Loris Baz

Loris Baz
Loris Baz
	Baz (front left) in 2013
Nationality	French
Born	1 February 1993 (age 31); Sallanches, France
Current team	War Horse Ducati
Bike number	76
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years	2015–2018
Manufacturers	Yamaha Forward, Ducati, KTM
Championships	0
2018 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2012–2014, 2018–
Manufacturers	Kawasaki, BMW, Yamaha
Championships	0
2023 championship position	16th (60 pts)

Loris Baz (born 1 February 1993) is a French motorcycle racer. He is competing for the War Horse Ducati team in the 2024 Steel Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.^[1]

Baz has previously competed in World Superbikes for Ten Kate Racing, the MotoGP series, the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the European Superstock 600 Championship, where he won in 2008.

Career

Superbike World Championship (2012–2014)

Kawasaki Racing Team confirmed Baz for the 2013 Superbike World Championship season.^[2]

MotoGP World Championship (2015–2018)

On 4 October 2014, it was announced that Baz would move into MotoGP, with Forward Racing.^[3] At Misano in September, Baz achieved his best result with 4th place in changeable conditions.^[4] Baz finished his début season with 28 points, and was 17th in the final championship standings.

For the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Baz rode with the Avintia Racing team.^[5]

He made a one-off appearance at the 2018 British GP, replacing the injured Pol Espargaró in the factory KTM team.^[6] However, the race was cancelled due to dangerous track conditions following heavy rain and resurfacing.

Return to Superbike (2018–2020)

For the 2018 season Baz returned to the Superbike World Championship riding for the Gulf Althea BMW Racing team.^[7]

MotoAmerica Superbike Championship (2021)

On 2 February 2021, American racing series MotoAmerica announced Baz would join the HSBK Racing Ducati team to compete in the United States during 2021, riding a Ducati Panigale V4 R.^[8] Baz finished the season in fourth place.^[9]

Superbike World Championship (2021–2023)

Baz acted as a replacement for the injured rider Chaz Davies, finishing 6th in race one and 9th in race two at Jerez, Spain in September. After a rider death in World Supersport, there were two main Superbike races only, with no Sprint (short distance) race.^[10]

Endurance World Championship

Whilst in Europe and following-on from riding World Superbikes, Baz rode as part of a three-man Moto Ain team on a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the last round of the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship at Most, in the Czech Republic. Together with Randy De Puniet and Corentin Perolari,^[11] the team finished last (21st position) after progress was delayed by mid-race damage to the bike when being ridden by Perolari.^[12]

Career statistics

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

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	Pos	Pts
2009	Yamaha	SPA Ret	NED 6	ITA 10	SMR 9	GBR 6	CZE Ret	GER 14	ITA 10	FRA 6	POR 6	8th	61
2010	Yamaha	POR 3	SPA 5	NED Ret	ITA Ret	SMR 6	CZE 9	GBR 6	GER 5	ITA	FRA Ret	8th	65
2011	Honda	NED	ITA	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA Ret	POR 7	19th	9
2012	Kawasaki	ITA 2	NED 6	ITA Ret	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	POR	FRA	14th	30

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pos	Pts
2010	Yamaha	BHI	BHI	THR	THR	OUL	OUL	CAD	CAD	MAL	MAL	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	SNE	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD		CRO 7	CRO Ret	SIL 11	SIL Ret	OUL 10	OUL 9	OUL 6	20th	37
2011	Yamaha	BHI 7	BHI 13	OUL 8	OUL 9	CRO 4	CRO 5	THR 25	THR 11	KNO 9	KNO Ret	SNE 9	SNE 7	OUL 7	OUL C		BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	14th	88

