Alexis Masbou


Alexis Masbou is a French motorcycle rider. He currently rides a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the Endurance FIM World Cup.

Career

Early career

Masbou was born in Albi. Before he reached the world championship he was joining the CDM French motorsport school. He started racing in the 50cc French class in 2001. From 2002 he stepped up to the national 125cc class. He was very successful and looked to be the next French relevation. In 2003 he made his wild-card debut at the Le Mans GP. In 2004 he became the national 125cc champion and he was ready to challenge the World Championship riders.

125cc/Moto3 World Championship

In 2005 he signed for the Ajo Moto Honda team to compete in the 125cc class, teamed with Japanese youngster Tomoyoshi Koyama. Masbou had a good debut season, with a best result of fifth in the Dutch TT, having run in the leading group throughout. For 2006 he rode an unfashionable Malaguti, with little success. In 2007 he again raced a Honda, finishing 21st overall best results were two tenth places. For 2008 he joined the new Loncin team, struggling to make this bike competitive and scoring four points. For 2009 he was joined in the Loncin team by Koyama.
At the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix, Masbou achieved his first victory at World Championship level after prevailing in a 17-rider lead battle, holding off Enea Bastianini and Danny Kent on the final lap.
Masbou gets another win At 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix.
Masbou still remained with the team for 2016 season, but the team will use newly Peugeot MGP3O. After failing to score a single point in nine races he was replaced by Albert Arenas ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.
He will be ineligible to compete in Moto3 in 2017 due to the age limit.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

YearClassBike123456789101112131415161718PosPts
2003125ccHondaJPNRSASPAFRA
Ret		ITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORBRAPACMALAUSVALNC0
2004125ccHondaRSASPAFRA
Ret		ITACATNEDBRAGERGBRCZEPORJPNQATMALAUSVALNC0
2005125ccHondaSPA
Ret		POR
13		CHN
21		FRA
Ret		ITA
10		CAT
Ret		NED
5		GBR
Ret		GER
DSQ		CZE
Ret		JPN
20		MAL
14		QAT
20		AUS
10		TUR
Ret		VAL
Ret		18th28
2006125ccMalagutiSPA
DNS		QAT
DNS		TUR
20		CHN
Ret		FRA
29		ITA
Ret		CAT
Ret		NED
Ret		GBRGER
25		CZE
23		MAL
DNS		AUSJPNPORVALNC0
2007125ccHondaQAT
10		SPA
Ret		TUR
Ret		CHN
13		FRA
12		ITA
Ret		CAT
16		GBR
19		NED
16		GER
19		CZE
14		RSM
21		POR
14		JPN
21		AUS
Ret		MAL
10		VAL
14		21st25
2008125ccLoncinQAT
Ret		SPA
21		POR
20		CHN
Ret		FRA
15		ITA
27		CAT
Ret		GBR
Ret		NED
23		GER
20		CZE
26		RSM
Ret		IND
26		JPN
15		AUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		VAL
14		28th4
2009125ccLoncinQAT
26		JPN
21		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
Ret		CAT
Ret		NED
Ret		GER
Ret		GBR
Ret		CZE
24		IND
Ret		RSMPORAUSMALVALNC0
2010125ccApriliaQAT
10		SPA
9		FRA
16		ITA
12		GBR
Ret		NED
Ret		CAT
Ret		GER
13		CZE
Ret		IND
DNS		RSM
Ret		ARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL20th20
2011125ccApriliaQATSPAPORFRA
15		22nd18
2011125ccKTMCAT
14		GBR
14		NED
11		ITA
16		GER
26		CZE
Ret		IND
14		RSM
20		ARA
Ret		JPN
Ret		AUS
14		MAL
12		VAL
22		22nd18
Moto3HondaQAT
Ret		SPA
5		POR
9		FRA
Ret		CAT
5		GBR
4		NED
7		GER
2		ITA
12		IND
10		CZE
16		RSMARAJPNMALAUSVAL13th81
Moto3FTR HondaQAT
14		AME
8		SPA
10		FRA
9		ITA
12		CAT
8		NED
9		GER
DNS		IND
12		CZE
6		GBR
8		RSM
Ret		ARA
11		MAL
7		AUS
10		JPN
Ret		VAL
6		8th94
2014Moto3HondaQAT
7		AME
6		ARG
11		SPA
12		FRA
9		ITA
6		CAT
11		NED
4		GER
3		IND
4		CZE
1		GBR
8		RSM
7		ARA
10		JPN
Ret		AUS
6		MAL
6		VAL
12		6th164
2015Moto3HondaQAT
1		AME
16		ARG
Ret		SPA
15		FRA
Ret		ITA
9		CAT
18		NED
Ret		GER
8		IND
32		CZE
Ret		GBR
11		RSM
7		ARA
8		JPN
Ret		AUS
9		MAL
9		VAL
15		13th78
2016Moto3PeugeotQAT
24		ARG
21		AME
16		SPA
Ret		FRA
19		ITA
Ret		CAT
Ret		NED
Ret		GER
16		AUT
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
NC0