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Aspar Team

Spanish motorcycle racing team


Spanish motorcycle racing team

FieldValue
Short_nameAspar Team
LogoAspar Team.png
Last_season2025
Long_nameMoto2:
CFMoto Aspar Team
Moto3:
CFMoto Aspar Team
MotoE:
Openbank Aspar Team
BaseSpain
PrincipalÁngel Nieto Jr.
RidersMoto2:
27. Daniel Holgado
80. David Alonso
Moto3:
28. Máximo Quiles
71. Dennis Foggia
MotoE:
21. Kevin Zannoni
81. Jordi Torres
MotorcycleMoto2:
Kalex Moto2
Moto3:
CFMoto Moto3
MotoE:
Ducati V21L
TyresMoto2:
Pirelli
Moto3:
Pirelli
MotoE:
Michelin
Riders_champ125cc/Moto3:
125cc:
: Álvaro Bautista
: Gábor Talmácsi
: Julián Simón
: Nicolás Terol
Moto3:
: Albert Arenas
: Izan Guevara
: David Alonso
Teams_champMoto3:

CFMoto Aspar Team Moto3: CFMoto Aspar Team MotoE: Openbank Aspar Team 27. Daniel Holgado 80. David Alonso Moto3: 28. Máximo Quiles 71. Dennis Foggia MotoE: 21. Kevin Zannoni 81. Jordi Torres Kalex Moto2 Moto3: CFMoto Moto3 MotoE: Ducati V21L Pirelli Moto3: Pirelli MotoE: Michelin 125cc: : Álvaro Bautista : Gábor Talmácsi : Julián Simón : Nicolás Terol Moto3: : Albert Arenas : Izan Guevara : David Alonso

Aspar Team (formerly Ángel Nieto Team) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.

History

The team was created by former world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was still riding a Honda RS125R. For 1993 Martínez expanded his operations into the 250cc class debuting with Juan Borja. For the next two seasons the Aspar team switched to Yamaha TZ125 bikes leaving the 250cc division. In 1996 Aspar started an 18-year relationship with Aprilia; in those years he fielded riders like Fonsi Nieto and Arnaud Vincent before entering the 250cc class again, in 2000 with Alex Debón. Between 2006 and 2011 the Aspar team won four World Championship titles in the 125cc class with Álvaro Bautista, Gábor Talmácsi, Julián Simón and Nicolás Terol. Riders that competed with the team in the 250cc class included Toni Elías, Alex de Angelis, Sebastián Porto and Randy de Puniet.

In the season the Aspar team entered the MotoGP class with Héctor Barberá, who finished in twelfth place aboard a Ducati Desmosedici GP10. Simón finished in second place in the inaugural Moto2 campaign, with teammate Mike Di Meglio finishing in twentieth place. Both riders started the season on Honda-powered RSV Motors frames, switching to a Suter chassis after two races. Nicolás Terol finished in second place in the 125cc class while his teammate Bradley Smith finished fourth, both riding Aprilia RSA 125 motorcycles.

Barberá remained with the team for , recording a best result of 6th at the Spanish Grand Prix. The team expanded to two bikes in , switching from Ducati to ART. Aleix Espargaró and Randy de Puniet dominated the recently created CRT (Claiming Rule Teams) class for two straight years. In , Aspar entered two Honda bikes, after hiring former World Champion Nicky Hayden to partner Hiroshi Aoyama. The duo scored points regularly, but Espargaró claimed a 3rd straight title in the CRT class with Forward Racing. Irishman Eugene Laverty joined the team in , the last year for Hayden in the World Championship before switching to the Superbike World Championship.

Before the season began, the team changed their name from Aspar Racing Team to Ángel Nieto Team, as a tribute by former team principal Jorge Fernandez to his late compatriot Ángel Nieto. The team also announced Ángel's son Gelete as the new team principal.

