Broc Parkes

Broc Parkes

Parkes wearing Paul Bird Motorsport colours on an open-top car parade at the 2014 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
Nationality Australian
Born (1981-12-24) 24 December 1981
Hunter Region, New South Wales
Current team YART Yamaha Official EWC Team
Bike number 7
Website 23 Parkes
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2014–2015
ManufacturersPBM, ART
Championships0
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
19 0 0 0 0 9
125cc World Championship
Active years1999
ManufacturersHonda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0

Broc Parkes is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for his success in the Supersport World Championship. He currently races in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.

During 2015 he raced in British Superbikes for half the season, then competed in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a YART Yamaha YZF-R1, before being drafted-in to MotoGP on the ART machine for the last race of the season at Valencia, held on 8 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain.

Early years

He was born on 24 December 1981, and lives in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, resulting in the nickname 'The Boy From the Bush'. Parkes was originally inspired to race as a four-year-old, when he saw countryman Wayne Gardner winning a race. Gardner ultimately became his manager.

Parkes began racing on dirt tracks a year later, with great success. He also raced junior motorcycle speedway and finished second in the 1997 Australian Under-16 Championship in Adelaide. He then switched to circuit racing at the age of sixteen – the legal limit in Australia – going on to win the Australian 125cc title and Australian 250cc Production title in 1999, on Honda machinery.

Going International

Parkes then spent a season in Japan with the Moriwaki squad's Honda equipment, finishing third in the All Japan X Formula series. Parkes then moved to Europe to join the NCR Ducati team for the 2001 World Superbike Championship. He experienced a mechanical failure while running strongly in one race, but he took 16th overall. In 2002 he finished up 11th.

Supersport World Championship

For 2003 he moved to the Supersport World Championship for the BKM Honda team, but the team was late getting race equipment,[1] and did not complete the year due to financial problems. He moved to the crack Ten Kate team for 2004, finishing as championship runner-up behind team-mate Karl Muggeridge. For 2005 he joined Yamaha's factory team, struggling for most of 2005 but ending with a victory to come fifth overall. In 2006 he challenged for the title before a crash at Assen left him critically injured – although he returned before the end of the season to come third overall. He finished a distant second to Kenan Sofuoglu in 2007,[2] with back-to-back wins at Brands Hatch and Lausitzring[3] despite a broken collarbone early in the season, and finished 4th in 2008 despite a series-high six poles[4] and a season-opening victory in Losail[5]

Back to World Superbikes

Parkes at Donington Park Supersport in 2012

For 2009 Parkes returns to World Superbike – on factory Kawasakis ran by Paul Bird Motorsport, teamed with former Grand Prix winner Makoto Tamada.[6] His team often struggled for results, but he shone in a one-off appearance at the British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch. Parkes qualified second and finished second in all of the three races held there, only behind the dominant Leon Camier each time.[7]

2010 was also a struggle for Parkes, who joined the new Echo CRS Honda team.[8] He crashed heavily in pre-season and missed the first three rounds,[9] and was usually a backmarker once he returned. Three races before the end of the season Parkes announced that he separated ways with Echo CRS Honda, and he joined the Motocard Kawasaki team, as the replacement of the injured Joan Lascorz. He also raced a few races at the end of the season in World Supersports with the same team.

Parkes continued in Supersports the next two seasons riding a Kawasaki and a Honda, finishing top five both years. In 2013 Parkes returned to Australia and raced for the factory Yamaha team, winning the Australian FX-Superbike Championship.

Move to MotoGP

In December 2013, it was announced that Parkes would be riding for Paul Bird Motorsport alongside Michael Laverty for the 2014 MotoGP season. He effectively replaced his countryman Damian Cudlin and continued a 31 year streak of Australia's representation in the premier class of motorcycle racing.

Parkes on a Milwaukee Yamaha Superbike in early 2015

2015

For the early part of 2015, Parkes rode for Shaun Muir Racing's Milwaukee Yamaha team in the British Superbike Championship, until he became unable to continue due to the after-effects of arm-pump surgery.[10][11] Parkes then competed in Endurance FIM World Championship races on a Yamaha Austria Racing Team machine,[12][13] with his final race of the season, a one-off riding for ART at Valencia, held on 8 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain, when he retired after completing two-thirds of the race.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
1999 125cc Honda Scot Walker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 MotoGP PBM Paul Bird Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 9 23rd
2015 MotoGP ART E-Motion IodaRacing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Total 20 0 0 0 0 9

