Álvaro Díaz Cebrián (born 7 August 2003) is a Spanish professional motorcycle racer. He is currently competes in the

Supersport World Championship The Supersport World Championship, abbreviated to WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on hard-surfaced circuits, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines were originally based on production-based motorcycles with 600& ...

with Arco YART Yamaha WorldSSP. He won the Spanish Supersport 300 Championship in 2021 and the

Supersport 300 World Championship The Supersport 300 World Championship (or short abbreviated as WorldSSP300) is a motorcycle racing competition on paved surfaces, for production-based motorcycles. Created in 2017, the championship runs as a support class to the Superbike World C ...

in 2022.

Career

Early career

Díaz began his career in the challenge80 class of the Spanish RFME 2015 championship, moving to PreMoto3 in 2016. In 2017, he participated in the Spanish Supersport 300 championship (consisting of three races) with a Kawasaki Ninja 300 of the ETG Racing team. He took part in only one race and finished fourth, finishing eighth in the championship. In 2018 he continued to compete in the SSP 300 (eight races passed), switching to the

Yamaha YZF-R3 The Yamaha YZF-R3, commonly R3, is a parallel-twin sport bike made by Yamaha since 2015. The R3 and the R25 are the first Yamaha twins with an offset cylinder design. The YZF-R3 was updated for 2019. The update brought a new fairing design, K ...

of the Arco Motor University Team, with which he finished in 13th final position, with a sixth place as his best result in the race. In 2019, still in Supersport 300 (SBK junior) with the same bike and team as last year, he obtained two third places and finished the season in sixth place in the standings.

Supersport 300 World Championship

In 2020, Díaz made his

debut with the Biblion MotoXRacing Yamaha team. In race 1 of the opening round, he finished eighth, achieving his best finish of the season. He finished the season in 21st position with 20 points. In the same year, he also participated in five races (out of the thirteen scheduled) of the Spanish SSP 300 championship, obtaining a second and a third place and finishing in eighth place overall. In 2021, Díaz returned full-time to the Spanish SSP 300 championship, taking the national title with six victories and ten podiums overall from a total of fourteen races. In the same year he also took part in four races of the world championship as a wildcard. In the Catalunya round with the Yamaha MS Racing team, he finished in fifth place in race 1 and scored his first podium in race 2, a second place, as well as setting the fastest lap. In the subsequent Jerez round held with the Arco-Motor University Team, Díaz finished fifth in both races, however suffering a disqualification in race 2 for irresponsible driving. He finished the season in 19th position with 42 points. In 2022 he returned to the Supersport 300 World Championship as the only regular driver of the Arco Motor University Team. In the inaugural Aragon round, Díaz took second place in race 1 and scored his first victory in race 2, topping a world championship standings for the first time. He maintained the leadership of the championship for almost the entire season, sometimes alternating with his compatriot Marc García, and with eleven podium finishes including two victories, he won the sixth edition of the Supersport 300 World Championship.

Career statistics

Supersport 300 World Championship

Races by year

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Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Alvaro 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Valencia Motorcycle racers from the Province of Valencia Spanish motorcycle racers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Supersport 300 World Championship riders Supersport World Championship riders