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Leon Camier

Leon Stuart Camier (born 4 August 1986) is an English former solo motorcycle racer.

Leon Camier
Camier at Assen in 2016
NationalityBritish
Born (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986 (age 37)
Ashford, Kent, England
Current teamTeam HRC Superbike
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2014
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2014 championship position27th (1 pt)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
4 0 0 0 0 1
125cc World Championship
Active years2002–2003
ManufacturersItaljet, Honda
Championships0
2003 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
12 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2009–2020
ManufacturersYamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki, BMW, MV Agusta, Honda
Championships0
2020 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
223 0 9 0 1 1272.5
Supersport World Championship
Active years2006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2006 championship position32nd (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 6
British Superbike Championship
Active years2007–2009
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati, Yamaha
Championships1
2009 championship position1st (549.5 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
70 22 33 9 20 1054.5
British Supersport Championship
Active years2004–2006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships1
2006 championship position4th (112 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
37 4 13 0 0 413

After working as a race team manager, from 2024 he is a rider-coach for Sam Lowes and Elf Marc VDS Racing, a long-established team in Moto2, having a new entry to the Superbike World Championship using a Ducati Panigale 955.[1]

For the 2021 season, Camier was announced as team manager for Honda World Superbike team, run under Honda Racing Corporation. After a long career in solo motorcycle racing he struggled with injuries and finally decided to end his competitive riding.[2]

After difficult 2018 and 2019 seasons with Honda satellite team Moriwaki Althea and suffering from injuries, for 2020 he was contracted to ride for Barni Ducati in WSBK, but continued to have shoulder injury problems and was unable to start the season and parted ways with Barni Ducati.[3]

Career edit

Early career edit

After beginning Grasstrack racing aged 6 and winning five British championships, Camier became British Junior 80 cc Road Racing champion in 1998. He won the British 125 cc title in 2001 and the British Supersport crown in 2005.[4] This period built a working relationship with Honda which included contesting the 2005 Suzuka 8 Hours race in 2005 at the age of 18[5] (unusually young for a non-Japanese rider).

He was the 2005 British Supersport and 2009 British Superbike Champion. 2010 was his first full season in the World Superbike series.

British Superbike Championship (2007–2009) edit

 
Leon Camier races at Brands Hatch in 2008
 
Camier riding his Airwaves Yamaha during the 2009 BSB championship at Snetterton

2007 was his first season in the British Superbike Championship on a Bike Animal Honda. He led the first corners of his very first race and was on the podium in the first three races. A crash in race 6 at Silverstone and two eighth places at Oulton Park damaged his momentum however. At Snetterton, a bike failure in qualifying saw him start 29th but he moved up to 6th in both races amidst Honda dominance. His season ended with a huge crash at Cadwell Park causing a broken left femur and right pelvis.[6]

For 2008 he joined the GSE Racing Airwaves Ducati team alongside former champion Shane 'Shaky' Byrne. He finished fifth overall, taking his first three wins.

For 2009 GSE switched to Yamahas and James Ellison joined as him teammate. Camier quickly dominated the series, winning even more races than Byrne had in 2008. He clinched the title with four races to go fittingly by overtaking closest rival Ellison on the penultimate lap of race 1 at Silverstone. Immediately on returning to the pits he was greeted by Niall Mackenzie (the last man to win the BSB title on a Yamaha) decked out in his original 1998 Rob Mac Cadbury's Boost leathers. Camier ultimately won a record-breaking 18 races despite only leading out of the first corner twice. His success led to the organisers of the series to adopt the "Showdown Rule" for 2010. This revised the points system to the split-season format popularly used by saloon-car series in the United States.

Superbike World Championship (2009–2020) edit

After winning the title, Camier was invited to join the Aprilia squad in the Superbike World Championship for the final two races of the season, replacing the injured Shinya Nakano.[7] His first meeting at Magny-Cours saw him qualify 16th improving to set the fourth fastest warm-up time. Unfortunately, two technical problems meant he took no points. However, in the last meeting of the season at Portimao, Camier finished 6th and 7th.

Camier raced full-time with Aprilia in World Superbike in 2010. He finished second to teammate Max Biaggi in race two at Miller Motorsport Park, giving Aprilia their first 1–2 in the series.[8] At his home round at Silverstone, Camier started 16th but fought back to finish sixth and third in the two races.[9]

In late 2017, he signed to compete in the 2018 Superbike World Championship series aboard a Honda Fireblade SP2 for Ten Kate Racing as teammate to Jake Gagne.[10] Camier continued with Honda into 2019, for the first time a full factory-backed team, with teammate Ryuichi Kiyonari.[11]

For the 2020 season he was contracted to ride for Barni Ducati, but continuing shoulder injury problems prevented a start the season and he parted ways with Barni.[3]

Previously he competed since 2015 for MV Agusta Reparto Corse in World Superbikes aboard an MV Agusta F4.