Races by year

(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 17 18 Pos Pts
1999 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS
23		 RSA BRA ARG NC 0
2014 MotoGP PBM QAT
15		 AME
Ret		 ARG
21		 SPA
17		 FRA
18		 ITA
17		 CAT
16		 NED
11		 GER
21		 IND
15		 CZE
19		 GBR
21		 RSM
18		 ARA
18		 JPN
20		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
14		 VAL
20		 23rd 9
2015 MotoGP ART QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ret		 NC 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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 R1 R2
2001 Ducati SPA
Ret		 SPA
13		 RSA
12		 RSA
11		 AUS
5		 AUS
C		 JPN
16		 JPN
17		 ITA
DNS		 ITA
DNS		 GBR
20		 GBR
14		 GER
14		 GER
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
7		 USA
13		 USA
14		 EUR
DNS		 EUR
DNS		 GER
Ret		 GER
18		 NED
22		 NED
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
8		 16th 49
2002 Ducati SPA
15		 SPA
DNS		 AUS
Ret		 AUS
13		 RSA
11		 RSA
14		 JPN
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
8		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
12		 GER
11		 GER
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
14		 USA
15		 USA
12		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
18		 GER
10		 GER
10		 NED
9		 NED
8		 ITA
9		 ITA
8		 11th 77
2009 Kawasaki AUS
Ret		 AUS
18		 QAT
14		 QAT
16		 SPA
10		 SPA
17		 NED NED ITA
10		 ITA
13		 RSA
15		 RSA
14		 USA
Ret		 USA
11		 SMR
17		 SMR
17		 GBR
18		 GBR
14		 CZE
12		 CZE
16		 GER
Ret		 GER
13		 ITA
10		 ITA
15		 FRA
Ret		 FRA
15		 POR
11		 POR
12		 18th 51
2010 Honda AUS AUS POR POR SPA SPA NED
Ret		 NED
17		 ITA
20		 ITA
15		 RSA
Ret		 RSA
18		 USA
17		 USA
15		 SMR
DSQ		 SMR
17		 CZE
13		 CZE
12		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA 22nd 9
2013 Yamaha AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA USA FRA FRA SPA
18		 SPA
12		 35th 4

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
2003 Honda SPA
7		 AUS
Ret		 JPN
7		 ITA
15		 GER
5		 GBR
Ret		 SMR
3		 GBR
15		 NED ITA FRA
Ret		 13th 47
2004 Honda SPA
Ret		 AUS
4		 SMR
Ret		 ITA
2		 GER
2		 GBR
3		 GBR
4		 NED
4		 ITA
2		 FRA
2		 2nd 135
2005 Yamaha QAT
6		 AUS
7		 SPA
6		 ITA
7		 EUR
5		 SMR
5		 CZE
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 NED
7		 GER
2		 ITA
5		 FRA
1		 6th 125
2006 Yamaha QAT
Ret		 AUS
3		 SPA
4		 ITA
7		 EUR
2		 SMR
3		 CZE
2		 GBR
1		 NED
Ret		 GER ITA
6		 FRA
3		 4th 145
2007 Yamaha QAT
Ret		 AUS
3		 EUR
DNS		 SPA
5		 NED
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 SMR
2		 CZE
13		 GBR
1		 GER
1		 ITA
4		 FRA
2		 2nd 133
2008 Yamaha QAT
1		 AUS
Ret		 SPA
4		 NED
5		 ITA
3		 GER
3		 SMR
10		 CZE
4		 GBR
4		 EUR
10		 ITA
2		 FRA
Ret		 POR
5		 4th 150
2010 Kawasaki AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER
3		 ITA
4		 FRA
Ret		 15th 29
2011 Kawasaki AUS
2		 EUR
5		 NED
3		 ITA
4		 SMR
1		 SPA
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 GBR
6		 GER
7		 ITA
3		 FRA
3		 POR
Ret		 4th 136
2012 Honda AUS
3		 ITA
20		 NED
4		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
4		 SMR
5		 SPA
4		 CZE
3		 GBR
3		 RUS
5		 GER
4		 POR
4		 FRA
27		 5th 135

References

  1. ↑ Broc Parkes drops us a line Archived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Broc Parkes takes Championship Second for Yamaha
  3. ↑ Q&A: Broc Parkes – EXCLUSIVE
  4. ↑ amaha's Broc Parkes rockets to sixth pole of the year
  5. ↑ Qatar World Supersport: Broc Parkes wins in dramatic fashion while Craig Jones gets podium spot
  6. ↑ Kawasaki choose Paul Bird to run factory WSB effort
  7. ↑ Parkes looks to WSBK after Brands success
  8. ↑ Ryder, Joy (2009-11-27). "Broc Parkes Signs For New Echo CRS Honda Team For 2010". World Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  9. ↑ "Parkes back in action at Assen". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  10. ↑ "Parkes completes Milwaukee Yamaha's 2015 MCE British Superbike line-up". British Superbike Championship. MotorSport Vision Racing. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Turner, Vicky (31 July 2015). "Jenkinson in for Parkes as arm-pump strikes". BikeSportNews.com. Bike Sport News. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Parkes misses Cadwell Park for World Endurance commitments". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Swarts, David (18 September 2015). "SRC Kawasaki Earns Pole Position For Bol d'Or 24-Hour (Updated)". Roadracing World. Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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