Jonas Folger

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Jonas Folger
Folger in 2017
Nationality	German
Born	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 28) Mühldorf, Germany
Current team	Bonovo MGM Racing
Bike number	94
Website	Jonas Folger
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2017 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2017 championship position 10th (84 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 13 0 1 0 2 84 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2014–2016, 2019 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2019 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 59 3 11 2 5 393 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2013 Manufacturers Ioda, Kalex KTM Championships 0 2013 championship position 5th (183 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 31 1 8 4 1 276 125cc World Championship Active years 2008–2011 Manufacturers KTM, Aprilia Championships 0 2011 championship position 6th (161 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 53 1 4 0 0 304

Jonas Folger (born 13 August 1993) is a German professional motorcycle racer who most recently competed in the 2021 Superbike World Championship. He is best known for his stint in MotoGP with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 getting a podium in Germany behind Marc Marquez and ahead of Dani Pedrosa. His subsequent career has been affected by illness, having been diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome.^[1] Folger is also a race winner in both Moto 3 and Moto 2 World Championships.

Career[]

125cc World Championship[]

In the 2009 125 World Championship Jonas Folger took his first podium and was Rookie of the Year.

Red Bull Ajo Motorsport[]

In 2011 he moved to Aki Ajo's team taking his first win and two more

Moto3 World Championship[]

IodaRacing Project (2012)[]

Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 (2012–2013)[]

Moto2 World Championship[]

AGR Team (2014–2015)[]

2014[]

2015[]

Dynavolt Intact GP (2016)[]

2016[]

MotoGP World Championship[]

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (2017)[]

2017[]

Return to Moto2[]

Petronas Sprinta Racing (2019)[]

2019[]

Career statistics[]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]

By season[]

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2008	125cc	KTM	Red Bull MotoGP Academy	94	3	0	0	0	0	1	34th
			Red Bull KTM 125	94	3	0	0	0	0
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Ongetta Team I.S.P.A.	94	16	0	1	0	0	73	12th
2010	125cc	Aprilia	Ongetta Team I.S.P.A.	94	15	0	0	0	0	69	14th
2011	125cc	Aprilia	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	94	16	1	3	0	0	161	6th
2012	Moto3	Ioda	IodaRacing Project	94	15	1	4	2	0	93	9th
		Kalex KTM	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	94
2013	Moto3	Kalex KTM	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	94	16	0	4	2	1	183	5th
2014	Moto2	Kalex	AGR Team	94	18	0	2	1	1	63	15th
2015	Moto2	Kalex	AGR Team	94	18	2	4	0	3	163	6th
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Dynavolt Intact GP	94	18	1	5	1	1	167	7th
2017	MotoGP	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	94	13	0	1	0	2	84	10th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas Sprinta Racing	94	5	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
Total					156	5	24	6	8	1057

By class[]

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2008–2011	2008 Czech Republic	2009 France	2011 Great Britain	53	1	4	0	0	304	0
Moto3	2012–2013	2012 Qatar	2012 Indianapolis	2012 Czech Republic	31	1	8	4	1	276	0
Moto2	2014–2016, 2019	2014 Qatar	2014 Spain	2015 Qatar	59	3	11	2	5	393	0
MotoGP	2017	2017 Qatar	2017 Germany		13	0	1	0	2	84	0
Total	2008–2019				156	5	24	6	8	1057	0

Races by year[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2008	125cc	KTM	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE Ret	RSM 15	IND 24	JPN 16	AUS	MAL 17	VAL 18			34th	1
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 6	JPN 8	SPA Ret	FRA 2	ITA 14	CAT 6	NED 7	GER Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 12	IND 12	RSM 9	POR 14	AUS 14	MAL Ret	VAL Ret				12th	73
2010	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 15	SPA Ret	FRA 13	ITA 11	GBR 15	NED 10	CAT 9	GER 16	CZE 4	IND 9	RSM 11	ARA 8	JPN Ret	MAL DNS	AUS	POR 4	VAL Ret			14th	69
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 5	SPA 2	POR 5	FRA 6	CAT 3	GBR 1	NED 8	ITA Ret	GER 7	CZE DNS	IND 9	RSM 9	ARA 10	JPN 6	AUS Ret	MAL 6	VAL 5			6th	161
2012	Moto3	Ioda	QAT Ret	SPA WD	POR	FRA 11	CAT Ret	GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER Ret	ITA Ret											9th	93
		Kalex KTM										IND 3	CZE 1	RSM 6	ARA 3	JPN Ret	MAL 3	AUS 11	VAL Ret
2013	Moto3	Kalex KTM	QAT 5	AME 4	SPA 3	FRA 4	ITA 6	CAT DNS	NED 6	GER 8	IND 4	CZE 3	GBR 6	RSM Ret	ARA 7	MAL 8	AUS 6	JPN 3	VAL 2			5th	183
2014	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 11	AME Ret	ARG 16	SPA 3	FRA 6	ITA 3	CAT Ret	NED 23	GER Ret	IND 18	CZE 15	GBR Ret	RSM 19	ARA 23	JPN 12	AUS 15	MAL 9	VAL 13		15th	63
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 1	AME 16	ARG 9	SPA 1	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 7	NED 7	GER 14	IND 12	CZE 6	GBR 5	RSM 6	ARA 4	JPN 2	AUS Ret	MAL 3	VAL 14		6th	163
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	ARG 3	AME 5	SPA 2	FRA Ret	ITA 15	CAT 7	NED 10	GER 2	AUT 26	CZE 1	GBR 5	RSM 8	ARA 10	JPN Ret	AUS 6	MAL 3	VAL 8		7th	167
2017	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 10	ARG 6	AME 11	SPA 8	FRA 7	ITA 13	CAT 6	NED Ret	GER 2	CZE 10	AUT Ret	GBR DNS	RSM 9	ARA 16	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		10th	84
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 19	NED 17	GER 17	CZE 19	AUT 18	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	32nd	0

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonas Folger.

• Jonas Folger at MotoGP.com
• Jonas Folger at WorldSBK.com
• Jonas Folger at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Jonas Folger at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
• Official website