Xavier Siméon

Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winner of the 2021 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race on Suzuki together with Sylvain Guintoli and Gregg Black.

At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since Didier de Radiguès in to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the German Grand Prix, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in . Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck. Siméon won the 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Championship with the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team with team-mates Gregg Black and Etienne Masson and the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship with team-mates Gregg Black and Sylvain Guintoli.

Career statistics

2005 - 5th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600RR 2006 - 1st, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600 2008 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki 2009 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098

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 2005 Suzuki VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 4th 105 2006 Suzuki VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 1st 221

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 11 Pos Pts 2007 Suzuki DON7 VAL6 NED8 MNZ5 SIL4 SMR2 BRN1 BRA2 LAU5 ITA5 MAGRet 4th 138 2008 Suzuki VAL3 NED3 MNZ1 NŰR3 SMR5 BRN5 BRADNS DON1 MAG5 ALG11 4th 136 2009 Ducati VAL2 NED2 MNZ2 SMR2 DON1 BRN1 NŰR1 IMO1 MAG2 ALG1 1st 225

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

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

FIM EWC By year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike LE MANS ESTORIL BOL D'OR MOST Pos Pts Grid 8 Hrs 16 Hrs 24 Hrs Grid 8 Hrs 12 Hrs Grid 8 Hrs 16 Hrs 24 Hrs Grid 6 Hrs 2021 Suzuki GSX-R 1000R 4 10 10 40 3 0 9 5 10 10 40 3 31,5 1st 175,5

By team Year Team Bike Rider 2019–20 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 Étienne Masson Gregg Black Xavier Siméon Vincent Philippe 1st 2021 Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 Gregg Blaxk Sylvain Guintoli Xavier Siméon 1st 2022 Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 Gregg Blaxk Sylvain Guintoli Xavier Siméon Kazuki Watanabe 2nd