Repsol YPF, S.A.

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Type	Sociedad Anónima
Traded as	BMAD: REP OTCQX: REPYY
Industry	Oil and gas
Predecessor(s)	Instituto Nacional de Hidrocarburos
Founded	1986
Headquarters	Madrid,  Spain
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Antonio Brufau Niubó (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Oil and gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, petrochemistry
Services	Fuel stations
Revenue	€60.43 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income	€7.621 billion (2010)[1]
Profit	€4.693 billion (2010)[1]
Total assets	€67.63 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity	€25.99 billion (end 2010)[1]
Employees	43,300 (end 2010)[1]
Website	www.repsol.com

Repsol YPF, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [repˈsol i pe ˈefe]; originally an initialism for Refinería de Petróleos de Escombreras adding the word Sol (Sun) – Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, Sociedad Anónima) is an integrated Spanish oil and gas company with operations in 29 countries. The bulk of its assets are located in Spain and Argentina, as a result of the 1999 takeover of Argentine energy firm YPF by the Spanish conglomerate Repsol S.A.. It is now the 15th largest petroleum refining company according to the Fortune Global 500 list,^[2] employing over 40,000 people worldwide.

In May 2006 Repsol announced it was planning to float between 15% and 20% of YPF's shares on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.

Repsol also partners with Honda Racing Corporation to compete in MotoGP under Repsol Honda Team.

History[link]

• 1948: REPESA incorporation (oil refineries located in Escombreras) created for the installation of a refinery in the Valley of Escombreras (Cartagena)
• 1981: Creation of INH: Public organisation created to integrate the various companies operating in the oil and gas sectors in which the Spanish state had a controlling interest or was the sole owner.

Repsol YPF headquarters (Madrid).

• 1986: Creation of the Repsol group: Its sole shareholder is the INH. Repsol brings together the companies in which the Spanish government had a majority ownership in the areas of Exploration and Production (formerly Hispanoil) and Production, Refining (formerly ENPETROL), Chemical and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Butane (former Butano SA), CAMPSA and Petronor. Repsol Quimica (Alcudia).
• 1989: The State (INH) began the privatisation of Repsol. IPO of 26% of Repsol capital. Shares of Repsol, SA became listed on stock exchanges in Spain and in New York.
• 1991: The company of Gas Natural was formed.
• 1997: The State completes the process of privatisation of Repsol. IPO of 10% of Repsol capital.
• 1998: Repsol considers the purchase of YPF.
• 1999: Acquisition of YPF by Repsol.
• 2007: Purchase of 14.9% by the Petersen Group, a company of Argentina controlled by Enrique Eskenazi .
• November 2008 LUKoil was interested in acquiring approximately 30% of the shares of Repsol (20% owned by Sacyr and 10% of Caja Madrid).
• 2009: The company enters into agreement with Cuba to extract and drill on their territory.
• 2010: Repsol signed an agreement for investments estimated in U$10 billion in Iran.^[3]
• 2012: Argentina and Repsol spar in nationalisation of Repsol's Argentinian business YPF.^[4]
• 2012: Argentinian takeover of YPF ^[5] official.

References[link]

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External links[link]

Media related to Repsol YPF at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

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Casey Stoner
Stoner at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 26) Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Current team	Repsol Honda
Bike number	1
Website	caseystoner.com.au
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2006–present Manufacturers Honda, Ducati Championships 2 (2007, 2011) 2011 Championship position 1st (350 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 104 35 63 35 28 1643 250cc World Championship Active years 2002, 2005 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2005 Championship position 2nd (254 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 31 5 10 2 1 322 125cc World Championship Active years 2001, 2003–2004 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia, KTM Championships 0 2004 Championship position 5th (145 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 30 2 10 2 3 274

Casey Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian professional motorcycle racer, best known for being a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in 2007 and 2011.

Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career. After first competing internationally in 2002, Stoner became MotoGP World Champion in 2007 for Ducati Corse and won a second world championship title in 2011 for Repsol Honda. Prior to the 2012 French Grand Prix, Stoner announced that he would retire from Grand Prix racing at the conclusion of the 2012 season.^[1][2]

Career[link]

Early years[link]

He competed in his first race was when he was four years old, in an under-nine years old race at the Mike Hatcher's dirt racing track on the Gold Coast of Australia. Between his very first race win at the age of nine and the age of fourteen, Stoner won 41 dirt and long track titles and 70 state titles.^[3]

One feat he achieved that illustrates his passion and "need" for racing was at age twelve. Over one weekend he raced in 5 different categories in all 7 rounds of each capacity; a weekend consisting of 35 different races. Not only did he compete in all these categories and different engine capacities, the young Casey Stoner went on to win 32 out of the 35 races. There were five Australian titles to be won that weekend, Stoner won all five.

The legal age to enter into road races in Australia is 16. At the age of 14 years, Stoner and his parents agreed he was ready to move up onto road racing so they packed up and moved to England – where the legal age for road racing is 14.^[3]

From 2000 to 2002, he contested the national 125cc GP championships in Britain and Spain, winning the English 125cc Aprilia Championship in 2000, before moving fulltime to the 250cc GP World Championships in 2002. His season on an Aprilia under the guidance of Lucio Cecchinello was turbulent, with no podium places from 15 race starts.

125cc[link]

In 2003 Stoner moved to the 125cc GP category. Here, working again with Cecchinello and Aprilia, he met with considerable success, scoring his first GP race win and three second places, finishing 8th overall at the season's end.

In 2004 Stoner joined the Red Bull KTM factory team in 125cc class and continued to improve, with another race win, two second places, three thirds, and a final championship position of fifth.

250cc[link]

In 2005 he rejoined the 250cc world championship class, racing once again for Lucio Cecchinello' team on an Aprilia. Onboard a factory Aprilia, Stoner emerged toward the season's end as a serious threat to championship leader Dani Pedrosa; a threat that only dissipated with a crash at Stoner's home Grand Prix of Phillip Island, allowing Pedrosa to establish an insurmountable points lead. Stoner went on to claim a solid second place in the overall championship standings, with an impressive five race victories for the season.

MotoGP[link]

2006[link]

Stoner during the MotoGP pre-season test session at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia in January 2007.

In October 2005, Stoner, along with Lucio Cecchinello's team, reportedly had an agreement to move to the MotoGP class in the upcoming season with support from Yamaha.^[4][5][6] After the season ended, he received an offer from the Honda Pons team and tested the Honda RC211V bike with them at Valencia.^[7] However, in December 2005, Stoner re-signed with Cecchinello's team after Honda Pons failed to secure sponsorship for the upcoming season.^[8] The team then made an agreement with HRC to run the RC211V for Stoner in 2006.^[9]

He took pole in just his second MotoGP race, but crashed several times during the season. He finished in 8th position in the championship, with his best result being a 2nd place at the Turkish Grand Prix, where he was leading until overtaken on the final corner by Marco Melandri.

2007[link]

Stoner secured a ride with the factory Ducati team for the 2007 season,^[10] joining Loris Capirossi on the new 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7. 6 poles and 10 race wins (including three of the first four^[11]), took him to his first GP title, by a margin of 125 points (equivalent to five victories) over Dani Pedrosa, which he built during the second half of the season.^[12] His worst finish was a 6th place at Motegi, which was all he needed to clinch the title that day.^[13]

2008[link]

Stoner opened the 2008 season with a victory at Qatar, before a run of two races without a podium. He returned to the podium with a second place at Mugello, before starting a run of seven successive pole positions.^[14] He turned three of them into successive victories – a lights-to-flag win at Donington,^[15] leading every lap at Assen six days later,^[16] and recovering from a huge Friday crash at Sachsenring^[17] to win in the wet after Dani Pedrosa crashed,^[18] moving to within 20 points of the championship lead. However, successive crashes while fighting for the lead at Laguna Seca (where he remounted to finish second to Valentino Rossi),^[19] Brno and Misano ensured that he could not defend the title successfully.^[20][21] Stoner finished the 2008 season as runner-up to Rossi with 280 points, the highest amount of points ever gained without taking the title.^[22] Stoner was named Young Australian of the Year for his 2008 performance.

