Emilio Alzamora

Alzamora's helmet from the 1999 season

Emilio Alzamora (born May 22, 1973 in Lleida , Catalonia , Spain ) is a former Spanish motorcycle racer .

In 1999 he won the world championship in the 125 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship .

Career

Emilio Alzamora made his debut in the 1994 season with a Honda from Paolo Pileri's team in the 125 cc class of the motorcycle world championship . In his first year, with 16 points in 13 races and 22nd place in the overall standings, he was not able to put himself in the right place.

In the 1995 season , Alzamora made the breakthrough. At the Grand Prix of Argentina he celebrated his first victory, with a total of four podium places he was third overall with 129 points. The following season he finished fourth with 158 points.

In 1997 Emilio Alzamora rose to the 250 cc class with Honda, but did not get beyond 17th place in the World Championship standings. For the 1998 season he went back to the 125cc class and started on Aprilia . However, the Spaniard did not achieve a single podium this year and only finished 21st in the overall standings.

The 1999 season Alzamora competed again on Honda. Although he did not win a Grand Prix that year, he took five second and five third places, scored points in 15 of 16 races and finished with 227 points, just one more than World Cup second Marco Melandri , world champion in the 125cc class . Alzamora became, after Manuel Herreros in 1989 , the second world champion in the history of the motorcycle world championship who could not celebrate a Grand Prix victory in the year of his world championship victory.

The following year he stayed loyal to the 125cc class, won two races and was third in the overall standings behind Roberto Locatelli and Yōichi Ui . Emilio Alzamora spent the 2001 and 2002 seasons again on Honda in the 250 cc class and was seventh in the world championship.

In the 2003 season , the last of Emilio Alzamora's world championship career, he drove for Derbi in the 125cc class. However, the Spaniard only scored two World Championship points in 16 races and decided to switch to the Supermotos after the season , in December 2003 he ended his active career.

In his 144 starts in the motorcycle world championship, Emilio Alzamora achieved four wins, 30 podiums, one pole position and five fastest laps . Today he is the manager of Marc Márquez .

successes

• 1995 - Spanish 125cc champion on a Honda
• 1999 - 125 cc world champion on a Honda
• 4 Grand Prix victories

Web links

Commons : Emilio Alzamora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emilio Alzamora on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).