Frédéric Bolley

French motorcycle racer

Frédéric Bolley
Nationality	French
Born	17 February 1974 (1974-02-17) (age 50) Marseille, France
Motocross career
Years active	1997, 1999-2002
Teams	Honda
Championships	250cc - 1999, 2000
Wins	13

Frédéric Bolley (born 17 February 1974 in Marseille) is a French former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1997 to 2002. Bolley is notable for being a two-time 250cc motocross world champion.

Bolley won consecutive F.I.M. 250cc motocross world championships in 1999 and 2000 riding for the Honda factory racing team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 2002, Bolley announced his retirement from motocross to follow Jean-Michel Bayle by switching to road racing.^[4] He later competed in the supermoto world championships as well as indoor enduro competitions.

References

^ "1999 250cc Motocross World Championship Overall Standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "2000 250cc Motocross World Championship Overall Standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Frédéric Bolley career profile". bestsports.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Double champ Bolley quits MX - to go road racing!". crash.net. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

250cc / MX2 world champions¹

1962 – T. Hallman
1963 – T. Hallman
1964 – J. Robert
1965 – V. Arbekov
1966 – T. Hallman
1967 – T. Hallman
1968 – J. Robert
1969 – J. Robert

1970 – J. Robert
1971 – J. Robert
1972 – J. Robert
1973 – H. Andersson
1974 – G. Moisseev
1975 – H. Everts
1976 – H. Mikkola
1977 – G. Moisseev
1978 – G. Moisseev
1979 – H. Carlqvist

1980 – G. Jobé
1981 – N. Hudson
1982 – D. LaPorte
1983 – G. Jobé
1984 – H. Kinigadner
1985 – H. Kinigadner
1986 – J. Vimond
1987 – E. Geboers
1988 – J. van den Berk
1989 – J. Bayle

1990 – A. Puzar
1991 – T. Parker
1992 – D. Schmit
1993 – G. Albertyn
1994 – G. Albertyn
1995 – S. Everts
1996 – S. Everts
1997 – S. Everts
1998 – S. Tortelli
1999 – F. Bolley

2000 – F. Bolley
2001 – M. Pichon
2002 – M. Pichon
2003 – S. Ramon²
2004 – B. Townley
2005 – T. Cairoli
2006 – C. Pourcel
2007 – T. Cairoli
2008 – T. Rattray
2009 – M. Musquin

2010 – M. Musquin
2011 – K. Roczen
2012 – J. Herlings
2013 – J. Herlings
2014 – J. Tixier
2015 - T. Gajser
2016 - J. Herlings
2017 - P. Jonass
2018 - J. Prado
2019 - J. Prado

2020 - T. Vialle
2021 - M. Renaux
2022 - T. Vialle
2023 - A. Adamo

¹From 1962 to 2002 the MX-2 world championship was named the 250cc motocross world championship. ²In 2003 250cc 4-stroke machine was allowed to race in 125cc which convert to the new MX2 class later.