Héctor Barberá

Héctor Barberá Vall (born November 2, 1986) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the British Superbike Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Héctor Barberá
Barberá in 2014
NationalitySpanish
Born (1986-11-02) November 2, 1986
Dos Aguas, Spain
Current teamQuattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki
Bike number80
Websitehectorbarbera.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years20102017
ManufacturersDucati, FTR, Avintia
Championships0
2017 championship position22nd (28 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
139 0 0 0 0 479
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2018
ManufacturersKalex
Championships0
2018 championship position23rd (10 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
6 0 0 0 0 10
250cc World Championship
Active years20052009
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position2nd (239 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
75 4 20 8 4 830
125cc World Championship
Active years20022004
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2004 championship position2nd (202 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
47 6 12 1 6 416
Superbike World Championship
Active years2019
ManufacturersKawasaki
Championships0
2019 championship position27th (3 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
4 0 0 0 0 3
Supersport World Championship
Active years20182019
ManufacturersKawasaki, Yamaha
Championships0
2019 championship position16th (22 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
6 0 0 0 0 49

Career

Born in Dos Aguas, Valencia Province, Barberá began his World Championship career at the age of 15 in the 2002 125cc world championship, under the guidance of Jorge Martínez "Aspar", who teamed Barberá and fellow youngster Ángel Rodríguez up with the experienced Pablo Nieto.

In his first season Barberá established himself as the most promising rider of the three and in 2003 he broke through, with his first victory at Donington Park making him one of the youngest riders ever to win a Grand Prix. A strong finish to the season saw him take third place in the championship and he signed up for a title challenge with Seedorf Racing in 2003.[1] Several inopportune crashes and mechanical failures derailed his hopes but victory in the final race secured the runner-up spot and a factory ride with Fortuna Honda in the 250cc class for 2005.[1] After two years with the team he moved to Team Toth in 2007.[1]

Barberá riding an Aprilia at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix.

Barberá survived a huge crash during the Italian round of the championship on June 1, 2008. Running second behind Marco Simoncelli on the penultimate lap who tried to defend his lead by changing his line on the straight, Barberá slipstreamed onto Simoncelli's back wheel and clipped it with his front brake lever. His bike somersaulted through the air, with Barberá escaping somewhat uninjured. However, a further crash in practice at Motegi left him with two spinal fractures, ending his season.[2]

In the 2009 250cc world championship, Barberá won three races along with five other podium results to finish second to Honda's Hiroshi Aoyama.[1] Barberá won the 2009 Valencia Grand Prix, the final two-stroke, 250cc race in Grand Prix history, as the class was to be discontinued in favor of the four-stroke Moto2 class in 2010.[1] On 20 August 2009 it was announced Barberá would move to MotoGP in 2010, riding for the Aspar Team aboard Ducati customer bikes.[3][4] Barberá finished the 2010 MotoGP season in twelfth place, and followed on in eleventh place in 2011. On 7 November 2011, it was announced that he was moving to Pramac Racing for the 2012 season.[5]

Career statistics

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2002 125cc Aprilia Master–Aspar Team 15 0 0 0 0 50 14th
2003 125cc Aprilia Master–MXOnda–Aspar Team 16 2 5 0 2 164 3rd
2004 125cc Aprilia Seedorf Racing 16 4 7 1 4 202 2nd
2005 250cc Honda Fortuna Honda 16 0 0 0 0 120 9th
2006 250cc Aprilia Fortuna Aprilia 14 1 3 2 1 152 7th
2007 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth Aprilia 17 0 5 0 1 177 5th
2008 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth Aprilia 12 0 4 2 1 142 6th
2009 250cc Aprilia Pepe World Team 16 3 8 4 1 239 2nd
2010 MotoGP Ducati Páginas Amarillas Aspar 18 0 0 0 0 90 12th
2011 MotoGP Ducati Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 16 0 0 0 0 82 11th
2012 MotoGP Ducati Pramac Racing Team 15 0 0 0 0 83 11th
2013 MotoGP FTR Avintia Blusens 18 0 0 0 0 35 16th
2014 MotoGP Avintia Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 26 18th
Ducati
2015 MotoGP Ducati Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 33 15th
2016 MotoGP Ducati Avintia Racing 16 0 0 0 0 102 10th
Ducati Team 2 0 0 0 0
2017 MotoGP Ducati Reale Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 28 22nd
2018 Moto2 Kalex Pons HP40 6 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
Total 267 10 32 9 10 1735

By class

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2002–2004 2002 Japan 2003 Netherlands 2003 Great Britain 47 6 12 1 6 416 0
250cc 2005–2009 2005 Spain 2006 Turkey 2006 China 75 4 20 8 4 830 0
Moto2 2018 2018 Qatar 6 0 0 0 0 10 0
MotoGP 2010–2017 2010 Qatar 139 0 0 0 0 479 0
Total 2002–2018 267 10 32 9 10 1735 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) [1]

