José Luis Cardoso


Jose Luis Cardoso Lobo is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. During the 2006 season, he rode for the Pramac d'Antin Ducati squad, his second time with this team.

Early career

His first success was victory in the 1990 Andalucian 125cc championship, before moving up to the national championship a year later. In 1993 he won the Spanish 125cc title, as well as the Andalucian 250cc series, and made his 125cc World Championship debut in his home round. He combined world and Spanish 250cc racing over the next two seasons, finishing as runner-up in his domestic series in 1995.
Cardoso concentrated on international racing for the first time in 1996, but did not match his 16th overall in the world series over the next two seasons. He doubled up successfully in 1998, winning the Spanish 250cc title and finishing 11th in the international level.

500cc and MotoGP part 1

This was enough to earn him a 500cc World Championship ride with the TSR Honda team in 1999, finishing 25th overall. In 2000 his team had sponsorship from Maxon Dee Cee Jeans, and he finished 18th overall. 2001 was his first year with Luis D'Antin's team, and he racked up 45 points, more than double his 2000 total, although it was only good for 16th overall. The championship became MotoGP in 2002, although he only made 5 appearances, and did not race anything in 2003.

Recent years

In 2004 Cardoso won the Spanish Formula Extreme title, and in 2005, he moved to Superbike World Championship, with the DFXtreme Yamaha team. He was highly competitive in testing, but struggled to finish races, ultimately coming only 31st overall. However, he went back to MotoGP and D'Antin in 2006, racing a 2005-spec Ducati as teammate to German Alex Hofmann. With the WCM team absent, and Team Roberts powered by Honda engines, they and Tech 3 Yamaha are the only privateer teams on the grid, and Cardoso and Hofmann have usually only had Tech 3's James Ellison near them at the bottom of the timesheets.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike1234567891011121314151617Pts
1993125ccApriliaAUSMALJPNSPA
Ret		AUTGERNEDEURRSMGBRCZEITAUSAFIMNC0
1994250ccApriliaAUS
19		MAL
Ret		JPN
Ret		SPA
15		AUT
Ret		GER
21		NED
Ret		ITA
Ret		FRA
Ret		GBR
19		CZE
Ret		USA
20		ARG
15		EUR
Ret		31st2
1995250ccApriliaAUS
8		MAL
13		JPN
7		SPA
17		GER
17		ITA
12		NED
Ret		FRA
Ret		GBR
16		CZE
13		BRA
14		ARG
Ret		EUR
12		16th33
1996250ccApriliaMAL
Ret		INA
Ret		JPN
23		SPAITA
DNS		FRA
Ret		NED
Ret		GERGBRAUT
Ret		CZE
Ret		IMO
13		CAT
Ret		BRA
Ret		AUS
Ret		31st3
1997250ccYamahaMAL
Ret		JPN
20		SPA
10		ITA
Ret		AUT
Ret		FRA
Ret		NED
Ret		IMO
14		GER
Ret		BRA
15		GBR
13		CZE
11		CAT
14		INA
Ret		AUS
Ret		21st19
1998250ccYamahaJPN
8		MAL
10		SPA
Ret		ITA
8		FRA
13		MAD
5		NED
Ret		GBR
10		GER
7		CZE
10		IMO
12		CAT
Ret		AUS
Ret		ARG
Ret		11th61
1999500ccTSR-HondaMAL
Ret		JPN
14		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
Ret		CAT
12		NED
16		GBR
Ret		GERCZE
DNS		IMO
Ret		VAL
Ret		AUS
Ret		RSA
17		BRA
17		ARG
16		26th6
2000500ccHondaRSA
11		MAL
13		JPN
Ret		SPA
Ret		FRAITA
13		CAT
DNS		NEDGBR
Ret		GER
12		CZE
16		POR
16		VAL
12		BRA
16		PAC
DNQ		AUS
DNQ		18th19
2001500ccYamahaJPN
Ret		RSA
13		SPA
Ret		FRA
13		ITA
11		CAT
14		NED
12		GBR
Ret		GER
13		CZE
13		POR
10		VAL
17		PAC
13		AUS
Ret		MAL
11		BRA
8		16th45
2002MotoGPYamahaJPNRSASPAFRA
16		ITACATNEDGBRGER
13		CZEPORBRA
11		PACMAL
16		AUS
15		VAL
Ret		23rd9
2004250ccYamahaRSASPAFRAITACAT
DNQ		NEDBRAGERGBRCZEPORJPNQATMALAUSVALNC0
2006MotoGPDucatiSPA
Ret		QAT
16		TUR
Ret		CHN
17		FRA
Ret		ITA
17		CAT
11		NED
17		GBR
15		GER
14		USA
16		CZE
Ret		MAL
17		AUS
17		JPN
Ret		POR
14		VAL
Ret		20th10

Superbike World Championship

Races by year