Ángel Rodríguez (motorcyclist) explained

Ángel Rodríguez
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:1985 5, df=y
Birth Place:Elche, Spain
Current Team:TACK Kawasaki
Bike Number:47
Moto2 Manufacturers:FTR, Bimota
Moto2 Championships:0
Moto2 Race Starts:6
Moto2 Race Wins:0
Moto2 Podiums:0
Moto2 Poles:0
Moto2 Fastest Laps:0
Moto2 Total Points:0
Moto2 Last Season:2012
Moto2 Last Position:NC (0 pts)
250 Active Years:,
250 Manufacturers:Aprilia
250 Championships:0
250 Race Starts:2
250 Race Wins:0
250 Podiums:0
250 Poles:0
250 Fastest Laps:0
250 Total Points:0
250 Last Season:2009
250 Last Position:NC (0 pts)
125 Active Years:–, –
125 Manufacturers:Aprilia, Derbi, Honda
125 Race Starts:64
125 Championships:0
125 Race Wins:0
125 Podiums:0
125 Total Points:82
125 Poles:0
125 Fastest Laps:1
125 Last Season:2006
125 Last Position:18th (20 pts)
Ss Active Years:2008
Ss Manufacturers:Yamaha
Ss Race Starts:3
Ss Championships:0
Ss Race Wins:0
Ss Podiums:0
Ss Poles:0
Ss Fastest Laps:0
Ss Total Points:14
Ss Last Season:2008
Ss Last Position:24th (14 pts)

Ángel Rodríguez Campillo (born 20 May 1985 in Elche, Province of Alicante, Spain) is a professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He raced in the 125cc and 250cc World championships between and .[1] He currently competes in the RFME Superstock 1000 Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Rodríguez started racing in pocketbikes. He competed in the Spanish Championship, where he won the title in 2001 again riders like Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, Chaz Davies, Marco Simoncelli. He also made his debut in the 125cc World Championship in 2000. In 2001 he rode for Aspar Team with his CEV Aprilia bike. In 2001 he done some good race including a sixth place in Jerez and a great race in Phillip Island. In this race he fight for the victory until last lap, but a rider crashed in front of him while Angel was third and he crashed. In 2002 he continued with Aspar Team and he improved his qualification results starting some races in second row, but he had some crashes and some mechanical failures and he did not finish many races. After these bad results, Angel and the Aspar team decided to finish the contract, but they were together again in the last round of the 250cc class in Valencia.

In 2004 he rode for Derbi being Jorge Lorenzo teammate, but Angel did not have good results. He was in the same team as Jorge Lorenzo but with a very different bike - older and with many mechanical problems in free practice, qualys and races, this is why Angel not finish many races in the 2004 season.

In 2005 and 2006 he improved his results in the category doing the fastest lap of the race in Australia 2005 with Team Toth bike, this was incredible because before Angel arrived to this team they did not get any points that season.

In 2007 he went to CEV, doing a great season in his first season in a 600cc bike. He finished third due to an injury.

In 2008, Rodríguez became the 600cc Spanish National Champion winning all races and doing all poles of the championship and he became European Champion, too, winning this championship against some riders who rode in World SSP. He also made three World Supersport appearances with his CEV bike doing 2 top 10 in 3 races. After this amazing season, some World SSP and World SBK were interested in signing him and also Aspar Team had some conversations with Angel for race in 2009 MotoGP season, but due to sponsors problems he did not sign with any of this teams.

In 2009 he won the three races and he did the three poles in Spanish championship, but after that he stopped racing due to problems with RFME and for not having support of sponsors to be back at the world championship.

In 2012 he was back in World Moto2 but after the first races he decided to finish the contract with his team because they did not have the equipment for fighting for the top 5.

After that Angel went to FIM CEV and rode with the old Suzuki, with amazing results including one pole and one victory and earning the track record in Alcarras Circuit.

In 2016 and 2017 he has finished third in CEV having good results in the category with many podiums and being one of references of the category.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
2000125ccApriliaAnalco-3C Racing47100000NC
2001125ccApriliaValencia Circuit Aspar Team311500002720th
2002125ccApriliaMaster-Aspar Team47900001724th
2002250ccApriliaRacing Damas74100000NC
2004125ccDerbiCaja Madrid Derbi Racing47160000232nd
2005125ccHondaLG Mobile Galicia Team471200011622nd
ApriliaTeam Toth
2006125ccAprilia3C Racing101100002018th
2009250ccApriliaBalatonring Team47100000NC
Moto2FTRDesguaces La Torre SAG47600000NC
Bimota
Total72000182

Races by year

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

YearClassBike1234567891011121314151617PosPts
2000125ccApriliaRSAMALJPNSPAFRAITACAT
DNQ
NEDGBRGERCZEPORVAL
Ret
BRAPACAUSNC0
2001125ccApriliaJPN
Ret
RSA
Ret
SPA
6
FRA
DNS
ITA
20
CAT
Ret
NED
Ret
GBR
9
GER
8
CZE
17
POR
Ret
VAL
15
PAC
15
AUS
23
MAL
17
BRA
Ret
20th27
125ccApriliaJPN
7
RSA
Ret
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
10
GBR
Ret
GER
14
CZEPORBRAPACMALAUS24th17
250ccApriliaVAL
18
NC0
2004125ccDerbiRSA
Ret
SPA
Ret
FRA
18
ITA
Ret
CAT
15
NED
15
BRA
Ret
GER
Ret
GBR
Ret
CZE
Ret
POR
Ret
JPN
Ret
QAT
Ret
MAL
Ret
AUS
Ret
VAL
Ret
32nd2
2005125ccHondaSPA
Ret
POR
21
CHN
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
20
NED
22
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
CZEJPNMAL22nd16
ApriliaQAT
Ret
AUS
8
TUR
8
VAL
2006125ccApriliaSPA
Ret
QAT
7
TUR
10
CHN
Ret
FRA
11
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
Ret
GBR
19
GER
Ret
CZE
17
MALAUSJPNPORVAL18th20
2009250ccApriliaQATJPNSPAFRA
Ret
ITACATNEDGERGBRCZEINPRSMPORAUSMALVALNC0
Moto2FTRQAT
20
SPA
20
POR
22
NC0
BimotaFRA
Ret
CAT
20
GBR
26
NEDGERITAINPCZERSMARAJPNMALAUSVAL

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Angel+Rodriguez Ángel Rodríguez career statistics at MotoGP.com