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2002 125cc Aprilia JPN
16
RSA
DNS
SPA
12
FRA
15
ITA
Ret
CAT
18
NED
20
GBR
Ret
GER
21
CZE
4
POR
Ret
BRA
15
PAC
5
MAL
8
AUS
14
VAL
6
14th 50
2003 125cc Aprilia JPN
Ret
RSA
13
SPA
7
FRA
11
ITA
9
CAT
Ret
NED
3
GBR
1
GER
14
CZE
5
POR
2
BRA
9
PAC
1
MAL
8
AUS
6
VAL
3
3rd 164
2004 125cc Aprilia RSA
10
SPA
3
FRA
5
ITA
3
CAT
1
NED
6
BRA
1
GER
2
GBR
Ret
CZE
7
POR
1
JPN
Ret
QAT
12
MAL
Ret
AUS
6
VAL
1
2nd 202
2005 250cc Honda SPA
5
POR
11
CHN
7
FRA
7
ITA
6
CAT
16
NED
9
GBR
Ret
GER
8
CZE
Ret
JPN
8
MAL
6
QAT
7
AUS
4
TUR
6
VAL
5
9th 120
2006 250cc Aprilia SPA
5
QAT
4
TUR
2
CHN
1
FRA
7
ITA
Ret
CAT NED GBR
5
GER
5
CZE
5
MAL
Ret
AUS
6
JPN
7
POR
10
VAL
3
7th 152
2007 250cc Aprilia QAT
3
SPA
Ret
TUR
8
CHN
6
FRA
4
ITA
3
CAT
8
GBR
Ret
NED
7
GER
6
CZE
4
RSM
3
POR
5
JPN
3
AUS
Ret
MAL
2
VAL
5
5th 177
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
2
SPA
5
POR
8
CHN
6
FRA
12
ITA
Ret
CAT
3
GBR
4
NED
5
GER
2
CZE
4
RSM
3
IND
C
JPN
DNS
AUS MAL VAL 6th 142
2009 250cc Aprilia QAT
1
JPN
11
SPA
4
FRA
11
ITA
5
CAT
3
NED
2
GER
5
GBR
8
CZE
7
IND
6
RSM
1
POR
3
AUS
2
MAL
2
VAL
1
2nd 239
2010 MotoGP Ducati QAT
12
SPA
13
FRA
8
ITA
12
GBR
11
NED
12
CAT
10
GER
9
USA
Ret
CZE
9
IND
10
RSM
9
ARA
11
JPN
13
MAL
11
AUS
14
POR
10
VAL
8
12th 90
2011 MotoGP Ducati QAT
12
SPA
6
POR
Ret
FRA
9
CAT
11
GBR
11
NED
12
ITA
7
GER
11
USA
9
CZE
10
IND
Ret
RSM
9
ARA
8
JPN
Ret
AUS MAL
C
VAL
11
11th 82
2012 MotoGP Ducati QAT
9
SPA
10
POR
10
FRA
9
CAT
11
GBR
10
NED
7
GER
9
ITA
9
USA IND
WD
CZE RSM
Ret
ARA
12
JPN
10
MAL
7
AUS
12
VAL
Ret
11th 83
2013 MotoGP FTR QAT
13
AME
18
SPA
12
FRA
18
ITA
10
CAT
Ret
NED
20
GER
11
USA
10
IND
16
CZE
Ret
GBR
13
RSM
Ret
ARA
Ret
MAL
14
AUS
14
JPN
16
VAL
12
16th 35
2014 MotoGP Avintia QAT
Ret
AME
15
ARG
16
SPA
15
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
19
NED
18
GER
18
IND
Ret
CZE
17
GBR
19
RSM
19
18th 26
Ducati ARA
19
JPN
15
AUS
5
MAL
9
VAL
11
2015 MotoGP Ducati QAT
15
AME
12
ARG
13
SPA
14
FRA
13
ITA
13
CAT
16
NED
Ret
GER
13
IND
15
CZE
16
GBR
13
RSM
18
ARA
16
JPN
9
AUS
16
MAL
13
VAL
16
15th 33
2016 MotoGP Ducati QAT
9
ARG
5
AME
9
SPA
10
FRA
8
ITA
12
CAT
11
NED
6
GER
9
AUT
DSQ
CZE
5
GBR
14
RSM
13
ARA
13
JPN
17
AUS
Ret
MAL
4
VAL
11
10th 102
2017 MotoGP Ducati QAT
13
ARG
13
AME
14
SPA
12
FRA
Ret
ITA
14
CAT
9
NED
16
GER
DSQ
CZE
20
AUT
17
GBR
14
RSM
Ret
ARA
18
JPN
14
AUS
20
MAL
14
VAL
15
22nd 28
2018 Moto2 Kalex QAT
13
ARG
20
AME
18
SPA
14
FRA
11
ITA
Ret
CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 23rd 10

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
2018 Kawasaki AUS THA SPA NED ITA GBR CZE ITA POR
11
FRA
10
ARG
9
QAT
7
17th 27
2019 Yamaha AUS
4
THA
7
SPA
DNS
NED ITA SPA ITA GBR POR FRA ARG QAT 16th 22

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS THA THA THA SPA SPA SPA NED
16
NED
C
NED
16
ITA
13
ITA
14
ITA
C
SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ARG ARG ARG QAT QAT QAT 27th 3

References

  1. "Héctor Barberá". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. "Simoncelli pole, Barbera out". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  3. English, Steven (20 August 2009). "Barbera to join Aspar in premier class". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  4. "Aspar-Ducati satellite deal imminent". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  5. "motogp.com · Pramac confirm Barberá signing for 2012". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ángel Rodríguez
Spanish 125cc Champion
2002
Succeeded by
Álvaro Bautista
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