Results

YearClassTeam nameMotorcycleNo.RidersRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPointsPos.20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
125ccCoronas ElfHonda RS125R6ESP Jorge Martínez131200837th
11SUI Heinz Lüthi13122nd
Coronas Aspar64ESP Juan Borja10NC
250ccTeam AsparHonda RS250R30ESP Juan Borja120000529th
45ESP Jorge Martínez100000NC
36ESP Pere Riba Cabana5 (6)00000NC
125ccTeam AsparHonda RS125R6ESP Jorge Martínez130000748th
125ccTeam AsparYamaha TZ1255ESP Jorge Martínez1413001356th
19JPN Yoshiaki Katoh70000826th
ESP Juan Enrique Maturana60000432nd
125ccTeam Aspar CepsaYamaha TZ1255ESP Jorge Martínez1300002718th
19JPN Yoshiaki Katoh1200005514th
51ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.100000NC
125ccTeam AsparAprilia RS125RESP Jorge Martínez1502311315th
FRA Arnaud Vincent100000NC
250ccCC Valencia Airtel AsparAprilia RSV 25030ESP Alex Debón1600003215th
20ESP Jerónimo Vidal2 (8)0000237th
125ccCircuito Valencia Aspar ApriliaAprilia RS125R21FRA Arnaud Vincent1612011327th
44ESP Héctor Faubel200000NC
250ccValência Circuit - Aspar TeamAprilia RSV 2506ESP Alex Debón1600006011th
10ESP Fonsi Nieto1502201675th
125ccValência Circuit - Aspar TeamAprilia RS125R31ESP Ángel Rodríguez1500002720th
44ESP Héctor Faubel200000NC
125ccMaster – Aspar TeamAprilia RS125R22ESP Pablo Nieto1603101456th
47ESP Ángel Rodríguez900001724th
80ESP Héctor Barberá1500005014th
250ccAspar Junior TeamAprilia RSV 25011ESP Joan Olivé1600003812th
33ESP Héctor Faubel1600003413th
125ccMaster - Mx Onda - AsparAprilia RS125R22ESP Pablo Nieto1613211487th
80ESP Héctor Barberá1625021643rd
250ccRepsol – Aspar Team 250ccAprilia RSV 25010ESP Fonsi Nieto1601001247th
19ARG Sebastián Porto16510752562nd
Grefusa – Aspar Team 250cc28GER Dirk Heidolf1500001323rd
33ESP Héctor Faubel1400003117th
22ESP Iván Silva100000NC
125ccMaster – Repsol Team 125ccAprilia RS 125 R22ESP Pablo Nieto1602021386th
33ESP Sergio Gadea1600002919th
250ccAprilia Aspar 250ccAprilia RSV 2507FRA Randy de Puniet1613121388th
19ARG Sebastián Porto1514021526th
125ccMaster AsparAprilia RS125R33ESP Sergio Gadea1601126812th
55ESP Héctor Faubel1603031139th
MVA Aspar28ESP Jordi Carchano160000629th
84ESP Julián Miralles600000NC
Aspar Team
MVA Aspar86ESP Mateo Túnez20000 (1)0NC
46900010
250ccMaster - MVA Aspar TeamAprilia RSW 2507SMR Alex de Angelis16111052283rd
125ccMaster - MVA AsparAprilia RS 125 R19ESP Álvaro Bautista16814873381st
21ESP Mateo Túnez1200000NC
33ESP Sergio Gadea1505021605th
55ESP Héctor Faubel1625021973rd
75ITA Mattia Pasini1626221924th
250ccMaster MVA Aspar TeamAprilia RSA 2503SMR Alex de Angelis1708152353rd
19ESP Álvaro Bautista1727111814th
125ccBancaja AsparAprilia RS 125 R14HUN Gábor Talmácsi17310562821st
Aprilia RSA 12533ESP Sergio Gadea1713011607th
55ESP Héctor Faubel17513222772nd
250ccMapfre Aspar TeamAprilia RSA 25019ESP Álvaro Bautista16411572442nd
55ESP Héctor Faubel1600006414th
125ccBancaja Aspar TeamAprilia RSA 1251HUN Gábor Talmácsi1739422063rd
33ESP Sergio Gadea1711108312th
Aprilia RS 125 R30ESP Pere Tutusaus120000926th
26ESP Adrián Martín50000133rd
54USA PJ Jacobsen100000NC
250ccMapfre Aspar Team 250ccAprilia RSA 25019ESP Álvaro Bautista16210342184th
Aprilia RSW 250 LE
Aprilia RSA 25063FRA Mike Di Meglio1602101078th
125ccBancaja Aspar Team 125ccAprilia RSA 12533ESP Sergio Gadea1615011415th
38GBR Bradley Smith162933223.52nd
60ESP Julián Simón16712772891st
MotoGPPáginas Amarillas AsparDucati Desmosedici GP1040ESP Héctor Barberá1800009012th
Moto2Mapfre Aspar TeamRSV Motor DR600
Suter MMX60ESP Julián Simón1708332012nd
63FRA Mike Di Meglio1600003420th
