Álvaro Bautista

Álvaro Bautista Arce (born 21 November 1984) is a Spanish motorcycle road racer and former 125 cc World Champion.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bautista and the second or maternal family name is Arce.

Álvaro Bautista
Bautista in 2014
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Current team	Team HRC[1]
Bike number	19
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2010–2018 Manufacturers Suzuki (2010–2011) Honda (2012–2014) Aprilia (2015–2016) Ducati (2017–2018) Championships 0 2018 championship position 12th (105 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 158 0 3 1 1 883 250cc World Championship Active years 2007–2009 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 4th (218 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 8 28 9 12 643 125cc World Championship Active years 2002–2006 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia Championships 1 (2006) 2006 championship position 1st (338 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 67 8 18 8 9 545 Superbike World Championship Active years 2019– Manufacturers Ducati, Honda Championships 0 2019 championship position 2nd (498 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 39 16 24 4 15 518

After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Ducati team, for 2020 he is contracted to ride the new Honda Fireblade in world superbikes, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control.[2]

Bautista competed for the Suzuki team in his first two years after moving into the Superbike World Championship class in 2010.[3] He moved to the Honda-equipped Gresini Racing team starting in the 2012 season,[4] and continued with the team using Aprilia machinery when the factory returned to MotoGP racing for the 2015 season.[5] Bautista rode a Ducati with the Aspar (then Ángel Nieto Team) MotoGP Team in 2017 and 2018,[6] before moving to the Superbike World Championship for 2019 also on a Ducati, this time with the Aruba.it Ducati WorldSBK Team.

Career

Early career

Born in Talavera de la Reina, Castile-La Mancha, Bautista rode a motorcycle for the first time at three years of age. His father owned a motorcycle repair shop and built his first bike from scratch; Bautista competed in his first race five years later. In only his second season he finished runner-up in the Madrid Minimoto Championship and then went on to win the championship three years in a row. In 1997 he simultaneously raced in the 50cc Aprilia Cup where he claimed his first podium, finishing the season in 6th place.

Another year in the 50cc Aprilia Cup saw him taking two more podiums and ending the season in third place when Alberto Puig chose him from over 4000 applicants for the now famous Movistar Activa Joven Cup in 1999. He finished his first year in 5th place, ahead of Dani Pedrosa, earning him a second year in the Cup and a place as a back-up rider for the 125cc Spanish Championship.

However, injury the following year set him back and despite taking one podium in the Movistar Cup, he only finished the season in ninth place. In 2001 he entered the 125cc Spanish Championship with Team Belart which folded halfway through the season due to financial reasons. But he was spotted by Manuel Morente who signed him up for the remaining races of the season and offered him a new team with iconic Atlético Madrid sponsoring for the following year.

In 2002, finally having official material at his disposal, Bautista fought with Hector Barbera for the 125cc Spanish Championship until the last race of the season at Valencia. He set pole-position, but only finished fifth after a crash, securing him the runner-up spot overall. The same year Bautista made his international debut in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season with the same team, running as a wildcard entry at Jerez, Catalunya and Valencia. He also competed in the 125cc European Championship where he scored a podium in Assen and a fourth place in Hungary.

125cc World Championship

2003

Bautista's connection with football was deepened in 2003 when former footballer Clarence Seedorf signed him up for the newly found Seedorf Racing Team, to compete his first full season in the 125cc World Championship. He finished his debut year in 20th place overall with 31 points, his best finishes being a fourth place at Phillip Island and a sixth place at Valencia. The same year he was also crowned the 125cc Spanish Champion with two races to go and after an extremely dominant season, never being off the podium and scoring five consecutive pole-to-victory finishes.

2004

The Spaniard continued with Seedorf Racing in the 125cc World Championship for the 2004 season. He ended the year in seventh place overall after taking his first podium and fastest lap at Donington Park. He finished on the podium a total of four times, with a second place at Donington Park and thirds at Qatar, Malaysia and Valencia.

2005

With the main contenders leaving the class, Bautista started the 2005 season as one of the 125cc title favourites. However, a manufacturer switch from Aprilia to Honda, a different team structure, crashes and mechanical failures saw him struggle throughout a disappointing season which he finished in 15th place.

2006

After difficulties to get out of his contract with Seedorf Racing, Bautista joined the ranks of Jorge Martinez’ MVA Aspar Team only shortly before the start of the 2006 season. Already having a complete 125cc team with four riders before the signing of Bautista, Martinez still managed to provide another bike, mechanics and sponsors for the Talaverano who he had already tried to sign up two years earlier.

