Ratthapark Wilairot
Wilairot at the 2009 British Grand Prix
NationalityThai
Born (1988-04-14) April 14, 1988
Ban Bueng Chonburi, Thailand
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2016
ManufacturersBimota, FTR, Moriwaki, Suter, Caterham Suter, Kalex
Championships0
2016 championship position28th (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
84 0 0 0 0 49
250cc World Championship
Active years2006–2009
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2009 championship position14th (81 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
49 0 0 0 0 190
Supersport World Championship
Active years2015, 2016
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2015 championship position13th (46 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 1 2 0 0 116

Ratthapark Wilairot (Feem) (Thai: รัฐภาคย์ วิไลโรจน์ (ฟิม) (Born April 14, 1988), is a Thai professional motorcycle road racer. Wilairot first competed in Grand Prix racing during the 2006 season's Japanese Grand Prix, and finished a respectable 10th after qualifying in 14th place. In 2006 he was runner-up in the challenging Japanese national championship. He joined the 250cc World Championship in 2007 as a member of the Thai Honda PTT-SAG team. His best finish came at the 2010 Dutch TT where he finished 4th, narrowly missing out on the podium.

Motorcycle racing career

Born April 14, 1988 in Chonburi Province, Thailand, Wilairot is the eldest son of Thai veteran racer Christmas Wilairot.[1] He began junior road racing at 5 years old and first won a 50cc motocross trophy at the age of ten. Ratthapark has a younger brother Ratthapong Wilairot (Float, born 1993) who is competing in the Asia Road Racing Championship SS600 class and the Supersport World Championship.[2]

Wilairot currently competes in the Moto2 World Championship, with a best result of fourth at the 2010 Dutch TT. Wilairot had qualified on the front row for the first time, and challenged for the lead with eventual race winner Andrea Iannone. Title challengers Toni Elías and Thomas Lüthi later demoted Wilairot to just off the podium.[3] On 31 July 2013, Wilairot took a sabbatical from racing professionally and became a rider coach for his replacement in the Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 team, Thitipong Warokorn.

On 27 December 2013, Wilairot announced an end to his sabbatical by signing with PTR for the 2014 Supersport World Championship season. He will ride a Honda CBR600RR and be sponsored by Core.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2006 250cc Honda Thai Honda Castrol Endurance 1 0 0 0 6 28th
2007 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 17 0 0 0 30 17th
2008 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 16 0 0 0 73 13th
2009 250cc Honda Thai Honda PTT SAG 15 0 0 0 81 13th
2010 Moto2 Bimota Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG 17 0 0 0 30 22nd
2011 Moto2 FTR Thai Honda Singha SAG 14 0 0 0 4 30th
2012 Moto2 Moriwaki Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 17 0 0 0 9 27th
Suter
2013 Moto2 Suter Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 8 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto2 Caterham Suter AirAsia Caterham 7 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto2 Suter JPMoto Malaysia 4 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto2 Kalex Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 17 0 0 0 6 28th
Total 133 0 0 0 239

Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
2006 250cc Honda SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN
10		 POR VAL 28th 6
2007 250cc Honda QAT
14		 SPA
12		 TUR
15		 CHN
12		 FRA
11		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
17		 GBR
8		 NED
14		 GER
19		 CZE
16		 RSM
13		 POR
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
19		 MAL
16		 VAL
15		 17th 30
2008 250cc Honda QAT
13		 SPA
12		 POR
13		 CHN
8		 FRA
15		 ITA
10		 CAT
11		 GBR
16		 NED
12		 GER
16		 CZE
11		 RSM
8		 INP
C		 JPN
13		 AUS
9		 MAL
8		 VAL
8		 13th 73
2009 250cc Honda QAT
8		 JPN
Ret		 SPA
15		 FRA
5		 ITA
14		 CAT
7		 NED
9		 GER
DNS		 GBR
Ret		 CZE
11		 INP
Ret		 RSM
Ret		 POR
6		 AUS
9		 MAL
6		 VAL
5		 13th 81
2010 Moto2 Bimota QAT
17		 SPA
17		 FRA
7		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
13		 NED
4		 CAT
Ret		 GER
17		 CZE
21		 INP
Ret		 RSM
12		 ARA
15		 JPN
24		 MAL
16		 AUS
22		 POR
Ret		 VAL
22		 22nd 30
2011 Moto2 FTR QAT
Ret		 SPA
12		 POR
Ret		 FRA
24		 CAT
DNS		 GBR
Ret		 NED
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 GER
25		 CZE
17		 INP
Ret		 RSM
Ret		 ARA
Ret		 JPN
22		 AUS
DNS		 MAL VAL
Ret		 30th 4
2012 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT
21		 SPA
26		 POR
23		 27th 9
Suter FRA
8		 CAT
18		 GBR
15		 NED
Ret		 GER
Ret		 ITA
16		 INP
23		 CZE
20		 RSM
19		 ARA
24		 JPN
20		 MAL
21		 AUS
18		 VAL
24
2013 Moto2 Suter QAT
Ret		 AME
21		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
16		 CAT
Ret		 NED
20		 GER
22		 INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0
2014 Moto2 Caterham Suter QAT AME ARG SPA
19		 FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM
23		 ARA
22		 JPN
19		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
19		 NC 0
2015 Moto2 Suter QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT
Ret		 NED
24		 GER
23		 INP
Ret		 CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
13		 ARG
17		 AME
19		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
21		 ITA
22		 CAT
Ret		 NED GER
Ret		 AUT
22		 CZE
25		 GBR
18		 RSM
14		 ARA
26		 JPN
18		 AUS
15		 MAL
24		 VAL
20		 28th 6

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
2014 Honda AUS
Ret		 SPA
10		 NED
13		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
12		 MAL
6		 SMR
9		 POR
11		 SPA
8		 FRA
9		 QAT
2		 9th 70
2015 Honda AUS
5		 THA
1		 SPA
Ret		 NED
19		 ITA
6		 GBR POR ITA MAL SPA FRA QAT 13th 46

References

  1. ↑ Wilairot's Profiles at Thailand International Road Race School
  2. ↑ Ratthapark and Ratthapong Wilairot in 2006 All Japan Road Race Championship Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Thai)
  3. ↑ "Another Iannone runaway at Assen". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
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