Aleix Espargaró

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Espargaró and the second or maternal family name is Villà.
Aleix Espargaró

Espargaró wearing NGM colours waving to spectators from an open-top car at the 2014 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
Nationality Spain Spanish
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Granollers, Spain
Current team Team SUZUKI ECSTAR MotoGP
Bike number 41
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years20092010, 2012–present
ManufacturersDucati (2009–2010)
ART (2012–2013)
Forward Yamaha (2014)
Suzuki (2015–2016)
Championships0
2015 championship position11th (105 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
95 0 1 2 0 484
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2011
ManufacturersPons Kalex-Honda
Championships0
2011 championship position12th (76 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
17 0 1 0 0 76
250cc World Championship
Active years20062009
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position20th (22 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
44 0 0 0 0 181
125cc World Championship
Active years20042006
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2006 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
23 0 0 0 0 36

Aleix Espargaró Villà (born 30 July 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle road racer. He competes in the MotoGP class of the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship, racing for the Suzuki factory team after their return to championship racing in 2015.

Career

Espargaró was born in Granollers, Spain. In 2006, Espagaró moved to the 250cc class of Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship racing mid-season, from the 125cc class. After Sebastian Porto ended his career, Martin Cardenas replaced Porto, and Aleix took Cardenas' spot.

For 2009, Espagaró was offered a deal with the Italian Campetella Racing team but they withdrew, leaving himwithout a permanent ride, but had two substitute appearances at Assen and Sachsenring for the Balatonring Team. He also acted as a Moto2 development rider.[1] On 19 August 2009, it was announced Espargaró would race for Pramac Racing in MotoGP in Indianapolis and Misano. He replaced Mika Kallio, who in turn replaced Casey Stoner at the Ducati works team.[2]

Espargaró at the 2010 British Grand Prix

On 6 October 2009, it was announced that Espargaró had signed an agreement with Pramac Ducati to race in the 2010 MotoGP Championship.[3] He replaced Niccolò Canepa in the team. He also replaced the injured Canepa for the last two races of the 2009 season in Sepang and Valencia.[4]

After a year back in Moto2 in 2011, Espargaro returned to the MotoGP class, and was the highest-placed CRT rider for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

In 2014, he recorded his first-ever pole position at the Dutch TT at Assen, coming in his 150th Grand Prix weekend. At the end of the season, after dominating the Open Class – previously known as CRT – he signed for the Suzuki works team to ride their new GSX-RR from 2015.[5]

Personal life

His younger brother Pol is also a Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and competed alongside Aleix in Moto2 in 2011.

Aleix is known for adoring FC Barcelona and its former player Bojan, whom he finally met at the Gran Premi De Catalunya in 2012.

Grand Prix career statistics

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2004 125cc Honda Racc Caja Madrid 1 0 0 0 0 NC
2005 125cc Honda Seedorf Racing 16 0 0 0 36 16th
2006 125cc Honda Avintia Honda 6 0 0 0 0 NC
250cc Honda Wurth Honda BQR 9 0 0 0 20 19th
2007 250cc Aprilia Blusens Aprilia 17 0 0 0 47 15th
2008 250cc Aprilia Lotus Aprilia 16 0 0 0 92 12th
2009 250cc Aprilia Balatonring Team 2 0 0 0 22 17th
MotoGP Ducati Pramac Racing 4 0 0 0 16 18th
2010 MotoGP Ducati Pramac Racing 18 0 0 0 65 14th
2011 Moto2 Pons Kalex Pons HP40 17 0 1 0 76 12th
2012 MotoGP ART Power Electronic Aspar 18 0 0 0 74 12th
2013 MotoGP ART Power Electronic Aspar 18 0 0 0 93 11th
2014 MotoGP Forward Yamaha NGM Mobile Forward 18 0 1 1 126 7th
2015 MotoGP Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 18 0 0 1 105 11th
2016 MotoGP Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 1 0 0 0 5* 11th*
Total 179 0 2 2 777

* Season still in progress.

