Karl Muggeridge

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Karl Muggeridge 2012
Muggeridge 2007 on Alto Evolution Honda

Karl Muggeridge (born April 20, 1974 in Tweed Heads , New South Wales , Australia ) is a retired Australian motorcycle racer .

Muggeridge, known as Muggas , celebrated the greatest success of his career in 2004 when he won the Supersport World Championship .

Career

Karl Muggeridge started road racing in 1994 after a few years in motocross . A year later he finished second in the Australian 250cc championship on Suzuki . Over the next three years, Muggeridge competed in races around the world, primarily in the 600 cc Supersport class. In 1996 he was a regular driver in the Australian championship. In the following years he competed in the British Supersport Championship, which he finished fourth in 1999.

For the 2000 season, Karl Muggeridge finally moved to the Supersport World Championship . He started for the Dutch Ten Kate team on a Honda and finished the season in fifth place. After ranks seven, 14 and four in various teams in the following years, he achieved his biggest success to date in 2004 . Starting again for Ten Kate on a Honda, he won seven of the ten races held and thus crowned himself supersport world champion ahead of his compatriot Broc Parkes .

For the 2005 season , Ten Kate decided to use two motorcycles instead of just one in the Superbike World Championship . Muggeridge rose within the team and became a teammate of compatriot Chris Vermeulen . After a difficult season, he finished eleventh in the World Cup and was far behind Vermeulen, who was runner-up in the world championship. In 2006 , as in the previous year, Karl Muggeridge did not achieve a single podium finish. Often his performance in the race lagged behind that of the training. He finally finished the season in twelfth place overall and was again far behind the results of his teammate, this time British James Toseland who came second.

Therefore, Karl Muggeridge lost his place on the team for 2007 . He turned down an offer from Ten Kate for a place in the Supersport World Championship. Instead, Muggeridge switched to the newly formed Alto Evolution team, where he again drove a Honda alongside compatriot Joshua Brookes . After a few crashes at the beginning of the season and only a low number of points, there were big problems in the team in the middle of the season. The previous owner of the racing team, Sergio Bertocchi , prevented a start in Misano , whereupon Brookes left the team. Karl Muggeridge, on the other hand, finished the season at Alto Evolution and finally came in 16th overall.

In the 2008 season Muggeridge competed in the Superbike World Championship for the Italian private team DF Racing on a Honda CBR1000RR . In the first half of the season, the Australian regularly reached the points with two sixth places as the best results. In the second part of the season, however, he was canceled very often. With 77 points, Muggeridge was 15th overall and thus the second best Honda privateer.

In the 2009 season , Karl Muggeridge competed in the Superbike World Championship on a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 owned by the private Italian team Celani Race . In the first twelve races of the season, he reached the points only once. In the first race of the US event at Miller Motorsports Park , Muggeridge crashed, but was almost unhurt. Nevertheless, after his return to Europe he was examined again in detail. Two vertebral fractures were diagnosed that the Australian had sustained more than two months earlier in Assen . His representative in the Roman team, Alessandro Polita showed good performances, whereupon he was signed by Celani for the rest of the season despite an existing contract with Muggeridge. In July 2009 Karl Muggeridge tested for HM Plant Honda in the British Superbike Championship after recovering from an injury , and in September he was signed by the Suzuki works team Suzuki Alstare BRUX as a replacement for the injured Max Neukirchner . For the Belgian team, Karl Muggeridge completed a total of six races with eighth place in French Magny-Cours as the best result. In the overall ranking he reached 22nd place.

The 2010 season denied Karl Muggeridge team Holzhauer Racing Promotion of Wittenberge , he for the on Honda in the IDM Superbike launched. The Australian was able to celebrate his first two race victories in the German championship at the first event of the season at the Lausitzring and became German Superbike Champion at the end of the season. In 2011 and 2012 he started for the same team and achieved third and sixth place in the drivers' championship. In September 2012, Muggeridge announced his retirement and stated that he wanted to move back to his home country to open a motorcycle shop there.

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References

Web links

Commons : Karl Muggeridge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Muggeridge has had broken vertebrae since Assen. www.motorsport-total.com, June 9, 2009, accessed April 26, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Britta Weddige: Celani: Polita replaces Muggeridge for good. www.motorsport-total.com, July 6, 2009, accessed April 26, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Britta Weddige: Muggeridge tests in British championship. www.motorsport-total.com, July 22, 2009, accessed April 26, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Roman Witt Meier: Muggeridge as Neukirchner replacement. www.motorsport-total.com, August 24, 2009, accessed April 26, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Esther Babel: Muggeridge drives IDM. www.speedweek.de, November 3, 2009, accessed April 26, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Andreas Gemeinhardt: IDM Superbike: Double victory for Muggeridge. www.speedweek.de, April 25, 2010, accessed on April 26, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Esther Babel: Muggeridge says goodbye to part 1. www.speedweek.de, October 11, 2012, accessed on December 27, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Esther Babel: Muggeridge says goodbye to part 2. www.speedweek.de, October 13, 2012, accessed on December 27, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Muggeridge, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Tweed heads