MotoGP - Kenny Roberts Jr

MotoGP - Kenny Roberts Jr
07/25/2007

Date of birth : 07/25/1973
Place of birth : Mountain View (USA)
Size : 1,70 m
Weight : 67 kg
Marital status : married to Rochelle

Website : none

2007 : 24th MotoGP world championship (Team Roberts)
2006 : 6th MotoGP world championship (Team Roberts)
2005 : 13th MotoGP world championship (Suzuki)
2004 : 18th MotoGP world championship (Suzuki) - 1 pole
2003 : 19th MotoGP world championship (Suzuki)
2002 : 9th MotoGP world championship (Suzuki)
2001 : 11th MotoGP world championship (Suzuki)
2000 : 500 cc world champion (Suzuki) - 4 wins, 4 poles
1999 : 2nd 500 cc world championship (Suzuki) - 4 wins, 5 poles
1998 : 13th 500 cc world championship (Modenas)
1997 : 16th 500 cc world championship (Modenas)
1996 : 13th 500 cc world championship (Yamaha)
1995 : 8th 250 cc world championship (Yamaha)
1994 : 18th 250 cc world championship (Yamaha)
1993 : 27th 250 cc world championship (Yamaha)

Kenny Roberts Jr was encouraged in motor bike competition by his father, three-times 500 cc World Champion. He began in motocross then on track with 250 cc machines. After participations in the AMA championship and the Ducados Open (2nd in 1993), he made his Grand Prix debut in 1994 (6th at Laguna Seca). Kenny Roberts Jr carried out a good first season in 2005. He moved to the top-class in 1996 within the Yamaha team directed by his father: four top-6 finishes and one front-row qualification. In 1997 and 1998, he took part in the Modenas KR3 adventure initiated by Kenny Roberts Sr. The results were bad and he joined the Suzuki factory team in 1999. He won his first races (4 in 1999 and 2000) and the world title in 2000. Unfortunately, the 2001’ machine wasn’t competitive and the podium in Valencia, the last race of the season, didn’t attenuate his disappointment. The change for 4-stroke engines in 2002 didn’t change anything. Without sponsor, the Japanese factory failed to build a fast machine. In spite of a pole-position in Rio in 2004 and a podium at Donington Park in 2005 (the first for Suzuki since 2001), Kenny Roberts Jr was criticised for his lack of motivation. The new challenge which his father proposed to him made it possible for him to make a new start in 2006 on the KR211V. He finished the championship in 6th position and reached twice the podium.

2006

10 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Roberts)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
March 2007

2005

10 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
May 2005

2003

10 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki)
Watercolours and India ink on 140 lbs paper,
8,9 x 11,1"
May 2003

2000

	2 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki) Watercolours on 140 lbs paper, 12 x 16" April 2004
	2 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki) India ink and water on 106 lbs paper, 8,9 x 11,1" March 2001
	2 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki) India ink and water on 106 lbs paper, 7,8 x 11,1" March 2001
	2 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Suzuki) India ink on 106 lbs paper, 7,8 x 11,1" November 2000

1999

10 - Kenny Roberts Jr, 1999 ' 500 cc world Vice-champion (USA, Team Suzuki)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
12 x 16 "
April 2006

1995

25 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA, Team Yamaha Rainey)
Watercolours on 140 lbs paper,
9,6 x 12 "
March 2006

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