HISTORY
The first page of the team's history was written back in 1992. Mere words are barely enough to describe the impact of Jorge Martínez, who established his legend in the late eighties, picking up four world titles and establishing himself as one of the most decorated stars of international motorcycle racing. Known for his tenacity, the man they called 'Aspar' knew that his days as a rider were numbered and in 1992 he made the move to launch his own 'Aspar Team', in order to continue his quest for glory and enjoy an epilogue to his own racing career in the guise of both rider and team manager. Several podiums and one final victory in Argentina in 1994 put the shine on an incredible riding career.
In 1997 he finally hung up his leathers but continued his journey from circuit to circuit, carrying his team forward to new challenges. Whilst as a rider his only concern had been to win races, now his responsibilities had multiplied yet success soon returned to the team at the end of the nineties in the shape of national and European titles. It was at the turn of the millennium, however, when the Aspar Team really took off, with World Champions, runners-up, race winners and triple podiums all coming in quick succession. The discipline and passion that distinguished 'Aspar' as a rider were now the hallmarks of a team that had become a reference within the World Championship. The team's first major success came in 2002, when Fonsi Nieto finished runner-up in the 250cc World Championship. The 2004 season was another to remember in the intermediate category, with Sebastián Porto also finishing second in the championship.
Those two achievements were a sign of things to come and the team's first world title came just two years later as Álvaro Bautista was crowned as 125cc World Champion in 2006. That title came on the back of an historic season that saw several records broken, including a first ever podium filled by just one team, at the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey. Victories, podiums and pole positions flowed freely throughout the season and, in Australia, Bautista completed a triumphant march to the Aspar Team's maiden championship. The Spaniard eventually amassed 338 points that season, a category record, as the team placed four riders in the top five positions in the championship.
That truly dominant season looked impossible to repeat but in 2007 it became clear after just a handful of races that the title would be staying in the Aspar Team trophy cabinet. Team-mates Héctor Faubel and Gábor Talmácsi became embroiled in a furious championship battle that went all the way to the final round at Valencia, where the Hungarian emerged victorious and left the Spaniard to settle for second overall. The team pressed on in 2008 and again finished runners-up in the 250cc class, thanks to Álvaro Bautista, and in 2009 they returned to dominate 125cc, this time in the shape of Julián Simón and Bradley Smith. The Spaniard and the Brit battled so fiercely for the championship that no other rider could get close, with Simón proving to have the consistency required to take another special title for the team at Phillip Island. Whilst Simón was crowned 125cc World Champion, Smith took the runner-up spot with Sergio Gadea finishing just behind his team-mates after contributing to eight double podiums and another historic triple at Assen.
The 2010 season was one of change as the team signed local rider Nico Terol for 125cc, a new era of Moto2 began in place of 250cc and the team hit the international headlines as they made the step into MotoGP. Terol and Simón finished runners-up in 125cc and Moto2 respectively, Terol taking Marc Márquez all the way to the final round for the title and Simón showing an impressive adaptation to the four-stroke era. Meanwhile, Héctor Barberá was the man charged with leading the team's challenge in the premier class of international circuit racing.
If there was one thing Jorge Martínez was keen on, alongside the success of his team, it was the development of new talent, which is why he set about establishing a riders' school at his home track, the Circuit de la Comunidad Valenciana. It soon became a breeding ground that produced a host of stars, including the last ever 125cc World Champion Nico Terol, who claimed the historic title with the Aspar Team in 2011. That was a special year for a team and rider both from Valencia, as they dominated the season from start to finish and celebrated the title on home turf in the final round. It was also a fitting tribute to the greatest rider ever to hail from Valencia, indeed one of the greatest riders of his time, that the last ever 125cc World Champion was a fellow Valencian and a product of his own, precious Aspar Team.