The effort paid of handsomely as Bautista went on to take his first 125cc victory at the inaugural 2006 Grand Prix in Jerez, leading the race from start to finish. Another dominant win followed in Qatar, making him the first 125cc rider in four years to win back-to-back races.[7] His excellent form continued until the end of the year, leading the championship table with a great margin from start to finish and eventually becoming 125cc World Champion in Australia, three races before the end of the season.[8] Along the way he took eight wins and broke numerous records, including the highest number of points in the class and most podium finishes in a single season.[9] He stood on the rostrum in 14 out of 16 races. The only times he didn't finish on the podium, he finished in 4th place. Both in Le Mans and Valencia he was leading the race before mechanical problems saw him drop down the field.

250cc World Championship

2007

For the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Bautista continued with the Aspar Racing Team, moving up to the 250cc class. He took his first 250cc victory at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello on 3 June, also claiming his maiden 250cc pole position that weekend. A second 250cc victory came in Estoril on 16 September in the Portuguese Grand Prix, where – having started from sixth on the grid - he dropped to 12th during the first lap to carve his way through the field and eventually take an easy win. He finally ended the 2007 season fourth overall in the Championship and was subsequently awarded the MotoGP / FIM "Rookie of the Year" Award for the 250cc class.

2008

Bautista in 2008

Having been tipped as the 2008 250cc champion, he finished 6th in the season opener in Qatar. At Jerez he looked set to win before his engine gave out on the final lap causing Marco Simoncelli to hit his bike and both riders to crash out,[10] subsequently handing Mika Kallio the win. Bautista finally took his first win of the season at Estoril before he crashed out of the lead in China and Italy, while only finishing 14th in Le Mans.[11]

Bautista after winning the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix

In Bautista's home race at the Catalunya circuit he dominated the qualifying sessions, took pole position and led the race from the start, but an error while switching gears in the last lap gave Marco Simoncelli the chance to pass him and left him unable to fight back before the finish line. The British round at Donington marked his fourth pole of the season.[12] In another fight with Simoncelli, Bautista missed the top spot again after an overly optimistic passing manoeuver by Simoncelli in the penultimate lap, which caused both riders to go wide and allowed Mika Kallio to pass them and snatch the win again. A second win came at Assen, despite a bad start from pole position leaving him 8th at the end of lap 1.[13] He added two more wins at San Marino and Malaysia and his string of ten podium finishes after the abysmal start to the year eventually saw him end the season in second place behind Simoncelli.

2009

Bautista started 2009 with a strong showing of speed by taking three of the first five pole positions, but without converting any of them into a victory. Wins in Japan and Catalunya along a more steady start than the previous year moved him to the top of the championship, but an ultimately very costly collision with Hiroshi Aoyama in the final laps of the Assen Grand Prix handed the lead to the Japanese rider. A run of five successive podium finishes kept Bautista in the running for the championship, but a crash out of fourth place at Estoril due to a gearbox issue and errors at Phillip Island and Sepang finally dashed his title hopes with Hiroshi Aoyama going on to win the final 250cc championship for Honda.

MotoGP World Championship

2010

Bautista at the 2010 Dutch TT

Bautista moved up to MotoGP for the 2010 season, with the factory Suzuki team. After missing the French Grand Prix due to injury, Bautista made a steady return to the class and finished fifth at the Catalan Grand Prix.[14]

2011

During practice for the 2011 MotoGP season opener in Qatar, Bautista suffered a broken left femur as a result of a crash at turn 15.[15] Bautista proved on numerous occasions the potential of the Suzuki GSV-R, and almost claimed podium finishes at several races. His biggest flaw was arguably his tendency to crash, often while fighting for podium positions. He eventually finished the season 13th in the championship standings.

2012

On 9 November 2011, it was announced that Bautista would move to Gresini Racing for the 2012 season.[4] He replaced the late Marco Simoncelli and the World Superbike bound Hiroshi Aoyama. He would later be joined by Gresini's Moto2 rider Michele Pirro, who would ride a CRT specification FTR-Honda as opposed to Bautista, who would ride a MotoGP specification Honda. Bautista finished each of the first five races inside the top ten; of those races, his best result was sixth place on three occasions. Bautista achieved his first pole position in MotoGP at the British Grand Prix; he finished a tenth of a second clear of Ben Spies and Casey Stoner, who both joined Bautista on the front row.[16] Bautista could not maintain the lead at the start of the race, after Spies led into the first corner; he recovered to finish in fourth place – behind Jorge Lorenzo, Stoner and Dani Pedrosa – which was his then best result in the MotoGP class.

