Pablo Nieto

Pablo Nieto Aguilar (born 4 June 1980 in Madrid, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former road racer of Grand Prix solo motorcycles, latterly involved in team management. He is the son of the legendary Spanish motorcycle racer Ángel Nieto, and cousin of Fonsi Nieto. He started to race professionally in 1998, and spent his career in the 125cc class. Following the race at Valencia in 2008, he announced his retirement from racing, to move to a managerial position of the Onde 2000 MotoGP team with Sete Gibernau in 2009 as the team's only rider. He was the team manager for the Laglisse Moto3 team from 2012-2014, in the 2013 Moto3 Grand Prix season, his rider Maverick Viñales won the championship. He is now the team manager for the VR46 Racing Team established by Valentino Rossi.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

SeasonClassMotoTeamNumberRacesWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsPosition 1998 125cc Aprilia Via Digital Team 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1999 125cc Derbi Festina-Derbi 22 16 0 0 0 0 15 23rd 2000 125cc Derbi Derbi Racing 22 16 0 0 0 1 68 13th 2001 125cc Derbi L & M Derbi Team 22 15 0 0 0 0 21 24th 2002 125cc Aprilia Master-Aspar Team 22 16 0 3 1 0 145 6th 2003 125cc Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team 22 16 1 3 2 1 148 7th 2004 125cc Aprilia Master - Repsol Team 125cc 22 16 0 2 0 2 138 6th 2005 125cc Derbi Caja Madria - Derbi Racing 22 16 0 0 0 1 64 13th 2006 125cc Aprilia Multimedia Racing 22 13 0 0 0 0 66 13th 2007 125cc Aprilia Blusens Aprilia 22 17 0 0 0 0 57 15th 2008 125cc KTM Onde 2000 - KTM 22 16 0 0 0 0 25 21st Total 158 1 8 3 5 747

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 Pts 1998 125cc Aprilia JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER CZE IMO CAT22 AUS ARG NC 0 1999 125cc Derbi MAL22 JPN19 SPARet FRA18 ITA22 CATRet NED16 GBR12 GERRet CZE22 IMO17 VALRet AUS17 RSA12 BRARet ARG9 23rd 15 2000 125cc Derbi RSA15 MAL11 JPN11 SPARet FRARet ITA11 CAT6 NED19 GBR15 GER7 CZE16 POR12 VAL4 BRA10 PAC9 AUS14 13th 68 2001 125cc Derbi JPN10 RSA15 SPARet FRADNS ITARet CAT6 NEDRet GBRRet GERRet CZE18 PORRet VAL14 PAC16 AUS20 MALRet BRA14 24th 21 2002 125cc Aprilia JPNRet RSA5 SPARet FRA6 ITA3 CAT8 NED7 GBRRet GER5 CZERet POR4 BRA5 PAC4 MAL5 AUS3 VAL3 6th 145 2003 125cc Aprilia JPN7 RSA5 SPARet FRA5 ITA3 CAT17 NED2 GBR6 GER5 CZERet POR1 BRA5 PAC8 MAL9 AUSRet VAL7 7th 148 2004 125cc Aprilia RSA4 SPA9 FRA7 ITA6 CAT3 NED8 BRA7 GER3 GBRRet CZE4 POR4 JPNRet QAT6 MALRet AUS15 VAL4 6th 138 2005 125cc Derbi SPA12 POR12 CHN8 FRA7 ITA22 CATRet NED11 GBR5 GER10 CZE16 JPN8 MAL13 QATRet AUS18 TUR20 VAL10 13th 64 2006 125cc Aprilia SPA10 QAT5 TUR14 CHNRet FRA5 ITA12 CAT7 NED9 GBRRet GERRet CZE9 MALRet AUS JPN POR VAL7 13th 66 2007 125cc Aprilia QAT9 SPA6 TUR13 CHN16 FRA15 ITARet CAT20 GBR9 NEDRet GER9 CZERet RSMRet PORRet JPN7 AUSRet MAL12 VAL7 15th 57 2008 125cc KTM QAT18 SPA5 PORRet CHN FRARet ITARet CATRet GBR20 NED20 GER14 CZE16 RSMRet INPRet JPN18 AUS13 MAL14 VAL9 21st 25