Emilio Alzamora

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alzamora and the second or maternal family name is Escardibul.

Emilio Alzamora
Emilio Alzamora at the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix.
Nationality	Spanish
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1994 - 2003 First race 1994 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix Last race 2003 125cc Valencia Grand Prix First win 1995 125cc Argentine Grand Prix Last win 2000 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Championships 125cc - 1999 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 144 4 30 1 5 1040

Emilio Alzamora Escardibul (born May 22, 1973 in Lleida, Spain) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 1999 F.I.M. 125cc world champion. He is the second rider to win a Grand Prix motorcycle world championship without having won a race.

Alzamora got his start racing in the 80cc class, winning the 1989 80cc championship of Catalunya at the age of 16. In 1994, he made his Grand Prix debut in the 125 class as a member of former world champion Paolo Pileri's team. He moved up to the 250 class in 1997, but after a season marred by injuries, he returned to the 125 class. Alzamora won the 1999 125cc world championship without winning a race by virtue of 10 podium positions, defeating Marco Melandri and Masao Azuma who each had five victories. He continued to compete until the 2003 season.

Since 2005 he is the director of the Monlau Competición technical school. He manages motorcycle racing projects from the base up to the Moto3 World Championship with the creation of the new Team Estrella Galicia 0,0.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

(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	Pos.	Pts
1994	125cc	Honda	AUS	MAL Ret	JPN 16	SPA Ret	AUT 22	GER 22	NED 11	ITA 18	FRA Ret	GBR 22	CZE Ret	USA 21	ARG 5	EUR Ret			22nd	16
1995	125cc	Honda	AUS 4	MAL 23	JPN 7	SPA 7	GER 3	ITA Ret	NED Ret	FRA 7	GBR 3	CZE 10	BRA 10	ARG 1	EUR 2				3rd	129
1996	125cc	Honda	MAL 5	INA Ret	JPN Ret	SPA 2	ITA 7	FRA 3	NED 1	GER 4	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	CZE 5	IMO 2	CAT 4	BRA 2	AUS Ret		4th	158
1997	250cc	Honda	MAL 7	JPN DNS	SPA	ITA Ret	AUT DNS	FRA	NED Ret	IMO 10	GER 10	BRA 14	GBR Ret	CZE 12	CAT 12	INA Ret	AUS Ret		17th	31
1998	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 21	MAL 16	SPA Ret	ITA 17	FRA Ret	MAD Ret	NED Ret	GBR 14	GER 5	CZE Ret	IMO 13	CAT 14	AUS 21	ARG DNS			21st	18
1999	125cc	Honda	MAL 2	JPN 3	SPA 3	FRA 3	ITA 6	CAT 2	NED 4	GBR 3	GER 2	CZE 6	IMO 4	VAL 2	AUS 15	RSA Ret	BRA 3	ARG 2	1st	227
2000	125cc	Honda	RSA 3	MAL 4	JPN 5	SPA 1	FRA 3	ITA 7	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR 2	GER Ret	CZE 3	POR 1	VAL 5	BRA 8	PAC 2	AUS 4	3rd	203
2001	250cc	Honda	JPN Ret	RSA 19	SPA 6	FRA 4	ITA 6	CAT 7	NED 2	GBR 4	GER Ret	CZE 7	POR Ret	VAL 4	PAC 2	AUS 6	MAL Ret	BRA 7	7th	136
2002	250cc	Honda	JPN 4	RSA 7	SPA 3	FRA 7	ITA 11	CAT 9	NED Ret	GBR 12	GER Ret	CZE	POR 6	BRA 7	PAC 5	MAL 8	AUS 13	VAL 3	7th	120
2003	125cc	Derbi	JPN Ret	RSA 23	SPA 18	FRA 19	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 21	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 21	POR 19	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	MAL 23	AUS 14	VAL 24	31st	2