Alex Barros

Alex Barros in front of Nicky Hayden 2005

Alex Barros in Motegi 2004

Alexandre "Alex" Barros (born October 18, 1970 in São Paulo , Brazil ) is a former Brazilian motorcycle racer . With 276 races contested, he was the record holder in the motorcycle world championship until Loris Capirossi's 277th Grand Prix start .

Career

Barros drove his first race at the age of eight in the Brazilian Minibike Championship, which he won straight away. In the following two years he won the Brazilian moped championship, in 1981 the national title in the class up to 50 cm³ and in 1985 in the 250 cc class  .

In 1986, Barros made his debut at the age of 15 on the international stage of the motorcycle world championship in the 80 cc class and was able to collect six championship points in his first season. In 1988 he was promoted to the class up to 250 cm³, in which he took 18th place in the World Cup in the second year.

In 1990 Barros became the youngest driver of all time to switch to the 500 cc class at Cagiva . After some results in the points, Barros stood for the first time on the podium in 1992 with a third place in Assen . The move to Suzuki in 1993 finally brought the breakthrough. At the Spanish Grand Prix , Barros won his first of seven races. In the years that followed, Barros was always competitive and finished in fourth place in the World Championship five times. At the end of 2005 , however, he had to make room for the youngsters. He did not get a contract for the 2006 season and accepted an offer from Team Klaffi Honda for the Superbike World Championship , where he was able to assert himself well with two wins and sixth place in the World Championship.

For the 2007 season he returned to the MotoGP class and drove a Ducati Desmosedici GP7 for the D'Antin team . With a third place as the best result, he finished tenth in the World Championship.

statistics

In the motorcycle world championship

Alex Barros in Jerez 2004

GP victories : 7
Podiums: 32
Pole positions : 5
Fastest race laps : 14
GP starts:	80 cc: 17
	250 cc: 14
	500 cc: 163
	MotoGP: 82

Status: after the 2007 season

World Cup placements

year WM Points class team Victories 1990 18th 30th 250 cc Yamaha 12. 57 500 cc Cagiva 1991 13. 46 500 cc Cagiva 1992 13. 29 500 cc Cagiva 1993 6th 125 500 cc Suzuki 1994 8th. 134 500 cc Suzuki 1995 7th 104 500 cc Honda 1996 4th 158 500 cc Honda 1997 9. 101 500 cc Honda 1998 5. 138 500 cc Honda

year WM Points class team Victories 1999 9. 110 500 cc Honda 2000 4th 163 500 cc Honda 2001 4th 182 500 cc Honda 2002 4th 204 MotoGP Honda 2003 9. 101 MotoGP Yamaha 2004 4th 165 MotoGP Honda 2005 8th. 147 MotoGP Honda 2006 6th 246 Superbike World Championship Honda 2007 10. 115 MotoGP Ducati

More Achievements

• 1981: Brazilian champion 50 cm³
• 1985: Brazilian champion 250 cm³
• 1999: Victory in the 8-hour race in Suzuka with Tadayuki Okada

Web links

Commons : Alex Barros  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alex Barros on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
• Alex Barros on the official website of the Superbike and Supersport World Championship