1. Michael Laverty was born on 7 June 1981 and is an occasional motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland.
16 Facts About Michael Laverty
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For 2021, Michael Laverty established a young-riders' academy, to act as a competition stepping-stone, based on race-styled minibikes.
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Michael Laverty has Moto 3 machines available for occasional wildcard race entries.
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In September 2021, Michael 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.
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Michael Laverty will act as race-team principal, with Taylor Mackenzie as team manager.
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Michael Laverty 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.
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Michael Laverty's brother Eugene is a World Superbike rider and brother John was a racer.
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Michael Laverty raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races.
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For 2007, Michael Laverty moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team.
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Michael Laverty beat teammate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to BSB with the team for 2008.
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Michael Laverty took two fourth places early on in the season and finished 9th overall, but decided to leave the team for 2009.
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For 2009 Michael Laverty competed in the USA riding in selected rounds of the AMA Superbike Championship with Celtic Racing.
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Michael Laverty finished in the top 10 at every round he competed in, with a 2nd position to Mat Mladin at the Road America round being his best result.
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Michael Laverty competed in selected World Supersport rounds and joined the CRS team for the latter part of the 2009 season.
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In January 2010, Michael Laverty confirmed that he had re-signed with the Relentless Suzuki team to ride in the 2010 British Superbike Championship season.
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In May 2010, Michael Laverty took his and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team's first Superbike victory, in race two of the third round of the 2010 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.