Héctor Barberá

Héctor Barberá Vall (born 2 November 1986) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competes in MotoAmerica aboard a BMW S1000RR.^[1]

Héctor Barberá
Barberá in 2015
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 (age 37) Dos Aguas, Spain
Current team	Scheibe Racing
Bike number	80
Website	hectorbarbera.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2010–2017 Manufacturers Ducati, FTR, Avintia Championships 0 2017 championship position 22nd (28 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 139 0 0 0 0 479 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2018 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2018 championship position 23rd (10 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 10 250cc World Championship Active years 2005–2009 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 2nd (239 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 75 4 20 8 4 830 125cc World Championship Active years 2002–2004 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2004 championship position 2nd (202 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 47 6 12 1 6 416 Superbike World Championship Active years 2019 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2019 championship position 27th (3 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 3 Supersport World Championship Active years 2018–2019 Manufacturers Kawasaki, Yamaha Championships 0 2019 championship position 16th (22 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 49 British Superbike Championship Active years 2020, 2023– Manufacturers BMW, Honda Championships 0 2020 championship position 17th (32 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 18 0 0 0 1 32

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barberá and the second or maternal family name is Vall.

Career

Born in Dos Aguas, Valencia Province, Barberá began his World Championship career at the age of 15 in the 2002 125cc world championship, under the guidance of Jorge Martínez "Aspar", who teamed Barberá and fellow youngster Ángel Rodríguez up with the experienced Pablo Nieto.

In his first season Barberá established himself as the most promising rider of the three and in 2003 he broke through, with his first victory at Donington Park making him one of the youngest riders ever to win a Grand Prix. A strong finish to the season saw him take third place in the championship and he signed up for a title challenge with Seedorf Racing in 2003.^[2] Several inopportune crashes and mechanical failures derailed his hopes but victory in the final race secured the runner-up spot and a factory ride with Fortuna Honda in the 250cc class for 2005.^[2] After two years with the team he moved to Team Toth in 2007.^[2]

 

Barberá riding an Aprilia at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix.

Barberá survived a huge crash during the Italian round of the championship on June 1, 2008. Running second behind Marco Simoncelli on the penultimate lap who tried to defend his lead by changing his line on the straight, Barberá slipstreamed onto Simoncelli's back wheel and clipped it with his front brake lever. His bike somersaulted through the air, with Barberá escaping somewhat uninjured. However, a further crash in practice at Motegi left him with two spinal fractures, ending his season.^[3]

 

Hector Barbera riding a Ducati MotoGP bike at the 2011 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

In the 2009 250cc world championship, Barberá won three races along with five other podium results to finish second to Honda's Hiroshi Aoyama.^[2] Barberá won the 2009 Valencia Grand Prix, the final two-stroke, 250cc race in Grand Prix history, as the class was to be discontinued in favor of the four-stroke Moto2 class in 2010.^[2] On 20 August 2009 it was announced Barberá would move to MotoGP in 2010, riding for the Aspar Team aboard Ducati customer bikes.^[4][5] Barberá finished the 2010 MotoGP season in twelfth place, and followed on in eleventh place in 2011. On 7 November 2011, it was announced that he was moving to Pramac Racing for the 2012 season.^[6]

In 2016, Barbera finished a career best of tenth place in the MotoGP standings. That year, he had his only two races for a factory MotoGP team, replacing Andrea Iannone at Ducati Corse.^[7] Barbera switched to Moto2 after failing to find a MotoGP ride for 2018.^[8] He competed at the last Grand Prix of his career that year at Mugello.^[9]

Barbera later competed in World Superbikes, World Supersport, MotoAmerica, and British Superbikes.^[10][11]

Legal issues

Barbera was sentenced to six months in jail for assault and battery in 2013.^[12]

He was ordered to serve 22 days of community service in 2018 for driving under the influence, which caused him to lose his Pons Racing Moto2 ride.^[9][13]

Barbera was accused of stealing a Yamaha Supersport bike owned by his own team, Team Toth, in 2019.^[14][15]

