Tito Rabat

Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP class in the motorcycle World Championship. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship with a record points total for the intermediate class.

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

Tito Rabat
Rabat (left) at the 2014 Catalan Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 Barcelona, Spain
Current team	Avintia Racing
Bike number	53
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2016– Manufacturers Honda, Ducati Championships 0 2019 championship position 20th (23 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 64 0 0 0 0 124 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2011–2015 Manufacturers FTR, Kalex Championships 1 (2014) 2015 championship position 3rd (231 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 83 13 33 16 11 989 125cc World Championship Active years 2005–2010 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia, KTM Championships 0 2010 championship position 6th (147 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 76 0 3 0 0 318

Rabat suffered serious leg injuries in August 2018 after falling in heavy rain during practice for the British round at Silverstone. He was hit by a closely following out-of-control machine.[1]

He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at that season's Valencian Grand Prix.[2]

Career

125cc World Championship

Team BQR, 2005-2006

Tito Rabat made his debut on the world championship stage as a wildcard rider in the final race of the 2005 season in Valencia with BQR. For 2006, Rabat entered as a wildcard as a home rider in the Spanish rounds 1 and 7 in Jerez and Barcelona respectively. Following Aleix Espargaró's mid-season move up to the 250cc class, Rabat replaced him from round 8 for the remainder of the season.

Repsol Honda, 2007

For 2007, Rabat was given a seat in the Repsol Honda 125cc works team, partnering Bradley Smith. He finished the season in 11th place, behind his teammate.

Repsol KTM, 2008

Following Honda's departure from the 125cc class in a works capacity, the Repsol team switched to KTM bikes. Rabat was retained as rider and partnered young rookie and future World Champion Marc Márquez. Despite starting 3 more races than his teammate, Rabat finished behind Márquez in the standings by 14 points.

Team BQR, 2009-2010

In 2009 and 2010, Rabat returned to BQR, now racing under the Blusens name and using Aprilia motorcycles.

Moto2 World Championship

Team BQR, 2011

Rabat moved up to the Moto2 class in 2011 with BQR, riding FTR machinery, finishing a respectable 10th place on the season as a rookie.

Pons Racing, 2012-2013

For 2012, Rabat switched to Pons Racing and achieved 7th place in the championship. 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,[3] 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.[4] He added victories later in the season, at the Indianapolis and Malaysian Grands Prix.

Marc VDS, 2014–2015

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.

Remaining in Moto2 for 2015, Rabat attempted to become the first rider since Jorge Lorenzo to retain the intermediate class championship. Rabat did not win a race until Mugello at the end of May.[5] Wins in Aragon and Valencia were not enough for Rabat to retain his title,[6][7] as he ultimately finished third behind Johann Zarco and Álex Rins.

MotoGP World Championship

Marc VDS, 2016–2017

Rabat moved up to the MotoGP class on a satellite Honda bike for Marc VDS. He recorded his first top-ten finish in Argentina with ninth place, but could not match teammate Jack Miller's performance. He remained with Marc VDS for 2017, managing only one top-ten finish in the final race of the season.

Avintia Racing, 2018–

For 2018, Rabat returned again to his previous 125cc and Moto2 team Reale Avintia Racing, partnering Xavier Siméon. At the British Grand Prix, Rabat's major crash with Franco Morbidelli at Stowe corner was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions.[8] As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season. Rabat returned in 2019 with Avintia, ultimately outscoring new teammate Karel Abraham.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2005	125cc	Honda	Wurth Honda BQR	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	125cc	Honda	Honda BQR	34, 80	11	0	0	0	0	11	23rd
2007	125cc	Honda	Repsol Honda 125cc	12	15	0	1	0	0	74	11th
2008	125cc	KTM	Repsol KTM 125cc	12	16	0	0	0	0	49	14th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia	12	16	0	0	0	0	37	18th
2010	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens-STX	12	17	0	2	0	0	147	6th
2011	Moto2	FTR	Blusens-STX	34	17	0	1	0	0	79	10th
2012	Moto2	Kalex	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	80	17	0	1	0	0	117	7th
2013	Moto2	Kalex	Tuenti HP 40	80	16	3	7	2	3	216	3rd
2014	Moto2	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team	53	18	7	14	11	5	346	1st
2015	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	1	15	3	10	3	3	231	3rd
2016	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	53	17	0	0	0	0	29	21st
2017	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	53	18	0	0	0	0	35	19th
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	53	11	0	0	0	0	35	19th
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	53	17	0	0	0	0	23	20th
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	Hublot Reale Avintia	53	1	0	0	0	0	2*	14th*
Total					223	13	36	16	11	1431

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2005–2010	2005 Valencia	2007 China		76	0	3	0	0	318	0
Moto2	2011–2015	2011 Qatar	2011 Indianapolis	2013 Spain	83	13	33	16	11	989	1
MotoGP	2016–present	2016 Qatar			64	0	0	0	0	124	0
Total	2005–Present				222	13	36	16	11	1429	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
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 DNS	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
2016	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 15	ARG 9	AME 13	SPA 18	FRA Ret	ITA DNS	CAT 14	NED 11	GER 16	AUT 14	CZE 10	GBR 15	RSM 17	ARA Ret	JPN 14	AUS 16	MAL 18	VAL 17		21st	29
2017	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 15	ARG 12	AME 13	SPA Ret	FRA 11	ITA 11	CAT 15	NED 12	GER 18	CZE 17	AUT 19	GBR 12	RSM Ret	ARA 15	JPN 15	AUS 16	MAL 18	VAL 10		19th	35
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 11	ARG 7	AME 8	SPA 14	FRA Ret	ITA 13	CAT Ret	NED 16	GER 13	CZE Ret	AUT 11	GBR C	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	19th	35
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 19	ARG Ret	AME 15	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 9	NED 16	GER 11	CZE 16	AUT Ret	GBR 16	RSM 13	ARA 15	THA 17	JPN DNS	AUS Ret	MAL	VAL 11	20th	23
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 14	ALU	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	ERM	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	THA	MAL	ARG				14th*	2*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. Silverstone MotoGP race cancelled due to rain Autosport, 26 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018
2. "Valencia wild-cards". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
3. "Rabat achieves career-first pole in Jerez". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
4. "Dominant career-first victory for Rabat in Jerez". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
5. "First Moto2 victory of the season for Rabat in Mugello". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
6. "Rabat wins after excellent duel with Rins". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
7. "Rabat bows out of Moto2 with victory". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
8. Puigdemont, Oriol; Klein, Jamie (3 September 2018). "Tito Rabat's leg 'twisted like an S' in Silverstone MotoGP crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

External links

• Profile on motogp.com
• Official website