At Assen, Bautista qualified eighth, but made a slow start and tried to alleviate his losses by braking late for the first turn. He locked the front wheel, and fell from his bike, taking down championship leader Lorenzo in the process. Both bikes slid along the ground, with Lorenzo's throttle jammed open, which blew the engine. Lorenzo lost his 25-point lead in the championship,[17] after Stoner won the race; Yamaha lodged a complaint with race direction, stating that Bautista's actions were dangerous, and he was thus given a grid penalty for the German Grand Prix – starting last on the grid – for his actions.[18]

Bautista finished the next five races within the top ten each time, before achieving his first ever MotoGP podium at Misano.[19] He obtained another podium finish two races later at Motegi, after a race long battle with Briton Cal Crutchlow ended with Crutchlow running out of fuel before the race finish.[20]

2013

In 2013 Bautista continued riding for Team Gresini, with a new sponsor GO & FUN and teammate Bryan Staring. Bautista had a good season, battling consistently amongst the second group of riders, along with Valentino Rossi, Cal Crutchlow and Stefan Bradl. He finished sixth overall in the championship behind Crutchlow and in front of Bradl, with a best result of fourth obtained on three occasions, at Laguna Seca,[21] Aragon[22] and Motegi.[23]

2014

For the 2014 season, Bautista was joined by new teammate Scott Redding, but had a difficult start to the 2014 season, crashing out of each of the first three events on the calendar. He obtained his first championship points of the season with a sixth place in the Spanish Grand Prix, at Jerez.[24] This was followed by a third-place finish in the French Grand Prix, his first podium since the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.[25]

2015

For the 2015 season, Bautista remained with the Gresini team – now riding an Aprilia – where he was joined by new teammate Marco Melandri. At the midway point of the season, Bautista had collected 13 points, and finished 16th in the riders' championship with 31 points.

2018

In August, Bautista confirmed he would be departing MotoGP following nine seasons, changing to World Superbike with the factory Ducati team in 2019.[26]

Following Jorge Lorenzo pulling out of his third race at Phillip Island in Australia due to injury, Bautista replaced him for Ducati for the Australian Grand Prix weekend before returning to the Ángel Nieto Team for the final 2 Grands Prix of the season.[27]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2002	125cc	Aprilia	Atlético de Madrid	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
2003	125cc	Aprilia	Seedorf Racing	19	16	0	0	0	0	31	20th	–
2004	125cc	Aprilia	Seedorf Racing	19	16	0	4	0	1	129	7th	–
2005	125cc	Honda	Seedorf – Tiempo Holidays	19	16	0	0	0	1	47	15th	–
2006	125cc	Aprilia	Master – MVA Aspar	19	16	8	14	8	7	338	1st	1
2007	250cc	Aprilia	Master – Mapfre Aspar	19	17	2	7	1	1	181	4th	–
2008	250cc	Aprilia	Mapfre Aspar Team	19	16	4	11	5	7	244	2nd	–
2009	250cc	Aprilia	Mapfre Aspar Team	19	16	2	10	3	4	218	4th	–
2010	MotoGP	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	19	17	0	0	0	0	85	13th	–
2011	MotoGP	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	19	15	0	0	0	0	67	13th	–
2012	MotoGP	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	19	18	0	2	1	0	178	5th	–
2013	MotoGP	Honda	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	19	18	0	0	0	0	171	6th	–
2014	MotoGP	Honda	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	19	18	0	1	0	1	89	11th	–
2015	MotoGP	Aprilia	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	19	18	0	0	0	0	31	16th	–
2016	MotoGP	Aprilia	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	19	18	0	0	0	0	82	12th	–
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	19	18	0	0	0	0	75	12th	–
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	Ángel Nieto Team Ducati Team	19	18	0	0	0	0	105	12th	–
Total					274	16	49	18	22	2071		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2002–2006	2002 Spain	2004 Great Britain	2006 Spain	67	8	18	8	9	545	1
250cc	2007–2009	2007 Qatar	2007 Spain	2007 Italy	49	8	28	9	12	643	0
MotoGP	2010–2018	2010 Qatar	2012 San Marino		158	0	3	1	1	883	0
Total	2002–2018				274	16	49	18	22	2071	1

