Stéphane Mertens

Stéphane Mertens (born 14 May 1959 in Paris, France) is a Belgian former professional motorcycle road racer.

Mertens made his Grand Prix debut in 1984, racing in the 250cc class. He also won the 1984 250cc Belgian Road Racing National Championship. He continued racing in the 250cc Grands Prix in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In , he made the switch to racing production based motorcycles in the inaugural Superbike World Championship. Mertens raced for Bimota in 1988, and stayed in the Superbike class until with his best result being a second-place finish behind Fred Merkel in the season, while riding for Honda.

In 1995, Mertens began to compete in the motorcycle FIM Endurance World Championship, winning that title in 1995 and 2002.

Mertens was a member of the winning team at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans and Bol d’Or.

Career statistics British Superbike Championship (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 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 BSB Yamaha SIL SIL BHI BHI SNE SNE OUL OUL MON MON THR THR BHGP BHGP KNO KNO MAL MAL CRO CRO CAD CAD OUL OUL DON16 DON18 39th 0

FIM Endurance World Championship Year Bike Rider 1990 Honda RC45 Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli 2nd 1990 Honda RC45 Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli 1st 2000 Suzuki Stéphane Mertens 2nd

By team Year Team Bike Rider 2002 Zongshen 2 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Warwick Nowland Stéphane Mertens Igor Jerman Giovanni Bussei 1st 2004 Zongshen 1 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Warwick Nowland Stéphane Mertens Igor Jerman 2nd