Imre Tóth

Imre Tóth
Imre Tóth
	Imre Tóth
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	6 September 1985 (age 39); Budapest, Hungary
Current team	Team Tóth
Bike number	10
Website	tothimi.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
250cc World Championship
Active years	2007–2009
Manufacturers	Aprilia
Championships	0
2009 championship position	22nd (12 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	2002–2006
Manufacturers	Honda, Aprilia
Championships	0
2006 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2014-2016
Manufacturers	BMW, Yamaha
Championships	0
2016 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Supersport World Championship
Active years	2010–2013
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2013 championship position	NC (0 pts)

Imre "Imi" Tóth (born 6 September 1985 in Budapest, Hungary) is a motorcycle racer who competed for 8 years in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 125cc the 250cc World Championships as a privateer. He last raced in the Superbike World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. He previously raced in the Supersport World Championship. He now owns a Supersport team called Team Tóth, which started operating when he was in 125cc (he competed as a private his entire career). He is not related to László Tóth (racing driver).

Early life

Tóth started his racing career in 1989 on an electric bike. The next year, he continued on a 50cc automatic LEM bike, with which he won his first race in 1991.

Early career

He became Hungarian champion in 1992 and 1993 with Honda QR bike in the 50cc automatic category. Then in 1994, Tóth was inaugurated to win the championship in the 50cc stick shift category.

The next step was an 80cc CASAL bike, then raced with a Honda 125cc bike, in age ten and a half, with special permission, in the Czech Republic and Croatia. In Hungary he was not permitted to start due to his young age.

At age 12, Toth became champion as the youngest rider in Slovakia.

He then finished second in the Alpok-Adria tournament in year 1997.

In the Alpok-Adria tournament Imi couldn't have participated, as the Italian regulation only allows riders from the age of fourteen onwards, but the race director permitted him to race, after checking his training results. Finishing at the seventh place, he received a special award for being the youngest rider in Italy.

After receiving the permission to race in Hungary at age 12, Tóth became the youngest Hungarian and international champion in the motorcycle racing history by winning the Hungarian Championship.

Finally, when he turned 14, he received he gained the permission to compete in European races from the European Motorcycle Union.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Team	Number	Motorcycle	Race	Points	Placed
2002	125cc	Semprucci Angaia Racing	20	Honda	16	0	–
2003	125cc	Team Hungary	25	Honda Seel	16	0	–
2004	125cc	Team Hungary	25	Aprilia	16	6	29th
2005	125cc	Road Racing Team Hungary	45	Aprilia	16	7	28th
2006	125cc	Team Tóth	45	Aprilia	16	0	–
2007	250cc	Team Tóth Aprilia	10	Aprilia	17	2	28th
2008	250cc	Team Tóth Aprilia	10	Aprilia	16	9	20th
2009	250cc	Team Tóth Aprilia	10	Aprilia	16	12	22nd
Best						12	20th
Total					114	24

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN 18	RSA 23	SPA 27	FRA 22	ITA 21	CAT 23	NED 27	GBR 20	GER 25	CZE 26	POR Ret	BRA 28	PAC 23	MAL 22	AUS 23	VAL 25		NC	0
2003	125cc	Honda	JPN 24	RSA Ret	SPA 26	FRA 23	ITA 27	CAT 20	NED 23	GBR 17	GER Ret	CZE 23	POR Ret	BRA Ret	PAC 26	MAL 24	AUS Ret	VAL 22		NC	0
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 22	SPA 26	FRA 21	ITA 16	CAT 19	NED 10	BRA 18	GER Ret	GBR 19	CZE Ret	POR Ret	JPN Ret	QAT 25	MAL 18	AUS 21	VAL 21		29th	6
2005	125cc	Aprilia	SPA 16	POR 22	CHN 30	FRA 9	ITA 25	CAT Ret	NED 25	GBR 26	GER 20	CZE 18	JPN 21	MAL 22	QAT 29	AUS Ret	TUR 24	VAL 21		27th	7
2006	125cc	Aprilia	SPA 26	QAT Ret	TUR 29	CHN 32	FRA 20	ITA 25	CAT 27	NED 29	GBR Ret	GER 27	CZE 20	MAL 23	AUS Ret	JPN 25	POR 18	VAL 33		NC	0
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 19	SPA 18	TUR Ret	CHN 18	FRA Ret	ITA 22	CAT 22	GBR 15	NED 22	GER Ret	CZE 19	RSM 17	POR 15	JPN 18	AUS Ret	MAL 21	VAL 23	28th	2
2008	250cc	Aprilia	QAT Ret	SPA 15	POR 18	CHN 16	FRA 18	ITA 15	CAT Ret	GBR Ret	NED 20	GER 17	CZE	RSM Ret	INP C	JPN 22	AUS 13	MAL 15	VAL 13	20th	9
2009	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 17	JPN 13	SPA 16	FRA 9	ITA 15	CAT Ret	NED 15	GER 18	GBR 17	CZE 17	INP 17	RSM 18	POR 18	AUS 18	MAL Ret	VAL 19		22nd	12

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2010	Honda	AUS	POR	SPA	NED 16	ITA 16	RSA	USA	SMR 19	CZE 19	GBR 23	GER 14	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	37th	2
2011	Honda	AUS 15	EUR 16	NED 11	ITA Ret	SMR 20	SPA 15	CZE 13	GBR 17	GER 14	ITA 15	FRA 20	POR Ret		19th	13
2012	Honda	AUS 18	ITA Ret	NED 16	ITA 4	EUR Ret	SMR 13	SPA Ret	CZE 19	GBR 17	RUS 24	GER 20	POR 20	FRA 13	20th	19
2013	Honda	AUS 22	SPA Ret	NED	ITA 23	GBR 26	POR 23	ITA 17	RUS C	GBR 21	GER 25	TUR 23	FRA 21	SPA 24	NC	0

World Superbike Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos.	Pts
Year	Make	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	Pos.	Pts
2014	BMW	AUS 16	AUS 19	SPA 18	SPA 17	NED 20	NED 16	ITA 20	ITA 19	GBR 18	GBR 20	MAL 14	MAL 18	SMR DNS	SMR DNS	POR	POR	USA	USA	SPA 18	SPA Ret	FRA 20	FRA 13	QAT 18	QAT 17			28th	5
2015	BMW	AUS 20	AUS 17	THA 18	THA 18	SPA 18	SPA 20	NED Ret	NED Ret	ITA 15	ITA 12	GBR 19	GBR 17	POR 20	POR 19	SMR 22	SMR 22	USA 16	USA 17	MAL 19	MAL 20	SPA 20	SPA 20	FRA 20	FRA 21	QAT 17	QAT 14	30th	7
2016	Yamaha	AUS 19	AUS 19	THA 22	THA 21	SPA 20	SPA 22	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	MAL 19	MAL 21	GBR 18	GBR Ret	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	FRA Ret	FRA 21	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT	NC	0

* Season still in progress.

References

http://tothimi.com/2006/main.php?op=rolam&lang=eng
http://teamtoth.com/2006/main.php?op=imi&lang=eng Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
http://teamtoth.com/2006/main.php?op=imi&lang=hun Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
https://web.archive.org/web/20070625010914/http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_riders.htm?menu=riders
http://motorinfo.hu/news_new.php?nid=1478^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Hungarian)
http://forum.index.hu/Article/showArticle?t=9133297?cmd=Article_showArticle&t=9133297 (in Hungarian)

External links

Official website (in Hungarian)