Héctor Barberá

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Héctor Barberá
Hector Barbera in 2007
Nationality
Date of birth	February 11, 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 22)
Place of birth	Dos Aguas, Comunitat Valenciana (Spain)
Website	hectorbarbera.com
250cc World Championship Record
Current team	Team Toth Aprilia
Bike number	21
World Championships	0
Race starts	48
Race Wins	1
Podium finishes	9
Pole positions	2
Fastest laps	2
Championship Points	449
2008 Championship position	3rd (32 pts)

Career Statistics
125cc World championship
Active years		2002-2004
Manufacturers		Aprilia
Championships		0
Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. Laps	Points
47	6	12	1	6	416

Héctor Barberá (born November 2, 1986 in Dos Aguas, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle road racer in the 250cc World Championship riding an Aprilia.

Hector began his World Championship career at the age of 15 in 2002, under the guidance of Jorge Martínez "Aspar", who teamed Barberá and fellow youngster Angel 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. 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. After two years with the team he moves to Team Toth in 2007.^[1]

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, 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.

1 Career Statistics
2 Referencs
3 External links

[edit] Career Statistics

[edit] By season

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Position
2002	125cc	Aprilia	15	0	0	0	0	50	14th
2003	125cc	Aprilia	16	2	5	0	2	164	3rd
2004	125cc	Aprilia	16	4	7	1	4	202	2nd
2005	250cc	Honda	16	0	0	0	0	120	9th
2006	250cc	Aprilia	14	1	3	2	1	152	7th
2007	250cc	Aprilia	17	0	5	0	1	177	5th
2008	250cc	Aprilia	1	0	1	0	0	20	*
Total			95	7	21	3	8	865

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2002-2004	2002 JPN	2003 NED	2003 GBR	47	6	12	1	6	416	0
250 cc	2005-Present	2005 SPA	2006 TUR	2006 CHN	48	1	9	2	2	449	0
Total	2002-Present				95	7	21	3	8	865

[edit] Races by year

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

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Pos	Pts
2002	125 cc	Aprilia	JPN 16	SAF 22	SPA 12	FRA 15	ITA NC	CAT 18	NED 20	GBR Ret	GER 21	CZE 4	POR Ret	BRA 15	PAC 5	MAL 8	AUS 14	VAL 6		14th	50
2003	125 cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	SAF 13	SPA 7	FRA 11	ITA 9	CAT Ret	NED 3	GBR 1	GER 14	CZE 5	POR 2	BRA 9	PAC 1	MAL 8	AUS 6	VAL 3		3rd	164
2004	125 cc	Aprilia	SAF 10	SPA 3	FRA 5	ITA 3	CAT 1	NED 6	BRA 1	GER 2	GBR NC	CZE 7	POR 1	JPN Ret	QAT 12	MAL Ret	AUS 6	VAL 3		2nd	202
2005	250 cc	Honda	SPA 5	POR 11	CHN 7	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT 16	NED 9	GBR Ret	GER 8	CZE NC	JPN 8	MAL 6	QAT 7	AUS 4	TUR 6	VAL 5		9th	120
2006	250 cc	Aprilia	SPA 5	QAT 4	TUR 2	CHN 1	FRA 7	ITA NC	CAT Inj	NED Inj	GBR 5	GER 5	CZE 5	MAL NC	AUS 6	JPN 7	POR 10	VAL 3		7th	152
2007	250 cc	Aprilia	QAT 3	SPA Ret	TUR 8	CHN 6	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT 8	GBR Ret	NED 7	GER 6	CZE 4	SMR 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 -	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	*	53