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2012	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	20	1	3	0	1	122	13th
2013	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	17	1	2	0	0	180	8th
2014	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R	Kawasaki Racing Team	24	0	9	2	1	311	5th
2018	BMW S1000RR	Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team	25	0	0	0	0	137	11th
2019	Yamaha YZF-R1	Ten Kate Racing – Yamaha	23	0	0	0	0	138	10th
2020	Yamaha YZF-R1	Ten Kate Racing Yamaha	24	0	4	0	1	142	8th
2021	Ducati Panigale V4 R	Team GoEleven	6	0	2	0	0	53	14th
2022	BMW M1000RR	Bonovo Action BMW	36	0	0	0	0	125	12th
2023	BMW M1000RR	Bonovo Action BMW	35	0	0	0	0	60	16th
Total			205	2	20	2	3	1268

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		14		Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2012	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR 16	EUR 8	USA 15	USA 14	SMR Ret	SMR 8	SPA Ret	SPA 20	CZE 3	CZE 8	GBR 1	GBR 2	RUS 11	RUS 9	GER Ret	GER 8	POR 7	POR 7	FRA 10	FRA Ret	13th	122
2013	Kawasaki	AUS 6	AUS Ret	SPA 5	SPA 6	NED 5	NED 3	ITA 7	ITA 8	GBR 5	GBR 7	POR 5	POR 4	ITA 9	ITA 6	RUS 8	RUS C	GBR 5	GBR 1	GER DNS	GER DNS	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	8th	180
2014	Kawasaki	AUS 5	AUS 2	SPA 2	SPA 2	NED 4	NED 7	ITA 4	ITA 4	GBR 2	GBR 2	MAL Ret	MAL 5	SMR 2	SMR 2	POR 3	POR 6	USA 9	USA 6	SPA Ret	SPA 7	FRA 5	FRA 7	QAT 2	QAT 7					5th	311
2018	BMW	AUS 11	AUS 9	THA 11	THA 12	SPA 11	SPA 15	NED 7	NED 8	ITA 13	ITA 11	GBR 7	GBR 10	CZE 18	CZE 11	USA 15	USA 10	ITA Ret	ITA 9	POR 6	POR 9	FRA 10	FRA 10	ARG 9	ARG 11	QAT 6	QAT C			11th	137

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	Pos	Pts
2019	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA 12	SPA Ret	SPA 9	ITA 4	ITA 12	ITA 12	GBR 4	GBR 5	GBR 6	USA 8	USA 7	USA 7	POR 16	POR 9	POR 6	FRA 4	FRA 7	FRA 5	ARG DNS	ARG Ret	ARG 12	QAT 7	QAT 7	QAT 8	10th	138
2020	Yamaha	AUS 7	AUS 7	AUS 8	SPA 5	SPA 4	SPA 17	POR 6	POR 3	POR Ret	SPA 7	SPA 9	SPA Ret	SPA 12	SPA 11	SPA 8	SPA 14	SPA 3	SPA 10	FRA 2	FRA 6	FRA 2	POR 9	POR Ret	POR Ret																8th	142
2021	Ducati	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	NED	NED	NED	CZE	CZE	CZE	SPA	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA 6	SPA C	SPA 9	POR 3	POR 3	POR 4	ARG	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	INA	15th	53
2022	BMW	SPA 11	SPA 13	SPA 7	NED 6	NED 6	NED Ret	POR 10	POR Ret	POR 12	ITA 15	ITA Ret	ITA 10	GBR 9	GBR 9	GBR 9	CZE 11	CZE 11	CZE Ret	FRA 14	FRA 9	FRA 9	SPA 11	SPA 9	SPA 9	POR 9	POR 9	POR 10	ARG 16	ARG 9	ARG 17	INA 10	INA 12	INA 13	AUS 9	AUS 10	AUS 10				12th	125
2023	BMW	AUS 18	AUS 13	AUS 15	INA 11	INA Ret	INA DNS	NED 17	NED Ret	NED Ret	SPA 13	SPA 18	SPA 16	EMI 17	EMI 13	EMI 12	GBR Ret	GBR 23	GBR Ret	ITA 8	ITA 10	ITA 7	CZE 10	CZE 12	CZE 10	FRA 13	FRA 7	FRA 12	SPA 14	SPA Ret	SPA 13	POR 18	POR 12	POR Ret	JER 13	JER 14	JER 18				16th	60

