In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Nieto.
Alfonso González Nieto (born 2 December 1978 in Madrid, Spain), better known as Fonsi Nieto, is a former Grand Prixmotorcycleroad racer and the nephew of successful Grand Prixmotorcycleroad racerÁngel Nieto. After success in the 250cc class he moved to World Superbikes and made one MotoGP start. For 2010 he returned to the Grand Prix scene in the newly formed Moto2 category. Nieto announced his retirement from competition in early 2011 after failing to recover from injuries suffered when racing at Indianapolis in 2010.[1]
Fonsi Nieto
Nieto in 2009
Nationality
Spanish
Born
Alfonso González Nieto (1978-12-02) 2 December 1978 (age 45) Madrid, Spain
He won the Spanish 125cc championship in 1998, and the Spanish 250cc champion in 1999 and 2000, also winning the less prestigious European 125cc title in 1997. In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the 250cc World Championship alongside his domestic commitments, finishing 14th overall on a Yamaha TZ250 with a best result of 6th at Estoril in 2000.
250cc World Championshipedit
He was 4th in the world championship in 2001, with 4 successive 5th places early in the season and a pair of late-season podium finishes.[2] He won 4 races in 2002, finishing 2nd to Marco Melandri. He was then 5th in 2003 with a win at Donington Park, and 7th in 2004.
In 2005 he entered the Superbike World Championship with the Caracchi Ducati team, finishing 17th overall in the championship. A fourth in Round 4 of the season was the highlight; he only reached the top 10 once more. For 2006 and 2007 he rode for PSG-Kawasaki. His first podium finish came in Race 2 at Assen in 2006, following teammate Chris Walker's victory in the first race. He was also third at Magny-Cours in 2007.[3] He took pole position at Lausitzring in 2007 after finding a dry spell in a wet qualifying session.[4]
For 2008 he joined Alstare Suzuki, making an immediate impact by winning his first world superbike race in the second race of the opening round in Qatar.[5] He finished the season 7th overall, but lost his 2009 ride as the team scaled back to two riders and retained the less successful Japanese Yukio Kagayama. However, Nieto returned to the team mid-season after Max Neukirchner was injured.
Career statisticsedit
Races by yearedit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Gonzalez and the second or maternal family name is Nieto Alfonso Gonzalez Nieto born 2 December 1978 in Madrid Spain better known as Fonsi Nieto is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and the nephew of successful Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Angel Nieto After success in the 250cc class he moved to World Superbikes and made one MotoGP start For 2010 he returned to the Grand Prix scene in the newly formed Moto2 category Nieto announced his retirement from competition in early 2011 after failing to recover from injuries suffered when racing at Indianapolis in 2010 1 Fonsi NietoNieto in 2009NationalitySpanishBornAlfonso Gonzalez Nieto 1978 12 02 2 December 1978 age 45 Madrid SpainWebsitefonsinieto comMotorcycle racing career statisticsMotoGP World ChampionshipActive years2007ManufacturersKawasakiChampionships02007 championship position22nd 5 pts Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points1 0 0 0 0 5Moto2 World ChampionshipActive years2010ManufacturersMoriwaki HondaChampionships02010 championship position18th 45 pts Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points15 0 0 0 0 45250cc World ChampionshipActive years1999 2004ManufacturersAprilia YamahaChampionships02004 championship position7th 124 pts Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points95 5 18 12 7 771125cc World ChampionshipActive years1997 1998ManufacturersApriliaChampionships01998 championship position29th 3 pts Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points4 0 0 0 0 3 He is currently the Rider Performance Director for Pramac Racing Contents 1 Early years 2 250cc World Championship 3 Superbike