José Luis Cardoso Explained

José Luis Cardoso
Nationality:	Spanish
Gp Active Years:	1993 - 2002, 2006
Gp Teams:	Aprilia, Yamaha, TSR-Honda, Honda, Ducati
Gp Race Starts:	132
Gp Championships:	0
Gp Race Wins:	0
Gp Podiums:	0
Gp Total Points:	207
Gp Poles:	0
Gp Fastest Laps:	0
Gp First Race:	1993 125 cc Spanish Grand Prix
Gp Last Race:	2006 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix

Jose Luis Cardoso Lobo (born 2 February 1975 in Seville, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. During the 2006 season, he rode for the Pramac d'Antin Ducati squad, his second time with this team.

Early career

His first success was victory in the 1990 Andalucian 125cc championship, before moving up to the national championship a year later. In 1993 he won the Spanish 125cc title, as well as the Andalucian 250cc series, and made his 125cc World Championship debut in his home round. He combined world and Spanish 250cc racing over the next two seasons, finishing as runner-up in his domestic series in 1995.

Cardoso concentrated on international racing for the first time in 1996, but did not match his 16th overall in the world series over the next two seasons. He doubled up successfully in 1998, winning the Spanish 250cc title and finishing 11th in the international level.

500cc and MotoGP part 1

This was enough to earn him a 500cc World Championship ride with the TSR Honda team in 1999, finishing 25th overall. In 2000 his team had sponsorship from Maxon Dee Cee Jeans, and he finished 18th overall. 2001 was his first year with Luis D'Antin's team, and he racked up 45 points, more than double his 2000 total, although it was only good for 16th overall. The championship became MotoGP in 2002, although he only made 5 appearances, and did not race anything in 2003.^[1]

Recent years

In 2004 Cardoso won the Spanish Formula Extreme title, and in 2005, he moved to Superbike World Championship, with the DFXtreme Yamaha team. He was highly competitive in testing, but struggled to finish races, ultimately coming only 31st overall. However, he went back to MotoGP and D'Antin in 2006, racing a 2005-spec Ducati as teammate to German Alex Hofmann. With the WCM team absent, and Team Roberts powered by Honda engines, they and Tech 3 Yamaha are the only privateer teams on the grid, and Cardoso and Hofmann have usually only had Tech 3's James Ellison near them at the bottom of the timesheets.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By class

Class	Season	1st GP	Race	Pts
125cc	1993	1993 Spain	1	0
250cc	1994–1998, 2004	1994 Australia	67	118
500cc	1999–2001	1999 Malaysia	41	70
MotoGP	2002, 2006	2002 France	23	19
Total	1993–2002, 2004, 2006		132	207

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17		Pts
1993	125cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	AUT	GER	NED	EUR	RSM	GBR	CZE	ITA	USA	FIM				NC	0
1994	250cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	AUT	GER	NED	ITA	FRA	GBR	CZE	USA	ARG	EUR				31st	2
1995	250cc	Aprilia	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	GER	ITA	NED	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR					16th	33
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL	INA	JPN	SPA	ITA	FRA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CZE	IMO	CAT	BRA	AUS			31st	3
1997	250cc	Yamaha	MAL	JPN	SPA	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	BRA	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS			21st	19
1998	250cc	Yamaha	JPN	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG				11th	61
1999	500cc	TSR-Honda	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	BRA	ARG		26th	6
2000	500cc	Honda	RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC	AUS		18th	19
2001	500cc		JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	BRA		16th	45
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL		23rd	9
2004	250cc	Yamaha	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE		JPN						NC	0
2006	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL	20th	10

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key)

External links

- Crash.net profile

Notes and References

http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Jose+Luis+Cardoso José Luis Cardoso career statistics at MotoGP.com