Alex Hofmann Biography

Number: 66
Nationality :German
Birth place: Mindelheim, Germany
Birthday: 25.05.1980.
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Residence: Zurich, Switzerland
Height: 180cm
Weight: 68kg
Championship points(2009): 0

Alex Hofmann-125ccm
Alex (Aleksander) Hofmann started racing at early age of 4 in motocross, and continued in this discipline for whole 10 years, until 1994. Hofmann roder his first road race back in 1995.

Alex Hofmann made 125ccm World Championship debut in 1997, when he made wildcard appearance on Yamaha on German GP, where he finished in 14th place.

Alex Hofmann-250ccm
After one year in 125ccm, Alex Hofmann moved to 250ccm category in 1998, and in same year won two titles: German and European. Same year, Hofmann rode wildcard race in Germany in same class and finished in 10th place, which was enough to put him in 29th overall.

Year 1999 was first full season for Hofmann in 250ccm world championship, and he finished it in 16th place, scoring 51 points. In this season, he rode TSR Honda and his best finish was in France, where he ended race in 8th place.

In 2000, Alex Hofman swapped TSR Honda for Aprilia, but due the fact that he scored points on only three races, he ends up in 25th place. His best finish for this season was 10th place in Malaysia.

For 2001, Hofmann decided to stay with Aprilia, and ends this season in 12th place with 55 points, finishing 9 of 16 races.

Alex Hofmann-MotoGP
In 2002, Hofmann makes four wild card appearances for Yamaha, scoring points on two races. Best finish in this season he made on his home GP in Germany, where he finished in 10th place.

It was logical step from Germany based Kawasaki MotoGP team to hire Alex Hofmann as test rider in 2003, and they did that. Test rider role allowed him to make 4 wildcard rides, and to score points for Kawasaki on two races, making best result in Dutch TT at Assen, where he finished in 10th place.

Promissing results from 2003 were convincing enough for Kawasaki MotoGP team to hire Alex Hofmann as official rider in 2004 alongside Shinya Nakano, and German rider finishes this season in 15th place, with total score of 51 points. His best result in this season was 9th place in Qatar.

In 2005, Hofmann stays with Kawasaki, and finishes first race in Spain in 11th place, but misses following three races due to injury sustained in promotional ride for GP of Portugal.