Races by year

(key)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2004 125cc Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL
24
NC 0
2005 125cc Honda SPA
14
POR
16
CHN
7
FRA
12
ITA
17
CAT
15
NED
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
9
CZE
13
JPN
12
MAL
15
QAT
18
AUS
17
TUR
17
VAL
11
16th 36
2006 125cc Honda SPA
Ret
QAT
17
TUR
21
CHN
16
FRA
DNQ
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NC 0
250cc Honda NED
15
GBR
12
GER
15
CZE
Ret
MAL
9
AUS
15
JPN
Ret
POR
13
VAL
13
19th 20
2007 250cc Aprilia QAT
11
SPA
Ret
TUR
11
CHN
11
FRA
18
ITA
12
CAT
20
GBR
Ret
NED
17
GER
11
CZE
13
RSM
12
POR
12
JPN
17
AUS
14
MAL
10
VAL
12
15th 47
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
9
SPA
9
POR
11
CHN
9
FRA
9
ITA
9
CAT
Ret
GBR
10
NED
17
GER
13
CZE
10
RSM
Ret
IND
C
JPN
7
AUS
8
MAL
5
VAL
7
12th 92
2009 250cc Aprilia QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED
4
GER
7
GBR CZE 17th 22
MotoGP Ducati IND
13
RSM
11
POR AUS MAL
11
VAL
13
18th 16
2010 MotoGP Ducati QAT
Ret
SPA
15
FRA
9
ITA
8
GBR
10
NED
10
CAT
Ret
GER
Ret
USA
Ret
CZE
12
IND
9
RSM
11
ARA
10
JPN
14
MAL
Ret
AUS
8
POR
Ret
VAL
11
14th 65
2011 Moto2 Pons Kalex QAT
11
SPA
24
POR
Ret
FRA
6
CAT
3
GBR
18
NED
16
ITA
9
GER
Ret
CZE
6
IND
10
RSM
Ret
ARA
5
JPN
31
AUS
13
MAL
8
VAL
21
12th 76
2012 MotoGP ART QAT
15
SPA
12
POR
12
FRA
13
CAT
13
GBR
11
NED
Ret
GER
13
ITA
13
USA
9
IND
10
CZE
10
RSM
Ret
ARA
10
JPN
12
MAL
8
AUS
10
VAL
11
12th 74
2013 MotoGP ART QAT
11
AME
11
SPA
9
FRA
13
ITA
8
CAT
8
NED
8
GER
8
USA
Ret
IND
12
CZE
10
GBR
10
RSM
13
ARA
11
MAL
9
AUS
11
JPN
Ret
VAL
11
11th 93
2014 MotoGP Forward Yamaha QAT
4
AME
9
ARG
15
SPA
7
FRA
9
ITA
9
CAT
6
NED
4
GER
6
IND
Ret
CZE
8
GBR
9
RSM
Ret
ARA
2
JPN
11
AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
VAL
7
7th 126
2015 MotoGP Suzuki QAT
11
AME
8
ARG
7
SPA
7
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
9
GER
10
IND
14
CZE
9
GBR
9
RSM
10
ARA
6
JPN
11
AUS
9
MAL
7
VAL
8
11th 105
2016 MotoGP Suzuki QAT
11
ARG
11
AME
5
SPA
5
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GER
AUT
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
7th* 32*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. "Espargaró to make MotoGP debut at Indy". MotoGP.com. 19 August 2009.
  2. "Espargaro named in Pramac squad". Autosport.com. 19 August 2009.
  3. "Espargaro signs with Pramac". Insidebikes. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  4. "Espargaró to replace Canepa again at season finale". MotoGP.com. November 3, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  5. "Suzuki makes great progress at Valencia test". Suzuki MotoGP (Suzuki). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Álvaro Bautista
Spanish 125cc Champion
2004
Succeeded by
Mateo Túnez
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