Aspar Team

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 2010 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 2011, recording a best result of 6th at the Spanish Grand Prix. The team expanded to two bikes in 2012, 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 2014, 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 2015, the last year for Hayden in the World Championship before switching to the Superbike World Championship.

Before the 2018 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.[1]

Year	Class	Team name	Motorcycle	No.	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
1992	125cc	Coronas Elf	Honda RS125R	6	Jorge Martínez	13	1	1			83	7th
				11	Heinz Lüthi	13					1	22nd
		Coronas Aspar		64	Juan Borja	1					0	NC
1993	250cc	Team Aspar	Honda RS250R	30	Juan Borja	12	0	0	0	0	5	29th
				45	Jorge Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				36	Pere Riba Cabana	5 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	125cc	Team Aspar	Honda RS125R	6	Jorge Martínez	13	0	0	0	0	74	8th
1994	125cc	Team Aspar	Yamaha TZ125	5	Jorge Martínez	14	1	3	0	0	135	6th
				19	Yoshiaki Katoh	7	0	0	0	0	8	26th
					Juan Enrique Maturana	6	0	0	0	0	4	32nd
1995	125cc	Team Aspar Cepsa	Yamaha TZ125	5	Jorge Martínez	13	0	0	0	0	27	18th
				19	Yoshiaki Katoh	12	0	0	0	0	55	14th
				51	Ángel Nieto Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1996	125cc	Team Aspar	Aprilia RS125R		Jorge Martínez	15	0	2	3	1	131	5th
					Arnaud Vincent	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2000	250cc	CC Valencia Airtel Aspar	Aprilia RSV 250	30	Alex Debón	16	0	0	0	0	32	15th
				20	Jerónimo Vidal	2 (8)	0	0	0	0	2	37th
	125cc	Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia	Aprilia RS125R	21	Arnaud Vincent	16	1	2	0	1	132	7th
				44	Héctor Faubel	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2001	250cc	Valência Circuit - Aspar Team	Aprilia RSV 250	6	Alex Debón	16	0	0	0	0	60	11th
				10	Fonsi Nieto	15	0	2	2	0	167	5th
	125cc	Valência Circuit - Aspar Team	Aprilia RS125R	31	Ángel Rodríguez	15	0	0	0	0	27	20th
				44	Héctor Faubel	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2002	125cc	Master – Aspar Team	Aprilia RS125R	22	Pablo Nieto	16	0	3	1	0	145	6th
				47	Ángel Rodríguez	9	0	0	0	0	17	24th
				80	Héctor Barberá	15	0	0	0	0	50	14th
2003	250cc	Aspar Junior Team	Aprilia RSV 250	11	Joan Olivé	16	0	0	0	0	38	12th
				33	Héctor Faubel	16	0	0	0	0	34	13th
	125cc	Master - Mx Onda - Aspar	Aprilia RS125R	22	Pablo Nieto	16	1	3	2	1	148	7th
				80	Héctor Barberá	16	2	5	0	2	164	3rd
2004	250cc	Repsol – Aspar Team 250cc	Aprilia RSV 250	10	Fonsi Nieto	16	0	1	0	0	124	7th
				19	Sebastián Porto	16	5	10	7	5	256	2nd
		Grefusa – Aspar Team 250cc		28	Dirk Heidolf	15	0	0	0	0	13	23rd
				33	Héctor Faubel	14	0	0	0	0	31	17th
				22	Iván Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	125cc	Master – Repsol Team 125cc	Aprilia RS 125 R	22	Pablo Nieto	16	0	2	0	2	138	6th
				33	Sergio Gadea	16	0	0	0	0	29	19th
2005	250cc	Aprilia Aspar 250cc	Aprilia RSV 250	7	Randy de Puniet	16	1	3	1	2	138	8th
				19	Sebastián Porto	15	1	4	0	2	152	6th
	125cc	Master Aspar	Aprilia RS125R	33	Sergio Gadea	16	0	1	1	2	68	12th
				55	Héctor Faubel	16	0	3	0	3	113	9th
		MVA Aspar		28	Jordi Carchano	16	0	0	0	0	6	29th
				84	Julián Miralles	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Aspar Team MVA Aspar		86	Mateo Túnez	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	NC
				46		9	0	0	0	1	0
2006	250cc	Master - MVA Aspar Team	Aprilia RSW 250	7	Alex de Angelis	16	1	11	0	5	228	3rd
	125cc	Master - MVA Aspar	Aprilia RS 125 R	19	Álvaro Bautista	16	8	14	8	7	338	1st
				21	Mateo Túnez	12	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				33	Sergio Gadea	15	0	5	0	2	160	5th
				55	Héctor Faubel	16	2	5	0	2	197	3rd
				75	Mattia Pasini	16	2	6	2	2	192	4th
2007	250cc	Master MVA Aspar Team	Aprilia RSA 250	3	Alex de Angelis	17	0	8	1	5	235	3rd
				19	Álvaro Bautista	17	2	7	1	1	181	4th
	125cc	Bancaja Aspar	Aprilia RS 125 R	14	Gábor Talmácsi	17	3	10	5	6	282	1st
			Aprilia RSA 125	33	Sergio Gadea	17	1	3	0	1	160	7th
				55	Héctor Faubel	17	5	13	2	2	277	2nd
2008	250cc	Mapfre Aspar Team	Aprilia RSA 250	19	Álvaro Bautista	16	4	11	5	7	244	2nd
				55	Héctor Faubel	16	0	0	0	0	64	14th
