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Broc Parkes
Parkes wearing Paul Bird Motorsport colours on an open-top car parade at the 2014 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
NationalityAustralian
Born (1981-12-24) 24 December 1981 (age 42)
Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Current teamYamaha Austria Racing Team
Bike number23
Website23 Parkes
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2014–2015, 2017
ManufacturersPBM, ART, Yamaha
Championships0
2017 championship position31st (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
19 0 0 0 0 9
125cc World Championship
Active years1999
ManufacturersHonda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Broc Parkes in the Bol d'Or 2016

Broc Parkes (born 24 December 1981) is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for his success in the Supersport World Championship. He currently races in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.

During 2015 he raced in British Superbikes for half the season, then competed in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a YART Yamaha YZF-R1, before being drafted-in to MotoGP on the ART machine for the last race of the season at Valencia, held on 8 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain.

Early years

Born in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, resulting in the nickname 'The Boy From the Bush'.[1] Parkes was originally inspired to race as a four-year-old, when he saw countryman Wayne Gardner winning a race. Gardner ultimately became his manager.

Parkes began racing on dirt tracks a year later, with great success. He also raced junior motorcycle speedway and finished second in the 1997 Australian Under-16 Championship in Adelaide. He then switched to circuit racing at the age of sixteen – the legal limit in Australia – going on to win the Australian 125cc title and Australian 250cc Production title in 1999, on Honda machinery.

Going International

Parkes then spent a season in Japan with the Moriwaki squad's Honda equipment, finishing third in the All Japan X Formula series. Parkes then moved to Europe to join the NCR Ducati team for the 2001 World Superbike Championship. He experienced a mechanical failure while running strongly in one race, but he took 16th overall. In 2002 he finished up 11th.

Supersport World Championship

For 2003 he moved to the Supersport World Championship for the BKM Honda team, but the team was late getting race equipment,[2] and did not complete the year due to financial problems. He moved to the crack Ten Kate team for 2004, finishing as championship runner-up behind teammate Karl Muggeridge. For 2005 he joined Yamaha's factory team, struggling for most of 2005 but ending with a victory to come fifth overall. In 2006 he challenged for the title before a crash at Assen left him critically injured – although he returned before the end of the season to come third overall. He finished a distant second to Kenan Sofuoglu in 2007,[3] with back-to-back wins at Brands Hatch and Lausitzring[4] despite a broken collarbone early in the season, and finished 4th in 2008 despite a series-high six poles[5] and a season-opening victory in Losail[6]

Back to World Superbikes

Parkes at Donington Park Supersport in 2012

For 2009 Parkes returns to World Superbike – on factory Kawasakis ran by Paul Bird Motorsport, teamed with former Grand Prix winner Makoto Tamada.[7] His team often struggled for results, but he shone in a one-off appearance at the British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch. Parkes qualified second and finished second in all of the three races held there, only behind the dominant Leon Camier each time.[8]

2010 was also a struggle for Parkes, who joined the new Echo CRS Honda team.[9] He crashed heavily in pre-season and missed the first three rounds,[10] and was usually a backmarker once he returned. Three races before the end of the season Parkes announced that he separated ways with Echo CRS Honda, and he joined the Motocard Kawasaki team, as the replacement of the injured Joan Lascorz. He also raced a few races at the end of the season in World Supersports with the same team.

Parkes continued in Supersports the next two seasons riding a Kawasaki and a Honda, finishing top five both years. In 2013 Parkes returned to Australia and raced for the factory Yamaha team, winning the Australian FX-Superbike Championship.

Move to MotoGP

In December 2013, it was announced that Parkes would be riding for Paul Bird Motorsport alongside Michael Laverty for the 2014 MotoGP season. He effectively replaced his countryman Damian Cudlin and continued a 31-year streak of Australia's representation in the premier class of motorcycle racing.

Parkes on a Milwaukee Yamaha Superbike in early 2015

2015

For the early part of 2015, Parkes rode for Shaun Muir Racing's Milwaukee Yamaha team in the British Superbike Championship, until he became unable to continue due to the after-effects of arm-pump surgery.[11][12] Parkes then competed in Endurance FIM World Championship races on a Yamaha Austria Racing Team machine,[13][14] with his final race of the season, a one-off riding for ART at Valencia, held on 8 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain, when he retired after completing two-thirds of the race.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
1999 125cc Honda Scot Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 MotoGP PBM Paul Bird Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 9 23rd
2015 MotoGP ART E-Motion IodaRacing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 MotoGP Yamaha

