Xavi Vierge


Xavier Vierge Zafra is a Spanish motorcycle racer.

Career

Born in Barcelona, Vierge finished the 2015 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship as runner-up. In the same year he made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship as the permanent replacement for Ricard Cardús in the Tech 3 team from the tenth round of the season onwards, without scoring championship points. He was retained by the team for 2016; he scored his first Grand Prix points in Argentina and achieved a best result of 8th in Sepang and at the end of the season he was awarded the Moto2 Rookie of the Year prize.
He stayed with the team for the 2017 season, this time partnered by Australian Remy Gardner. Gardner was forced to miss the Austin round because of a crash in the previous round and was replaced by Julián Simón. At the Italian Grand Prix, Vierge was forced to sit out of the race due to a thoracic trauma following a crash in qualifying. In Assen, Vierge suffered a broken arm in free practice and was again forced to sit out the event. He also had to sit out the next round at Sachsenring and was replaced by Héctor Garzó. At Motegi, Vierge claimed his first podium finish in the championship with a second-place finish.
On 5 August 2017, it was announced that Vierge would join Dynavolt Intact GP for the 2018 season, partnering Marcel Schrötter, who was also his teammate at Tech 3 in the second half of 2015. He took his first pole at Argentina, and finished the race in second place. At Austria, he had a nasty crash in qualifying after a coming together with Steven Odendaal.
On 22 August 2018, it was confirmed that Vierge would sign for EG 0,0 Marc VDS for the 2019 season, partnering Álex Márquez, the younger brother of Marc Márquez. Vierge replaced Joan Mir, who moved up to MotoGP with Suzuki. His place at Dynavolt Intact GP was taken by Thomas Lüthi, who returned to Moto2 after one season in the premier class. In the opening race in Qatar, also the first race with the new Triumph 765cc triple engines, Vierge qualified in second, took the lead at the start, but then fell back to tenth place at the end of the race.
In the next race in Argentina, Vierge took pole position for the second consecutive season, however a problem on the warm-up lap meant he could not start the race. His bad luck continued at Austin, when he was involved in a first-lap crash at turn one along with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Joe Roberts.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 European Championship

Races by year

Year123456789PosPts
2012JER
Ret		NAV
10		ARA
13		CAT
12		ALB
5		ALB
9		VAL
Ret		15th31
2013CAT
Ret		CAT
12		ARA
Ret		ALB
Ret		ALB
15		NAV
Ret		VAL
12		VAL
Ret		JER
17		27th9

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

Year1234567891011PosPts
2014JER
Ret		ARA
Ret		ARA
3		CAT
Ret		ALB
3		NAV
1		NAV
3		ALG
2		ALG
9		VAL
5		4th111
2015ALG
2		ALG
1		CAT
Ret		ARA
3		ARA
2		ALB
1		NAV
1		NAV
2		JER
1		VAL
1		VAL
1		2nd226

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

* Season still in progress.

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
2015Moto2Tech 3QATAMEARGSPAFRAITACATNEDGERIND
Ret		CZE
Ret		GBR
22		RSM
23		ARA
16		JPN
Ret		AUS
19		MAL
22		VAL
17		NC0
2016Moto2Tech 3QAT
Ret		ARG
14		AME
20		SPA
Ret		FRA
15		ITA
Ret		CAT
20		NED
17		GER
Ret		AUT
16		CZE
12		GBR
13		RSM
12		ARA
17		JPN
11		AUS
10		MAL
8		VAL
12		20th37
2017Moto2Tech 3QAT
9		ARG
5		AME
9		SPA
Ret		FRA
9		ITA
DNS		CAT
8		NED
DNS		GERCZE
5		AUT
Ret		GBR
12		RSM
14		ARA
14		JPN
2		AUS
5		MAL
8		VAL
Ret		11th98
2018Moto2KalexQAT
8		ARG
2		AME
Ret		SPA
4		FRA
5		ITA
9		CAT
5		NED
Ret		GER
7		CZE
5		AUT
DNS		GBR
C		RSM
10		ARA
Ret		THA
11		JPN
7		AUS
3		MAL
11		VAL
Ret		11th131
2019Moto2KalexQAT
10		ARG
DNS		AME
Ret		SPA
6		FRA
5		ITA
12		CAT
8		NED
Ret		GER
Ret		CZE
24		AUT
Ret		GBR
10		RSM
8		ARA
10		THA
Ret		JPN
Ret		AUS
Ret		MAL
4		VAL
7		13th81
2020Moto2KalexQAT
9		SPA
AND
CZE
AUT
STY
RSM
EMI
CAT
FRA
ARA
TER
EUR
VAL
THA
MAL
ARG
9th*7*

* Season still in progress.