Avintia Racing
2017 name | Avintia Racing |
---|---|
Base | Madrid, Spain |
Principal | Raúl Romero |
Rider(s) |
8. Héctor Barberá 76. Loris Baz |
Motorcycle |
Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Ducati Desmosedici GP16 |
Tyres | Michelin |
Riders' Championships | – |
Avintia Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship.
History
Domestic racing
The team was set up in 1994 by Raul Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as Team BQR. Competing in the Spanish Road Racing Championship (Campeonato de España de Velocidad), BQR won three Fórmula Extreme and two 125GP class titles with riders José David de Gea, Stefan Bradl and Efrén Vázquez.
Grand Prix racing
125cc and 250cc classes
After many wild card appearances in the World championship, BQR became a full entry in the 2001 season using Honda bikes in the 250cc class. In 2007 the team switched to Aprilia machinery. BQR won its first World championship race with Scott Redding riding an Aprilia 125 at the 2008 British Grand Prix.
Moto2
The team unveiled the first Moto2 bike in February 2009 and fielded a prototype in the 2009 Spanish Road Racing Championship.[1] In 2010, they participated in the new Moto2 World Championship, with Yonny Hernández and Mashel Al Naimi as riders.
MotoGP
In 2012 the team changed its name to Avintia Racing, following an alliance between BQR and the Grupo Avintia. The team debuted in the MotoGP class as a Claiming Rule Team using both FTR Moto and Inmotec frames badged as BQR, powered by Kawasaki engines. The riders were Iván Silva and Hernández. In 2013 Avintia entered the MotoGP class with Kawasaki-engined FTR frames, fielding two bikes for Hiroshi Aoyama and Héctor Barberá.
For the 2014 season Aoyama was replaced by Mike Di Meglio and the team fielded a new bike badged as the Avintia GP14 and was reportedly based on the 2007–2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR with some input from Kawasaki.[2] Following a mid-season agreement between Avintia and Ducati, Barberá received an Open-specification Ducati Desmosedici for the last five rounds.[3]
In 2015 the team entered two Open class Desmosedici GP14 motorcycles, for Barberá and Di Meglio.
Results
Year | Class | Team name | Bike | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
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2009 | 250cc | Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens | Aprilia RSA 250 | Alex Debón | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 101 | 10th |
125cc | Blusens-Aprilia | Aprilia RSA 125 | Esteve Rabat | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18th | |
Scott Redding | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.5 | 15th | ||||
Johnny Rosell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2010 | Moto2 | Blusens-STX | BQR-Moto2 | Dani Rivas | 1 (2)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Yonny Hernández | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21st | ||||
Mashel Al Naimi | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Anthony Delhalle | 2 (3)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
125cc | Blusens-STX | Aprilia RSA 125 | Esteve Rabat | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6th | |
2011 | Moto2 | Blusens-STX | FTR M211 | Joan Olivé | 1 (6)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Kenny Noyes | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28th | ||||
Martín Cárdenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Esteve Rabat | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 10th | ||||
Yonny Hernández | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 19th | ||||
125cc | Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing | Aprilia RSA 125 | Maverick Viñales | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 248 | 3rd | |
Josep Rodríguez | 5 (8)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3)[lower-alpha 1] | 32nd | ||||
Sergio Gadea | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 9th | ||||
2012 | MotoGP | Avintia Blusens | BQR-Kawasaki | Iván Silva | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23rd |
Yonny Hernández | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17th | ||||
David Salom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | ||||
Kris McLaren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Hiroshi Aoyama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th | ||||
Inmotec-Kawasaki | Claudio Corti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
Moto2 | Avintia Blusens | FTR Moto M212 Suter MMXII |
Julián Simón | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 13th | |
2013 | MotoGP | Avintia Blusens | FTR MGP13 | Hiroshi Aoyama | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20th |
Héctor Barberá | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 16th | ||||
Iván Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Javier del Amor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | ||||
Moto2 | Avintia Blusens | Kalex | Kyle Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Toni Elías | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18th | ||||
Dani Rivas | 1 (3)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Ezequiel Iturrioz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Álex Mariñelarena | 4 (6)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | ||||
2014 | MotoGP | Avintia Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Avintia GP14 |
Héctor Barberá | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18th |
Mike Di Meglio | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25th | ||||
2015 | MotoGP | Avintia Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | Héctor Barberá | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15th |
Mike Di Meglio | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th | ||||
2016 | MotoGP | Avintia Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | Héctor Barberá | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76* | 9th* |
Loris Baz | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24* | 20th* | ||||
Michele Pirro | 2 (7)[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (23)[lower-alpha 1]* | 21st* |
* Season still in progress.
Notes
References
- ↑ "Team Blusens by Queroseno Racing". Motourage. Motourage. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Emmett, David (16 July 2014). "The Comprehensive Midsummer MotoGP Silly Season Update". MotoMatters.com. David Emmett. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Avintia Ducati unveiled at Aragon". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.