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 Laverty, 2007 British Superbike Championship in Brands Hatch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1981 Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | mlaverty.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is an occasional motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. After participating in the 2017 season in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1, and the 2018 season on a Tyco BMW,[1] Laverty became a television commentator and occasional rider in Endurance events.[2][3]
For 2021, Laverty established a young-riders' academy, to act as a competition stepping-stone, based on race-styled minibikes. Laverty also has Moto 3 machines available for occasional wildcard race entries.[4][5]
In September 2021, Laverty announced live on BT Sport, the television provider he is contracted to as a motorcycle race pundit, that he was to establish a new race team for 2022 out of the former Petronas Moto3 team, run by Johan Stigefelt, which will be disbanded at the end of the 2021 season. The team for 2022 with British riders Scott Ogden and Josh Whatley will be known as Vision Track Honda after the title-sponsor, also active in BSB as Vision Track Ducati. Laverty will act as race-team principal, with Taylor Mackenzie as team manager.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
He was the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing. His brother Eugene is a World Superbike rider and brother John was also a racer.
- ^ BSB: Laverty makes Tyco BMW return for 2018 crash.net, 17 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019
- ^ Michael Laverty leaves British Superbike to focus on other projects bikeandrace.com, 11 January 2019 Retrieved 9 May 2019
- ^ Exciting weekend in store EWC FIM Endurance, 20 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019
- ^ Michael Laverty’s all-new riding academy is all about developing the British stars of tomorrow Motorcycle News, 14 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021
- ^ MLav Academy Ltd Companies House Retrieved 19 May 2021
- ^ Ex-MotoGP racer Michael Laverty announces British Moto3 team Autosport, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
- ^ Michael Laverty: Former MotoGP rider sets up Moto3 team to help British riders BBC Sport, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
- ^ Michael Laverty launches new Moto3 team for 2022 Motorcycle News, 17 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
- ^ Vision Track Honda signs Scott Ogden, Josh Whatley for all British 2022 Moto3 bid visordown.com, 18 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021
- ^ Mackenzie swaps racing for Moto3 management bikesportnews, 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021
- ^ Taylor Mackenzie named as all-British VisionTrack Racing Moto3 team manager visordown, 1 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021
- ^ Why ‘older brother’ Taylor Mackenzie is the ideal modern boss for new Moto3 team visordown, 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021