Career statistics edit

All-time statistics edit

Series Years Active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fastest Laps Titles
British Supersport Championship 2004–2006 37 0 13 4 5 4 0 1
Supersport World Championship 2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Superbike Championship 2007–2009 70 9 33 22 6 5 20 1
Superbike World Championship 2009− 162 0 9 0 2 7 1 0
Total 270 9 55 26 13 16 21 2

British Supersport Championship edit

Races by year edit

(key)

Year Class Bike SIL
  		BHI
  		SNE
  		OUL
  		MON
  		SNE
  		BHGP
  		KNO
  		MAL
  		CRO
  		CAD
  		OUL
  		DON
  		Pos Pts Ref
2004 BSS Honda 5 Ret Ret 6 8 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 4 15 7th 99 [12]
Year Class Bike BHI
  		THR
  		MAL
  		OUL
  		MON
  		CRO
  		KNO
  		SNE
  		SIL
  		CAD
  		OUL
  		DON
  		BHGP
  		Pos Pts Ref
2005 BSS Honda 4 1 1 Ret Ret 2 1 1 4 3 2 7 5 1st 202 [13]
Year Class Bike BHI
  		DON
  		THR
  		OUL
  		MON
  		MAL
  		SNE
  		KNO
  		OUL
  		CRO
  		CAD
  		SIL
  		BHGP
  		Pos Pts Ref
2006 BSS Honda 5 Ret 4 Ret 2 6 Ret 3 3 4 Ret 4 4th 112 [14]

British Superbike Championship edit

Races by year edit

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

Year Class Bike BHGP
  		THR
  		SIL
  		OUL
  		SNE
  		MOP
  		KNO
  		OUL
  		MAL
  		CRO
  		CAD
  		DON
  		BHI
  		Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2007 BSB Honda 2 3 2 5 4 Ret 8 8 5 6 7 6 Ret 7 6 5 8 11 7 5 Ret Ret 8th 199 [15]
Year Class Bike THR
  		OUL
  		BHGP
  		DON
  		SNE
  		MAL
  		OUL
  		KNO
  		CAD
  		CRO
  		SIL
  		BHI
  		Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 BSB Ducati 5 4 3 3 5 3 5 4 1 2 Ret 8 DNS DNS 5 8 4 4 1 5 1 4 5 3 5th 306 [16]
Year Class Bike BHI
  		OUL
  		DON
  		THR
  		SNE
  		KNO
  		MAL
  		BHGP
  		CAD
  		CRO
  		SIL
  		OUL
  		Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2009 BSB Yamaha 4 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 DSQ 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 1st 549.5 [17]

Supersport World Championship edit

Races by year edit

(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 12 Pos Pts
2006 Honda QAT AUS SPA ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR
10 		NED GER ITA FRA 32nd 6