125ccBancaja Aspar TeamAprilia RSA 12538GBR Bradley Smith1716312234th
40ESP Nicolás Terol16314122962nd
MotoGPMapfre Aspar Team MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP118ESP Héctor Barberá1600008211th
Moto2Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2Suter MMXI21ESP Javier Forés700000NC
60ESP Julián Simón1001006814th
18ESP Jordi Torres1000000NC
35ITA Raffaele De Rosa1 (13)00000NC
82ESP Elena Rosell200000NC
20ESP Iván Moreno200000NC
125ccBankia Aspar TeamAprilia RSA 12518ESP Nicolás Terol16811753021st
26ESP Adrián Martín1700004513th
55ESP Héctor Faubel1714121775th
MotoGPPower Electronics AsparAprilia-ART GP1214FRA Randy de Puniet1800006213th
41ESP Aleix Espargaró1800007412th
Moto2Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2Suter MMX218ESP Nicolás Terol1701003717th
24ESP Toni Elías9 (13)000035 (50)16th
81ESP Jordi Torres8 (9)00003119th
Moto3Bankia Aspar Team
Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3Kalex-KTM23ESP Alberto Moncayo9 (16)010036 (52)17th
55ESP Héctor Faubel11 (12)000052 (63)16th
94GER Jonas Folger8 (15)142088 (93)9th
29GER Luca Amato500000NC
MotoGPPower Electronics AsparAprilia-ART GP1314FRA Randy de Puniet1800003615th
41ESP Aleix Espargaró1800009311th
Moto2Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2
Aspar Team Moto2Suter MMX218ESP Nicolás Terol1734111507th
81ESP Jordi Torres17130112810th
Moto3Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3Kalex-KTM57BRA Eric Granado170000725th
94GER Jonas Folger1604211835th
MotoGPDrive M7 AsparHonda RC213V-RS
Honda RCV1000R7JPN Hiroshi Aoyama1800006814th
Honda RCV1000R69USA Nicky Hayden1300004716th
2GBR Leon Camier40000127th
Moto2Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2Suter MMX218ESP Nicolás Terol160000228th
81ESP Jordi Torres1800005716th
80BEL Dakota Mamola100000NC
Moto3Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3Kalex-KTM58ESP Juan Francisco Guevara1800004617th
MotoGPAspar MotoGP TeamHonda RC213V-RS50IRL Eugene Laverty180000922nd
69USA Nicky Hayden1800001620th
Moto3Mapfre Team MahindraMahindra MGP3O21ITA Francesco Bagnaia1801007614th
58ESP Juan Francisco Guevara1700001524th
88ESP Jorge Martín1800004517th
MotoGPAspar Team MotoGP
Pull & Bear Aspar TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1450IRL Eugene Laverty1800007713th
68COL Yonny Hernández1800002022nd
Moto3Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3
Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra TeamMahindra MGP3O21ITA Francesco Bagnaia1826101454th
88ESP Jorge Martín1601007216th
MRW Mahindra Aspar Team
Aspar Mahindra Team Moto312ESP Albert Arenas2 (12)00000 (2)35th
1 (12)00000 (2)
MotoGPPull&Bear Aspar TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1619ESP Álvaro Bautista1800007512th
Ducati Desmosedici GP1517CZE Karel Abraham1800003220th
Moto3Mahindra Motard Aspar
Aspar Mahindra Moto3
Mahindra MRW Aspar TeamMahindra MGP3O48ITA Lorenzo Dalla Porta180000928th
75ESP Albert Arenas1200001426th
31ESP Raúl Fernández10000040th
200000
6ESP María Herrera2 (15)00000 (1)35th
MotoGPÁngel Nieto TeamDucati Desmosedici GP1719ESP Álvaro Bautista17 (18)000092 (105)12th
Ducati Desmosedici GP17
Ducati Desmosedici GP1617CZE Karel Abraham1800001223rd
Ducati Desmosedici GP167AUS Mike Jones10000030th
Moto3Ángel Nieto Team Moto3KTM RC250GP16ITA Andrea Migno1801008411th
75ESP Albert Arenas1722001079th
25ESP Raúl Fernández3 (4)00009 (16)28th
Moto2Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team
Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team
Inde Ángel Nieto TeamKTM Moto218AND Xavier Cardelús190000035th
