike (2018–2020) For the 2018 season, Baz returned to the Superbike World Championship riding for the Gulf Althea BMW Racing team.

MotoAmerica Superbike Championship (2021) On 2 February 2021, American racing series MotoAmerica announced Baz would join the HSBK Racing Ducati team to compete in the United States during 2021, riding a Ducati Panigale V4 R. Baz finished the season in fourth place.

Superbike World Championship (2021–2023) Baz acted as a replacement for the injured rider Chaz Davies, finishing sixth in race one and ninth in race two at Jerez, Spain in September. After a rider death in World Supersport, there were two main Superbike races only, with no Sprint (short distance) race.

Endurance World Championship Whilst in Europe and following-on from riding World Superbikes, Baz rode as part of a three-man Moto Ain team on a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the last round of the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship at Most, in the Czech Republic. Together with Randy De Puniet and Corentin Perolari, the team finished last (21st position) after progress was delayed by mid-race damage to the bike when being ridden by Perolari.

MotoAmerica King of The Baggers (2025) Baz entered the King of the Baggers series in 2025 with the Indian Motorcycle S&S Cycle factory team.

Career statistics

2008 - 1st, European Superstock 600 Championship, Yamaha YZF-R6 2009 - 8th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1 2010 - 8th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1 2011 - 19th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Honda CBR1000RR 2012 - 14th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Kawasaki ZX-10R

European Superstock 600 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 Pos Pts 2008 Yamaha VAL ASS MNZ NÜR MIS BRN BRA DON MAG POR 1st 186

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

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 Pos Pts 2009 Yamaha SPA NED ITA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 8th 61 2010 Yamaha POR SPA NED ITA SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA 8th 65 2011 Honda NED ITA SMR SPA CZE GBR GER ITA FRA POR 19th 9 2012 Kawasaki ITA NED ITA SMR SPA CZE GBR GER POR FRA 14th 30

British Superbike Championship Races by year (key) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2010 Yamaha BHI BHI THR THR OUL OUL CAD CAD MAL MAL KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BHGP BHGP BHGP CAD CAD CRO CRO SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL 20th 37 2011 Yamaha BHI BHI OUL OUL CRO CRO THR THR KNO KNO SNE SNE OUL OUL BHGP BHGP BHGP CAD CAD CAD DON DON SIL SIL BHGP BHGP BHGP 14th 88

Superbike World Championship

By season

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 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 Kawasaki AUS AUS ITA ITA NED NED ITA ITA EUR EUR USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR RUS RUS GER GER POR POR FRA FRA 13th 122 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA USA FRA FRA SPA SPA 8th 180 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR MAL MAL SMR SMR POR POR USA USA SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT 5th 311 2018 BMW AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE USA USA ITA ITA POR POR FRA FRA ARG ARG QAT QAT 11th 137 Season still in progress.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd MotoGP Yamaha Forward Forward Racing 17 0 0 0 0 28 17th MotoGP Ducati Avintia Racing 14 0 0 0 0 35 20th MotoGP Ducati Reale Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 45 18th MotoGP KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Total 49 0 0 0 0 108

By class

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 19 Pos Pts MotoGP Yamaha Forward QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 17th 28 MotoGP Ducati QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 20th 35 MotoGP Ducati QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 18th 45 MotoGP KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0

FIM Endurance World Championship Year Team Bike Teammates 2011 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Steve Martin Igor Jerman Gwen Giabbani Katsuyuki Nakasuga Loris Baz 5th 2013 SRC Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R Grégory Leblanc Loris Baz Jérémy Guarnoni Nicolas Salchaud Fabien Foret 3rd 2019–20 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa Broc Parkes Karel Hanika 2nd

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Riders Bike Pos 2025 AutoRace Ube Racing Team BMW Nomichi Uramoto Loris Baz Davey Todd BMW S1000RR 6th

Steel Commander MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Results

MotoAmerica King of The Baggers Championship

Results