Steve Martin (motorcyclist)

Steve Martin is a motorcycle road racer from Australia. He currently resides in Switzerland. He is the 2009 World Endurance Champion for YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team), but is a veteran of the World Superbike Championship, and former champion of the Australian series.

Steve Martin
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1968-12-02) 2 December 1968 South Australia, Australia
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1999 Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 2 Superbike World Championship Active years 18 Manufacturers Suzuki, Ducati, Petronas, Yamaha, Honda, BMW Championships 0 2009 championship position NC Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 183 0 5 3 1 532 Supersport World Championship Active years 2007 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2007 championship position 32nd Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 6

After success in trials, he started racing in his home Superbike Championship in 1990, initially on a factory Suzuki. Years on private bikes followed, but he later earned a Ducati ride. He led the 1998 standings until a crash at Phillip Island, but won the title in 1999. He also did an assortment of wild card rides in the Superbike World Championship rounds at Phillip Island over the years, as well as four 500cc Grand Prix races in 1999.

After that, he moved to the Australian Supersport series, before moving to the Superbike World Championship full-time for 2001, riding on Pirelli tyres for DFXtreme. He scored a pair of top-6 finishes at Imola in 2001, and set fastest lap at the Lausitzring that year, but he was not a frontrunner for much of 2001 or 2002. However, he stepped up to 8th overall in 2003 and 7th in 2004, along with 3 pole positions and five podiums. He spent the next 2 years with Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team, which struggled to be competitive with its three-cylinder machine, although beating team-mates Garry McCoy and Craig Jones in those years. He returned to DFXtreme for 2007,[1] turning down other offers as he believed the team had enough funds for the full season. It soon became clear that this was not the case - he nearly lost the ride after 2 races,[2] but continued for rounds 3 and 4, before leaving the team as it could not provide a full-time entry. He moved into the World Supersport Championship at Assen, replacing injured countryman Kevin Curtain[3] Later in 2007 he contested the Suzuka 8 Hours race, and he made World Superbike starts on Yamaha and Suzuki equipment, but finished the season with a broken metatarsal.

In 2008 he retired from World Superbike racing but joined the World Superbike Championship as a commentator alongside Jonathan Green. He continued to race a Superbike and finished 1st in the World Endurance Championship for YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team). BMW also retained his services as a development rider for their new S1000RR Superbike project,[4] which led to a one-off return at Kyalami in place of Troy Corser.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

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
1989	Suzuki	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	CAN	CAN	USA	USA	AUT	AUT	FRA	FRA	JPN	JPN	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	AUS 15	AUS Ret	NZL	NZL							87th	1
1990	Suzuki	SPA	SPA	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	GER	GER	CAN	CAN	USA	USA	AUT	AUT	JPN	JPN	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	AUS 11	AUS 10	NZL	NZL			41st	11
1991	Suzuki	GBR	GBR	SPA	SPA	CAN	CAN	USA	USA	AUT	AUT	SMR	SMR	SWE	SWE	JPN	JPN	MAL	MAL	GER	GER	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	AUS 8	AUS 7			36th	17
1992	Suzuki	SPA	SPA	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	BEL	BEL	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	JPN	JPN	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	AUS 16	AUS 16	NZL	NZL			NC	0
1994	Suzuki	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	INA	INA	JPN	JPN	NED	NED	SMR	SMR	EUR	EUR	AUS 15	AUS 15							61st	2
1995	Suzuki	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	JPN	JPN	NED	NED	INA	INA	AUS 16	AUS 16					NC	0
1996	Suzuki	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	INA Ret	INA 15	JPN	JPN	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	AUS 14	AUS Ret					49th	3
1997	Suzuki	AUS 16	AUS Ret	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	JPN	JPN	INA	INA					NC	0
1998	Ducati	AUS Ret	AUS 10	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	JPN	JPN					36th	6
1999	Ducati	RSA	RSA	AUS Ret	AUS 7	GBR	GBR	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	GER	GER	JPN	JPN			41st	9
2001	Ducati	SPA 11	SPA Ret	RSA 19	RSA 17	AUS 12	AUS C	JPN 19	JPN 20	ITA Ret	ITA 14	GBR 17	GBR 18	GER 15	GER 14	SMR 13	SMR Ret	USA 14	USA 13	EUR 14	EUR 18	GER Ret	GER 14	NED 20	NED 20	ITA 6	ITA 5			17th	47
2002	Ducati	SPA 17	SPA 9	AUS 13	AUS Ret	RSA Ret	RSA Ret	JPN 17	JPN 20	ITA 10	ITA 11	GBR Ret	GBR 19	GER 9	GER 11	SMR 13	SMR 12	USA 14	USA 11	GBR 19	GBR 16	GER	GER	NED Ret	NED DNS	ITA 13	ITA 14			16th	52
2003	Ducati	SPA 6	SPA 5	AUS 4	AUS 9	JPN 15	JPN Ret	ITA 9	ITA 7	GER 6	GER 6	GBR Ret	GBR Ret	SMR 6	SMR 9	USA Ret	USA Ret	GBR 14	GBR Ret	NED 9	NED 11	ITA 6	ITA Ret	FRA 7	FRA 5					8th	139
2004	Ducati	SPA Ret	SPA 3	AUS 4	AUS Ret	SMR 7	SMR 3	ITA Ret	ITA 8	GER 5	GER Ret	GBR 6	GBR 6	USA 3	USA 6	EUR 3	EUR Ret	NED 7	NED Ret	ITA 6	ITA 3	FRA 5	FRA Ret							7th	181
2005	Petronas	QAT 15	QAT Ret	AUS Ret	AUS Ret	SPA Ret	SPA 17	ITA Ret	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	EUR 20	SMR 11	SMR 8	CZE 17	CZE 16	GBR 15	GBR Ret	NED 14	NED 16	GER 18	GER 9	ITA 5	ITA C	FRA Ret	FRA DNS					18th	35
2006	Petronas	QAT 18	QAT 18	AUS 14	AUS 15	SPA Ret	SPA 15	ITA Ret	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	EUR Ret	SMR Ret	SMR 17	CZE Ret	CZE 19	GBR 17	GBR 16	NED 12	NED 11	GER 14	GER 12	ITA Ret	ITA 16	FRA Ret	FRA Ret					21st	19
2007	Honda	QAT 11	QAT 18	AUS 10	AUS Ret	EUR 19	EUR 13	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	NED	NED	ITA 16	ITA Ret	GBR	GBR	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE											18th	27
	Yamaha																			GBR 11	GBR 16
	Suzuki																					GER 14	GER 14	ITA 14	ITA 14	FRA 16	FRA Ret
2009	BMW	AUS	AUS	QAT	QAT	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	RSA 22	RSA 18	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR	NC	0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	Pos.	Pts
1999	500cc	Honda	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS 14	RSA 21	BRA Ret	ARG 20	32nd	2

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(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	Pos.	Pts
2007	Yamaha	QAT	AUS	EUR	SPA	NED 10	ITA	GBR	SMR	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	32nd	6

References

1. Rubber Magazine - SBK: Steve Martin signs with DFX for 2007 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. Steve Martin Left Without A Ride For Remainder Of Season
3. Yamaha Owners Club - Steve Martin to stand in for Kevin Curtain Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)