In 2023, he was investigated for fraud and forgery.^[16][17] It was also revealed by Andorran news website Altaveu that he had a search and arrest warrant issued against him since 2019 for another undisclosed affair.^[18]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2002	125cc	Aprilia	Master–Aspar Team	15	0	0	0	0	50	14th
2003	125cc	Aprilia	Master–MXOnda–Aspar Team	16	2	5	0	2	164	3rd
2004	125cc	Aprilia	Seedorf Racing	16	4	7	1	4	202	2nd
2005	250cc	Honda	Fortuna Honda	16	0	0	0	0	120	9th
2006	250cc	Aprilia	Fortuna Aprilia	14	1	3	2	1	152	7th
2007	250cc	Aprilia	Team Tóth Aprilia	17	0	5	0	1	177	5th
2008	250cc	Aprilia	Team Tóth Aprilia	12	0	4	2	1	142	6th
2009	250cc	Aprilia	Pepe World Team	16	3	8	4	1	239	2nd
2010	MotoGP	Ducati	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	18	0	0	0	0	90	12th
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	16	0	0	0	0	82	11th
2012	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing Team	15	0	0	0	0	83	11th
2013	MotoGP	FTR	Avintia Blusens	18	0	0	0	0	35	16th
2014	MotoGP	Avintia	Avintia Racing	18	0	0	0	0	26	18th
		Ducati
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Racing	18	0	0	0	0	33	15th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Racing	16	0	0	0	0	102	10th
			Ducati Team	2	0	0	0	0
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	18	0	0	0	0	28	22nd
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP40	6	0	0	0	0	10	23rd
Total				267	10	32	9	10	1735

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2002–2004	2002 Japan	2003 Netherlands	2003 Great Britain	47	6	12	1	6	416	0
250cc	2005–2009	2005 Spain	2006 Turkey	2006 China	75	4	20	8	4	830	0
Moto2	2018	2018 Qatar			6	0	0	0	0	10	0
MotoGP	2010–2017	2010 Qatar			139	0	0	0	0	479	0
Total	2002–2018				267	10	32	9	10	1735	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) ^[2]

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2002	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 16	RSA DNS	SPA 12	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT 18	NED 20	GBR Ret	GER 21	CZE 4	POR Ret	RIO 15	PAC 5	MAL 8	AUS 14	VAL 6				14th	50
2003	125cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	RSA 13	SPA 7	FRA 11	ITA 9	CAT Ret	NED 3	GBR 1	GER 14	CZE 5	POR 2	RIO 9	PAC 1	MAL 8	AUS 6	VAL 3				3rd	164
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 10	SPA 3	FRA 5	ITA 3	CAT 1	NED 6	RIO 1	GER 2	GBR Ret	CZE 7	POR 1	JPN Ret	QAT 12	MAL Ret	AUS 6	VAL 1				2nd	202
2005	250cc	Honda	SPA 5	POR 11	CHN 7	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT 16	NED 9	GBR Ret	GER 8	CZE Ret	JPN 8	MAL 6	QAT 7	AUS 4	TUR 6	VAL 5				9th	120
2006	250cc	Aprilia	SPA 5	QAT 4	TUR 2	CHN 1	FRA 7	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GBR 5	GER 5	CZE 5	MAL Ret	AUS 6	JPN 7	POR 10	VAL 3				7th	152
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 3	SPA Ret	TUR 8	CHN 6	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT 8	GBR Ret	NED 7	GER 6	CZE 4	RSM 3	POR 5	JPN 3	AUS Ret	MAL 2	VAL 5			5th	177
2008	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 2	SPA 5	POR 8	CHN 6	FRA 12	ITA Ret	CAT 3	GBR 4	NED 5	GER 2	CZE 4	RSM 3	INP C	JPN DNS	AUS	MAL	VAL			6th	142
2009	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	JPN 11	SPA 4	FRA 11	ITA 5	CAT 3	NED 2	GER 5	GBR 8	CZE 7	INP 6	RSM 1	POR 3	AUS 2	MAL 2	VAL 1				2nd	239
2010	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 12	SPA 13	FRA 8	ITA 12	GBR 11	NED 12	CAT 10	GER 9	USA Ret	CZE 9	INP 10	RSM 9	ARA 11	JPN 13	MAL 11	AUS 14	POR 10	VAL 8		12th	90
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 12	SPA 6	POR Ret	FRA 9	CAT 11	GBR 11	NED 12	ITA 7	GER 11	USA 9	CZE 10	INP Ret	RSM 9	ARA 8	JPN Ret	AUS	MAL C	VAL 11		11th	82
2012	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 9	SPA 10	POR 10	FRA 9	CAT 11	GBR 10	NED 7	GER 9	ITA 9	USA	INP WD	CZE	RSM Ret	ARA 12	JPN 10	MAL 7	AUS 12	VAL Ret		11th	83
2013	MotoGP	FTR	QAT 13	AME 18	SPA 12	FRA 18	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED 20	GER 11	USA 10	INP 16	CZE Ret	GBR 13	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	MAL 14	AUS 14	JPN 16	VAL 12		16th	35
2014	MotoGP	Avintia	QAT Ret	AME 15	ARG 16	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 19	NED 18	GER 18	INP Ret	CZE 17	GBR 19	RSM 19							18th	26
		Ducati														ARA 19	JPN 15	AUS 5	MAL 9	VAL 11
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 15	AME 12	ARG 13	SPA 14	FRA 13	ITA 13	CAT 16	NED Ret	GER 13	INP 15	CZE 16	GBR 13	RSM 18	ARA 16	JPN 9	AUS 16	MAL 13	VAL 16		15th	33
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 9	ARG 5	AME 9	SPA 10	FRA 8	ITA 12	CAT 11	NED 6	GER 9	AUT DSQ	CZE 5	GBR 14	RSM 13	ARA 13	JPN 17	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 11		10th	102
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 13	ARG 13	AME 14	SPA 12	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT 9	NED 16	GER DSQ	CZE 20	AUT 17	GBR 14	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 14	AUS 20	MAL 14	VAL 15		22nd	28
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 13	ARG 20	AME 18	SPA 14	FRA 11	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	23rd	10

