Alan Carter (motorcyclist)
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| Born | 19 August 1964 (age 60) Halifax, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Carter (born 19 August 1964) is an English former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed from 1983 to 1990 in the Grand Prix world championship.[1] Carter won the second Grand Prix race he entered, in the 250cc class at the 1983 250cc French Grand Prix as an eighteen-year-old, creating a sensation.[2][3] However, he was never able to fulfill his potential and never won another Grand Prix. He had his best season in 1985 when he finished in seventh place in the 250cc world championship.[1] Carter competed in the Superbike World Championship in 1994.[4]
Carter is the younger brother of former two-time British Speedway Champion Kenny Carter (1961–1986).
Racing career statistics
[edit]Points system from 1969 to 1987:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1992:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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| 1983 | 250cc | Team Mitsui Yamaha | YZR250 | RSA Ret |
FRA 1 |
NAT Ret |
GER 13 |
ESP Ret |
AUT Ret |
YUG DNS |
NED Ret |
BEL DNQ |
GBR 14 |
SWE 5 |
21 | 12th | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 250cc | Marlboro Roberts Yamaha | YZR250 | RSA 10 |
NAT - |
ESP 4 |
AUT 16 |
GER 7 |
FRA Ret |
YUG 7 |
NED Ret |
BEL 23 |
GBR Ret |
SWE 4 |
SMR Ret |
25 | 9th | 0 | |||
| 1985 | 250cc | Donington Park | RS250R | RSA 16 |
ESP 4 |
GER 4 |
NAT 9 |
AUT 17 |
YUG DNF |
NED 13 |
BEL 9 |
FRA DNF |
GBR 7 |
SWE 4 |
SMR DNF |
32 | 7th | 0 | |||
| 1986 | 250cc | Braun Cobas | JJ Cobas-Rotax | ESP 10 |
NAT 11 |
GER 10 |
AUT ?? |
YUG DNF |
NED 15 |
BEL ?? |
FRA 20 |
GBR ?? |
SWE 10 |
SMR ?? |
9 | 17th | 0 | ||||
| 1987 | 250cc | Moriwaki | NSR250 | JPN DNF |
ESP - |
GER - |
NAT - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
SMR - |
POR - |
BRA - |
ARG - |
0 | ?? | 0 |
| 1988 | 250cc | Yamaha | YZR250 | JPN - |
USA 15 |
ESP - |
EXP - |
NAT - |
GER - |
AUT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
YUG - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
BRA - |
1 | 48th | 0 |
| 1989 | 250cc | ?? | ?? | JPN | AUS | USA ?? |
SPA | NAT | GER | AUT | YUG | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | BRA | 0 | ?? | 0 |
| 500cc | ?? | ?? | JPN | AUS | USA | SPA | NAT | GER | AUT | YUG | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR Ret |
SWE Ret |
CZE | BRA | 0 | 81st | 0 | |
| 1990 | 250cc | Honda Britain | RS250R | JPN 18 |
USA ?? |
ESP - |
NAT - |
GER - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA ?? |
GBR 13 |
SWE - |
CZE - |
HUN - |
AUS - |
3 | 40th | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alan Carter MotoGP statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "1983 French Grand Prix". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ^ "Alan Carter WSBK statistics". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com.
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