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John "Hopper" Hopkins (; born May 22, 1983) is an American motorcycle racer. In a 2007 interview, he was questioned about being born in England, with a later move to America with his parents.〔(SuperbikePlanet.com Interview: MotoGP Racer John Hopkins ), 10 January 2007. Retrieved November 25 2015〕 After riding a Ducati in the British Superbike Championship during the 2015 season, he is contracted to race a Yamaha YZF-R1 for 2016. Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, the AMA Superbike Championship, and the Superbike World Championship. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke 500 cc bike, and joined the factory Suzuki squad a year later for a five-year spell. He raced for the Kawasaki MotoGP team in 2008, but they dropped him for 2009 due to the global economic crisis and the company's uncompetitive showings. He has subsequently raced in both the World and British Superbike championships, finishing second in the 2011 British Superbike Championship season although injuries and alcohol problems have affected his results,.〔http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/454/9618/Motorcycle-Article/John-Hopkins-Interview--Jerez-MotoGP.aspx〕〔http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-racing-news-moto-gp/hopkins-battled-pain-with-alcohol/17677.html〕 He was born to parents from Acton.〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2046860/Hopkins-poised-American-winner-British-Superbike-Championship.html〕 ==Biography== Hopkins began riding Motocross bikes as a child and won his first race on a MiniBike on 1986, switching to road racing full-time in 1999. Hopkins proposed to his girlfriend Ashleigh in the summer of 2007 on her 21st birthday. They married in Las Vegas in December 2007. He is featured in the 2003 documentary film, ''Faster''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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