Xavier Artigas López

Xavier Artigas López (born 27 May 2003) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, who currently competes in the newly founded 2026 Sportbike World Championship for MTM Kawasaki. He has previously rode for the Forward Racing factory team in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship, and for Leopard Racing and Prüstel GP in Moto3 from 2021 to 2023.

Career

Early career 2018 Artigas bought attention to himself in the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he won a race, came in second place three times, and finished third once. He finished third in the standings, behind Turkish twins Can Öncü and Deniz Öncü. He also was the 2018 European Talent Cup champion, in spite of not winning a race there.

2019 Artigas moved up to the Moto3 Junior World Championship for the 2019 season, and ended with one race win, one second place, and two third place podium finishes, once again finishing third in the standings. He made a wildcard appearance in the final race of Moto3 in 2019 and managed to score an impressive podium, finishing third in Valencia.

2020 Artigas stayed in the Junior World Championship for the 2020 season, and improved massively. Out of the 11 races held that year, he finished on the top-two steps of the podium in eight races (winning two, and runner up six times), ending the season second in the standings, and earning himself a seat with Leopard Racing for the 2021 Moto3 World Championship.

Moto3 World Championship 2021 Artigas' 2021 Moto3 season as a rookie was disappointing. The year began with three straight retirements, while his teammate Dennis Foggia was regularly at the front, scoring a podium in the third race. Artigas improved over the year, collecting regular point finishes, and in the last race of the season at Valencia, following Dennis Foggia and Pedro Acosta making contact on the last lap, Artigas was able to win the race. He finished the season with 72 points, 15th in the standings, and was not extended by Leopard Racing.

Prüstel GP (2022-2023) For 2022, Artigas was contracted to ride for Prüstel GP, next to Carlos Tatay.

FIM Moto2 European Championship

Preicanos Racing Team (2025)

Artigas has actually officially joined the Preicanos Racing Team for the 2025 season to race in the FIM Moto2 European Championship. However, the contract failed due to the Preicanos team which then disbanded without any clarity.

World Superbike

Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team (2025-) Artigas was appointed as Bimota test riders for the 2025 WorldSBK season, as the Italian factory looked to develop its new KB998 bike.

Career statistics European Talent Cup 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 Pos Pts 2017 Honda ALB1 ALB2 CAT VAL1 EST1 EST2 JER1 JER2 ARA1 ARA2 VAL2 28th 3 2018 Honda EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 CAT ARA1 ARA2 JER1 JER2 ALB VAL 1st 140

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2017 JER1 JER2 ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 BRN1 BRN2 RBR1 RBR2 MIS ARA1 ARA2 16th 41 2018 JER1 JER2 MUG ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 MIS ARA1 ARA2 3rd 166

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior 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 2019 Honda EST VAL1 VAL2 FRA CAT1 CAT2 ARA JER1 JER2 ALB VAL1 VAL2 3rd 149 2020 Honda EST POR JER1 JER2 JER3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 2nd 189

FIM Moto2 European 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 Pos Pts 2024 Kalex MIS EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 POR1 POR2 JER ARA1 ARA2 EST 21st 13 2025 Kalex EST1 EST2 JER MAG1 MAG2 ARA1 ARA2 MIS CAT1 CAT2 VAL NC* 0*

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supersport World Championship

By season

Season Motorcycle Team No Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Black Flag Motorsport WorldSSP Team 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 33rd MV Agusta F3 800 RR Motozoo ME air racing 2 0 0 0 0 Total 4 0 0 0 0 0

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 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Kawasaki AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA 33rd 0 MV Agusta POR POR SPA SPA

Sportbike 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 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2026 Kawasaki POR POR NED NED CZE CZE ARA ARA EMI EMI FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA 3rd* 128*

Suzuka 8 Hours Year Class Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2026 EWC Team Bolliger Switzerland #8 Nico Thöni Álex Toledo Kawasaki ZX-10R TBD