2009[link]

Stoner's bike in Brno

Stoner remained with Ducati for the 2009 season with new team mate Nicky Hayden, with a further option for a 4th season in 2010.^[23] A strong start to the season left Stoner in a three way battle with the Fiat Yamaha duo of Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, before he was struck by a mystery illness which caused him to feel tired long before the end of races, leaving him 16 points behind Rossi and 7 behind Lorenzo after the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on 5 July.

Stoner was subsequently diagnosed with anemia and an inflammation of the stomach lining.^[24] Stoner later disputed the diagnosis however and, after continuing to struggle with the condition, he announced on 10 August 2009 that he would miss rounds 11, 12 and 13 in Brno, Indianapolis and Misano respectively in an attempt to recover from the illness.^[25] Mika Kallio was chosen as Stoner's replacement for the three races.^[26] Stoner returned to racing late in the 2009 season, placing second in the Portuguese Grand Prix and an emphatic first in the Australian Grand Prix, which he led throughout. At interview following the Australian Grand Prix, Stoner said that he experienced none of the premature tiredness that had dogged him earlier in the 2009 season. He followed this up with another first place in the wet at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

At the last round of 2009 at Valencia, Stoner dominated all practice and qualifying sessions to take pole, only to crash on cold tyres on the warm-up lap and miss the race.

2010[link]

At the test held immediately following the Valencia round, Stoner was once again fastest while testing the new 2010 version of the Desmosedici. However, Rossi was fastest in five of the six pre-season tests.

Stoner qualified on pole for the season opener in Qatar, and was leading the race when he crashed out, later acknowledging that this was his own mistake.^[27] He also crashed out of round 3 at Le Mans, this time attributing the crash to the front of the bike unloading when not running at maximum pace.^[28] His first podium of the year came at Assen, despite struggling with arm pump late in the race.^[29]

For 2011 Stoner has joined Honda Racing Corporation after four years at Ducati Corse,^[30] where he has been replaced by Valentino Rossi.

2011[link]

Stoner at the 2011 Czech Grand Prix

Stoner raced with the Repsol Honda Racing Team in 2011, with team mates Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. In preseason testing in Malaysia, Stoner was quickest in all three sessions,^[31] closely followed by Pedrosa and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner won the season-opening race in Qatar from pole position,^[32] and had been quickest in each of the free practice sessions held before qualifying. Stoner won three out of the first five rounds of the season, with victories in Le Mans and Catalunya to add to his Qatar victory. Stoner added victories at Silverstone in damp conditions, and Laguna Seca, to hold a 20-point lead over Jorge Lorenzo with eight races to go in the season.

Stoner proposed boycotting the Japanese Grand Prix out of fears for his health from radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant^{[citation needed]} even though all the independent scientific experts including the World Health Organization and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency stated that it is safe to live permanently 80 km (50 mi) or more from the plant.^[33]

Stoner won the World Championship for the second time at his home round at Phillip Island, Australia.^[34] On his 26th birthday, Stoner won his ninth race of the season from his eleventh pole, and with his only challenger Jorge Lorenzo ruled out of the race due to a hand injury suffered in warm-up, Stoner finished the weekend with an unassailable 65-point lead. His victory in the Australian MotoGP was his fifth in succession in his home race dating back to 2007 making him the only rider to have won at Phillip Island during the 800cc era of MotoGP.

2012[link]

Stoner started the season with wins at Jerez and Estoril, both tracks he had not won a MotoGP race at before; his victory in Estoril allowed him to take the championship lead.

Retirement[link]

On 17 May 2012, during the pre-event press conference at the French Grand Prix, Stoner announced that he would retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 season.^[1][2] Stoner stated that he was no longer enjoying competing in the series, which was one of the contributing factors to his retirement.^[35]

Status and personality[link]

The podium after the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, with Stoner flanked by Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.

