Marcos Ramírez (motorcyclist)

Marcos Ramírez Fernández (born 16 December 1997) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer,^[1] competing for American Racing in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship.^[2]

Marcos Ramírez
Ramírez in 2016
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26) Conil de la Frontera, Spain
Current team	American Racing
Bike number	24
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2020– Manufacturers Kalex (2020–2021, 2023–) MV Agusta (2022) Forward (2023) 2023 championship position 16th (65 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 73 0 1 0 0 163 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2014, 2016–2019 Manufacturers KTM (2014, 2017–2018) Mahindra (2016) Honda (2019) Championships 0 2019 championship position 3rd (183 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 65 2 8 2 2 427 Supersport World Championship Active years 2015 Manufacturers Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda Championships 0 2015 championship position 21st (12 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 7 0 0 0 0 12

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

Career

Junior career

In 2012 he was a competitor of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup,^[3] and qualified on pole position in his first ever race, the opening round in Jerez, eventually finishing the race in 2nd. He would score two other 2nd places in Assen and Aragon, finishing 6th in the championship with 153 points. In 2013 he would return, and score five 3rd places in Assen, Silverstone, Misano, Aragon and Valencia, finishing 5th overall, with 145 points.

Moto3 Junior Championship

In 2014, Ramírez competed in the Moto3 Junior championship, and performed well. He was a regular point finisher, and scored a podium at Portimao. He was also given his Moto3 debut for a one-off wild card race, in his home country of Spain, for the Moto3 Grand Prix in Jerez, which he finished in 21st place.

For 2015, Ramírez would ride 9 races in Moto3, on a Mahindra for the Motomex Team, but scored only 19 points, and would return to Moto3 Junior for the next season.

The 2016 season was Ramírez's breakout year. He won five races, more than anyone else that season, and finished on the podium another three times, on his way to becoming the runner-up to champion Lorenzo Dalla Porta, by merely nine points.^[4]

Moto3 World Championship

Platinum Bay Real Estate (2016–2017)

Ramírez's good performances the year prior earned him a full-ride for the 2017 Moto3 World Championship grid, riding full-time for the Motomex Team in Moto3, by now a KTM team. He had two podiums in Germany, and Valencia, and finished the season 8th in the final standings, with 123 points, 88 points in front of his teammate Darryn Binder.

Bester Capital Dubai (2018)

The 2018 season was much the same for Ramírez, two podiums again, this time in Jerez and Le Mans, and 10th place overall in the standings, with 102 points. His teammate was Jaume Masiá, who finished with 76 points, and won rookie of the year.

Leopard Racing (2019)

Ramírez would switch teams between seasons, riding for Leopard Racing in the 2019 Moto3 World Championship, partnered by Lorenzo Dalla Porta, who beat him to the title of the Junior Moto3 champion just three years prior. The duo would perform incredible, winning six races (two by Ramírez, four by eventual champion Dalla Porta), collecting 15 podiums, winning the team's championship by 210 points over the second placed team, and winning the constructor's championship for Honda. Ramírez won two races in Barcelona and Great Britain, finished second in Germany and Australia, and ended the season third in the standings with 183 points.

Moto2 World Championship

American Racing (2020–2021)

2020

Following their brilliant performance, both Ramírez and Dalla Porta were promoted to Moto2 for the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. Ramírez would partner Joe Roberts at American Racing team, in what was a mixed season. While Ramírez struggled, collecting just 37 points and finishing just 19th in the standings, his teammate Roberts grabbed a podium in Brno, and ended the season seventh in the standings, with 94 points. Dalla Porta also struggled, getting just 5 points throughout the year, at Italtrans.

2021

Ramírez's teammate Joe Roberts joined Italtrans to partner Dalla Porta in the 2021 Moto2 World Championship, creating an opening at American racing next to Ramírez. Cameron Beaubier joined, and the pair had a relatively similar season, Beaubier finishing with 50 points, Ramírez with 39, just two points better than his tally last season. Due to his lack of results, Ramírez was not offered a new contract at the end of 2021.

Forward Racing (2022–2023)

Following his departure from American Racing, Ramírez was offered a contract by MV Agusta Forward Racing, for the 2022 Moto2 World Championship, partnering Simone Corsi at the team.^[5]

Return to American Racing (2023–)

In August, Marcos Ramirez returned from Forward to American Racing, where he took over from Sean Dylan Kelly, who was booted out of the Austrian Motorcycle Grand Prix. Ramirez returned to his old strength on the Kalex. He was finished third on the podium for the first time in his Moto2 career at the Malaysian GP. Following Marcos Ramirez's third place in Sepang, American Racing confirmed that the Spaniard will complete the team in 2024 alongside returnee Joe Roberts. ^[6]

Career statistics

CEV Moto3 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	Pos	Pts
2012	FTR Honda	JER 6	NAV 5	ARA 4	CAT 5	ALB1 4	ALB2 Ret	VAL 11			5th	63
2013	KTM	CAT1 4	CAT2 5	ARA 4	ALB1 3	ALB2 8	NAV 3	VAL1 4	VAL1 12	JER 2	2nd	114

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Pts
2012	SPA1 2	SPA2 6	POR1 7	POR2 Ret	GBR1 14	GBR2 9	NED1 8	NED2 2	GER1 6	GER2 5	CZE1 4	CZE2 12	RSM 10	ARA1 2	ARA2 4	6th	153
2013	AME1 8	AME2 13	JER1 12	JER2 8	ASS1 3	ASS2 6	SAC1 9	SAC2 8	BRN 7	SIL1 3	SIL2 3	MIS 3	ARA1 8	ARA2 3		5th	145

