Tito Rabat
Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP class in the motorcycle World Championship. He is best known for winning the Moto2 World Championship with a record points total for the intermediate class.
Rabat suffered serious leg injuries in August 2018 after falling in heavy rain during practice for the British round at Silverstone. He was hit by a closely following out-of-control machine.
He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at that season's Valencian Grand Prix.
Career
125cc World Championship
Team BQR, 2005-2006
Tito Rabat made his debut on the world championship stage as a wildcard rider in the final race of the 2005 season in Valencia with BQR. For 2006, Rabat entered as a wildcard as a home rider in the Spanish rounds 1 and 7 in Jerez and Barcelona respectively. Following Aleix Espargaró's mid-season move up to the 250cc class, Rabat replaced him from round 8 for the remainder of the season.Repsol Honda, 2007
For 2007, Rabat was given a seat in the Repsol Honda 125cc works team, partnering Bradley Smith. He finished the season in 11th place, behind his teammate.Repsol KTM, 2008
Following Honda's departure from the 125cc class in a works capacity, the Repsol team switched to KTM bikes. Rabat was retained as rider and partnered young rookie and future World Champion Marc Márquez. Despite starting 3 more races than his teammate, Rabat finished behind Márquez in the standings by 14 points.Team BQR, 2009-2010
In 2009 and 2010, Rabat returned to BQR, now racing under the Blusens name and using Aprilia motorcycles.Moto2 World Championship
Team BQR, 2011
Rabat moved up to the Moto2 class in 2011 with BQR, riding FTR machinery, finishing a respectable 10th place on the season as a rookie.Pons Racing, 2012-2013
For 2012, Rabat switched to Pons Racing and achieved 7th place in the championship. Rabat's breakthrough year came during the season. After finishing ninth in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, Rabat recorded a second-place finish at the Grand Prix of the Americas; after five previous third places, it was Rabat's best result in Grand Prix racing at the time. The following race, Rabat achieved his first pole position in the Spanish Grand Prix, outpacing all of his rivals by over four tenths of a second. In the race, Rabat led from start to finish, winning by over four seconds from Scott Redding. He added victories later in the season, at the Indianapolis and Malaysian Grands Prix.Marc VDS, 2014–2015
For the 2014 Moto2 season, Rabat moved to the Marc VDS team and won the season opening race at Qatar ahead of his new teammate Mika Kallio. Over the course of the season he would take a further 6 wins and 7 podiums, only missing the podium in 4 races, for a total of 346 points. After finishing third at the Malaysian Grand Prix, he was crowned World Champion, the first for the Marc VDS team, ahead of Kallio.Remaining in Moto2 for 2015, Rabat attempted to become the first rider since Jorge Lorenzo to retain the intermediate class championship. Rabat did not win a race until Mugello at the end of May. Wins in Aragon and Valencia were not enough for Rabat to retain his title, as he ultimately finished third behind Johann Zarco and Álex Rins.
MotoGP World Championship
Marc VDS, 2016–2017
Rabat moved up to the MotoGP class on a satellite Honda bike for Marc VDS. He recorded his first top-ten finish in Argentina with ninth place, but could not match teammate Jack Miller's performance. He remained with Marc VDS for 2017, managing only one top-ten finish in the final race of the season.Avintia Racing, 2018–