	125cc	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia RSA 125	1	Gábor Talmácsi	17	3	9	4	2	206	3rd
				33	Sergio Gadea	17	1	1	1	0	83	12th
			Aprilia RS 125 R	30	Pere Tutusaus	12	0	0	0	0	9	26th
				26	Adrián Martín	5	0	0	0	0	1	33rd
				54	PJ Jacobsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	250cc	Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc	Aprilia RSA 250	19	Álvaro Bautista	16	2	10	3	4	218	4th
			Aprilia RSW 250 LE Aprilia RSA 250	63	Mike Di Meglio	16	0	2	1	0	107	8th
	125cc	Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc	Aprilia RSA 125	33	Sergio Gadea	16	1	5	0	1	141	5th
				38	Bradley Smith	16	2	9	3	3	223.5	2nd
				60	Julián Simón	16	7	12	7	7	289	1st
2010	MotoGP	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati Desmosedici GP10	40	Héctor Barberá	18	0	0	0	0	90	12th
	Moto2	Mapfre Aspar Team	RSV Motor DR600 Suter MMX	60	Julián Simón	17	0	8	3	3	201	2nd
				63	Mike Di Meglio	16	0	0	0	0	34	20th
	125cc	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia RSA 125	38	Bradley Smith	17	1	6	3	1	223	4th
				40	Nicolás Terol	16	3	14	1	2	296	2nd
2011	MotoGP	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP11	8	Héctor Barberá	16	0	0	0	0	82	11th
	Moto2	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter MMXI	21	Javier Forés	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				60	Julián Simón	10	0	1	0	0	68	14th
				18	Jordi Torres	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				35	Raffaele De Rosa	1 (13)	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				82	Elena Rosell	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
				20	Iván Moreno	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	125cc	Bankia Aspar Team	Aprilia RSA 125	18	Nicolás Terol	16	8	11	7	5	302	1st
				26	Adrián Martín	17	0	0	0	0	45	13th
				55	Héctor Faubel	17	1	4	1	2	177	5th
2012	MotoGP	Power Electronics Aspar	Aprilia-ART GP12	14	Randy de Puniet	18	0	0	0	0	62	13th
				41	Aleix Espargaró	18	0	0	0	0	74	12th
	Moto2	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter MMX2	18	Nicolás Terol	17	0	1	0	0	37	17th
				24	Toni Elías	9 (13)	0	0	0	0	35 (50)	16th
				81	Jordi Torres	8 (9)	0	0	0	0	31	19th
	Moto3	Bankia Aspar Team Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex-KTM	23	Alberto Moncayo	9 (16)	0	1	0	0	36 (52)	17th
				55	Héctor Faubel	11 (12)	0	0	0	0	52 (63)	16th
				94	Jonas Folger	8 (15)	1	4	2	0	88 (93)	9th
				29	Luca Amato	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	MotoGP	Power Electronics Aspar	Aprilia-ART GP13	14	Randy de Puniet	18	0	0	0	0	36	15th
				41	Aleix Espargaró	18	0	0	0	0	93	11th
	Moto2	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2	Suter MMX2	18	Nicolás Terol	17	3	4	1	1	150	7th
				81	Jordi Torres	17	1	3	0	1	128	10th
	Moto3	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex-KTM	57	Eric Granado	17	0	0	0	0	7	25th
				94	Jonas Folger	16	0	4	2	1	183	5th
2014	MotoGP	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda RC213V-RS Honda RCV1000R	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	18	0	0	0	0	68	14th
			Honda RCV1000R	69	Nicky Hayden	13	0	0	0	0	47	16th
				2	Leon Camier	4	0	0	0	0	1	27th
	Moto2	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter MMX2	18	Nicolás Terol	16	0	0	0	0	2	28th
				81	Jordi Torres	18	0	0	0	0	57	16th
				80	Dakota Mamola	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Moto3	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex-KTM	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	18	0	0	0	0	46	17th
2015	MotoGP	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda RC213V-RS	50	Eugene Laverty	18	0	0	0	0	9	22nd
				69	Nicky Hayden	18	0	0	0	0	16	20th
	Moto3	Mapfre Team Mahindra	Mahindra MGP3O	21	Francesco Bagnaia	18	0	1	0	0	76	14th
				58	Juan Francisco Guevara	17	0	0	0	0	15	24th
				88	Jorge Martín	18	0	0	0	0	45	17th
2016	MotoGP	Aspar Team MotoGP Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	50	Eugene Laverty	18	0	0	0	0	77	13th
				68	Yonny Hernández	18	0	0	0	0	20	22nd
	Moto3	Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3 Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team	Mahindra MGP3O	21	Francesco Bagnaia	18	2	6	1	0	145	4th
				88	Jorge Martín	16	0	1	0	0	72	16th
