Esponsorama Racing is a

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team competing in the

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under the name Avintia Esponsorama Racing. The team was established in 1994 by Raúl Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as Team BQR. In 2012 the team changed its name to Avintia Racing, following an alliance between BQR and the Grupo Avintia. In

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the team rebranded itself as Esponsorama Racing, in line with their registered company name, though Grupo Avintia remained as a main sponsor.

History

Domestic racing

Team BQR started competing in the Spanish road racing championship (Campeonato de España de Velocidad). Between 2005 and 2008 the team won three ''Fórmula Extreme'' titles with

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and two ''125GP'' class titles with Stefan Bradl and

Efrén Vázquez Efrén Vázquez Rodríguez (born 2 September 1986 in Barakaldo, Spain) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently is a test rider for KTM's Moto3 project. He has also competed in the 125cc and 250cc world championship classes du ...

Grand Prix racing

125 and 250 cc classes

After many World Championship wildcard appearances, BQR became a full entry in the 2001 season using

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bikes in the 250 cc class. In

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the team switched to

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machinery. BQR won its first World Championship race with

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riding an Aprilia 125 at the 2008 British Grand Prix.

Moto2

The team unveiled the first

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bike in February 2009 and fielded a prototype in the 2009 Spanish Road Racing Championship. In

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, they participated in the new Moto2 World Championship, with

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and Mashel Al Naimi as riders. The team continued in Moto2 until the conclusion of the

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season. In

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, the team made a significant number of wildcard entries with rider

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MotoGP

In the team debuted in the MotoGP class as a Claiming Rule Team using both

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and Inmotec frames badged as BQR, powered by Kawasaki engines. The riders were Iván Silva and

. In Avintia entered the MotoGP class with Kawasaki-engined FTR frames, fielding two bikes for

Hiroshi Aoyama is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, ...

and

Héctor Barberá Héctor Barberá Vall (born November 2, 1986) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competes in MotoAmerica aboard a BMW S1000RR. Career Born in Dos Aguas, Valencia Province, Barberá began his World Championship career at the ...

. For the season Aoyama was replaced by

Mike Di Meglio Mike Di Meglio (born 17 January 1988) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and three-time world champion claiming the 2008 125cc title,

and the team fielded a new bike badged as the ''Avintia GP14'', reportedly based on the 2007-2009

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with some input from Kawasaki. Following a mid-season agreement between Avintia and

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, Barberá received an Open-specification

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for the last five rounds. In the team entered two Open class Desmosedici GP14 motorcycles, for Barberá and Di Meglio. For Di Meglio was replaced by

Loris Baz Loris Baz (born 1 February 1993) is a French motorcycle racer. He is competing for satellite BMW team Bonovo in the 2022 Superbike World Championship, together with Eugene Laverty. Baz has previously competed in World Superbikes for Ten Kate Rac ...

. In the team changed its name to Reale Esponsorama Racing. In

, two bikes were fielded for

Tito Rabat Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship. Rabat then made the move to MotoGP in 2016 and spent five full-time seasons there, before moving to th ...

and

Xavier Siméon Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winne ...

. Former rider

Rubén Xaus Rubén Xaus (born 18 February 1978 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a retired motorcycle road racer. During his career he competed in both the Superbike World Championship and the MotoGP. He is nicknamed ' Spider-Man', as his lanky frame leads ...

joined the team as Siméon's coach. At the

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, Rabat's major crash with

Franco Morbidelli Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer in MotoGP, riding for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team. He became champion in the 2013 European Superstock 600 Championship, and the 2017 Moto2 World Champio ...

at Stowe corner was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions. As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season, and was replaced by Christophe Ponsson and

Jordi Torres Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and . He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...

. For

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, Rabat returned and was partnered by Czech rider

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. In

the team now known as Esponsorama Racing retained Tito Rabat, this time paired with KTM factory exile

Johann Zarco Johann Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the and Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He rides for Pramac Racing. Zarc ...

. They also received a factory-support from Ducati - with the one-year old Desmosedici-spec bikes - because of the direct contract from Ducati for Zarco. For

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, 2020 Moto2 World Champion

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and

Luca Marini Luca Marini (born 10 August 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Mooney VR46 Racing Team in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship. He finished as runner-up in the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. He is the maternal half-br ...

joined the team. They will both ride a 2019 Ducati Desmosedici - the same specification that Zarco used in 2020. However, they will have the different liveries from their bike as Marini will be using the

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liveries into his bike.

Moto3

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Avintia debuted in the Moto3 class entering a KTM for Vicente Pérez in two races as a wildcard. For

the team entered a single full-season entry, beginning the season with

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for the first seven rounds and replacing him with Pérez for the remainder of the season. In

the team began with Pérez for the first seven rounds, but replacing him with Stefano Nepa for the remaining races, and addition to a number of wildcard entries for Nepa, Meikon Kawakami, and

Carlos Tatay Carlos Tatay (born 7 May 2003) is a Spanish Motorcycle racing, motorcycle rider who is scheduled to compete in the 2023 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship for the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team. He previously competed in the Moto3 class in the Gr ...

. In

, Avintia entered reigning Red Bull Rookies champion Tatay as their sole full-season entry in the class.

MotoE

As a satellite team in MotoGP, Avintia was given an entry in the inaugural

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. The team achieved two wins with

Eric Granado Eric Granado Santos (born 10 June 1996) is a Brazilian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the MotoE World Cup, aboard an Energica Ego Corsa., He was the 2017 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship winner. He competed in the FIM ...

and two podiums with their former MotoGP rider

, good for third and sixth place in the championship, respectively. For the 2020 season, the team retained Granado and partnered him with their former Moto2 rider,

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Xavier Cardelús Xavier "Xavi" Cardelús García (born 15 May 1998) is an Andorran motorcycle racer. He is son of the former motorcycle racer Xavier Cardelús Maestre. Career Early career Since 2015 he competes in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship. In ...

Results

;Notes * Season still in progress.

MotoGP results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ;Notes: * Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{Avintia Racing Motorcycle racing teams Motorcycle racing teams established in 1994 1994 establishments in Spain