Best Spanish SuperMoto racer to receive “Trofeo Nestor Jorge” at Salou

FUNCHAL (PORTUGAL), 04 November 2009 – Starting from the Catalan GP in Salou, the best placed home rider on Spanish ground will be handed a special prize, the “Trofeo Nestor Jorge” (Nestor Jorge Trophy), named after the most successful Spaniard in the FIM SuperMoto World Championship.

Next weekend at Salou the Catalan GP will get underway to mark the end of the 2009 Grand Prix season. The event will finish with the FIM Off Road Awards where the Trofeo Nestor Jorge will be handed out for the first time.

Nestor Jorge onboard the Husaberg in 2005

This special award is a tribute to Nestor Jorge, the most successful Spaniard in the history of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship courtesy of one Grand Prix win, three heat wins and another podium appearance. His career was suddenly stopped by a severe crash at the Austrian Grand Prix at Greinbach in August 2008 – Nestor is in a coma since then. Nestor Jorge is currently the sole Spaniard to have broken into the top three of a Grand Prix and to have won moto’s.

In 2006 Jorge moved on to Honda

The Trofeo Nestor Jorge will be handed out only at the Grand Prix’s held on Spanish ground and it will award the best placed home rider in the overall Grand Prix classification. The Catalan GP in Salou would be the first occasion to see a Spaniard being awarded in the memory of Nestor Jorge.

Jorge’s first and only GP win came in 2007 with Aprilia

NESTOR JORGE’S BIOGRAPHY AND CAREER IN THE FIM SUPERMOTO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Name and surname       Nestor Jorge

Nationality         Spanish

Place of birth     Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Spain)

Date of birth (d/m/y)    29/09/1975

First GP raced   2004, GP of Belgium, Spa Francorchamps, S2

GP wins               1

First GP win       2007, GP of Greece, Megara, S2

Last GP win        2007, GP of Greece, Megara, S2

GP podiums       1 (third place)

GP heat wins     3

Other results

In 2008 Jorge mounted on the Yamaha

NOTE FOR THE EDITORS

High resolution photos of Nestor Jorge’s career are available in the dedicated section of the high resolution gallery of www.supermotos1.com.

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