Héctor Barberá

Héctor Barberá Vall (born 2 November 1986) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in MotoGP, Moto2, Superbike, and in MotoAmerica for more than two decades, from 2002 all the way until 2023.

Career Born in Dos Aguas, Valencia Province, Barberá began his World Championship career at the age of 15 in the 2002 Spanish 125 Championship, which he won, and the 125cc world championship, under the guidance of Jorge Martínez "Aspar", who teamed Barberá and fellow youngster Ángel Rodríguez up with the experienced Pablo Nieto.

In his first season, Barberá established himself as the most promising rider of the three and in 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 . 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 .

In the 250cc world championship, Barberá won three races along with five other podium results to finish second to Honda's Hiroshi Aoyama. Barberá finished the 2010 MotoGP season in twelfth place, and followed up with an eleventh place in 2011. On 7 November 2011, it was announced that he was moving to Pramac Racing for the 2012 season. Hector Barbera riding a Ducati MotoGP bike at the 2011 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix. In 2016, Barberá finished a career best of tenth place in the MotoGP standings. That year, he had his only two races for a factory MotoGP team, replacing Andrea Iannone at Ducati Corse. Barbera switched to Moto2 after failing to find a MotoGP ride for 2018. He competed at the last Grand Prix of his career that year at Mugello.

Legal issues Barberá was sentenced to six months in jail for assault and battery in 2013.

Barberá was ordered to serve 22 days of community service in 2018 for driving under the influence, which caused him to lose his Pons Racing Moto2 ride.

Barberá was accused of stealing a Yamaha Supersport bike owned by his own team, Team Toth, in 2019.

In 2023, Barberá was investigated for fraud and forgery. It was also revealed by Andorran news website Altaveu that he had a search and arrest warrant issued against him since 2019 for another undisclosed affair.

Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Aprilia Master–Aspar Team 15 0 0 0 0 50 14th 125cc Aprilia Master–MXOnda–Aspar Team 16 2 5 0 2 164 3rd 125cc Aprilia Seedorf Racing 16 4 7 1 4 202 2nd 250cc Honda Fortuna Honda 16 0 0 0 0 120 9th 250cc Aprilia Fortuna Aprilia 14 1 3 2 1 152 7th 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth Aprilia 17 0 5 0 1 177 5th 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth Aprilia 12 0 4 2 1 142 6th 250cc Aprilia Pepe World Team 16 3 8 4 1 239 2nd MotoGP Ducati Páginas Amarillas Aspar 18 0 0 0 0 90 12th MotoGP Ducati Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 16 0 0 0 0 82 11th MotoGP Ducati Pramac Racing Team 15 0 0 0 0 83 11th MotoGP FTR Avintia Blusens 18 0 0 0 0 35 16th MotoGP Avintia Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 26 18th Ducati MotoGP Ducati Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 33 15th MotoGP Ducati Avintia Racing 16 0 0 0 0 102 10th Ducati Team 2 0 0 0 0 MotoGP Ducati Reale Avintia Racing 18 0 0 0 0 28 22nd Moto2 Kalex Pons HP40 6 0 0 0 0 10 23rdTotal 267 10 32 9 10 1735

By class

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 2002 125cc Aprilia JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL 14th 50 2003 125cc Aprilia JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL 3rd 164 2004 125cc Aprilia RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL 2nd 202 2005 250cc Honda SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL 9th 120 2006 250cc Aprilia SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL 7th 152 2007 250cc Aprilia QAT SPA TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL 5th 177 2008 250cc Aprilia QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM INP JPN AUS MAL VAL 6th 142 2009 250cc Aprilia QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER GBR CZE INP RSM POR AUS MAL VAL 2nd 239 2010 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE INP RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL 12th 90 2011 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE INP RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 11th 82 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL 11th 83 MotoGP FTR QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL 16th 35 MotoGP Avintia QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM 18th 26 Ducati ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL MotoGP Ducati QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 15th 33 MotoGP Ducati QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 10th 102 MotoGP Ducati QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 22nd 28 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 23rd 10

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 2018 Kawasaki AUS THA SPA NED ITA GBR CZE ITA POR FRA ARG QAT 17th 27 2019 Yamaha AUS THA SPA NED ITA SPA ITA GBR POR FRA ARG QAT 16th 22

Superbike 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 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 2019 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS THA THA THA SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ARG ARG ARG QAT QAT QAT 27th 3

AMA Superbike Championship

Races by year

British Superbike Championship By year Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2019 Kawasaki SIL SIL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL ASS ASS DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP 19th 47