Career
He currently rides for Tyco Bayerische Motoren Werke aboard a Bayerische Motoren Werke S1000RR in the British Superbike Championship. British Superbike and Supersport championships
He raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races. In 2005 and 2006 he raced for Stobart Motorsport team in the British Superbike Championship.
In 2006 he was team-mate to Michael Rutter.
Helped by a pair of 5th places at Knockhill in round 7 he came 7th overall, ahead of the more experienced Rutter. Foreign 2007, Michael moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team
He beat team-mate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to Bachelor of Science in Business with the team for 2008. He took two fourth places early on in the season and finished 9th overall, but decided to leave the team for 2009.
Foreign 2009 Michael competed in the United States of America riding in selected rounds of the American Medical Association Superbike Championship with Celtic Racing.
Michael finished in the top 10 at every round he competed in, with a 2nd position to Mat Mladin at the Road America round being his best result. He also competed in selected World Supersport rounds and joined the Congressional Research Service team for the latter part of the 2009 season. In January 2010, Laverty confirmed that he had re-signed with the Relentless Suzuki team to ride in the 2010 British Superbike Championship season.
In May 2010, Laverty took his and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team"s first Superbike victory, in race two of the third round of the 2010 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.
In the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Laverty competed in MotoGP on a CRT bike run by Paul Bird and his PBM Team.