Filip Salač

Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech motorcycle rider, competing in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship for QJmotor Gresini Moto2.[1]

Filip Salač
Salač in 2019
NationalityCzech
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Current teamQJmotor Gresini Moto2
Bike number12
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2022
ManufacturersKalex
2022 championship position20th (45 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
36 0 2 1 0 153
Moto3 World Championship
Active years20182021
ManufacturersKTM (20182019, 2021)
Honda (20202021)
Championships0
2021 championship position16th (71 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
50 0 1 1 0 133

Career

Junior career

Salač competed full time in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, scoring no podiums, 75 points, and finished 9th in the final standings. He also made four race appearances in the 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, scoring one point in the race at Portimão.

Salač split the same two series again next year, finishing with 12 points in the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, and five top-6 finishes in the 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, including a 2nd place podium in Jerez. He finished 27th, and 13th in the standings respectively.

Salač improved from his previous seasons in both categories, scoring points eight times in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, seven of which were top-10 finishes, finishing 11th in the standings, with 52 points. In the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, he scored five podiums, two second places at Assen and Misano, and three third places at Jerez, the Sachsenring, and the Red Bull Ring. He finished the season 4th in the standings, with 151 points.

Moto3 World Championship

He made his Grand Prix racing debut as a wildcard, at his home GP in Brno in 2018, finishing the race in 24th place.

Redox PrüstelGP (2019)

Salač competed full time in the 2019 Moto3 World Championship alongside compatriot Jakub Kornfeil at Prüstel GP.[2]

He scored points in seven races during the year, his season's best finishes being a 9th place in Rimini, and a 5th place in the season closing race in Valencia. He ended the season 23rd in the standings, with 32 points.

Rivacold Snipers Team (2020–2021)

Switching from Prüstel to the Rivacold Snipers team for the 2020 Moto3 World Championship, Salač had similar performances as the year prior. He scored points in six races, his season's best results were an 8th place in Qatar, and a 9th place in Valencia, and ended the season 21st in the standings, with 30 points.

The 2021 Moto3 World Championship would see Salač ride for two teams. He started the season with the Rivacold Snipers outfit, scoring his first career podium in the category with a 2nd place in Le Mans, and also earning his first Pole Position in Moto3 at the Sachsenring.[3][4] He could not finish the race in Germany however, as technical issues forced him to retire. Salač was so upset with the team, having already retired in Doha and Barcelona in previous races, that following his German retirement, he asked for the termination of his contract with the team.[5] He was replaced by Alberto Surra.

CarXpert Prüstel GP (2021)

Following his decision to leave the Snipers team, and the sudden death of Jason Dupasquier in Italy freeing up a spot at Prüstel GP, the two parties agreed to a contract, and Salač would ride for Prüstel for the remaining 9 races of the season.[6] He finished in the points in the first three races, before crashing out in the next three, but ended the season well, with two 10th places in Misano and Portimão, before capping off the season with a 4th place in the season closer at Valencia. Salač finished 16th in the championship standings, with 71 points.

Gresini Racing Moto2 (2022–2023)

In September of 2021, it was announced that Salač would move up to Moto2, with the Gresini Racing team for the 2022 season.[1]

Career statistics

Races by year

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
2016 JER1
15
JER2
Ret
ASS1
9
ASS2
6
SAC1
10
SAC2
8
RBR1
11
RBR2
10
BRN1
Ret
BRN2
11
MIS
11
ARA1
5
ARA2
5
9th 75
2017 JER1
4
JER2
2
ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 BRN1
Ret
BRN2
DNS
RBR1 RBR2 MIS
5
ARA1
6
ARA2
5
13th 65
2018 JER1
3
JER2
4
MUG
10
ASS1
5
ASS2
2
SAC1
4
SAC2
3
RBR1
5
RBR2
3
MIS
2
ARA1
Ret
ARA2
7
4th 151

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
2016 KTM VAL1 VAL2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB
Ret
ALG
15
JER1 JER2 VAL1
20
VAL2
21
37th 1
2017 KTM ALB
Ret
LMS
11
CAT1
DNS
CAT2
DNS
VAL1 VAL2 EST JER1
19
JER2
13
ARA
12
VAL1
DNQ
VAL2
DNQ
27th 12
2018 KTM EST
8
VAL1
9
VAL2
Ret
LMS
18
CAT1
22
CAT2
16
ARA
9
JER1
9
JER2
8
ALB
10
VAL1
8
VAL2
15
11th 52

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2018 Moto3 KTM Cuna de Campeones Czech Talent Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 44th
2019 Moto3 KTM Redox PrüstelGP 19 0 0 0 0 32 23rd
2020 Moto3 Honda Rivacold Snipers Team 13 0 0 0 0 30 21st
2021 Moto3 Honda Rivacold Snipers Team 8 0 1 1 0 48 16th
KTM CarXpert Prüstel GP 9 0 0 0 0 23
2022 Moto2 Kalex Gresini Racing Moto2 20 0 1 0 0 45 20th
2023 Moto2 Kalex QJmotor Gresini Moto2 16 0 1 1 0 108* 9th*
Total 86 0 3 2 0 286

By class

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts
Moto3 2018–2021 2018 Czech Republic 2021 France 50 0 1 1 0 133
Moto2 2022–present 2022 Qatar 2022 Thailand 36 0 2 1 0 153
Total 2018–present 86 0 3 2 0 286

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 20 Pos Pts
2018 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE
24
AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 44th 0
2019 Moto3 KTM QAT
21
ARG
25
AME
20
SPA
Ret
FRA
15
ITA
20
CAT
Ret
NED
14
GER
13
CZE
Ret
AUT
19
GBR
21
RSM
9
ARA
18
THA
11
JPN
22
AUS
Ret
MAL
13
VAL
5
23rd 32
2020 Moto3 Honda QAT
8
SPA
Ret
ANC
Ret
CZE
25
AUT
Ret
STY
12
RSM
20
EMI
16
CAT
12
FRA
12
ARA
16
TER
13
EUR
9
VAL
DNS
POR 21st 30
2021 Moto3 Honda QAT
13
DOH
Ret
POR
13
SPA
12
FRA
2
ITA
11
CAT
Ret
GER
Ret
NED 16th 71
KTM STY
11
AUT
12
GBR
14
ARA
Ret
RSM
Ret
AME
Ret
EMI
10
ALR
10
VAL
4
2022 Moto2 Kalex QAT
Ret
INA
21
ARG
Ret
AME
14
POR
14
SPA
21
FRA
15
ITA
13
CAT
Ret
GER
Ret
NED
10
GBR
9
AUT
Ret
RSM
Ret
ARA
17
JPN
10
THA
2
AUS
Ret
MAL
11
VAL
13
20th 45
2023 Moto2 Kalex POR
4
ARG
7
AME
5
SPA
9
FRA
2
ITA
7
GER
13
NED
Ret
GBR
13
AUT
7
CAT
Ret
RSM
9
IND
10
JPN
5
INA
Ret
AUS
Ret
THA
MAL
QAT
VAL
9th* 108*

Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

By season

Year Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2020 Kawasaki Ninja 400 ACCR Czech Talent Team - Willi Race 2 0 0 0 0 4 34th
Total 2 0 0 0 0 4

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
2020 Kawasaki SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA SPA
11
SPA
NC
SPA SPA FRA FRA POR POR 34th 4

References

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