Chris Vermeulen

Christopher Vermeulen is an Australian retired motorcycle racer, born in Brisbane on 19 June 1982. He competed in the Supersport World Championship and the Superbike World Championship before racing in the premier MotoGP class between 2005 and 2009, most prominently with the Suzuki MotoGP team, winning the 2007 French Grand Prix. He won the World Supersport Championship for Ten Kate Honda in 2003, raced Superbikes for the same team in 2004 and 2005 and finished as series runner-up in 2005. His mentor Barry Sheene arranged his first rides in Britain. He was regarded as a wet-weather expert and is nicknamed Vermin because of his surname.