José Luis Cardoso

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardoso and the second or maternal family name is Lobo.

Jose Luis Cardoso Lobo (born 2 February 1975 in Seville, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. During the 2006 season, he rode for the Pramac d'Antin Ducati squad, his second time with this team.

José Luis Cardoso
Nationality	Spanish
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1993 - 2002, 2006 First race 1993 125 cc Spanish Grand Prix Last race 2006 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix Team(s) Aprilia, Yamaha, TSR-Honda, Honda, Ducati Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 132 0 0 0 0 207

Early career

His first success was victory in the 1990 Andalucian 125cc championship, before moving up to the national championship a year later. In 1993 he won the Spanish 125cc title, as well as the Andalucian 250cc series, and made his 125cc World Championship debut in his home round. He combined world and Spanish 250cc racing over the next two seasons, finishing as runner-up in his domestic series in 1995.

Cardoso concentrated on international racing for the first time in 1996, but did not match his 16th overall in the world series over the next two seasons. He doubled up successfully in 1998, winning the Spanish 250cc title and finishing 11th in the international level.

500cc and MotoGP part 1

This was enough to earn him a 500cc World Championship ride with the TSR Honda team in 1999, finishing 25th overall. In 2000 his team had sponsorship from Maxon Dee Cee Jeans, and he finished 18th overall. 2001 was his first year with Luis D'Antin's team, and he racked up 45 points, more than double his 2000 total, although it was only good for 16th overall. The championship became MotoGP in 2002, although he only made 5 appearances, and did not race anything in 2003.

Recent years

In 2004 Cardoso won the Spanish Formula Extreme title, and in 2005, he moved to Superbike World Championship, with the DFXtreme Yamaha team. He was highly competitive in testing, but struggled to finish races, ultimately coming only 31st overall. However, he went back to MotoGP and D'Antin in 2006, racing a 2005-spec Ducati as teammate to German Alex Hofmann. With the WCM team absent, and Team Roberts powered by Honda engines, they and Tech 3 Yamaha are the only privateer teams on the grid, and Cardoso and Hofmann have usually only had Tech 3's James Ellison near them at the bottom of the timesheets.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By class

Class	Season	1st GP	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	1993	1993 Spain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
250cc	1994–1998, 2004	1994 Australia	67	0	0	0	0	118	0
500cc	1999–2001	1999 Malaysia	41	0	0	0	0	70	0
MotoGP	2002, 2006	2002 France	23	0	0	0	0	19	0
Total	1993–2002, 2004, 2006		132	0	0	0	0	207	0

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
1993	125cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA Ret	AUT	GER	NED	EUR	RSM	GBR	CZE	ITA	USA	FIM				NC	0
1994	250cc	Aprilia	AUS 19	MAL Ret	JPN Ret	SPA 15	AUT Ret	GER 21	NED Ret	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 19	CZE Ret	USA 20	ARG 15	EUR Ret				31st	2
1995	250cc	Aprilia	AUS 8	MAL 13	JPN 7	SPA 17	GER 17	ITA 12	NED Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 16	CZE 13	BRA 14	ARG Ret	EUR 12					16th	33
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL Ret	INA Ret	JPN 23	SPA	ITA DNS	FRA Ret	NED Ret	GER	GBR	AUT Ret	CZE Ret	IMO 13	CAT Ret	BRA Ret	AUS Ret			31st	3
1997	250cc	Yamaha	MAL Ret	JPN 20	SPA 10	ITA Ret	AUT Ret	FRA Ret	NED Ret	IMO 14	GER Ret	BRA 15	GBR 13	CZE 11	CAT 14	INA Ret	AUS Ret			21st	19
1998	250cc	Yamaha	JPN 8	MAL 10	SPA Ret	ITA 8	FRA 13	MAD 5	NED Ret	GBR 10	GER 7	CZE 10	IMO 12	CAT Ret	AUS Ret	ARG Ret				11th	61
1999	500cc	TSR-Honda	MAL Ret	JPN 14	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 12	NED 16	GBR Ret	GER	CZE DNS	IMO Ret	VAL Ret	AUS Ret	RSA 17	BRA 17	ARG 16		26th	6
2000	500cc	Honda	RSA 11	MAL 13	JPN Ret	SPA Ret	FRA	ITA 13	CAT DNS	NED	GBR Ret	GER 12	CZE 16	POR 16	VAL 12	BRA 16	PAC DNQ	AUS DNQ		18th	19
2001	500cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	RSA 13	SPA Ret	FRA 13	ITA 11	CAT 14	NED 12	GBR Ret	GER 13	CZE 13	POR 10	VAL 17	PAC 13	AUS Ret	MAL 11	BRA 8		16th	45
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA 16	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER 13	CZE	POR	BRA 11	PAC	MAL 16	AUS 15	VAL Ret		23rd	9
2004	250cc	Yamaha	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT DNQ	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL		NC	0
2006	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA Ret	QAT 16	TUR Ret	CHN 17	FRA Ret	ITA 17	CAT 11	NED 17	GBR 15	GER 14	USA 16	CZE Ret	MAL 17	AUS 17	JPN Ret	POR 14	VAL Ret	20th	10

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		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
2005	Yamaha	QAT Ret	QAT Ret	AUS Ret	AUS Ret	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	ITA 19	ITA Ret	EUR 9	EUR Ret	SMR 13	SMR Ret	CZE 16	CZE Ret	GBR 20	GBR Ret	NED 17	NED Ret	GER 13	GER Ret	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	24th	13

External links

• José Luis Cardoso at MotoGP.com
• José Luis Cardoso at WorldSBK.com
• Crash.net profile