Esteve Rabat

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rabat and the second or maternal family name is Bergada.
Esteve Rabat

Nationality  Spanish
Born May 25, 1989
Barcelona, Spain
Current team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS
Bike number 1
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years20112015
ManufacturersFTR, Kalex
Championships1 (2014)
2014 Championship position1st (346 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
72 10 23 13 8 775
125cc World Championship
Active years20052010
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia, KTM
Championships0
2010 Championship position6th (147 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
76 0 3 0 0 318

Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the Moto2 class in the Motorcycle World championship. He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at that season's Valencian Grand Prix.[1] He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship with a record points total for the intermediate class.

Career

2013 season

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.

2014 season

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.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

By season

Season Class Moto Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2005 125cc Honda 1 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 125cc Honda 11 0 0 0 11 23rd
2007 125cc Honda 15 0 1 0 74 11th
2008 125cc KTM 16 0 0 0 49 14th
2009 125cc Aprilia 16 0 0 0 37 18th
2010 125cc Aprilia 17 0 2 0 147 6th
2011 Moto2 FTR 17 0 1 0 79 10th
2012 Moto2 Kalex 17 0 1 0 117 7th
2013 Moto2 Kalex 17 3 7 2 216 3rd
2014 Moto2 Kalex 18 7 14 11 346 1st
2015 Moto2 Kalex 3 0 0 0 17* 11th*
Total 148 10 26 13 1093

Races by year

(key)

Yr Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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
Ret
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
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GER
IND
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL
11th* 17*

References

  1. "Valencia wild-cards". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  2. "Rabat achieves career-first pole in Jerez". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. "Dominant career-first victory for Rabat in Jerez". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Pol Espargaró
Moto2 World Champion
2014
Succeeded by
Incumbent