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior 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
2014	KTM	JER1 5	JER2 Ret	LMS 6	ARA 5	CAT1 4	CAT2 7	ALB 7						5th	101
	Ioda								NAV 8	ALG 3	VAL1 9	VAL1 9
2016	KTM	VAL1 1	VAL2 2	LMS 4	ARA 1	CAT1 12	CAT2 Ret	ALB 2	ALG 1	JER1 1	JER2 2	VAL1 1	VAL2 13	2nd	205

FIM Moto2 European 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	Pos	Pts
2015	Arianetech	ALG1	ALG2	CAT	ARA1	ARA2	ALB	NAV1	NAV2	JER 9	VAL1	VAL2	15th	7

FIM CEV Superstock 600 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	Pos	Pts
2015	Yamaha	ALG1 18	ALG2 17	CAT	ARA1	ARA2	ALB 14	NAV1 8	NAV2 11	JER	VAL1 12	VAL2 16	1st	175

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2014	Moto3	KTM	Team Laglisse Calvo	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	Platinum Bay Real Estate	9	0	0	0	0	19	26th
2017	Moto3	KTM	Platinum Bay Real Estate	18	0	2	0	1	123	8th
2018	Moto3	KTM	Bester Capital Dubai	18	0	2	0	0	102	10th
2019	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	19	2	4	2	1	183	3rd
2020	Moto2	Kalex	American Racing	15	0	0	0	0	37	19th
2021	Moto2	Kalex	American Racing	17	0	0	0	0	39	17th
2022	Moto2	MV Agusta	MV Agusta Forward Racing	20	0	0	0	0	5	30th
2023	Moto2	Forward	Forward Team	8	0	0	0	0	0	16th
		Kalex	American Racing	11	0	1	0	0	65
2024	Moto2	Kalex	OnlyFans American Racing	2	0	0	0	0	17	8th
Total				138	2	9	2	2	590

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2014, 2016–2019	2014 Spain	2017 Germany	2019 Catalunya	65	2	8	2	2	427	0
Moto2	2020–present	2020 Qatar	2023 Malaysia		73	0	1	0	0	163	0
Total	2014, 2016–present				138	2	9	2	2	590	0

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Pts
2014	Moto3	KTM	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA 21	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				NC	0
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT 26	CZE 18	GBR Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 27	JPN 17	AUS 7	MAL 6	VAL Ret				26th	19
2017	Moto3	KTM	QAT 9	ARG 13	AME 16	SPA 4	FRA 4	ITA 9	CAT 6	NED 6	GER 3	CZE 7	AUT 12	GBR Ret	RSM 12	ARA 7	JPN 14	AUS 21	MAL 17	VAL 3				8th	123
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT 15	ARG 12	AME Ret	SPA 3	FRA 3	ITA 15	CAT Ret	NED 10	GER 4	CZE 7	AUT 15	GBR C	RSM 16	ARA 5	THA 8	JPN 12	AUS Ret	MAL 11	VAL 9			10th	102
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT 4	ARG 9	AME 12	SPA 23	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 1	NED 7	GER 2	CZE 16	AUT 5	GBR 1	RSM 7	ARA Ret	THA 4	JPN 8	AUS 2	MAL 6	VAL 7			3rd	183
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	SPA 23	ANC 15	CZE 19	AUT 18	STY 16	RSM 12	EMI 17	CAT 9	FRA 13	ARA 6	TER 9	EUR 16	VAL Ret	POR 11							19th	37
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	DOH WD	POR 15	SPA 11	FRA 13	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	GER 9	NED 20	STY 19	AUT Ret	GBR 20	ARA 12	RSM 14	AME 9	EMI 10	ALR 14	VAL 14				17th	39
2022	Moto2	MV Agusta	QAT 17	INA 17	ARG 15	AME 12	POR Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 24	GER Ret	NED 17	GBR Ret	AUT 19	RSM 16	ARA 18	JPN 20	THA 23	AUS 17	MAL 17	VAL 20		30th	5
2023	Moto2	Forward	POR 21	ARG 24	AME Ret	SPA 20	FRA 17	ITA Ret	GER 20	NED WD	GBR 19													16th	65
		Kalex										AUT 14	CAT 16	RSM 14	IND 9	JPN 7	INA 16	AUS 10^‡	THA 6	MAL 3	QAT 13	VAL 4
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 6	POR 9	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	KAZ	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	8th*	17*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

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
2015	Kawasaki	AUS 19	THA											21st	12
	Yamaha			SPA 14	NED	ITA
	Honda						GBR 17	POR 11	ITA Ret	MAL 15	SPA 12	FRA	QAT

FIM CEV Moto2 European 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	Pos	Pts
2015	Yamaha	ALG1 18	ALG2 17	CAT	ARA1	ARA2	ALB 14	NAV1 8	NAV2 11		VAL1 12	VAL2 16	15th	26
	Ariane									JER 9

References

1. . gp-inside.com (in French). GPinside. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. . 20 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. "Marcos Ramirez". redbullrookiescup.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. "Ls2 Helmets".
5. . 20 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
6. "Despite contract: Skinner loses place to Ramirez in 2024". 15 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcos Ramírez.

• Marcos Ramírez at MotoGP.com 
• Marcos Ramírez at WorldSBK.com 
• Marcos Ramírez at AS.com (in Spanish)