Can Öncü
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 2003 Alanya, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Red Bull KTM Ajo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Öncü Twins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Can Öncü (born 26 July 2003 in Alanya, Turkey) is a motorcycle racer who is the youngest Grand Prix motorcycle racing winner when he won the 2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix aged 15 years, 115 days. His twin brother, Deniz, is also a motorcycle racer.[1][2]
Career
Can and his twin brother, Deniz, competed in the Asia Talent Cup[3] in 2016 (Can 9th, Deniz 10th)[4] and 2017 (Can 3rd, Deniz 1st).[5] Both entered the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2017 (Can 3rd, Deniz 4th)[6] and Can became the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in 2018, while Deniz finished in second place.[7]
For 2018, as well as competing in the Red Bull Rookies Cup, both Can and Deniz joined Red Bull KTM Ajo[8] and also raced in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship. Later that year Can became the first rider to win on his grand prix debut since Noboru Ueda in 1991. He also broke the record, held for ten years by previous youngest Grand Prix race winner Scott Redding, at age 15 years, 115 days at the Valencian GP, when entered as a wildcard by his regular team, Red Bull KTM Ajo.[9][10][11]
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24th |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL 1 |
24th | 25 |
References
- ^ Sports, Dorna. "MotoGP™". secure.motogp.com. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ "Ajo Motorsport". ajo.fi. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ "IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP". IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ "IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP". IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ "IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP". IDEMITSU - ASIA TALENT CUP. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ Cup, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies. "Results | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Cup, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies. "Results | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ "New Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3 project for 2018 – Ajo Motorsport". ajo.fi. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ "Can Öncü başarısını tekrarlamayı hedefliyor". NTV (in Turkish). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Turkish teenager makes history as youngest Moto3 winner at 15". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ Can Öncü stuns the field to create Grand Prix history MotoGP.com Retrieved 19 November 2018
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