Stoner has showed signs of feeling underappreciated by the general public. He was angered by consistent suggestions that the bike and tyres had a bigger role in his success than he did,^[36] and unhappy at being booed at Donington in both 2007 and 2008.^[37]

In August 2008 he was criticised for his team's association with tobacco company Philip Morris.^[38]

Stoner has stated that he would prefer to shun the limelight and would prefer to let his riding style do the talking. In a recent interview with Australian Motorcycle News, he was quoted as saying that he would prefer a return to purer form of racing from the 500cc days, stating that "Back in those days, it was just racing – Doohan, Rainey, Schwantz, Gardner, Lawson – not half as much bullshit as now. That was the life." compared to the racing that he participates in.

Personal life[link]

Stoner met Adriana Tuchyna from Adelaide when she approached him at Phillip Island in 2003 and asked him to sign her stomach.^[39] A relationship began in 2005 when she turned 16,^[40] and they were married in Adelaide on 6 January 2007.^[41]

Following his experience of tiredness and sickness during 2009, Stoner was ultimately diagnosed as lactose intolerant.^[42]

At the Czech Republic Grand Prix in August 2011, Stoner announced that his wife was pregnant with their first child.^[43][44] The baby, named Alessandra Maria, was born on 16 February 2012,^[45] the same birthday as Stoner's long-time rival Valentino Rossi.

Career statistics[link]

By season[link]

• * Season in progress.

By class[link]

Races by year[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

• * Season in progress.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Casey Stoner

• Official website
• Casey Stoner – MotoGP Rider Bios at Motorcycle-USA
• Casey Stoner on Twitter

v t e Repsol Honda Team Casey Stoner (1) • Dani Pedrosa (26) Grand Prix motorcycle : Honda RC212V

Antoni Bou i Mena (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ˈβɔw]), also known as Toni Bou (born 17 October 1986 in Piera, in Catalonia, Spain), is an internationally renowned motorcycle trials rider. He has been the outdoor FIM Trial World Championship champion from 2007 to 2011, and the indoor one also from 2007 to 2011. With these 10 world titles, he is already the second most successful rider in history, after Dougie Lampkin with 12 titles, surpassing Jordi Tarrés who is third with 7 titles. At the age of 20 years and 5 months, Bou was the second youngest rider ever to win the World Indoor Title,^[1] and the youngest to do it on a 4-stroke motorbike.

Biography[link]

Toni Bou's first race win was in 1999, when he obtained the Catalan Cadet Trials Championship title at the age of 12. In 2001 he was the Spanish Junior Trials Champion. His World Trials debut was in 2003, when he ended 13th in the World Outdoor Trials Championship, and 1st in the European Outdoor Trials Championship. His first World Trials win was in 2006 when he ended 5th in the outdoor championship, and 3rd in the indoor one. In the same year he was the Spanish Outdoor Trials Champion.

In 2007 he was World Trials Champion for the first time, both in the indoor and outdoor Championships. He was able to repeat this feat in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In terms of National Team achievements, he has been part of the Spanish team, fully composed by Catalan riders, that obtained Trial des Nations wins in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He also achieved the same in the indoor version of the competition in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The 2009 season was a perfect one for him, achieving all his objectives,^[2] as he won all the major 5 titles, including the indoor and outdoor world titles, the indoor and outdoor Spanish titles, and the Trial des Nations title. This feat was only achieved once before, by Adam Raga in 2005.

Toni Bou rides a Repsol Montesa HRC bike.

Titles[link]

1. 5 World Motorcycle Trials Champion: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
2. 6 World Motorcycle Trials Indoor Champion: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
3. 2 Spanish Trials Champion: 2006, 2009
4. 1 Spanish Trials Indoor Champion: 2009
5. 5 Trial des Nations: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
6. 4 Trial des Nations Indoor: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
7. 1 European youth cup: 2002
8. 1 European Trials Champion: 2000

Results at the World Trials Championship[link]

The following table shows the final position achieved by Toni Bou at the World Motorbike Trials Championship Outdoor:^[3]

Results at the World Trials Championship Indoor[link]

The following table shows the final position achieved by Toni Bou at the World Motorbike Trials Championship indoor:^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toni Bou

• Toni Bou official site
• Toni Bou at Facebook
• Toni Bou profile, at HondaRacing