- This person has a Spanish last name; here Salom is the name of the father, Orrak is the name of the mother.
Luis Jaime Salom Orrac ( Spanish: Luis Jaime Salom Horrach , Cat. Lluís Jaume Salom i Horrach ; August 7, 1991 , Palma de Mallorca , Balearic Islands , Spain - June 3, 2016 , Barcelona , Spain ) - Spanish motorcycle racer, silver (2012) and bronze (2013) medalist of the world championship in road-ring motorcycling in the Moto3 class.
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Early career
Salom began to compete at the age of eight, becoming the winner of the Balearic Islands Supermoto Championship [3] . In 2005, he moved to the 125 cm³ class and won two consecutive victories in the Balearic Islands Championship before moving on to the Spanish Motorcycle Racing Championship in 2007.
In his first full season in the national championship, Salom took seventh place with one podium in Catalunya Montmelo . In the he finished fourth with a victory in Assen and second in Jerez . The next season, Salom began with 4 victories in 5 stages and outstripped JD Beach by 13 points, but missed him by the end of the season and took second place with a 4-point backlash due to gatherings in Sachsenring and Brno [4] . In the championship of Spain, Salom also took second place after .
125cc and Moto3
Salom made his debut at the Grand Prix of Spain at the Moto Grand Prix of Spain , receiving a wild card [5] , then held another wild card race , after which he began to perform on a regular basis in the WRB team, replacing . In 12 races for Aprilia, Salom scored 21 points, the best result was 6th place in Donington .
Salom started the next season with Lambretta [6] , but after two stages, having won just one point, he moved to Stipa-Molenaar Racing, where he continued his performance until the end of the season [7] , having won 71 more points, finishing 9 in the top ten and taking the 12th place at the end of the season.
Salom won his first victory in 2012 in Indianapolis ahead of and in the final round [8] . He won the next victory in Aragon . At the end of the season, Salom took second place, losing only to Cortese.
The following year , as part of the Red Bull KTM, Ajo Salom led most of the season. However, he got into an accident at Motegi and got off, giving and Maverick Vinales the opportunity to impose a fight [9] . In the final race of the season in Valencia, Salom again had an accident and finally dropped out of the fight to win the championship, finishing 14th in the race and 3rd in the season. The title went to Vinales [10] [11] .
Moto2
Salom signed a contract with the Pons Racing team for 2014-2015. His partner was a former rival in the fight for the champion title Vinales [12] . In the first two races of the season, Salom scored 2 points. And at the Moto Grand Prix of Catalonia, after falling from a motorcycle, almost knocked down and both of them lost their distance [13] . Before the start of the 2016 season, Salom joined the SAG Racing Team and became a partner of . In the debut race of the season, the Qatar Moto Grand Prix Salom won his first podium with the new team, finishing second.
Death
The fatal incident occurred on the 20th minute of free practice before the Moto Grand Prix of Catalonia . In the 12th turn, Salom lost control, in a straight line crossed the highway and flew into an asphalt trap. Although he was able to separate from the motorcycle, but this did not save him: Salom crashed into a motorcycle that had already encountered an airfence inflatable barrier before [14] . The doctors who arrived at the scene of the accident noted a cardiac arrest and began resuscitation. It was necessary to refuse to evacuate to the hospital with a helicopter, and attempts to revive Salom continued in the reanimobile on the way to the hospital, where a direct heart massage was performed . However, all measures were unsuccessful and death was ascertained 58 minutes after the accident [15] .
According to the results of the investigation conducted by the team, the accident was caused by accidental pressing of the brake handle by Salom when the motorcycle bounced on a bump. This led to folding the front fork and tipping the motorcycle [16] . However, the investigation conducted by FIM and MotoGP came to different conclusions: Salom, presumably looking back, deviated from the trajectory and, trying to correct the situation, pressed the brake lever too hard and lost control when he hit the curb [17] .
At the request of Salom's relatives, the competition was continued [18] . The remaining races at the Moto Grand Prix of Catalonia were already carried out on the configuration of the track, previously used for Formula 1 racing [19] .
At the end of the season, number 39, under which Salom performed, was withdrawn from circulation in Moto2 [20] .
