Stéphane Mertens

Stéphane Mertens
Nationality	Belgian
Born	14 May 1959 Paris, France
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1983 - 1987, 1989, 1996 First race 1984 250cc Dutch TT Last race 1996 Australian Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 0 0 0 0 27 Superbike World Championship Active years 1988 - 1995 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 155 11 45 3 8 Supersport World Championship Active years 1997–1998 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 12 0 3 0 1

Stéphane Mertens (born 14 May 1959 in Paris, France) is a Belgian former professional motorcycle road racer.

Mertens made his Grand Prix debut in 1984, racing in the 250cc class. He also won the 1984 250cc Belgian Road Racing National Championship. He continued racing in the 250cc Grands Prix in 1985, 1986 and 1987.^[1] In 1988 he made the switch to racing production based motorcycles in the inaugural Superbike World Championship. Mertens raced for Bimota in 1988, and stayed in the Superbike class until 1994 with his best result being a second-place finish behind Fred Merkel in the 1989 season, while riding for Honda.^[2] In 1995 he began to compete in the motorcycle FIM Endurance World Championship, winning that title in 1995 and 2002. Mertens was a member of the winning team at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans and Bol d’Or

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

(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		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
2004	BSB	Yamaha	SIL	SIL	BHI	BHI	SNE	SNE	OUL	OUL	MON	MON	THR	THR	BHGP	BHGP	KNO	KNO	MAL	MAL	CRO	CRO	CAD	CAD	OUL	OUL	DON 16	DON 18	39th	0

FIM Endurance World Championship

Year	Bike	Rider	TC
1990	Honda RC45	Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli	2nd
1990	Honda RC45	Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli	1st
2000	Suzuki	Stéphane Mertens	2nd

By team

Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
2002	Zongshen 2	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Warwick Nowland Stéphane Mertens Igor Jerman Giovanni Bussei	1st
2004	Zongshen 1	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Warwick Nowland Stéphane Mertens Igor Jerman	2nd

References

1. "Stéphane Mertens MotoGP career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
2. "Stéphane Mertens World Superbike career statistics". worldsbk.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.