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 25	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL 23				NC	0
2003	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 18	RSA 25	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA 28	CAT 28	NED Ret	GBR 14	GER Ret	CZE 16	POR 15	BRA 16	PAC 12	MAL 15	AUS 4	VAL 6				20th	31
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 9	SPA Ret	FRA 9	ITA Ret	CAT 6	NED 16	BRA 9	GER 7	GBR 2	CZE 13	POR 5	JPN Ret	QAT 3	MAL 3	AUS 9	VAL 3				7th	129
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA Ret	POR 7	CHN 17	FRA Ret	ITA 12	CAT 14	NED 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 12	JPN 9	MAL 26	QAT 22	AUS 16	TUR 12	VAL 12				15th	47
2006	125cc	Aprilia	SPA 1	QAT 1	TUR 2	CHN 3	FRA 4	ITA 2	CAT 1	NED 3	GBR 1	GER 2	CZE 1	MAL 1	AUS 1	JPN 2	POR 1	VAL 4				1st	338
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT Ret	SPA 2	TUR 3	CHN 2	FRA 8	ITA 1	CAT 5	GBR Ret	NED 3	GER 17	CZE 5	RSM 8	POR 1	JPN 15	AUS 2	MAL Ret	VAL Ret			4th	181
2008	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 6	SPA Ret	POR 1	CHN 12	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT 2	GBR 3	NED 1	GER 3	CZE 2	RSM 1	IND C	JPN 2	AUS 2	MAL 1	VAL 3			2nd	244
2009	250cc	Aprilia	QAT 7	JPN 1	SPA 2	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT 1	NED Ret	GER 3	GBR 2	CZE 3	IND 3	RSM 3	POR Ret	AUS 10	MAL Ret	VAL 2				4th	218
2010	MotoGP	Suzuki	QAT Ret	SPA 10	FRA DNS	ITA 14	GBR 12	NED 14	CAT 5	GER Ret	USA Ret	CZE Ret	IND 8	RSM 8	ARA 8	JPN 7	MAL 5	AUS 12	POR 11	VAL 9		13th	85
2011	MotoGP	Suzuki	QAT DNS	SPA	POR 13	FRA 12	CAT 12	GBR 5	NED 11	ITA 13	GER 7	USA Ret	CZE Ret	IND 6	RSM 8	ARA 6	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL C	VAL Ret		13th	67
2012	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 7	SPA 6	POR 6	FRA 10	CAT 6	GBR 4	NED Ret	GER 7	ITA 10	USA 8	IND 5	CZE 6	RSM 3	ARA 6	JPN 3	MAL 6	AUS 5	VAL 4		5th	178
2013	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 6	AME 8	SPA 6	FRA 6	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 5	USA 4	IND 6	CZE 5	GBR 5	RSM 7	ARA 4	MAL 5	AUS 5	JPN 4	VAL 5		6th	171
2014	MotoGP	Honda	QAT Ret	AME Ret	ARG Ret	SPA 6	FRA 3	ITA 8	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 9	IND Ret	CZE 10	GBR Ret	RSM 8	ARA 7	JPN 10	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL 16		11th	89
2015	MotoGP	Aprilia	QAT Ret	AME 15	ARG 19	SPA 15	FRA 15	ITA 14	CAT 10	NED 17	GER 14	IND 18	CZE 13	GBR 10	RSM 15	ARA 13	JPN 16	AUS 14	MAL 15	VAL 14		16th	31
2016	MotoGP	Aprilia	QAT 13	ARG 10	AME 11	SPA Ret	FRA 9	ITA Ret	CAT 8	NED Ret	GER 10	AUT 16	CZE 16	GBR 10	RSM 10	ARA 9	JPN 7	AUS 12	MAL 7	VAL 10		12th	82
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	ARG 4	AME 15	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 5	CAT 7	NED Ret	GER 6	CZE Ret	AUT 8	GBR 10	RSM 12	ARA 8	JPN Ret	AUS 17	MAL 11	VAL Ret		12th	75
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 13	ARG 16	AME 15	SPA 8	FRA Ret	ITA 9	CAT 9	NED 9	GER 5	CZE 9	AUT 10	GBR C	RSM 9	ARA Ret	THA 8	JPN 5	AUS 4	MAL 7	VAL Ret	12th	105

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2019	SBK	Ducati Panigale V4 R	ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati	19	36	16	24	4	15	498	2nd	–
2020	SBK	Honda CBR1000RR-R	Team HRC	19	3	0	0	0	0	20	6th	–
Total					39	16	24	4	15	518		0

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	Ducati	AUS 1	AUS 1	AUS 1	THA 1	THA 1	THA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	NED 1	NED C	NED 1	ITA 2	ITA 3	ITA C	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA NC	ITA 3	ITA 1	ITA 14	GBR Ret	GBR 4	GBR 3	USA 17	USA DNS	USA Ret	POR 4	POR 2	POR 1	FRA 5	FRA 5	FRA Ret	ARG 1	ARG 2	ARG 5	QAT 4	QAT 2	QAT 3	2nd	498
2020	Honda	AUS 6	AUS 16	AUS 6	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	GER	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT	6th*	20*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Héctor Barberá	Spanish 125cc Champion 2003	Succeeded by Aleix Espargaró