After such great success in the smaller classes the next stop had to be MotoGP and the only way the team knew how to do it was in winning style. In 2012 they contested the new CRT category within the premier-class and duly dominated with Aleix Espargaró and Randy De Puniet. The 2013 season provided another championship for Espargaró and vindicated the decision of a team built to win. Meanwhile Nico Terol, Jordi Torres and Jonas Folger continued to rack up the victories in Moto2 and the new Moto3 class but it became clear that a new approach was required in order to continue the success of the team into the future. In 2014 the Aspar Team returned to its roots as it forged a new alliance in MotoGP with Honda, the factory that this adventure started with back in 1992, now competing at the very highest level with two World Champions on board in the shape of Nicky Hayden and Hiroshi Aoyama.
The team also took on a new project in the smallest category, helping Mahindra take their ambitious challenge to the established constructors in the Moto3 class in the colossal shape of Honda and KTM. After trying and struggling on their own in their first season, the Indian factory called on the technical knowledge and experience of the Aspar Team to help them make an impact. And what an impact they made, with a first podium coming in their first season together at the hands of Pecco Bagnaia. The best, however, was still to come and in 2016 the team returned to the battle for honours in the minor category with two victories and six podiums to celebrate.
In an effort to once again be crowned as the best Independent team in MotoGP, Jorge Martínez “Aspar” led his outfit back to Ducati with a clear goal of recovering positions in the championship with Álvaro Bautista and Karel Abraham. In Moto3, with Andrea Migno and Albert Arenas in 2018, followed by Arenas and Raúl Fernández in 2019 on new KTM machinery, the team added three more victories to the many pieces of silverware collected over the past 25 years of competition. Now, 2020 is the start of another new challenge for the Aspar Team always ready to create new champions. The team has Albert Arenas and Stefano Nepa in Moto3, and Hafizh Syahrin and Aron Canet in Moto2: riders ready to satisfy their hunger for glory, for victories and for titles alongside the might of the team nurtured by Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’.
Izan Guevara moved up to the Moto3 World Championship in 2021 alongside Sergio García in the GASGAS Aspar Team. The rider from Burriana fought for the title until a crash took him out of two rounds, despite which he was still able to finish third overall. Guevara finished eighth, having opened his win record in Austin, as the second-best rookie of the year. In Moto2, Albert Arenas and Aron Canet defended the colours of the Aspar Team, which also became a GASGAS factory team in the intermediate category in 2022. Canet returned the team to the Moto2 podium for the first time since 2013 and finished sixth overall.
The successes of 2021 augured a great 2022, but reality overtook the forecasts. Izan Guevara, Sergio García and the GASGAS Aspar Team set the pace in a season in which they scored a total of 10 wins and 22 podiums. The question was not whether the team would win the World Championship, but which of its two riders would. Two double wins, at Jerez and Mugello, foreshadowed a fratricidal battle that ended with Izan Guevara as World Champion, the Aspar Team's sixth in the small class in just sixteen years, and Sergio Garcia as runner-up in one of the team's most successful seasons in the World Championship. The joy continued in Moto2, with Briton Jake Dixon's first podiums on his return to the team two seasons later.
Unlike in 2022, expectations in 2023 were lowered in Moto3 just as they were raised in Moto2, where Jake Dixon took his first podium finish, in a superb race at one of his talismanic circuits, the ‘cathedral’ of Assen. But in the small category it seemed impossible to repeat what had been achieved last season: the team renewed its line-up in the small category and incorporated the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka and the Colombian David Alonso, another new promise formed in the Aspar Junior Team and who arrived at the World Championship as champion of Spain, of the European Talent Cup and of the Red Bull Rookies Cup, always with the team. With such a track record, it was no surprise to see the Colombian's first podium at the Spanish Grand Prix, with a second place just days after his 17th birthday. But, as always, the best was yet to come, although not even the best of scriptwriters could have devised a story like the one young Alonso experienced in the hours leading up to his first World Championship win. On Saturday, in a disastrous qualifying session, Alonso had to settle for last on the grid. Nobody behind, almost thirty drivers ahead of him to leave Silverstone with a smile on his face. Within three laps he was third, and by the end of the race he had become the first Colombian driver to have his country's anthem played in a World Championship race. It didn't take him long to taste the taste of the podium again, and three races later he already had three victories to his name. In what was initially a learning year, the Aspar Team finished on the final podium once again, with David Alonso third in Moto3 and all eyes on him for 2024.