Superbike World Championship edit

Races by year edit

(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 12 13 14 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 R1 R2 R1 R2
2009 Yamaha AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR
13 		GBR
6 		20th 32
Aprilia CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		POR
6 		POR
7
2010 Aprilia AUS
11 		AUS
11 		POR
5 		POR
5 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		NED
3 		NED
Ret 		ITA
5 		ITA
4 		RSA
6 		RSA
Ret 		USA
4 		USA
2 		SMR
6 		SMR
11 		CZE
Ret 		CZE
8 		GBR
6 		GBR
3 		GER
DNS 		GER
DNS 		ITA ITA FRA FRA 12th 164
2011 Aprilia AUS
13 		AUS
6 		EUR
8 		EUR
3 		NED
Ret 		NED
4 		ITA
8 		ITA
Ret 		USA
4 		USA
2 		SMR
6 		SMR
Ret 		SPA
3 		SPA
8 		CZE
7 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
15 		GBR
5 		GER
8 		GER
Ret 		ITA
15 		ITA
3 		FRA
4 		FRA
6 		POR
12 		POR
6 		7th 208
2012 Suzuki AUS
17 		AUS
12 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
8 		NED
Ret 		NED
14 		ITA
C 		ITA
15 		EUR
9 		EUR
4 		USA
13 		USA
11 		SMR
10 		SMR
15 		SPA
9 		SPA
Ret 		CZE
14 		CZE
9 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		RUS
15 		RUS
5 		GER
5 		GER
3 		POR
11 		POR
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
10 		14th 115.5
2013 Suzuki AUS
9 		AUS
9 		SPA
DNS 		SPA
DNS 		NED
9 		NED
7 		ITA
9 		ITA
7 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
13 		POR
4 		POR
Ret 		ITA
7 		ITA
7 		RUS
9 		RUS
C 		GBR
3 		GBR
5 		GER
Ret 		GER
DNS 		TUR
DNS 		TUR
DNS 		USA USA FRA FRA SPA
8 		SPA
6 		11th 132
2014 BMW AUS AUS SPA
12 		SPA
12 		NED
13 		NED
Ret 		ITA
11 		ITA
12 		GBR
DNS 		GBR
DNS 		MAL
10 		MAL
12 		ITA ITA POR POR 16th 37
MV Agusta USA
15 		USA
10 		SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT
2015 MV Agusta AUS
10 		AUS
8 		THA
Ret 		THA
Ret 		SPA
10 		SPA
15 		NED
10 		NED
10 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
9 		GBR
Ret 		POR
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ITA
13 		ITA
16 		USA
10 		USA
10 		MAL
13 		MAL
12 		SPA
9 		SPA
8 		FRA
5 		FRA
15 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
Ret 		13th 89
2016 MV Agusta AUS
7 		AUS
Ret 		THA
11 		THA
11 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
16 		NED
4 		NED
9 		ITA
6 		ITA
5 		MAL
10 		MAL
9 		GBR
4 		GBR
5 		ITA
8 		ITA
Ret 		USA
11 		USA
DNS 		GER
5 		GER
4 		FRA
7 		FRA
4 		SPA
7 		SPA
Ret 		QAT
18 		QAT
13 		8th 168
2017 MV Agusta AUS
5 		AUS
8 		THA
8 		THA
Ret 		SPA
11 		SPA
10 		NED
10 		NED
6 		ITA
6 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
6 		GBR
6 		ITA
11 		ITA
Ret 		USA
6 		USA
Ret 		GER
5 		GER
6 		POR
4 		POR
Ret 		FRA
4 		FRA
Ret 		SPA
12 		SPA
12 		QAT
9 		QAT
9 		8th 168
2018 Honda AUS
7 		AUS
6 		THA
4 		THA
6 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
DNS 		NED NED ITA
WD 		ITA
WD 		GBR
10 		GBR
8 		CZE
9 		CZE
7 		USA
Ret 		USA
13 		ITA
9 		ITA
10 		POR
Ret 		POR
14 		FRA
11 		FRA
9 		ARG
10 		ARG
Ret 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
C 		12th 108
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Kawasaki AUS
Ret 		AUS
13 		AUS
10 		THA
13 		THA
NC 		THA
DNS 		SPA
11 		SPA
12 		SPA
13 		NED
11 		NED
C 		NED
12 		ITA
DNS 		ITA
DNS 		ITA
C 		SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR POR POR FRA
7 		FRA
16 		FRA
9 		ARG
DNS 		ARG
12 		ARG
13 		QAT
10 		QAT
13 		QAT
16 		17th 51
2020 Ducati AUS
DNS 		AUS
DNS 		AUS
DNS 		SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA POR POR POR NC 0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing edit

By season edit

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Italjet Italjet Racing Service 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 125cc Honda Metasystem Racing Service 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 MotoGP Honda Drive M7 Aspar 4 0 0 0 0 1 27th
Total 16 0 0 0 0 1

Races by year edit

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

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2002 125cc Italjet JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT
24 		NED
28 		GBR
24 		GER CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2003 125cc Honda JPN
26 		RSA
Ret 		SPA
30 		FRA
24 		ITA
30 		CAT
27 		NED
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
23 		CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2014 MotoGP Honda QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP
Ret 		CZE
15 		GBR
16 		RSM
16 		ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 27th 1

References edit

  1. ^ Ex-Honda boss Leon Camier lands new role with WorldSBK team for 2024 bikesportnews, 19 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024
  2. ^ WSB: Leon Camier named as new Honda team manager Motorcycle News, 18 January 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021
  3. ^ a b Camier joins Barni Ducati for 2020 WorldSBK season wsbk.com, 22 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019
  4. ^ Motorcycle Racing Online – Leon Camier scoops 2005 British Supersport crown. F1network.net. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  5. ^ CAMIER TURNING JAPANESE: News from Leon Camier. Biker247.com (3 August 2005). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  6. ^ Pinchin, Gary. (28 August 2007) British Superbikes: Leon Camier's operation a success – | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN. Motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Camier to replace Nakano at Aprilia". VisorDown. Magicalia Ltd. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Aprilia savours new landmark result". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Camier shows fighting spirit with 16th to podium". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  10. ^ Jake Gagne completes Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team line up for 2018 Honda Racing, 7 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018
  11. ^ Moriwaki Althea Honda Team officially launch their 2019 colours and team hondaproracing.com Retrieved 28 July 2019
  12. ^ "FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". Archived from the original on 25 December 2008.
  13. ^ Camier scoops Supersport title | BSB News | Oct 2005. Crash.Net (13 October 2005). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  14. ^ "FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008.
  15. ^ Airwaves Ducati Back In BSB With Byrne & Camier Archived 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Londonbikers.com (7 November 2007). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  16. ^ "ViSK British Superbike Championship Race Two - Oulton Park". Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  17. ^ BSB: Camier celebrates BSB championship title – British Superbikes – BSB Blog – Mirror.co.uk Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Blogs.mirror.co.uk (27 September 2009). Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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