Esteve Rabat

Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP 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	15	3	10	3	231	3rd
Total			160	13	36	16	1307

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 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

References

↑ "Valencia wild-cards". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
↑ "Rabat achieves career-first pole in Jerez". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "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 Johann Zarco

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – B. Ruffo

1950 – D. Ambrosini
1951 – B. Ruffo
1952 – E. Lorenzetti
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – W. Haas
1955 – H. Müller
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – C. Sandford
1958 – T. Provini
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – M. Hailwood
1962 – J. Redman
1963 – J. Redman
1964 – P. Read
1965 – P. Read
1966 – M. Hailwood
1967 – M. Hailwood
1968 – P. Read
1969 – K. Carruthers

1970 – R. Gould
1971 – P. Read
1972 – J. Saarinen
1973 – D. Braun
1974 – W. Villa
1975 – W. Villa
1976 – W. Villa
1977 – M. Lega
1978 – K. Ballington
1979 – K. Ballington

1980 – A. Mang
1981 – A. Mang
1982 – J. Tournadre
1983 – C. Lavado
1984 – C. Sarron
1985 – F. Spencer
1986 – C. Lavado
1987 – A. Mang
1988 – S. Pons
1989 – S. Pons

1990 – J. Kocinski
1991 – L. Cadalora
1992 – L. Cadalora
1993 – T. Harada
1994 – M. Biaggi
1995 – M. Biaggi
1996 – M. Biaggi
1997 – M. Biaggi
1998 – L. Capirossi
1999 – V. Rossi

2000 – O. Jacque
2001 – D. Kato
2002 – M. Melandri
2003 – M. Poggiali
2004 – D. Pedrosa
2005 – D. Pedrosa
2006 – J. Lorenzo
2007 – J. Lorenzo
2008 – M. Simoncelli
2009 – H. Aoyama

2010 – T. Elías
2011 – S. Bradl
2012 – M. Márquez
2013 – P. Espargaró
2014 – E. Rabat
2015 – J. Zarco

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