Performance Statistics
By season
| Season | Class | Manufacturer | Team | room | Racing | Wins | Catwalks | Poulov | Fast circles | Points | A place |
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| 2009 | 125cc | Honda | SAG-Castrol | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 22nd |
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| 2010 | 125cc | Lambretta | Lambretta reparto corse | 39 | sixteen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12th |
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| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | RW Racing GP | 39 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 8th |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Kalex KTM | RW Racing GP | 39 | 17 | 2 | eight | 0 | one | 214 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 39 | 17 | 7 | 12 | four | five | 302 | 3rd |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | one | 85 | 8th |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13th |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | SAG Team | 39 | 6 | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 37 | The 19th |
| Total | 118 | 9 | 25 | four | 7 | 927 |
Race Results
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The table lists the results of all Formula 1 Grand Prix in which the pilot participated. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. In each cell, the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the rider, additionally indicated in color, are indicated. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
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| Year | Class | Motorcycle | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | 17 | 18 | A place | Points |
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| 2009 | 125cc | Honda | QAT | Jpn | SPA 23 | Fra | ITA | CAT Gathering | 22nd | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Aprilia | NED sixteen | Ger 13 | GBR 6 | Cze Gathering | IND 13 | RSM 21 | Por 15 | Aus nineteen | Mal 15 | Val 13 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 125cc | Lambretta | QAT Gathering | SPA 15 | 12th | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Aprilia | Fra ten | ITA NA | GBR Gathering | NED eight | CAT Gathering | Ger Gathering | Cze ten | IND 12 | RSM Gathering | ARA ten | Jpn eight | Mal eight | Aus eight | Por five | Val ten | |||||||
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT eight | SPA Gathering | Por eight | Fra ten | CAT Gathering | GBR four | NED 2 | ITA 6 | Ger five | Cze NA | IND | RSM Gathering | ARA five | Jpn 23 | Aus 2 | Mal Gathering | Val 7 | 8th | 116 | |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Kalex KTM | QAT four | SPA 2 | Por 3 | Fra Gathering | CAT ten | GBR 2 | NED four | Ger 3 | ITA Gathering | IND one | Cze 2 | RSM 2 | ARA one | Jpn Gathering | Mal four | Aus 15 | Val ten | 2nd | 214 | |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT one | AME 3 | SPA 2 | Fra 3 | ITA one | CAT one | NED one | Ger 2 | IND five | Cze one | GBR one | RSM four | ARA four | Mal one | Aus 3 | Jpn Gathering | Val 14 | 3rd | 302 | |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 14 | AME Gathering | ARG 3 | SPA 6 | Fra five | ITA 2 | CAT Gathering | NED 15 | Ger 14 | IND 26 | Cze Gathering | GBR nineteen | RSM 15 | ARA 13 | Jpn 15 | Aus 17 | Mal eleven | Val four | 8th | 85 |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT Gathering | AME 27 | ARG eleven | SPA 7 | Fra Gathering | ITA five | CAT five | NED NA | Ger 17 | IND sixteen | Cze 9 | GBR 17 | RSM 9 | ARA Gathering | Jpn Gathering | Aus 6 | Mal 6 | Val 6 | 13th | 80 |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 2 | ARG 15 | AME 13 | SPA 9 | Fra ten | ITA Gathering | CAT NA | NED - | Ger - | AUT - | Cze - | GBR - | RSM - | ARA - | Jpn - | Aus - | Mal - | Val - | The 19th | 37 |
Notes
- ↑ http://www.lequipe.fr/Moto/Actualites/Moto-2-gp-de-catalogne-luis-salom-victime-d-une-chute-est-decede/688849
- ↑ http://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2016/06/03/grave-accidente-piloto-mallorquin-luis/1123154.html
- ↑ Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2011 (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 16, 2017. Archived July 15, 2011.
- ↑ Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2008 . Date of treatment January 17, 2017. Archived March 8, 2009.
- ↑ Entry List (PDF). MotoGP.com . Date of treatment January 18, 2017. Archived on August 5, 2016.
- ↑ Entry list for 2010 125cc World Championship . MotoGP . Date of treatment January 19, 2017. Archived January 19, 2017.
- ↑ R_Entry - Entry.pdf (English) (PDF). MotoGP . Date of treatment January 19, 2017. Archived on August 5, 2016.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. Moto3: Salom wins Indianapolis Grand Prix MOTO RACING.RU (August 19, 2012). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on February 7, 2017.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. MotoGP? The battle of the century is expected in Moto3! . MOTO RACING.RU (November 3, 2013). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on February 7, 2017.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. The main battle of the second plan? Moto3! . MOTO RACING.RU (November 5, 2015). Date of treatment January 29, 2017. Archived on August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. Moto3: Vinales snatches victory from Rince, Salom falls . MOTO RACING.RU (November 10, 2013). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on August 7, 2016.
- ↑ MotoGP News - Moto2: Salom, Vinales sign two-year Pons deals . crash.net (September 11, 2013). Date of treatment January 22, 2017. Archived January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Moto3: Folger saved Luis Salom’s life at the cost of losing points . MOTO RACING.RU (June 15, 2014). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Charles Bradley. The safety of the circuit in Barcelona has long been questionable, said Rossi ru.motorsport.com (June 14, 2016). Date of treatment January 29, 2017. Archived January 29, 2017.
- ↑ MotoGP: Doctors fought for the life of Luis Salom for almost an hour . MOTO RACING.RU (June 3, 2016). Date of treatment January 27, 2017. Archived July 9, 2016.
- ↑ MotoGP / Moto2: Causes of the fatal accident of Luis Salom in Catalonia announced . MOTO RACING.RU (June 6, 2016). Date of treatment January 27, 2017. Archived January 1, 2017.
- ↑ MotoGP and FIM: official results of the investigation into the death of Luis Salom . MOTO RACING.RU (July 22, 2016). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on February 7, 2017.
- ↑ Valentin Khorunzhiy. Relatives of Salom convinced the organizers not to cancel the Grand Prix of Catalonia . ru.motorsport.com (June 4, 2016). Date of treatment February 11, 2017. Archived February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. MotoGP: The Catalan Grand Prix will take place in the configuration of the Circuit de Catalunya for Formula 1 . MOTO RACING.RU (March 6, 2016). Date of treatment February 8, 2017. Archived July 9, 2016.
- ↑ Kirill Chernyshev. Moto2: The starting number of Luis Salom is officially withdrawn from circulation . MOTO RACING.RU (November 13, 2016). Date of treatment February 7, 2017. Archived on February 7, 2017.