And he did not disappoint. Fourteen victories in twenty races, equalling (and surpassing) a record that was already 27 years old, the eleven victories in a single season of Valentino Rossi in 125cc. It cannot be said that David Alonso surprised with his first victories, but there came a point where the question was whether there would be someone capable of stopping him. The final part of the year was to take his hat off: victory in Misano, Indonesia, Japan (to clinch the title four races early!), Australia, Thailand, Malaysia and in Barcelona. A feat that only a few can achieve and which allowed the team to repeat the feat of 2022: riders‘, teams’ and constructors' champion, this time with CFMOTO. The partnership with the Chinese manufacturer had started in the best possible way: with a victory in the first race and a title to round off an incredible year.
In 2025, the alliance continued with new faces: reigning Moto3 champion David Alonso moved up a category alongside Dani Holgado, last season's runner-up in the lightweight category. In Moto3, the CFMOTO Aspar Team had Dennis Foggia and Máximo Quiles as its riders. With a line-up full of rookie, with the exception of the Italian, no one could have predicted what was to come. In Moto3, Máximo Quiles was a revelation. Despite his late debut due to not reaching the minimum age requirement, the Spanish rider surprised everyone in his first race in Austin, starting from the front row of the grid and crossing the finish line in a remarkable fifth place. It took only two more races for him to reach the podium, at Silverstone, where he finished second, and after repeating the result at the next round, his third consecutive podium finish turned into his first world championship victory, in Italy. Throughout the season, Quiles established himself as one of the most competitive riders in the category, achieving nine podium finishes, including three victories, which allowed him to fight for the top positions and finish the year third in the overall standings and with the title of ‘Rookie of the Year’ under his belt.
At the same time, in Moto2, the team faced a year full of new challenges with two rookie riders. However, what seemed to be a year focused on working with the team and adapting to the new category turned into a season full of joy for both riders. Alonso once again demonstrated his enormous talent and ability to learn, showing steady progress race after race and standing out for his speed and maturity despite the jump to a more demanding bike. Dani Holgado brought solidity and consistency, scoring points consistently and gradually closing in on the top positions. Both riders were able to achieve their first Moto2 trophies (Alonso took the podium for the first time in Great Britain and Holgado did so in Austria), as well as their first victories (in Hungary and Catalonia respectively). The young riders of the CFMOTO Aspar Team were the two main contenders in the fight to be the best rookie of 2025 and together they scored ten podium finishes, including three victories. Although the ‘Rookie of the Year’ award went to Holgado, the duo have laid a solid basis for the future of the project in the intermediate category, making it clear that the CFMOTO Aspar Team continues to be a benchmark in the training and development of young talent.
With its sights set on 2026, the Aspar Team faces a new season with its ambition intact and a strong line-up, consisting of David Alonso and Dani Holgado in Moto2, and Máximo Quiles and Marco Morelli in Moto3, with the firm objective of continuing to write pages of success in the World Championship.
Mauri Soli
Chief Mechanic
Roberto dalla Nora
Data Analyst
Giancarlo Domenichini
Mechanic
Paolo Mancin
Mechanic
Ignacio Castillo
Tyres and fuel
Davide Tagliatesta
Chief Mechanic
Domenico di Diomede
Data Analyst
Stefano Ottaviani
Mechanic
José Ramón Miralles
Mechanic
Ignacio Castillo
Tyres and fuel
ORGANIZATION CHART
Jorge Martínez
Team Owner
Nico Terol
Sportive Manager
Facundo García
General Manager
Silvia Pelufo
PA to CEO and Office Manager
María José Botella
Marketing & Communications
Vicente Vila
Communications & Social Media
Carmen Prytz
Administrative Department
Gracia Azorín
Administrative Department
Irene Camacho
Administrative Department
Roger Marcaccini
Logistics
Bea Sánchez
Press Officer
