About Chris Vermeulen
Christopher Vermeulen (born 19 June 1982) is an Australian retired motorcycle racer. 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 as a member of the Suzuki MotoGP team, winning the 2007 French Grand Prix. Vermeulen won the World Supersport Championship for the Ten Kate Honda team in 2003. He then raced in the Superbike class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005. From 2006 he joined the elite MotoGP series, for the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Team. During his career, Vermeulen was regarded as a wet-weather expert and is affectionately nicknamed 'Vermin' on account of his last name. Vermeulen continued to record victories, and took his first pole at Assen in the Netherlands, the country in which his grandfather was born. He became the team's lead rider for 2003, and became series champion comfortably with four victories, becoming the youngest ever winner.
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