Tito Rabat

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

Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship.

Tito Rabat
Rabat at the 2014 Catalan Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 34) Barcelona, Spain
Current team	Prettl Pramac MotoE
Bike number	53
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2016–2021 Manufacturers Honda (2016–2017) Ducati (2018–2021) Championships 0 2021 championship position 27th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 79 0 0 0 0 133 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2011–2015 Manufacturers FTR, Kalex Championships 1 (2014) 2015 championship position 3rd (231 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 83 13 33 16 11 989 125cc World Championship Active years 2005–2010 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia, KTM Championships 0 2010 championship position 6th (147 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 76 0 3 0 0 318 MotoE World Cup Active years 2023- Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2023 championship position 13th (28 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 28 Superbike World Championship Active years 2021- Manufacturers Ducati, Kawasaki Championships 0 2022 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 48 0 0 0 0 53 British Superbike Championship Active years 2022 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2022 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 3 0 0 0 0 0

Rabat then made the move to MotoGP in 2016 and spent five full-time seasons there, before moving to the Superbike World Championship in 2021. 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.^[1]

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)

 

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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)

2012

For 2012, Rabat switched to Pons Racing and achieved 7th place in the championship.

2013

Rabat's breakthrough year came during the 2013 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,^[2] 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.^[3] He added victories later in the season, at the Indianapolis and Malaysian Grands Prix.

Marc VDS Racing Team (2014–2015)

2014

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.

2015

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.^[4] Wins in Aragon and Valencia were not enough for Rabat to retain his title,^[5][6] as he ultimately finished third behind Johann Zarco and Álex Rins.

MotoGP World Championship

EG 0,0 Marc VDS (2016–2017)

2016

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.

2017

He remained with Marc VDS for 2017, managing only one top-ten finish in the final race of the season. He finished the season with 35 points in 19th position of the rider's championship.

Esponsorama Racing (2018–2020)

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, being hit by the crashed bike of the closely-following Franco Morbidelli at Stowe corner, was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions.^[7][8] As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season. He finished the season with an identical result to the previous season – 35 points and 19th place in the riders' championship.

2019

Rabat returned in 2019 with Avintia, ultimately outscoring new teammate Karel Abraham and finishing 20th in the riders' championship. During the season, it was announced Rabat had signed with the team for a further two seasons, through the end of 2021.^[9]

2020

With the rebranded Esponsorama Racing for 2020, Rabat time partnered Johann Zarco. He had a difficult year, only managing four points finishes and suffering four retirements in the COVID-19 shortened season. He finished the season with 10 points in 22nd place of the rider's championship. At the end of the season, it was announced that Esponsorama had elected to buy out Rabat's contract early.^[10]

Pramac Racing (2021)

In 2021, Rabat returned to the MotoGP grid as a replacement rider for the injured Jorge Martín.^[11]

MotoE World Cup

Prettl Pramac MotoE (2023)

In 2023, Tito Rabat joins Pramac Racing in MotoE.^[12]

Superbike World Championship

Barni Racing Team (2021)

In March 2021, it was announced that Rabat would ride a Ducati Panigale V4 R with the Barni Racing Team in World Superbike.^[13] He parted from Barni before the season end, with the team "citing results".^[14][15]

ESBK Spanish Superbike Speed Championship

Honda Laglisse (2022)

In March 2022, it was announced that Rabat would take part in the ESBK Spanish Superbike Speed Championship riding for Honda Laglisse.^[16] In August 2022, Rabat competed at the Thruxton Circuit race weekend in the British Superbike Championship, filling in for a rider vacancy.

British Superbike Championship

TAG Racing Honda (2022)

In August 2022, Rabat competed with TAG Racing, a satellite Honda team,^[17] in the British Superbike Championship, replacing Luke Mossey at Thruxton on 13/14 August.^[18] Rabat finished his three races in 26th place (last),^[19] 28th (last),^[20] and finally a DNF.^[21] In late August 2022, Rabat attended Cadwell Park for the BSB round, but only rode in the free practice sessions, again in last position, before arrangements with the TAG squad were severed.^[22]