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2018	Kawasaki	AUS	THA	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	CZE	ITA	POR 11	FRA 10	ARG 9	QAT 7	17th	27
2019	Yamaha	AUS 4	THA 7	SPA DNS	NED	ITA	SPA	ITA	GBR	POR	FRA	ARG	QAT	16th	22

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2019	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED 16	NED C	NED 16	ITA 13	ITA 14	ITA C	SPA	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	USA	POR	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT	27th	3

AMA Superbike Championship

Races by year

Season	Bike	Round																				Plcd.	Pts.
2021	BMW	RAT		VIR		RAM		RID		MON		BRA		PIT		NJE			ALA			7th	157
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
		6	7	6	8	8	6	Ret	5	6	8	5	7	5	7	25	6	7	8	10	Ret
2022	BMW	TEX		ATL		VIR		RAM		RID		MON		BRA		PIT		NJE		ALA		5th	190
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
		5	7	4	4	6	9	3	17	5	5	6	5	Ret	5	7	8	6	4	5	10

British Superbike Championship

By year

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2020	BMW	DON Ret	DON 10	DON 10	SNE 14	SNE Ret	SNE 15	SIL 13	SIL 10	SIL 12	OUL 18	OUL 15	OUL 14	DON 22	DON Ret	DON Ret	BHGP 16	BHGP Ret	BHGP 15																17th	32
2023	Honda	SIL Ret	SIL 18	SIL 15	OUL 21	OUL 20	OUL 21	DON	DON	DON	KNO	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	SNE	BRH	BRH	BRH	THR	THR	THR	CAD	CAD	CAD	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BRH	BRH	BRH	24th	1

References

1. "Scheibe Racing Signs Héctor Barberá To Superbike Ride". 21 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
2. "Héctor Barberá". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
3. "Simoncelli pole, Barbera out". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
4. English, Steven (20 August 2009). "Barbera to join Aspar in premier class". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
5. "Aspar-Ducati satellite deal imminent". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
6. "motogp.com · Pramac confirm Barberá signing for 2012". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
7. "Barbera in for Iannone, Mike Jones debuts at Avintia". The Official Home of MotoGP. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
8. "Barbera and Baldassarri at Pons HP 40 next season". The Official Home of MotoGP. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
9. "Hector Barbera Fired After Drink Driving Charge". Cycle News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
10. Swarts, David (16 March 2022). "MotoAmerica: Tytlers Cycle Racing Fielding Barbera & Jacobsen On BMW Superbikes". Roadracing World Magazine | Motorcycle Riding, Racing & Tech News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
11. Bennetts. "Hector Barbera is back in Bennetts BSB". Bennetts UK. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
12. Tibu, Florin (11 May 2013). "MotoGP: Hector Barbera Sentenced to Six Months in Jail". autoevolution. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
13. "Moto2: Barbera fired following drink driving conviction". www.motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
14. Barstow, Ollie (11 May 2020). "Bizarre case of Hector Barbera and a stolen WorldSSP bike nears trial". Visordown. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
15. Irran, Sep (12 May 2020). "Did Hector Barbera steal his own WorldSSP race bike?". BikesRepublic.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
16. "SBK, Barbera in trouble with the law, accused of fraud and forgery".
17. "Ex-GP rider Héctor Barberá: The judiciary is investigating". www.speedweek.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
18. "La Batllia investiga el pilot de motos Héctor Barberá per estafa i falsificació documental". Altaveu (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 November 2023.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Héctor Barberá.

• Héctor Barberá at MotoGP.com 
• Héctor Barberá at WorldSBK.com 
• Héctor Barberá at AS.com (in Spanish) 
• at Eurosport Yahoo!

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ángel Rodríguez	Spanish 125cc Champion 2002	Succeeded by Álvaro Bautista