		MRW Mahindra Aspar Team Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3		12	Albert Arenas	2 (12)	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	35th
						1 (12)	0	0	0	0	0 (2)
2017	MotoGP	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	19	Álvaro Bautista	18	0	0	0	0	75	12th
			Ducati Desmosedici GP15	17	Karel Abraham	18	0	0	0	0	32	20th
	Moto3	Mahindra Motard Aspar Aspar Mahindra Moto3 Mahindra MRW Aspar Team	Mahindra MGP3O	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	18	0	0	0	0	9	28th
				75	Albert Arenas	12	0	0	0	0	14	26th
				31	Raúl Fernández	1	0	0	0	0	0	40th
						2	0	0	0	0	0
				6	María Herrera	2 (15)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	35th
2018	MotoGP	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP17	19	Álvaro Bautista	17 (18)	0	0	0	0	92 (105)	12th
			Ducati Desmosedici GP17 Ducati Desmosedici GP16	17	Karel Abraham	18	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
			Ducati Desmosedici GP16	7	Mike Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	30th
	Moto3	Ángel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM RC250GP	16	Andrea Migno	18	0	1	0	0	84	11th
				75	Albert Arenas	17	2	2	0	0	107	9th
				25	Raúl Fernández	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	9 (16)	28th
2019	Moto2	Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team Inde Ángel Nieto Team	KTM Moto2	18	Xavier Cardelús	19	0	0	0	0	0	35th
				96	Jake Dixon	17	0	0	0	0	7	25th
				54	Mattia Pasini	1 (12)	0	0	0	0	0 (35)	20th
	Moto3	Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team Valresa Ángel Nieto Team	KTM RC250GP	25	Raúl Fernández	19	0	0	0	0	60	21st
				75	Albert Arenas	17	1	3	0	0	108	11th
				81	Aleix Viu	2	0	0	0	0	0	42nd
				73	Maximilian Kofler	2	0	0	0	0	0	43rd
	MotoE	Openbank Ángel Nieto Team	Energica Ego Corsa	6	María Herrera	6	0	0	0	0	27	14th
				18	Nicolás Terol	6	0	0	0	0	33	12th
2020	Moto2	Aspar TeamInde Aspar Team Moto2 Openbank Aspar Team Moto2 Oceanica Aspar Team Moto2 Kipin Energy Aspar Team Moto2 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Moto2	Speed Up SF20T	44	Arón Canet	12	0	0	0	0	67	14th
				55	Hafizh Syahrin	14	0	0	0	0	21	21st
				5	Alejandro Medina	1	0	0	0	0	0	35th
				18	Xavier Cardelús	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
	Moto3	Aspar Team Gaviota Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 Solunion Aspar Team Moto3 Valresa Aspar Team Pull&Bear Aspar Team Moto3	KTM RC250GP	75	Albert Arenas	15	3	5	0	1	174	1st
				82	Stefano Nepa	15	0	0	0	0	38	20th
	MotoE	Openbank Aspar Team	Energica Ego Corsa	6	María Herrera	7	0	0	0	0	33	17th
				55	Alejandro Medina	7	0	0	0	0	36	13th
2021	Moto2	Inde Aspar Team Solunion Aspar Team Kipin Energy Aspar Team Aspar Team Moto2 QuieroCorredor Aspar Team	Boscoscuro B-21	44	Arón Canet	18	0	5	0	0	164	6th
				75	Albert Arenas	18	0	0	0	0	28	21st
	Moto3	GasGas Gaviota Aspar GasGas Valresa Aspar Team Solunion GasGas Aspar Team Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team Santander Consumer GasGas Valresa GasGas Aspar Team MuchoNeumatico GasGas Aspar Team	GasGas RC250GP	11	Sergio García	16	3	6	1	1	188	3rd
				28	Izan Guevara	18	1	1	0	4	125	8th
				80	David Alonso	1	0	0	0	0	0	38th
	MotoE	OpenBank Aspar Team	Energica Ego Corsa	6	María Herrera	7	0	0	0	0	27	15th
				54	Fermín Aldeguer	7	0	0	1	0	51	9th
2022	Moto2	GasGas Aspar Team	Kalex Moto2	75	Albert Arenas	20	0	0	0	0	90	12th
				96	Jake Dixon	20	0	6	2	0	168.5	6th
				11	Mattia Pasini	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	1	33rd
	Moto3	GasGas Aspar Team	GasGas RC250GP	11	Sergio García	19	3	10	1	0	257	2nd
				28	Izan Guevara	20	7	12	5	2	319	1st
				80	David Alonso	1	0	0	0	0	0	44th
				77	Filippo Farioli	1	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
	MotoE	OpenBank Aspar Team	Energica Ego Corsa	6	María Herrera	12	0	0	0	0	21	17th
				70	Marc Alcoba	12	0	0	0	0	46.5	13th
2023	Moto2	GasGas Aspar Team	Kalex Moto2	28	Izan Guevara	0	0	0	0	0	0*	–
				81	Jordi Torres	2	0	0	0	0	0*	18th*
				96	Jake Dixon	2	0	1	0	0	26*	4th*
	Moto3	GasGas Aspar Team	GasGas RC250GP	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	2	0	0	0	0	7*	14th*
				80	David Alonso	2	0	0	0	0	2*	21st*
	MotoE	Openbank Aspar Team	Ducati V21L	6	María Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0*	–
				81	Jordi Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0*	–

