Yunus Erçelik

Turkish motorcycle racer

Yunus Erçelik

Nationality|  Turkish
Born|  (1980-05-19) May 19, 1980 (age 44)
Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey
Current team| Şampiyon 169 Team
Bike number| 169
Website| www.yunusercelik.com

Yunus Erçelik (born May 19, 1980, in Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional motorcycle racer. He competes in the Turkish Superbike Championship.[1]

He was born to parents who were motorcyclists. He is the second child of four siblings. He got interested in motorcycle riding through his father. He began racing after seeing his friends were not successful in competitions held at the İzmit Körfez Circuit. He had self-confidence he could do better. In 2007, he debuted in the Turkish Superstock 1000 B Championship and became the undefeated champion.[1]

From 2008 to 2011, he won the championships and TMF Cup in the Superstock 1000 A category.[2] In 2011, he raced for the team KMK on Honda CBR1000RR.[1] Erçelik took part also at Alpe-Adria and East European Championships. In 2012, Erçelik ranked second in the Turkish championship.[3] After five of seven rounds of the 2013 Turkish championship, he scored no points.[4]

Gaining a wildcard, Erçelik raced at the 2013 Superbike World Championship's İstanbul Park round for his own Şampiyon 169 Team on BMW S1000RR. After starting at grid 14,[5][6] Erçelik placed 14th in the Race 1[7] and 15th in the Race 2.[8][9][10] He took 3 points in total.[11]

## Career statistics

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2007

* Turkish Championship Superstock 1000 B - undefeated champion
* Balkan Open Road Racing Championship 6th Round SuperBike Serial 1000 – 2nd

2008

* Turkish Championship Superstock 1000 A - undefeated champion
* TMF Grand Prix - champion
* TMF Onur Cup - champion

2009

* Turkish Championship Superstock 1000 A - champion

2010

* TMF Grans Prix 1000A - champion

2011

* Turkish Championship Superstock 1000 A - champion
* TMF Cup 1000A - champion

2012

* Turkish Championship Superstock 1000 A - 2nd

### Turkish Superstock 1000 Championship

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Year | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pos

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2007  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1st
2008  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | \-  | 1st
2009  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 1st
2010  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 1st
2011  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1st
2012  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2nd
2013  | \-  | X  | \-  | \-  | \-  |  |  | 22nd*

* * Season still in progress

### TMF Cup

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Year | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pos

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2008  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1st
2009  | \-  | \-  | 3  | \-  | 3  | \-  |

### Balkan Open Road Racing Championship

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Year  |
SBK 1000  |
SBK 1000  |
SST 1000  |
SST 1000  |
SST 1000

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2010  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 4

### Superbike World Championship

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Year  | Make  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | Pos  | Pts

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R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2  | R1  | R2
2013 | BMW | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | RUS | RUS | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | TUR
14 | TUR
15 | USA | USA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | 34th  | 3

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Pilot Yunus Erçelik ile Söyleşi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Motorsiklet Federasyonu. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
2. ^ "2011 Pist Kupaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). TMF. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
3. ^ "2012 Pist Kupaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). TMF. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
4. ^ "2013 Türkiye Pist Şampiyonası Genel Klasmanları" (PDF) (in Turkish). TMF. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
5. ^ "Süperbike'ta Pole Tom Sykes'ın". Akşam (in Turkish). 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
6. ^ "Istanbul WSBK: All Saturday's qualifying times". Bike Sport News. 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
7. ^ Lawrence, Larry (2013-09-17). "Eugene Laverty Wins Race One in Turkey". Cycle News. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
8. ^ "Superbike'ta Laverty iki yarışı da kazandı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
9. ^ Kalaycı, Serdal & Çetin Arslancan (2013-09-17). "Motosiklet: FIM Dünya Superbike Şampiyonası". Haber 3 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-09-17.
10. ^ Swarts, David (2013-09-14). "Sykes Wins eni FIM World Superbike Superpole In Turkey". Road Racing World. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
11. ^ "Tolga Uprak Superbike'da Start Alıyor". Türkiye Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-09-17.

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