Ratthapark Wilairot

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Ratthapark Wilairot
Wilairot at the 2009 British Grand Prix
NationalityThai
Born (1988-04-14) April 14, 1988 (age 36)
Ban Bueng Chonburi, Thailand
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2016
ManufacturersBimota, FTR, Moriwaki, Suter, Caterham Suter, Kalex
Championships0
2016 championship position28th (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
84 0 0 0 0 49
250cc World Championship
Active years2006–2009
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2009 championship position14th (81 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
49 0 0 0 0 190
Supersport World Championship
Active years2015, 2016
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2015 championship position13th (46 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 1 2 0 0 116

Ratthapark Wilairot (Feem) (Thai: รัฐภาคย์ วิไลโรจน์ (ฟิม) (Born April 14, 1988), is a Thai professional motorcycle road racer. Wilairot first competed in Grand Prix racing during the 2006 season's Japanese Grand Prix, and finished a respectable 10th after qualifying in 14th place. In 2006 he was runner-up in the challenging Japanese national championship. He joined the 250cc World Championship in 2007 as a member of the Thai Honda PTT-SAG team. His best finish came at the 2010 Dutch TT where he finished 4th, narrowly missing out on the podium.

Motorcycle racing career

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Born April 14, 1988 in Chonburi Province, Thailand, Wilairot is the eldest son of Thai veteran racer Christmas Wilairot.[1] He began junior road racing at 5 years old and first won a 50cc motocross trophy at the age of ten. Ratthapark has a younger brother Ratthapong Wilairot (Float, born 1993) who is competing in the Asia Road Racing Championship SS600 class and the Supersport World Championship.[2]

Wilairot currently competes in the Moto2 World Championship, with a best result of fourth at the 2010 Dutch TT. Wilairot had qualified on the front row for the first time, and challenged for the lead with eventual race winner Andrea Iannone. Title challengers Toni Elías and Thomas Lüthi later demoted Wilairot to just off the podium.[3] On 31 July 2013, Wilairot took a sabbatical from racing professionally and became a rider coach for his replacement in the Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 team, Thitipong Warokorn.

On 27 December 2013, Wilairot announced an end to his sabbatical by signing with PTR for the 2014 Supersport World Championship season. He will ride a Honda CBR600RR and be sponsored by Core.

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Team Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2006 250cc Honda Thai Honda Castrol Endurance 1 0 0 0 6 28th
2007 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 17 0 0 0 30 17th
2008 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 16 0 0 0 73 13th
2009 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 15 0 0 0 81 13th
2010 Moto2 Bimota Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG 17 0 0 0 30 22nd
2011 Moto2 FTR Thai Honda Singha SAG 14 0 0 0 4 30th
2012 Moto2 Moriwaki Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 17 0 0 0 9 27th
Suter
2013 Moto2 Suter Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 8 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto2 Caterham Suter AirAsia Caterham 7 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto2 Suter JPMoto Malaysia 4 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto2 Kalex Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 17 0 0 0 6 28th
Total 133 0 0 0 239

Races by year

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(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
2006 250cc Honda SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN
10 		POR VAL 28th 6
2007 250cc Honda QAT
14 		SPA
12 		TUR
15 		CHN
12 		FRA
11 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
17 		GBR
8 		NED
14 		GER
19 		CZE
16 		RSM
13 		POR
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
19 		MAL
16 		VAL
15 		17th 30
2008 250cc Honda QAT
13 		SPA
12 		POR
13 		CHN
8 		FRA
15 		ITA
10 		CAT
11 		GBR
16 		NED
12 		GER
16 		CZE
11 		RSM
8 		INP
C 		JPN
13 		AUS
9 		MAL
8 		VAL
8 		13th 73
2009 250cc Honda QAT
8 		JPN
Ret 		SPA
15 		FRA
5 		ITA
14 		CAT
7 		NED
9 		GER
DNS 		GBR
Ret 		CZE
11 		INP
Ret 		RSM
Ret 		POR
6 		AUS
9 		MAL
6 		VAL
5 		13th 81
2010 Moto2 Bimota QAT
17 		SPA
17 		FRA
7 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
13 		NED
4 		CAT
Ret 		GER
17 		CZE
21 		INP
Ret 		RSM
12 		ARA
15 		JPN
24 		MAL
16 		AUS
22 		POR
Ret 		VAL
22 		22nd 30
2011 Moto2 FTR QAT
Ret 		SPA
12 		POR
Ret 		FRA
24 		CAT
DNS 		GBR
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		GER
25 		CZE
17 		INP
Ret 		RSM
Ret 		ARA
Ret 		JPN
22 		AUS
DNS 		MAL VAL
Ret 		30th 4
2012 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT
21 		SPA
26 		POR
23 		27th 9
Suter FRA
8 		CAT
18 		GBR
15 		NED
Ret 		GER
Ret 		ITA
16 		INP
23 		CZE
20 		RSM
19 		ARA
24 		JPN
20 		MAL
21 		AUS
18 		VAL
24
2013 Moto2 Suter QAT
Ret 		AME
21 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
16 		CAT
Ret 		NED
20 		GER
22 		INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0
2014 Moto2 Caterham Suter QAT AME ARG SPA
19 		FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM
23 		ARA
22 		JPN
19 		AUS
Ret 		MAL
Ret 		VAL
19 		NC 0
2015 Moto2 Suter QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT
Ret 		NED
24 		GER
23 		INP
Ret 		CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
13 		ARG
17 		AME
19 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
21 		ITA
22 		CAT
Ret 		NED GER
Ret 		AUT
22 		CZE
25 		GBR
18 		RSM
14 		ARA
26 		JPN
18 		AUS
15 		MAL
24 		VAL
20 		28th 6

Supersport World Championship

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Races by year

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(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
2014 Honda AUS
Ret 		SPA
10 		NED
13 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
12 		MAL
6 		SMR
9 		POR
11 		SPA
8 		FRA
9 		QAT
2 		9th 70
2015 Honda AUS
5 		THA
1 		SPA
Ret 		NED
19 		ITA
6 		GBR POR ITA MAL SPA FRA QAT 13th 46

References

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  1. ^ Wilairot's Profiles at Thailand International Road Race School
  2. ^ Ratthapark and Ratthapong Wilairot in 2006 All Japan Road Race Championship Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Thai)
  3. ^ "Another Iannone runaway at Assen". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
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