Kenan Sofuoğlu

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Kenan Sofuoğlu

Sofuoğlu in 2007.
Nationality Turkey Turkish
Born August 25, 1984 (1984-08-25) (age 27)
Kuzuluk, Akyazı, Sakarya Province, Turkey
Current team Technomag-CIP
Bike number 54
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2010–
Manufacturers Suter-Honda
Championships 0
2011 Championship position 17th (59 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 0 1 0 0 70
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2008
Manufacturers Honda
Championships 0
2008 Championship position 18th (54 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
23 0 0 0 0 54
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2003, 2006–2010
Manufacturers Yamaha, Honda
Championships 2 (2007, 2010)
2010 Championship position 1st (263 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
56 17 39 12 15 910

Kenan Sofuoğlu (born August 25, 1984 in Kuzuluk, Akyazı) is a Turkish professional motorcycle racer. He currently competes in Moto2 for the Technomag-CIP team, having made his debut at the end of 2010 and will remain with the team for the 2011 season.[1] He previously won the Supersport World Championship for the Ten Kate Honda in 2007 and 2010, and he is the championship's all-time leading race winner, having won 17 races. He raced in the World Superbike Championship for Ten Kate in 2008, but with limited success.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Supersport and Superbikes

After winning Class B of the Turkish Supersport Championship in 2000 and the German Yamaha R6 Cup in 2002, Sofuoğlu moved into the European Superstock Championship finishing second and third in two seasons. After this, Sofuoğlu moved into the Supersport World Championship full-time in 2006 after three races in 2003. Sofuoğlu dominated the 2007 Supersport World Championship season, winning five of the first eight races, and broke the record for taking the most wins in one season. These included a two-lap charge from sixth to first at Monza, and a win on his first ever visit to Donington Park, in the wet. He also won at Losail, Spain and Assen, Netherlands. He clinched the championship with three races to go, by finishing second at Brands Hatch, becoming Turkey's first major motorsport world champion.[2]

Sofuoğlu then signed with Ten Kate Honda for three more years. For 2008 he rode a 3rd Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR in World Superbikes, as part of a junior team. He was not successful, and returned to Supersport with the team for 2009. This time the team struggled to match Cal Crutchlow's Yamaha and the Parkalgar Honda of Eugene Laverty, leaving Sofuoğlu to fight for third in the standings. He opened 2010 with a succession of podium finishes, leaving him in a 3-way championship battle with Laverty and Motocard Kawasaki's Joan Lascorz. He eventually claimed the title, finishing on the podium in every race.[3]

[edit] Moto2

Sofuoğlu also appeared in Moto2 at the Portuguese Grand Prix, with the Technomag-CIP team replacing Shoya Tomizawa, who was killed at Misano. He was fourth fastest in practice, which put him on the front row after qualifying was rained out. The race marked his first ever dry laps on the bike, but he led for the majority of the race before finishing the race in fifth despite having to try to adjust the handlebars of the bike while racing.[4] Sofuoğlu will remain with the team in 2011, riding one of the team's Suters.[1]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Supersport World Championship

[edit] Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
2007 Honda QAT
1		 AUS
2		 EUR
1		 SPA
1		 NED
1		 ITA
1		 GBR
Ret		 SMR
3		 CZE
1		 GBR
2		 GER
2		 ITA
1		 FRA
1		 1st 276
2008 Honda QAT AUS SPA NED ITA GER SMR CZE GBR EUR ITA FRA POR
1		 19th 25
2009 Honda AUS
1		 QAT
4		 SPA
3		 NED
5		 ITA
9		 RSA
5		 USA
1		 SMR
Ret		 GBR
4		 CZE
9		 GER
Ret		 ITA
1		 FRA
3		 POR
2		 3rd 189
2010 Honda AUS
3		 POR
1		 SPA
2		 NED
3		 ITA
2		 RSA
2		 USA
1		 SMR
3		 CZE
1		 GBR
2		 GER
2		 ITA
2		 FRA
2		 1st 263

[edit] Superbike World Championship

[edit] By season

Season Moto Team Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2008 Honda CBR1000RR Ten Kate Racing 23 0 0 0 0 54 18th
Total 23 0 0 0 0 54 0

[edit] Races by year

(key)

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
2008 Honda QAT
12		 QAT
10		 AUS
14		 AUS
11		 ESP
12		 ESP
15		 NED
12		 NED
19		 ITA ITA USA
12		 USA
14		 GER
Ret		 GER
21		 SMR
18		 SMR
Ret		 CZE
10		 CZE
10		 GBR
13		 GBR
17		 EUR
Ret		 EUR
DNS		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
9		 FRA
19		 POR POR 18th 54

[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing

[edit] By Seasons

Season Class Motorcycle Type Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2010 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX 2 0 0 0 11 29th
2011 Moto2 Suter Suter MMXI 14 0 1 0 59 17th
Total 16 0 1 0 70

[edit] By class

Class Seas 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
Moto2 2010– 2010 Portugal 2011 Netherlands 16 0 1 0 0 70 0
Total 2010– 16 0 1 0 0 70 0

[edit] Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts
2010 Moto2 Suter QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER CZE IND RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR
5		 VAL
Ret		 29th 11
2011 Moto2 Suter QAT
18		 SPA
16		 POR
Ret		 FRA
26		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
8		 NED
2		 ITA
10		 GER
11		 CZE
10		 IND
DNS		 RSM ARA JPN
19		 AUS
6		 MAL
12		 VAL
20		 17th 59

[edit] Personal life

Sofuoğlu was born as the third child to İrfan Basri Sofuoğlu and his wife Nurhayat.[5] He has one sister and two brothers. His father is a motorcycle repairman at his own garage. Two of Sofuoğlu's brothers, who were also local race drivers, have died in accidents. Sofuoğlu's eldest brother Bahattin was a Turkish motorcycling champion, who died in a traffic crash in 2002. His elder brother Sinan died during a race training at the İzmit Körfez Circuit in May 2008.[6]

He speaks German, French and English in addition to Turkish.[7] Sofuoğlu is a practising Muslim, who observes the daytime fasting of Ramadan. His bike number 54 stems from his home town's (Sakarya Province in Turkey) license plate number. He has noted that his riding style uses too much upper-body effort, causing him to tire on the bike.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Kenan Sofuoglu chooses Technomag for 2011". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 6 November 2010. http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/164830/1/moto2_kenan_sofuoglu_chooses_technomag_for_2011.html. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Turkish Press Review". World Bulletin (CM Bilişim & Capitol Medya). 6 August 2007. http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=8227. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Sofuoglu wins title, Laverty wins race". Eurosport (TF1 Group). 3 October 2010. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03102010/23/wss-sofuoglu-wins-title-laverty-wins-race.html. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  4. ^ Beer, Matt (31 October 2010). "Bradl wins, Sofuoglu stars in Moto2". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87849. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  5. ^ Zabcı, Faruk (2010-10-04). "Kenan'dan büyük başarı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/formula1/15928429.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-07. 
  6. ^ Ntvmsnbc.com related news(Turkish)
  7. ^ KENAN SOFUOGLU
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sébastien Charpentier		 World Supersport Champion
2007		 Succeeded by
Andrew Pitt
Preceded by
Cal Crutchlow		 World Supersport Champion
2010		 Succeeded by
Chaz Davies
World Championship
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