Monster Yamaha Tech3

1 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Total 21 0 0 0 0 9

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 Pos Pts
1999 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS
23 		RSA BRA ARG NC 0
2014 MotoGP PBM QAT
15 		AME
Ret 		ARG
21 		SPA
17 		FRA
18 		ITA
17 		CAT
16 		NED
11 		GER
21 		INP
15 		CZE
19 		GBR
21 		RSM
18 		ARA
18 		JPN
20 		AUS
Ret 		MAL
14 		VAL
20 		23rd 9
2015 MotoGP ART QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ret 		NC 0
2017 MotoGP Yamaha QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS
22 		MAL VAL 31st 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year Make 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
2001 Ducati SPA
Ret 		SPA
13 		RSA
12 		RSA
11 		AUS
5 		AUS
C 		JPN
16 		JPN
17 		ITA
DNS 		ITA
DNS 		GBR
20 		GBR
14 		GER
14 		GER
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
7 		USA
13 		USA
14 		EUR
DNS 		EUR
DNS 		GER
Ret 		GER
18 		NED
22 		NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
8 		16th 49
2002 Ducati SPA
15 		SPA
DNS 		AUS
Ret 		AUS
13 		RSA
11 		RSA
14 		JPN
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
8 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
12 		GER
11 		GER
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
14 		USA
15 		USA
12 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
18 		GER
10 		GER
10 		NED
9 		NED
8 		ITA
9 		ITA
8 		11th 77
2009 Kawasaki AUS
Ret 		AUS
18 		QAT
14 		QAT
16 		SPA
10 		SPA
17 		NED NED ITA
10 		ITA
13 		RSA
15 		RSA
14 		USA
Ret 		USA
11 		SMR
17 		SMR
17 		GBR
18 		GBR
14 		CZE
12 		CZE
16 		GER
Ret 		GER
13 		ITA
10 		ITA
15 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
15 		POR
11 		POR
12 		18th 51
2010 Honda AUS AUS POR POR SPA SPA NED
Ret 		NED
17 		ITA
20 		ITA
15 		RSA
Ret 		RSA
18 		USA
17 		USA
15 		SMR
DSQ 		SMR
17 		CZE
13 		CZE
12 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA 22nd 9
2013 Yamaha AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA USA FRA FRA SPA
18 		SPA
12 		35th 4

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
2003 Honda SPA
7 		AUS
Ret 		JPN
7 		ITA
15 		GER
5 		GBR
Ret 		SMR
3 		GBR
15 		NED ITA FRA
Ret 		13th 47
2004 Honda SPA
Ret 		AUS
4 		SMR
Ret 		ITA
2 		GER
2 		GBR
3 		GBR
4 		NED
4 		ITA
2 		FRA
2 		2nd 135
2005 Yamaha QAT
6 		AUS
7 		SPA
6 		ITA
7 		EUR
5 		SMR
5 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		NED
7 		GER
2 		ITA
5 		FRA
1 		6th 125
2006 Yamaha QAT
Ret 		AUS
3 		SPA
4 		ITA
7 		EUR
2 		SMR
3 		CZE
2 		GBR
1 		NED
Ret 		GER ITA
6 		FRA
3 		4th 145
2007 Yamaha QAT
Ret 		AUS
3 		EUR
DNS 		SPA
5 		NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		SMR
2 		CZE
13 		GBR
1 		GER
1 		ITA
4 		FRA
2 		2nd 133
2008 Yamaha QAT
1 		AUS
Ret 		SPA
4 		NED
5 		ITA
3 		GER
3 		SMR
10 		CZE
4 		GBR
4 		EUR
10 		ITA
2 		FRA
Ret 		POR
5 		4th 150
2010 Kawasaki AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER
3 		ITA
4 		FRA
Ret 		15th 29
2011 Kawasaki AUS
2 		EUR
5 		NED
3 		ITA
4 		SMR
1 		SPA
Ret 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
6 		GER
7 		ITA
3 		FRA
3 		POR
Ret 		4th 136
2012 Honda AUS
3 		ITA
20 		NED
4 		ITA
Ret 		EUR
4 		SMR
5 		SPA
4 		CZE
3 		GBR
3 		RUS
5 		GER
4 		POR
4 		FRA
27 		5th 135

References

  1. ^ Broc Parkes MotoGp call up for Phillip Island Auto Action 16 October 2017
  2. ^ Broc Parkes drops us a line Archived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Broc Parkes takes Championship Second for Yamaha
  4. ^ Q&A: Broc Parkes – EXCLUSIVE
  5. ^ amaha's Broc Parkes rockets to sixth pole of the year
  6. ^ Qatar World Supersport: Broc Parkes wins in dramatic fashion while Craig Jones gets podium spot
  7. ^ Kawasaki choose Paul Bird to run factory WSB effort
  8. ^ Parkes looks to WSBK after Brands success
  9. ^ Ryder, Joy (27 November 2009). "Broc Parkes Signs For New Echo CRS Honda Team For 2010". World Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Parkes back in action at Assen". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  11. ^ "Parkes completes Milwaukee Yamaha's 2015 MCE British Superbike line-up". British Superbike Championship. MotorSport Vision Racing. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  12. ^ Turner, Vicky (31 July 2015). "Jenkinson in for Parkes as arm-pump strikes". BikeSportNews.com. Bike Sport News. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Parkes misses Cadwell Park for World Endurance commitments". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  14. ^ Swarts, David (18 September 2015). "SRC Kawasaki Earns Pole Position For Bol d'Or 24-Hour (Updated)". Roadracing World. Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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