David Salom

David Salom Fuentes (born 16 October 1984) is a Spanish professional motorcycle racer. He won the 2006 Spanish Supersport Championship.

David Salom
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1984-10-16) 16 October 1984 (age 39) Palma, Spain
Website	davidsalom.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012 Manufacturers BQR 2012 championship position 27th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 1 Superbike World Championship Active years 2009, 2012–2014 Manufacturers Kawasaki 2014 championship position 12th (103 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 74 0 0 0 0 152 Supersport World Championship Active years 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2013 Manufacturers Yamaha, Triumph, Kawasaki 2013 championship position 18th (30 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 56 0 3 3 0 328

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salom and the second or maternal family name is Fuentes.

Motorcycle racing career

Fuentes was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. In 2011 he reached second place at Silverstone, third at Aragon and achieved three pole positions at Phillip Island, Silverstone and Estoril.^[1] In 2012, Salom was replaced by Iván Silva in the Avintia Blusens team from Motegi after disappointing results.^[2] For 2013, Salom has signed to the Czech-based Intermoto Ponyexpres team.^[3]

He is the cousin of late Luis Salom.

Career statistics

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2007	Yamaha	QAT 14	AUS 15	EUR 13	SPA 6	NED 5	ITA 9	GBR 17	SMR Ret	CZE 21	GBR 24	GER 20	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	21st	34
2008	Yamaha	QAT 8	AUS 18	SPA 16	NED 16	ITA 16	GER	SMR Ret	CZE 15	GBR 21	EUR Ret	ITA 19	FRA 17	POR 16	29th	9
2010	Triumph	AUS 4	POR 10	SPA 4	NED Ret	ITA 8	RSA 7	USA 7	SMR 10	CZE 8	GBR 8	GER 6	ITA Ret	FRA 7	6th	99
2011	Kawasaki	AUS 4	EUR 6	NED 5	ITA 8	SMR 4	SPA 3	CZE 4	GBR 2	GER 8	ITA 5	FRA 4	POR 2		2nd	156
2013	Kawasaki	AUS 5	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	POR NC	ITA	RUS	GBR 15	GER 9	TUR 8	FRA	SPA 13	18th	30

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
2009	Kawasaki	AUS 21	AUS 25	QAT 18	QAT Ret	SPA 19	SPA 21	NED 20	NED Ret	ITA 19	ITA 21	RSA 20	RSA 16	USA 20	USA 18	SMR 23	SMR Ret	GBR 23	GBR 19	CZE 17	CZE Ret	GER 17	GER 17	ITA 18	ITA Ret	FRA 14	FRA 16	POR 13	POR 17	36th	5
2012	Kawasaki	AUS 14	AUS Ret	ITA 19	ITA 17	NED 13	NED 12	ITA C	ITA DNS	EUR	EUR	USA Ret	USA Ret	SMR Ret	SMR Ret	SPA Ret	SPA 16	CZE 18	CZE Ret	GBR 15	GBR Ret	RUS 10	RUS 13	GER DNS	GER DNS	POR Ret	POR 13	FRA	FRA	21st	22
2013	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA 11	USA 9	FRA 11	FRA 11	SPA	SPA	21st	22
2014	Kawasaki	AUS 9	AUS 10	SPA 13	SPA 10	NED 12	NED 15	ITA 12	ITA 13	GBR 10	GBR 10	MAL 9	MAL 13	SMR 11	SMR 10	POR 9	POR 17	USA 10	USA 8	SPA 9	SPA Ret	FRA DNS	FRA DNS	QAT 13	QAT 11					12th	103
2015	Kawasaki	AUS DNS	AUS DNS	THA 8	THA 9	SPA Ret	SPA 6	NED 14	NED 13	ITA DNS	ITA DNS	GBR 10	GBR 12	POR 14	POR Ret	SMR 17	SMR 15	USA Ret	USA Ret	MAL 11	MAL 7	SPA 11	SPA 12	FRA Ret	FRA 14	QAT 8	QAT 9			14th	83

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2012	MotoGP	BQR	Avintia Blusens	44	2	0	0	0	0	1	27th
Total					2	0	0	0	0	1

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
2012	MotoGP	BQR	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	INP	CZE	RSM 15	ARA Ret	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	27th	1

References

1. David Salom Kawasaki Racing Team, 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
2. Silva returns in place of Salom in Avintia Blusens team from Mote motogp.com, 4 October 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
3. Intermoto Kawasaki Racing Team, 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

External links

• David Salom at MotoGP.com 
• David Salom at WorldSBK.com