Ratthapark Wilairot

Ratthapark Wilairot (Feem) (Thai: รัฐภาคย์ วิไลโรจน์ (ฟิม) (Born April 14, 1988), is a Thai professional motorcycle road racer. Wilairot first competed in Grand Prix racing during the 2006 season's Japanese Grand Prix, and finished a respectable 10th after qualifying in 14th place. In 2006 he was runner-up in the challenging Japanese national championship. He joined the 250cc World Championship in 2007 as a member of the Thai Honda PTT-SAG team. His best finish came at the 2010 Dutch TT where he finished 4th, narrowly missing out on the podium.

Ratthapark Wilairot
Wilairot at the 2009 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Thai
Born	(1988-04-14) April 14, 1988 (age 36) Ban Bueng Chonburi, Thailand
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2016 Manufacturers Bimota, FTR, Moriwaki, Suter, Caterham Suter, Kalex Championships 0 2016 championship position 28th (6 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 84 0 0 0 0 49 250cc World Championship Active years 2006–2009 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2009 championship position 14th (81 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 0 0 0 0 190 Supersport World Championship Active years 2015, 2016 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2015 championship position 13th (46 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 16 1 2 0 0 116

Motorcycle racing career

Born April 14, 1988 in Chonburi Province, Thailand, Wilairot is the eldest son of Thai veteran racer Christmas Wilairot.^[1] He began junior road racing at 5 years old and first won a 50cc motocross trophy at the age of ten. Ratthapark has a younger brother Ratthapong Wilairot (Float, born 1993) who is competing in the Asia Road Racing Championship SS600 class and the Supersport World Championship.^[2]

Wilairot currently competes in the Moto2 World Championship, with a best result of fourth at the 2010 Dutch TT. Wilairot had qualified on the front row for the first time, and challenged for the lead with eventual race winner Andrea Iannone. Title challengers Toni Elías and Thomas Lüthi later demoted Wilairot to just off the podium.^[3] On 31 July 2013, Wilairot took a sabbatical from racing professionally and became a rider coach for his replacement in the Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 team, Thitipong Warokorn.

On 27 December 2013, Wilairot announced an end to his sabbatical by signing with PTR for the 2014 Supersport World Championship season. He will ride a Honda CBR600RR and be sponsored by Core.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Races	Win	Podiums	Pole	Pts	Position
2006	250cc	Honda	Thai Honda Castrol Endurance	1	0	0	0	6	28th
2007	250cc	Honda	Thai Honda PTT SAG	17	0	0	0	30	17th
2008	250cc	Honda	Thai Honda PTT SAG	16	0	0	0	73	13th
2009	250cc	Honda	Thai Honda PTT SAG	15	0	0	0	81	13th
2010	Moto2	Bimota	Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG	17	0	0	0	30	22nd
2011	Moto2	FTR	Thai Honda Singha SAG	14	0	0	0	4	30th
2012	Moto2	Moriwaki	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	17	0	0	0	9	27th
		Suter
2013	Moto2	Suter	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	8	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Moto2	Caterham Suter	AirAsia Caterham	7	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Moto2	Suter	JPMoto Malaysia	4	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	17	0	0	0	6	28th
Total				133	0	0	0	239

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2006	250cc	Honda	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN 10	POR	VAL		28th	6
2007	250cc	Honda	QAT 14	SPA 12	TUR 15	CHN 12	FRA 11	ITA Ret	CAT 17	GBR 8	NED 14	GER 19	CZE 16	RSM 13	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 19	MAL 16	VAL 15		17th	30
2008	250cc	Honda	QAT 13	SPA 12	POR 13	CHN 8	FRA 15	ITA 10	CAT 11	GBR 16	NED 12	GER 16	CZE 11	RSM 8	INP C	JPN 13	AUS 9	MAL 8	VAL 8		13th	73
2009	250cc	Honda	QAT 8	JPN Ret	SPA 15	FRA 5	ITA 14	CAT 7	NED 9	GER DNS	GBR Ret	CZE 11	INP Ret	RSM Ret	POR 6	AUS 9	MAL 6	VAL 5			13th	81
2010	Moto2	Bimota	QAT 17	SPA 17	FRA 7	ITA Ret	GBR 13	NED 4	CAT Ret	GER 17	CZE 21	INP Ret	RSM 12	ARA 15	JPN 24	MAL 16	AUS 22	POR Ret	VAL 22		22nd	30
2011	Moto2	FTR	QAT Ret	SPA 12	POR Ret	FRA 24	CAT DNS	GBR Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	GER 25	CZE 17	INP Ret	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 22	AUS DNS	MAL	VAL Ret		30th	4
2012	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT 21	SPA 26	POR 23																27th	9
		Suter				FRA 8	CAT 18	GBR 15	NED Ret	GER Ret	ITA 16	INP 23	CZE 20	RSM 19	ARA 24	JPN 20	MAL 21	AUS 18	VAL 24
2013	Moto2	Suter	QAT Ret	AME 21	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 16	CAT Ret	NED 20	GER 22	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL		NC	0
2014	Moto2	Caterham Suter	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA 19	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM 23	ARA 22	JPN 19	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 19	NC	0
2015	Moto2	Suter	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED 24	GER 23	INP Ret	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 13	ARG 17	AME 19	SPA Ret	FRA 21	ITA 22	CAT Ret	NED	GER Ret	AUT 22	CZE 25	GBR 18	RSM 14	ARA 26	JPN 18	AUS 15	MAL 24	VAL 20	28th	6

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
2014	Honda	AUS Ret	SPA 10	NED 13	ITA Ret	GBR 12	MAL 6	SMR 9	POR 11	SPA 8	FRA 9	QAT 2		9th	70
2015	Honda	AUS 5	THA 1	SPA Ret	NED 19	ITA 6	GBR	POR	ITA	MAL	SPA	FRA	QAT	13th	46

References

1. Wilairot's Profiles at Thailand International Road Race School
2. Ratthapark and Ratthapong Wilairot in 2006 All Japan Road Race Championship 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Thai)
3. "Another Iannone runaway at Assen". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

External links

 

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