96GBR Jake Dixon170000725th
54ITA Mattia Pasini1 (12)00000 (35)20th
Moto3Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team
Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team
Valresa Ángel Nieto TeamKTM RC250GP25ESP Raúl Fernández1900006021st
75ESP Albert Arenas17130010811th
81ESP Aleix Viu20000042nd
73AUT Maximilian Kofler20000043rd
MotoEOpenbank Ángel Nieto TeamEnergica Ego Corsa6ESP María Herrera600002714th
18ESP Nicolás Terol600003312th
Moto2Aspar TeamInde Aspar Team Moto2
Openbank Aspar Team Moto2
Oceanica Aspar Team Moto2
Kipin Energy Aspar Team Moto2
Pull&Bear Aspar Team Moto2Speed Up SF20T44ESP Arón Canet1200006714th
55MYS Hafizh Syahrin1400002121st
5ESP Alejandro Medina10000035th
18AND Xavier Cardelús20000034th
Moto3Aspar Team Gaviota
Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3
Solunion Aspar Team Moto3
Valresa Aspar Team
Pull&Bear Aspar Team Moto3KTM RC250GP75ESP Albert Arenas1535011741st
82ITA Stefano Nepa1500003820th
MotoEOpenbank Aspar TeamEnergica Ego Corsa6ESP María Herrera700003317th
55ESP Alejandro Medina700003613th
Moto2Inde Aspar Team
Solunion Aspar Team
Kipin Energy Aspar Team
Aspar Team Moto2
QuieroCorredor Aspar TeamBoscoscuro B-2144ESP Arón Canet1805001646th
75ESP Albert Arenas1800002821st
Moto3GasGas Gaviota Aspar
GasGas Valresa Aspar Team
Solunion GasGas Aspar Team
Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team
Santander Consumer GasGas
Valresa GasGas Aspar Team
MuchoNeumatico GasGas Aspar TeamGasGas RC250GP11ESP Sergio García1636111883rd
28ESP Izan Guevara1811041258th
80COL David Alonso10000038th
MotoEOpenBank Aspar TeamEnergica Ego Corsa6ESP María Herrera700002715th
54ESP Fermín Aldeguer70010519th
Moto2GasGas Aspar TeamKalex Moto275ESP Albert Arenas2000009012th
96GBR Jake Dixon200620168.56th
11ITA Mattia Pasini2 (3)0000133rd
Moto3GasGas RC250GP11ESP Sergio García19310102572nd
28ESP Izan Guevara20712523191st
80COL David Alonso10000044th
77ITA Filippo Farioli10000033rd
MotoEOpenBank Aspar TeamEnergica Ego Corsa6ESP María Herrera1200002117th
70ESP Marc Alcoba12000046.513th
Moto2GasGas Aspar TeamKalex Moto228ESP Izan Guevara1800002022nd
96GBR Jake Dixon1925212044th
81ESP Jordi Torres20000032nd
Moto3GasGas RC250GP6JPN Ryusei Yamanaka2000018413th
80COL David Alonso2048032453rd
MotoEOpenbank Aspar TeamDucati V21L6ESP María Herrera1600001718th
81ESP Jordi Torres1626432172nd
Moto2CFMoto Aspar Team
CFMoto Inde Aspar Team
CFMoto Asterius Aspar Team
CFMoto Polarcube Aspar Team
CFMoto RCB Aspar TeamKalex Moto228ESP Izan Guevara1901006917th
96GBR Jake Dixon1825211558th
Moto3CFMoto Aspar Racing Team
CFMoto Gaviota Aspar Team
CFMoto Valresa Aspar TeamCFMoto Moto378ESP Joel Esteban1900014517th
80COL David Alonso201415634211st
89ESP Marcos Uriarte10000035th
MotoEOpenbank Aspar TeamDucati V21L21ITA Kevin Zannoni1625011914th
81ESP Jordi Torres1602001526th
Moto2CFMoto Aspar Team
CFMoto Inde Aspar Team
CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team
CFMoto Gaviota Aspar Team
CFMoto European Privilege Aspar Team
CFMoto Impulse Aspar TeamKalex Moto227ESP Daniel Holgado182422153*6th*
80COL David Alonso18120297*12th*
Moto3CFMoto Aspar Team
CFMoto Gaviota Aspar Team
CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team
CFMoto Viel Aspar TeamCFMoto Moto328ESP Máximo Quiles142820217*3rd*
71ITA Dennis Foggia18010094*13th*
34AUT Jakob Rosenthaler2 (5)00000*32nd*
78ESP Joel Esteban2 (5)00000 (7)*26th*
MotoEPower Electronics Aspar TeamDucati V21L21ITA Kevin Zannoni120100107*8th*
81ESP Jordi Torres12020088*10th*
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement/wildcard rider