World Championship 4 Career statistics 4 1 Races by year 5 References 6 External linksEarly years editHe won the Spanish 125cc championship in 1998 and the Spanish 250cc champion in 1999 and 2000 also winning the less prestigious European 125cc title in 1997 In 1999 and 2000 he raced in the 250cc World Championship alongside his domestic commitments finishing 14th overall on a Yamaha TZ250 with a best result of 6th at Estoril in 2000 250cc World Championship editHe was 4th in the world championship in 2001 with 4 successive 5th places early in the season and a pair of late season podium finishes 2 He won 4 races in 2002 finishing 2nd to Marco Melandri He was then 5th in 2003 with a win at Donington Park and 7th in 2004 Superbike World Championship edit nbsp Nieto at the Assen round of the 2007 season In 2005 he entered the Superbike World Championship with the Caracchi Ducati team finishing 17th overall in the championship A fourth in Round 4 of the season was the highlight he only reached the top 10 once more For 2006 and 2007 he rode for PSG Kawasaki His first podium finish came in Race 2 at Assen in 2006 following teammate Chris Walker s victory in the first race He was also third at Magny Cours in 2007 3 He took pole position at Lausitzring in 2007 after finding a dry spell in a wet qualifying session 4 In 2007 he also replaced the injured Olivier Jacque in the French Grand Prix making his debut in the MotoGP class finishing the race in 11th place For 2008 he joined Alstare Suzuki making an immediate impact by winning his first world superbike race in the second race of the opening round in Qatar 5 He finished the season 7th overall but lost his 2009 ride as the team scaled back to two riders and retained the less successful Japanese Yukio Kagayama However Nieto returned to the team mid season after Max Neukirchner was injured Career statistics editRaces by year edit 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 1997 125cc Aprilia MAL JPN SPA16 ITA AUT FRA NED IMO GER BRA GBR CZE CAT INA AUS NC 0 1998 125cc Aprilia JPN MAL SPA15 ITA FRA MAD14 NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT17 AUS ARG 29th 3 1999 250cc Yamaha MAL22 JPN14 SPA18 FRA12 ITA17 CATRet NED19 GBR17 GER18 CZE17 IMO18 VAL15 AUS16 RSA15 BRA17 ARG14 23rd 10 2000 250cc Yamaha RSARet MALRet JPN22 SPA16 FRA16 ITA9 CAT18 NED16 GBR18 GER12 CZERet POR6 VAL17 BRA11 PAC14 AUS9 14th 35 2001 250cc Aprilia JPN11 RSA5 SPA5 FRA5 ITA5 CAT5 NEDDNS GBR6 GER10 CZE7 POR4 VAL3 PAC4 AUS5 MAL3 BRA4 5th 167 2002 250cc Aprilia JPN13 RSA3 SPA1 FRA1 ITA3 CAT3 NED5 GBR2 GER4 CZE4 POR1 BRARet PAC4 MAL1 AUS2 VALRet 2nd 241 2003 250cc Aprilia JPN6 RSA7 SPA7 FRA4 ITA2 CAT2 NEDRet GBR1 GER2 CZE6 POR9 BRARet PAC8 MAL3 AUS3 VAL5 5th 194 2004 250cc Aprilia RSA7 SPA3 FRA7 ITA5 CAT5 NED8 BRA5 GER8 GBR5 CZERet PORRet JPNRet QAT5 MAL7 AUSRet VAL6 7th 124 2007 MotoGP Kawasaki QAT SPA TUR CHN FRA11 ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL 22nd 5 2010 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT13 SPA21 FRA8 ITA15 GBR11 NEDRet CAT8 GER4 CZE13 INPDNS SMR ARARet JPNRet MAL19 AUS12 POR24 VALRet 18th 45References edit MotoGP official site 7 February 2011 Retrieved 4 April 2015 125gp 1999 results Motocorse com is available at DomainMarket com Motocorse com SBK 2007 Lausitzring Qatar World Superbikes Fonsi Nieto records first World Superbike victory in Qatar Motorcycle News External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fonsi Nieto Fonsi Nieto at MotoGP com nbsp Fonsi Nieto at WorldSBK com nbsp fonsinieto com Official website Sporting positions Preceded byAlvaro Molina Spanish 125cc Champion1998 Succeeded byJeronimo Vidal Preceded byJose Luis Cardoso Spanish 250cc Champion1999 2000 Succeeded byAlex Debon Preceded byColin EdwardsJeff GordonJimmie Johnson Race of ChampionsNations Cup2003 with Cristiano da MattaGilles Panizzi Succeeded byJean AlesiSebastien Loeb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fonsi Nieto amp oldid 1201251954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
