Biografi Luis Salom

Luis Salom
Salom at the 2010 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	7 August 1991 (age 23) Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Current team	Paginas Amarillas HP 40
Bike number	39 Career Early career Born in Palma de Mallorca, Salom started racing competitively from the age of eight years old, winning the 50 cc Balearic Supermotard championship.[2] He progressed up into 125cc championships from 2005 onwards, again becoming Balearic champion for two years in succession, before moving into the CEV Buckler championship in 2007. In his first full season in the national championship, Salom finished seventh in the series, with a single podium coming in Catalunya. He also took part in the Red Bull Rookies Cup in 2007, taking fourth place in the championship thanks to a win at Assen and second at Jerez. He continued in the series in 2008 where he would win four of the first five races of the season, to hold a 13-point lead over J. D. Beach. Beach would overhaul Salom by four points by season's end, after Salom retired from races at the Sachsenring and Brno.[3] He also finished second to Efrén Vázquez in the CEV Buckler championship. 125cc/Moto3 World Championship Salom made his Grand Prix début in a wildcard appearance at the Spanish Grand Prix, finishing 23rd.[4] After another wildcard appearance in Catalunya, Salom moved into the championship full-time, replacing Simone Corsi at the WRB team. In twelve races, Salom amassed 21 points on the Aprilia with sixth at Donington being his best result. Salom moved to the Lambretta team for the 2010 season.[5] After amassing Lambretta's only point of the season at Jerez, Salom moved to Stipa-Molenaar Racing for the rest of the season,[6] where he would add a further 71 points to his tally, including nine top-ten finishes to enable him to finish 12th in the championship. Salom won his first Grand Prix in Indianapolis in 2012, beating Sandro Cortese and Maverick Viñales in a last-lap fight. He also won at Aragon. He finished the championship in second behind Cortese. He went to Red Bull KTM Ajo for the 2013 season. He dominated most of the season, and led from Catalunya onwards. However, his championship lead dwindled at Motegi after crashing out of the race, giving his title rivals Maverick Viñales and Álex Rins the chance to catch up. Rins crashed out, but Viñales finished second. At the final round in Valencia, Salom crashed again, leaving Rins and Viñales to fight to for the title, and Viñales would later triumph. Salom finished fourteenth and recorded the fastest lap of the race, but could only finish third in the final standings. Moto2 World Championship Salom signed a contract with Pons Racing that lasts until the end of 2015. He will race with former title rival Maverick Viñales.[7] Then during the events in Qatar and Austin, he only scored two points. During the Catalan Grand Prix, he suffered a crash with Jonas Folger, putting both of them out of the race. Salom was taken to hospital after the race, and underwent surgery on a broken right arm.