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Latest revision as of 17:28, 27 July 2009
Alex Hofmann (born May 24, 1980 in Mindelheim, Germany) is a motorcycle racer in MotoGP.
He raced in Motocross in his early teens, before entering the German 125cc championship for the first time in 1995, and the European series alongside it a year later. In 1997 he was runner-up in the German series, and also started the German 125cc World Championship race as a wild card.
In 1998 he moved up to 250cc, winning every race in the German championship and also winning the European title, as well as coming 10th in a one-off in the 250cc World Championship. From 1999 to 2001 Hofmann was a regular in this series, although without taking a podium finish, and missing 8 races in 2000 due to injury.
MotoGP
He started 2002 without a ride, but made his MotoGP debut as a stand-in rider for Garry McCoy at the WCM Red Bull team, also filling in for Loris Capirossi for Sito Pons' team. He was hired to be Kawasaki's test rider role in 2003. In two starts, he scored points both times. He and Shinya Nakano replaced McCoy and Andrew Pitt as full-time racers in 2004. The next two years were difficult, mainly due to an ill-handling bike and injuries, partly through his love of Motocross. Points were rare and Kawasaki chose Randy de Puniet for 2006 over Hofmann.
In 2006 he joined the D'Antin Pramac team, riding on a 2006 customer version of the works Ducati alonside Jose Luis Cardoso. When their factory rider Sete Gibernau was injured at the Circuit de Catalunya (a race in which Alex finished 8th, helped by 3 riders not starting the resumption of the race), Hofmann was appointed as his replacement for the next 2 races, before retuning to D'Antin for his home race at Sachsenring, dropping out early.
Personal
His girlfriend is called Romina. He loves action sports such as skiing and BMX bikes. At 1m80cm he is tall for a motorcycle racer. His favoruite food is Italian.