From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivier Jacque
Olivier Jacque
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Olivier Jacque Following the series of injuries, Olivier announced his
retirement from MotoGP in June 2007. He remains as de-
velopment rider and technical advisor for Kawasaki Rac-
ing Team.[2]
Commitment
Olivier Jacque is today a member of the ‘Champions for
Peace’ club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes commit-
ted to serving peace in the world through sport, created
by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international orga-
Olivier Jacque at the 1996 Japanese GP nization.[3]
Nationality French
Grand Prix career statistics
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics
Olivier Jacque (born August 29, 1973 in Villerupt, France)
indicate fastest lap)
is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
He was second in the 250cc European Championship
in 1994, before moving on to the 250cc World Champi- References
onship. He achieved a top ten finish in the points stand- [1] Olivier Jacque career statistics at MotoGP.com
ings every year he competed. In 2000 he had a season- [2] "West to replace Jacque at Kawasaki". GPUpdate.net
long battle for the championship with Tech 3 team-mate (GPUpdate). 21 June 2007.
Shinya Nakano and Daijiro Kato, ultimately winning the http://www.gpupdate.net/en/motogp-news/
250cc Motorcycle World Champion on a Yamaha 156600/west-to-replace-jacque-at-kawasaki/.
YZR250.[1] Retrieved 30 January 2011.
For 2001, he moved up to the 500 cc class with the [3] Peace and Sport
Tech 3 team. He spent three years in them, before start-
ing 2004 without a ride. He made one appearance on a
Moriwaki bike, but again was rideless as 2005 started. He
stepped in for the injured Alex Hofmann in China and External links
stunned the series regulars by finishing 2nd to Valenti- • (French) Official website
no Rossi on the factory Kawasaki. He was then perma-
Persondata
nently hired by Kawasaki as an occasional extra race rid-
er. He did not race for them in 2006, but was chosen for Name Jacque, Olivier
2007 alongside countryman Randy de Puniet, ironically Alternative names
replacing Nakano. Sete Gibernau was later revealed to Short description
have rejected the ride before Jacque was offered it.
Date of birth August 29, 1973
However, the season was a disaster. At Istanbul he
triggered a four-bike collision, missing his braking point Place of birth
into a corner on lap 1 and hitting Colin Edwards, with Date of death
Dani Pedrosa and Chris Vermeulen also getting caught Place of death
up. In the next round in Shanghai he crashed in practice,
gashing his arm severely enough to be unable to race
there or at Le Mans. He again crashed in practice at
Barcelona, missing this race too.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivier Jacque
Year Class Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1995 250cc Tech 3 NSR250 AUS MAL JPN ESP GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR
Honda Ret 10 Ret 12 11 16 Ret 9 4 14 7 4 9
1996 250cc Tech 3 NSR250 MAL INA JPN ESP ITA FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT BRA AUS
Honda 4 8 4 7 4 Ret Ret 2 3 Ret 2 2 2 1 3
1997 250cc Tech 3 NSR250 MAL JPN ESP ITA AUT FRA NED IMO GER BRA GBR CZE CAT INA AUS
Honda 3 7 5 1 Ret Ret 2 2 1 4 2 6 3 3
1998 250cc Tech 3 NSR250 JPN MAL ESP ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG
Honda 5 3 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 3 3
1999 250cc Tech 3 YZR250 MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA BRA ARG
Yamaha 4 Ret 8 5 3 Ret 2 3 4 1
2000 250cc Tech 3 YZR250 RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL BRA PAC AUS
Yamaha 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 Ret 4 1
2001 500cc Tech 3 YZR500 JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL BRA
Yamaha Ret 16 Ret Ret 12 11 9 6 12 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret
2002 MotoGP Tech 3 YZR500 JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC
Yamaha Ret 6 11 Ret 9 9 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 7
YZR-M1 MAL AUS VAL
Ret 8 9
2003 MotoGP Tech 3 YZR-M1 JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL
Yamaha 15 10 10 4 10 Ret 5 Ret 9 11 13 Ret 13 DNS 6 Ret
2004 MotoGP Moriwaki MD211VF RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL
11 Ret
2005 MotoGP Kawasaki ZX-RR ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL
2 11 Ret Ret 16 13
2007 MotoGP Kawasaki ZX-RR QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL
12 18 Ret 16
Preceded by 250 cc Motorcycle World Champion Succeeded by
Valentino Rossi 2000 Daijiro Kato
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