Xavi Vierge

Xavier Vierge Zafra (born 30 April 1997) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.

Xavi Vierge
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 Barcelona, Spain
Current team	Petronas Sprinta Racing
Bike number	97
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2015– Manufacturers Tech 3, Kalex Championships 0 2019 championship position 13th (81 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 78 0 3 2 2 354

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

Career

Born in Barcelona, Vierge finished the 2015 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship as runner-up. In the same year he made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship as the permanent replacement for Ricard Cardús in the Tech 3 team from the tenth round of the season onwards,[1] without scoring championship points. He was retained by the team for 2016; he scored his first Grand Prix points in Argentina and achieved a best result of 8th in Sepang and at the end of the season he was awarded the Moto2 Rookie of the Year prize.[2]

He stayed with the team for the 2017 season, this time partnered by Australian Remy Gardner. Gardner was forced to miss the Austin round because of a crash in the previous round and was replaced by Julián Simón. At the Italian Grand Prix, Vierge was forced to sit out of the race due to a thoracic trauma following a crash in qualifying. In Assen, Vierge suffered a broken arm in free practice and was again forced to sit out the event. He also had to sit out the next round at Sachsenring and was replaced by Héctor Garzó. At Motegi, Vierge claimed his first podium finish in the championship with a second-place finish.

On 5 August 2017, it was announced that Vierge would join Dynavolt Intact GP for the 2018 season, partnering Marcel Schrötter, who was also his teammate at Tech 3 in the second half of 2015. He took his first pole at Argentina, and finished the race in second place. At Austria, he had a nasty crash in qualifying after a coming together with Steven Odendaal.

On 22 August 2018, it was confirmed that Vierge would sign for EG 0,0 Marc VDS for the 2019 season, partnering Álex Márquez, the younger brother of Marc Márquez. Vierge replaced Joan Mir, who moved up to MotoGP with Suzuki. His place at Dynavolt Intact GP was taken by Thomas Lüthi, who returned to Moto2 after one season in the premier class. In the opening race in Qatar, also the first race with the new Triumph 765cc triple engines, Vierge qualified in second, took the lead at the start, but then fell back to tenth place at the end of the race.

In the next race in Argentina, Vierge took pole position for the second consecutive season, however a problem on the warm-up lap meant he could not start the race. His bad luck continued at Austin, when he was involved in a first-lap crash at turn one along with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Joe Roberts.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 European Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
2012	JER Ret	NAV 10	ARA 13	CAT 12	ALB 5	ALB 9	VAL Ret			15th	31
2013	CAT Ret	CAT 12	ARA Ret	ALB Ret	ALB 15	NAV Ret	VAL 12	VAL Ret	JER 17	27th	9

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	JER Ret	ARA Ret	ARA 3	CAT Ret	ALB 3	NAV 1	NAV 3	ALG 2	ALG 9	VAL 5		4th	111[3]
2015	ALG 2	ALG 1	CAT Ret	ARA 3	ARA 2	ALB 1	NAV 1	NAV 2	JER 1	VAL 1	VAL 1	2nd	226

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3	9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Racing	18	0	0	0	0	37	20th
2017	Moto2	Tech 3	Tech 3 Racing	15	0	1	0	0	98	11th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Dynavolt Intact GP	17	0	2	1	2	131	11th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	18	0	0	1	0	81	13th
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas Sprinta Racing	1	0	0	0	0	7*	9th*
Total				78	0	3	2	2	354

^* Season still in progress.

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2015–present	2015 Indianapolis	2017 Japan		78	0	3	2	2	354	0
Total	2015–Present				78	0	3	2	2	354	0

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
2015	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND Ret	CZE Ret	GBR 22	RSM 23	ARA 16	JPN Ret	AUS 19	MAL 22	VAL 17		NC	0
2016	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT Ret	ARG 14	AME 20	SPA Ret	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT 20	NED 17	GER Ret	AUT 16	CZE 12	GBR 13	RSM 12	ARA 17	JPN 11	AUS 10	MAL 8	VAL 12		20th	37
2017	Moto2	Tech 3	QAT 9	ARG 5	AME 9	SPA Ret	FRA 9	ITA DNS	CAT 8	NED DNS	GER	CZE 5	AUT Ret	GBR 12	RSM 14	ARA 14	JPN 2	AUS 5	MAL 8	VAL Ret		11th	98
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 8	ARG 2	AME Ret	SPA 4	FRA 5	ITA 9	CAT 5	NED Ret	GER 7	CZE 5	AUT DNS	GBR C	RSM 10	ARA Ret	THA 11	JPN 7	AUS 3	MAL 11	VAL Ret	11th	131
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	ARG DNS	AME Ret	SPA 6	FRA 5	ITA 12	CAT 8	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 24	AUT Ret	GBR 10	RSM 8	ARA 10	THA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 7	13th	81
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 9	SPA	AND	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	THA	MAL	ARG			9th*	7*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Moto2: Cardus out, Vierge in at Tech 3". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
2. "Goodbye 2016: FIM Awards Ceremony closes the MotoGP season". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
3. "Standings". fimcevrepsol.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

External links

• Profile on MotoGP.com