;Notes Season still in progress.

MotoGP results

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

YearTeamMotorcycleTyresNo.Riders12345678910111213141516171819PointsPos.909th827th1366th1297th1169th2512th9710th1079th1048th
Páginas Amarillas Aspar Racing TeamDucati Desmosedici GP10QATESPFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL
40ESP Héctor Barberá12138121112109Ret910911131114108
Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGPDucati Desmosedici GP11QATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDITAGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
8ESP Héctor Barberá126Ret9111112711910Ret98RetC11
6AUS Damian CudlinRetDNS
Power Electronics AsparART GP12QATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAUSAINDCZESMRARAJPNMALAUSVAL
14FRA Randy de Puniet13Ret13Ret15128111211Ret8911RetRet1112
41ESP Aleix Espargaró151212131311Ret131391010Ret101281011
Power Electronics AsparART GP13QATAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERUSAINDCZEGBRSMRARAMALAUSJPNVAL
14FRA Randy de Puniet1214RetRet11Ret1212RetRet15161713121013Ret
41ESP Aleix Espargaró11119138888Ret1210101311911Ret11
Drive M7 AsparHonda RCV1000RQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
2GBR Leon CamierRet151616
69USA Nicky Hayden8111111RetDNS12171491410Ret13
7JPN Hiroshi Aoyama11121012141415161210131412813811
Honda RC213V-S15
Aspar MotoGP TeamHonda RC213V-SQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
50IRL Eugene Laverty18161718141512Ret1719Ret171914171919Ret
69USA Nicky Hayden1713161711RetRet1616161712171513Ret1617
Aspar Team MotoGP (Rd. 1 - 8)
Pull & Bear Aspar Team (Rd. 9 - 18)Ducati Desmosedici GP14QATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERAUTCZEGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
50IRL Eugene Laverty124129111313711186121414Ret141216
68COL Yonny HernándezRetRet1415Ret1617Ret1817111116161213RetRet
Pull&Bear Aspar TeamDucati Desmosedici GP15QATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
17CZE Karel Abraham1410Ret15Ret161471713141317RetRet14Ret14
Ducati Desmosedici GP1619ESP Álvaro BautistaRet415RetRet57Ret6Ret810128Ret1711Ret
Ángel Nieto TeamDucati Desmosedici GP16QATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRSMRARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL
7AUS Mike Jones18
17CZE Karel Abraham1520Ret1817Ret13Ret181821C201517Ret11Ret14
Ducati Desmosedici GP1719ESP Álvaro Bautista1316158Ret9995910C9Ret857Ret

;Notes

  • Season still in progress.

References

References

  1. Sports, Dorna. (26 December 2017). "Aspar change team name to Ángel Nieto in tribute".
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