Xavier Siméon

Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winner of the 2021 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race on Suzuki together with Sylvain Guintoli and Gregg Black.^[1]

Xavier Siméon
Simeon in 2013
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35) Brussels, Belgium
Current team	LCR E-Team
Bike number	10
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2018 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2018 championship position 27th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 17 0 0 0 0 1 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2017 Manufacturers Moriwaki, Tech 3, Kalex, Suter, Speed Up Championships 0 2017 championship position 23rd (16 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 127 1 4 2 1 384 MotoE World Championship Active years 2019–2020 Manufacturers Energica Championships 0 2020 championship position 10th (45 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 13 0 3 0 0 103

At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since Didier de Radiguès in 1990 to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the German Grand Prix, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in 1989.^[2] Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.^[3] In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck.^[4] Siméon won the 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Championship with the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team with team-mates Gregg Black and Etienne Masson and the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship with team-mates Gregg Black and Sylvain Guintoli.

Career statistics

2005 - 5th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600RR
2006 - 1st, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600

• 2008 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki
  
• 2009 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098
  

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki MD600	Holiday Gym G22	19	10	0	0	0	0	10	30th
2011	Moto2	Tech 3 Mistral 610	Tech 3 B	19	17	0	0	0	0	23	26th
2012	Moto2	Tech 3 Mistral 610	Tech 3 Racing	19	15	0	0	0	0	23	21st
2013	Moto2	Kalex Moto2 2012	Maptaq SAG Team Zelos	19	17	0	1	1	0	90	12th
2014	Moto2	Suter MMX2	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	19	18	0	1	0	0	63	14th
2015	Moto2	Kalex Moto2	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	19	18	1	2	1	0	113	7th
2016	Moto2	Speed Up SF16	QMMF Racing Team	19	17	0	0	0	1	46	17th
2017	Moto2	Kalex Moto2	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	19	15	0	0	0	0	16	23rd
2018	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	Reale Avintia Racing	10	17	0	0	0	0	1	27th
		Ducati Desmosedici GP17
2019	MotoE	Energica Ego Corsa	Avintia Esponsorama Racing	10	6	0	2	0	0	58	6th
2020	MotoE	Energica Ego Corsa	LCR E-Team	10	7	0	1	0	0	45	10th
Total					157	1	7	2	1	488

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2010–2017	2010 France	2013 France	2015 Germany	127	1	4	2	1	384	0
MotoGP	2018	2018 Qatar			17	0	0	0	0	1	0
MotoE	2019–2020	2019 Germany	2019 Austria		13	0	3	0	0	103	0
Total	2010–2020				157	1	7	2	1	488	0

Races by year

(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	19	Pos	Pts
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT	SPA	FRA Ret	ITA 19	GBR 8	NED Ret	CAT 24	GER 15	CZE 19	INP	RSM 19	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR 23	VAL 15			30th	10
2011	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 25	SPA 19	POR 26	FRA 18	CAT 14	GBR Ret	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 18	CZE 23	INP 13	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL 15	VAL 8			26th	23
2012	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 17	SPA 13	POR 13	FRA DNS	CAT	GBR 21	NED 13	GER 8	ITA Ret	INP Ret	CZE Ret	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 13	MAL Ret	AUS 13	VAL 27			21st	23
2013	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	AME 12	SPA 6	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 8	INP 9	CZE 11	GBR Ret	RSM 8	ARA Ret	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	JPN 4	VAL 12			12th	90
2014	Moto2	Suter	QAT 24	AME Ret	ARG 2	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED 25	GER 10	INP Ret	CZE 14	GBR Ret	RSM 16	ARA Ret	JPN 10	AUS 9	MAL 19	VAL 5		14th	63
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	AME Ret	ARG 22	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA 6	CAT Ret	NED 6	GER 1	INP 8	CZE 16	GBR 25	RSM 12	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 5	MAL 10	VAL 16		7th	113
2016	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT Ret	ARG 12	AME 8	SPA 10	FRA 11	ITA DNS	CAT Ret	NED 11	GER Ret	AUT 23	CZE 15	GBR 16	RSM Ret	ARA 11	JPN 10	AUS 11	MAL 15	VAL 16		17th	46
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 15	ARG Ret	AME 13	SPA 19	FRA 16	ITA 15	CAT 20	NED 7	GER 14	CZE 23	AUT Ret	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA 25	JPN Ret	AUS DNS	MAL	VAL Ret		23rd	16
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 21	ARG 21	AME 20	SPA 17	FRA 18	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 19	CZE 20	AUT Ret	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 19	THA 18	JPN 16	AUS 15	MAL 17	VAL DNS	27th	1
2019	MotoE	Energica	GER 7	AUT 2	RSM1 3	RSM2 Ret	VAL1 4	VAL2 Ret														6th	58
2020	MotoE	Energica	SPA 8	ANC 9	RSM 2	EMI1 Ret	EMI2 14	FRA1 Ret	FRA2 8													10th	45

FIM EWC

By year

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

Year	Bike	LE MANS				ESTORIL			BOL D'OR				MOST		Pos	Pts
		Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	12 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	6 Hrs
2021	Suzuki GSX-R 1000R	4	10	10	40	3	0	9	5	10	10	40	3	31,5	1st	175,5

By team

Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
2019–20	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Étienne Masson Gregg Black Xavier Siméon Vincent Philippe	1st
2021	Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Gregg Blaxk Sylvain Guintoli Xavier Siméon	1st
2022	Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Gregg Blaxk Sylvain Guintoli Xavier Siméon Kazuki Watanabe	2nd

References

1. "Results".
2. "Maiden pole position for Simeon at Sachsenring". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
3. "Simeón takes first ever Moto2 win". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
4. Wilmotte, Thierry (12 July 2015). "Superbe première victoire de Xavier Siméon en Moto2" [Superb first victory for Xavier Siméon in Moto2]. Le Soir (in French). Rossel & Cie, S.A. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

External links

• Xavier Siméon at MotoGP.com
• Xavier Siméon at WorldSBK.com
• Xavier Siméon at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Official website