For 2018, Rabat returned again to his previous 125cc and Moto2 team Reale Avintia Racing, partnering Xavier Siméon. At the British Grand Prix, Rabat's major crash with Franco Morbidelli 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. Rabat returned in 2019 with Avintia, ultimately outscoring new teammate Karel Abraham.Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
| 125cc | Honda | SPA | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | JPN | MAL | QAT | AUS | TUR | VAL 24 | NC | 0 | ||||
| 125cc | Honda | SPA 30 | QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT Ret | NED 25 | GBR Ret | GER 31 | CZE Ret | MAL 12 | AUS Ret | JPN 12 | POR 17 | VAL 13 | 23rd | 11 | ||||
| 125cc | Honda | QAT 8 | SPA Ret | TUR 14 | CHN 3 | FRA | ITA | CAT 12 | GBR Ret | NED 13 | GER 12 | CZE 11 | RSM 11 | POR 11 | JPN Ret | AUS 5 | MAL 15 | VAL 6 | 11th | 74 | |||
| 125cc | KTM | QAT 24 | SPA 12 | POR Ret | CHN 11 | FRA 17 | ITA 25 | CAT DNS | GBR 11 | NED 6 | GER DSQ | CZE 13 | RSM 9 | IND Ret | JPN Ret | AUS 7 | MAL Ret | VAL 10 | 14th | 49 | |||
| 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 10 | JPN 13 | SPA 12 | FRA 11 | ITA 16 | CAT 12 | NED Ret | GER Ret | GBR Ret | CZE Ret | IND 20 | RSM Ret | POR 7 | AUS Ret | MAL 7 | VAL Ret | 18th | 37 | ||||
| 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 7 | SPA 3 | FRA 7 | ITA 7 | GBR 9 | NED Ret | CAT Ret | GER 4 | CZE 3 | IND 5 | RSM 7 | ARA 7 | JPN 6 | MAL 7 | AUS 6 | POR Ret | VAL 6 | 6th | 147 | |||
| Moto2 | FTR | QAT 14 | SPA 15 | POR 10 | FRA 21 | CAT 7 | GBR 6 | NED 7 | ITA 16 | GER Ret | CZE 7 | IND 3 | RSM 11 | ARA 16 | JPN 9 | AUS Ret | MAL 11 | VAL Ret | 10th | 79 | |||
| Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 4 | SPA 28 | POR 24 | FRA 10 | CAT 4 | GBR 13 | NED 4 | GER 12 | ITA Ret | IND 11 | CZE 10 | RSM 5 | ARA 11 | JPN 3 | MAL 9 | AUS 7 | VAL 10 | 7th | 117 | |||
| Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 9 | AME 2 | SPA 1 | FRA 22 | ITA 13 | CAT 2 | NED 5 | GER 13 | IND 1 | CZE 7 | GBR 4 | RSM 3 | ARA 2 | MAL 1 | AUS 8 | JPN DNS | VAL 5 | 3rd | 216 | |||
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 1 | AME 2 | ARG 1 | SPA 4 | FRA 3 | ITA 1 | CAT 1 | NED 8 | GER 4 | IND 4 | CZE 1 | GBR 1 | RSM 1 | ARA 2 | JPN 3 | AUS 3 | MAL 3 | VAL 2 | 1st | 346 | |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT Ret | AME 4 | ARG 12 | SPA 3 | FRA 2 | ITA 1 | CAT 3 | NED 2 | GER Ret | IND 5 | CZE 2 | GBR 3 | RSM 2 | ARA 1 | JPN DNS | AUS DNS | MAL | VAL 1 | 3rd | 231 | |
| MotoGP | Honda | QAT 15 | ARG 9 | AME 13 | SPA 18 | FRA Ret | ITA DNS | CAT 14 | NED 11 | GER 16 | AUT 14 | CZE 10 | GBR 15 | RSM 17 | ARA Ret | JPN 14 | AUS 16 | MAL 18 | VAL 17 | 21st | 29 | ||
| MotoGP | Honda | QAT 15 | ARG 12 | AME 13 | SPA Ret | FRA 11 | ITA 11 | CAT 15 | NED 12 | GER 18 | CZE 17 | AUT 19 | GBR 12 | RSM Ret | ARA 15 | JPN 15 | AUS 16 | MAL 18 | VAL 10 | 19th | 35 | ||
| 2018 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 11 | ARG 7 | AME 8 | SPA 14 | FRA Ret | ITA 13 | CAT Ret | NED 16 | GER 13 | CZE Ret | AUT 11 | GBR C | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 19th | 35 |
| MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 19 | ARG Ret | AME 15 | SPA 15 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT 9 | NED 16 | GER 11 | CZE 16 | AUT Ret | GBR 16 | RSM 13 | ARA 15 | THA 17 | JPN DNS | AUS Ret | MAL | VAL 11 | 20th | 23 | |
| MotoGP | Ducati | SPA 14 | ALU | CZE | AUT | STY | RSM | ERM | CAT | FRA | ARA | TER | EUR | VAL | THA | MAL | ARG | 14th* | 2* |
* Season still in progress.