Notes

* Season still in progress.

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

Year	Team	Motorcycle	Tyres	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Points	Pos.
2010	Páginas Amarillas Aspar Racing Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP10	B			QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL		90	9th
				40	Héctor Barberá	12	13	8	12	11	12	10	9	Ret	9	10	9	11	13	11	14	10	8
2011	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP11	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		82	7th
				8	Héctor Barberá	12	6	Ret	9	11	11	12	7	11	9	10	Ret	9	8	Ret		C	11
				6	Damian Cudlin															Ret	DNS
2012	Power Electronics Aspar	ART GP12	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL		136	6th
				14	Randy de Puniet	13	Ret	13	Ret	15	12	8	11	12	11	Ret	8	9	11	Ret	Ret	11	12
				41	Aleix Espargaró	15	12	12	13	13	11	Ret	13	13	9	10	10	Ret	10	12	8	10	11
2013	Power Electronics Aspar	ART GP13	B			QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL		129	7th
				14	Randy de Puniet	12	14	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	15	16	17	13	12	10	13	Ret
				41	Aleix Espargaró	11	11	9	13	8	8	8	8	Ret	12	10	10	13	11	9	11	Ret	11
2014	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda RCV1000R	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		116	9th
				2	Leon Camier										Ret	15	16	16
				69	Nicky Hayden	8	11	11	11	Ret	DNS	12	17	14					9	14	10	Ret	13
				7	Hiroshi Aoyama	11	12	10	12	14	14	15	16	12	10	13	14	12	8	13	8	11
		Honda RC213V-S																					15
2015	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda RC213V-S	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		25	12th
				50	Eugene Laverty	18	16	17	18	14	15	12	Ret	17	19	Ret	17	19	14	17	19	19	Ret
				69	Nicky Hayden	17	13	16	17	11	Ret	Ret	16	16	16	17	12	17	15	13	Ret	16	17
2016	Aspar Team MotoGP (Rd. 1 - 8) Pull & Bear Aspar Team (Rd. 9 - 18)	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		97	10th
				50	Eugene Laverty	12	4	12	9	11	13	13	7	11	18	6	12	14	14	Ret	14	12	16
				68	Yonny Hernández	Ret	Ret	14	15	Ret	16	17	Ret	18	17	11	11	16	16	12	13	Ret	Ret
2017	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		107	9th
				17	Karel Abraham	14	10	Ret	15	Ret	16	14	7	17	13	14	13	17	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	14
		Ducati Desmosedici GP16		19	Álvaro Bautista	Ret	4	15	Ret	Ret	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	8	10	12	8	Ret	17	11	Ret
2018	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	M			QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	SMR	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	104	8th
				7	Mike Jones																	18
				17	Karel Abraham	15	20	Ret	18	17	Ret	13	Ret	18	18	21	C	20	15	17	Ret	11	Ret	14
		Ducati Desmosedici GP17		19	Álvaro Bautista	13	16	15	8	Ret	9	9	9	5	9	10	C	9	Ret	8	5		7	Ret

Notes

* Season still in progress.

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