Aspar Team
Aspar Team is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, currently competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
History
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 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, recording a best result of 6th at the Spanish Grand Prix. The team expanded to two bikes in, switching from Ducati to ART. Aleix Espargaró and Randy de Puniet dominated the recently created CRT class for two straight years. In, 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, the last year for Hayden in the World Championship before switching to the Superbike World Championship.
Before the 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.
MotoGP results
| 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. |
| Páginas Amarillas Aspar Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP10 | QAT | ESP | FRA | ITA | GBR | NED | CAT | GER | USA | CZE | IND | SMR | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | POR | VAL | 90 | 9th | |||||
| Páginas Amarillas Aspar Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP10 | 40 |  Héctor Barberá | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 90 | 9th | |||
| Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati Desmosedici GP11 | QAT | ESP | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | USA | CZE | IND | SMR | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 82 | 7th | |||||
| Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati Desmosedici GP11 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | 12 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | C | 11 | 82 | 7th | ||||
| Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati Desmosedici GP11 | 6 |  Damian Cudlin | Ret | DNS | 82 | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP12 | QAT | ESP | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | IND | CZE | SMR | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | VAL | 136 | 6th | |||||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP12 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | 13 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 12 | 136 | 6th | |||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 136 | 6th | |||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP13 | QAT | AME | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | USA | IND | CZE | GBR | SMR | ARA | MAL | AUS | JPN | VAL | 129 | 7th | |||||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 129 | 7th | ||||
| Power Electronics Aspar | ART GP13 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 129 | 7th | ||||
| Drive M7 Aspar | Honda RCV1000R | QAT | AME | ARG | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | IND | CZE | GBR | SMR | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 116 | 9th | |||||
| Drive M7 Aspar | Honda RCV1000R | 2 |  Leon Camier | Ret | 15 | 16 | 16 | 116 | 9th | |||||||||||||||||
| Drive M7 Aspar | Honda RCV1000R | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 116 | 9th | |||||||
| Drive M7 Aspar | Honda RCV1000R | 7 |  Hiroshi Aoyama | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 116 | 9th | ||||
| Drive M7 Aspar | Honda RC213V-S | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | 15 | 116 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda RC213V-S | QAT | AME | ARG | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | IND | CZE | GBR | SMR | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 25 | 12th | |||||
| Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda RC213V-S | 50 |  Eugene Laverty | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 19 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | Ret | 25 | 12th | |||
| Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda RC213V-S | 69 | Nicky Hayden | 17 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 17 | 25 | 12th | |||
| Aspar Team MotoGP Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | QAT | ARG | AME | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT | CZE | GBR | SMR | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 97 | 10th | |||||
| Aspar Team MotoGP Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | 12 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 16 | 97 | 10th | |||
| Aspar Team MotoGP Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP14 | 68 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 97 | 10th | ||||
| Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP15 | QAT | ARG | AME | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | SMR | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 107 | 9th | |||||
| Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP15 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | 14 | 10 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 14 | 107 | 9th | |||
| Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Ret | 4 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 17 | 11 | Ret | 107 | 9th | |||
| Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | QAT | ARG | AME | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | GBR | SMR | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 104 | 8th | ||||
| Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | 7 | Mike Jones | 18 | 104 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP16 | 17 | Karel Abraham | 15 | 20 | Ret | 18 | 17 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 21 | C | 20 | 15 | 17 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 14 | 104 | 8th | ||
| Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP17 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | 13 | 16 | 15 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | C | 9 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 104 | 8th |