^* Season still in progress.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	Forward Racing	17	28	17th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Racing	14	35	20th
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	18	45	18th
2018	MotoGP	KTM	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	0	0	NC
Total				49	108

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
MotoGP	2015–2018	2015 Qatar			49	0	0	0	0	108	0
Total	2015–2018				49	0	0	0	0	108	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
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha Forward	QAT 22	AME 17	ARG 14	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 12	CAT 13	NED 15	GER 19	IND	CZE 15	GBR 16	RSM 4	ARA 17	JPN Ret	AUS 18	MAL Ret	VAL 19		17th	28
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	ARG Ret	AME 15	SPA 13	FRA 12	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GER 17	AUT 13	CZE 4	GBR DNS	RSM	ARA 18	JPN 16	AUS Ret	MAL 5	VAL 18		20th	35
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 12	ARG 11	AME Ret	SPA 13	FRA 9	ITA 18	CAT 12	NED 8	GER 19	CZE Ret	AUT 9	GBR 15	RSM 16	ARA 21	JPN 10	AUS 18	MAL Ret	VAL 16		18th	45
2018	MotoGP	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR C	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0

References

^ Bonovo action BMW Racing Team to line up with Eugene Laverty and Loris Baz in the 2022 WorldSBK. BMW Group, 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021
^ "Loris Baz to continue with Kawasaki in 2013". twowheelsblog.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
^ "Loris Baz joins Forward Yamaha for 2015 MotoGP season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ Morrison, Neil (14 September 2015). "Baz: This proves I'm not too tall!". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ "Loris Baz joins Avintia for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ "KTM confirm Baz will race at Silverstone". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ "Baz grits his teeth in race 1 in Australia". Gulf Althea BMW Racing team. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
^ "MotoAmerica: Loris Baz Riding Ducati Superbike For HSBK Racing". Roadracing World. 2 Feb 2021. Retrieved 8 Feb 2021.
^ MotoAmerica 2021 wraps up in Alabama Australian Motorcycle News, 20 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021
^ World Superbike: Will Baz Get GoEleven Ducati Seat For 2022? roadracingworld.com 27 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021
^ Excellent new trio for Moto Ain fimewc.com, 4 October 2021 Retrieved 10 October 2021
^ World Endurance: Race Results From The 6 Hours Of Most (Updated) roadracingworld, 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021

External links

Official website
Loris Baz at MotoGP.com
Loris Baz at WorldSBK.com
Loris Baz at AS.com (in Spanish)

[1] Bonovo action BMW Racing Team to line up with Eugene Laverty and Loris Baz in the 2022 WorldSBK. BMW Group, 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021

[2] "Loris Baz to continue with Kawasaki in 2013". twowheelsblog.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

[3] "Loris Baz joins Forward Yamaha for 2015 MotoGP season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[4] Morrison, Neil (14 September 2015). "Baz: This proves I'm not too tall!". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[5] "Loris Baz joins Avintia for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[6] "KTM confirm Baz will race at Silverstone". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[7] "Baz grits his teeth in race 1 in Australia". Gulf Althea BMW Racing team. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

[8] "MotoAmerica: Loris Baz Riding Ducati Superbike For HSBK Racing". Roadracing World. 2 Feb 2021. Retrieved 8 Feb 2021.

[9] MotoAmerica 2021 wraps up in Alabama Australian Motorcycle News, 20 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021

[10] World Superbike: Will Baz Get GoEleven Ducati Seat For 2022? roadracingworld.com 27 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021

[11] Excellent new trio for Moto Ain fimewc.com, 4 October 2021 Retrieved 10 October 2021

[12] World Endurance: Race Results From The 6 Hours Of Most (Updated) roadracingworld, 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021

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