In 2023, Rabat was announced as a temporary rider for McAms, a factory Yamaha team, replacing Tim Neave. He attended his first BSB race weekend for McAms Yamaha at Snetterton, finishing in 10th place in Race 3.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2005	125cc	Honda	Wurth Honda BQR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
2006	125cc	Honda	Honda BQR	11	0	0	0	0	11	23rd	–
2007	125cc	Honda	Repsol Honda 125cc	15	0	1	0	0	74	11th	–
2008	125cc	KTM	Repsol KTM 125cc	16	0	0	0	0	49	14th	–
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia	16	0	0	0	0	37	18th	–
2010	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens-STX	17	0	2	0	0	147	6th	–
2011	Moto2	FTR	Blusens-STX	17	0	1	0	0	79	10th	–
2012	Moto2	Kalex	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	17	0	1	0	0	117	7th	–
2013	Moto2	Kalex	Tuenti HP 40	16	3	7	2	3	216	3rd	–
2014	Moto2	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team	18	7	14	11	5	346	1st	1
2015	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	15	3	10	3	3	231	3rd	–
2016	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	17	0	0	0	0	29	21st	–
2017	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	18	0	0	0	0	35	19th	–
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	11	0	0	0	0	35	19th	–
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	17	0	0	0	0	23	20th	–
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Esponsorama Racing	14	0	0	0	0	10	22nd	–
2021	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	27th
2023	MotoE	Ducati	Prettl Pramac MotoE	6	0	0	0	0	28*	13th*	–
Total				244	13	36	16	11	1468		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2005–2010	2005 Valencia	2007 China		76	0	3	0	0	318	0
Moto2	2011–2015	2011 Qatar	2011 Indianapolis	2013 Spain	83	13	33	16	11	989	1
MotoGP	2016–2021	2016 Qatar			79	0	0	0	0	133	0
MotoE	2023–	2023 France Race 1			6	0	0	0	0	28	0
Total	2005–2021, 2023–				244	13	36	16	11	1468	1

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	Pos	Pts
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL 24				NC	0
2006	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
2007	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
2008	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
2009	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
2010	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
2011	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
2012	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
2013	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
2016	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
2017	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
2019	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
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 14	ANC 11	CZE 16	AUT 16	STY 21	RSM Ret	EMI Ret	CAT 15	FRA Ret	ARA 20	TER 14	EUR Ret	VAL 17	POR 18						22nd	10
2021	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	DOH	POR	SPA 18	FRA 15	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL		27th	1
2023	MotoE	Ducati	FRA1 6	FRA2 16	ITA1 12	ITA2 13	GER1 7	GER2 14	NED1	NED2	GBR1	GBR2	AUT1	AUT2	CAT1	CAT2	RSM1	RSM2				13th*	48*

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2021	Ducati Panigale V4 R	Barni Racing Team	32	0	0	0	0	53	16th
	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	8	0	0	0	0
2022	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
Total			46	0	0	0	0	53

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
2021	Ducati	SPA Ret	SPA 14	SPA Ret	POR 9	POR 12	POR 10	ITA 15	ITA 14	ITA 14	GBR Ret	GBR Ret	GBR 14	NED Ret	NED 11	NED 11	CZE Ret	CZE Ret	CZE 13	SPA 12	SPA Ret	SPA 11	FRA 14	FRA 15	FRA 15	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA										16th	53
	Kawasaki																															POR 13	POR 14	POR Ret	ARG 11	ARG 12	ARG 12	INA Ret	INA C	INA 13
2022	Kawasaki	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	POR	POR	POR	ITA 16	ITA 16	ITA 17	GBR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	INA	AUS	AUS	AUS				NC	0
2023	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	INA	NED	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	SPA	EMI 19	EMI 16	EMI Ret	GBR	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	ARG				NC*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

British Superbike Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2022	SBK	Honda	TAG Racing	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total					3	0	0	0	0	0

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
2022	Honda	SIL	SIL	SIL	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	KNO	KNO	KNO	BRH	BRH	BRH	THR 26	THR 28	THR Ret	CAD WD	CAD WD	CAD WD	SNE	SNE	SNE	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BRH	BRH	BRH	NC	0

ESBK Campeonato de España de Superbikes

By year

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2022	Honda	JER1 2	JER1 3	VAL 1	VAL 1	EST 4	EST 2	BAR	BAR	ARA	ARA	NAV	NAV	JER2	JER2	1st	119

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External links

 

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• Esteve Rabat at AS.com (in Spanish)