Héctor Barberá
Hector Barbera ( born November 2, 1986 in Dos Aguas ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
He is 1.68 m tall and weighs 68 kg. At the time he drove in the MotoGP class of the motorcycle world championship a Ducati. 2014 he is traveling with a FTR in the new open format with a Kawasaki engine tuning company Akira.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 In the World Motorcycle Championship
Career
Hector Barbera was the enthusiasm for racing inherited from his father and began his career at trial. In 1995, at the age of nine, he took the first time at the Trial Championship of the Comunidad Valenciana in part for his age group. The following year, he could win this.
In 1999, Barbera began then, as the trial, even with the road racing. A year later, he won the 50 cc - Formula Airtel championship of the Comunidad Valenciana, he also started in the Spanish Motorcycle Championships, which he was able to close in fourth.
In the 2001 season, Hector Barbera competed in the Formula de Campeones and Copa Aprilia 125 cc and was able to celebrate winning the championship in both series. In 2002 he was on Aprilia Spanish Champion in the 125 cc class.
125 cc class
In 2002, Barbera moved to the 125cc class of the Motorcycle World Championship and launched in Master Aspar Aprilia. After initial difficulties, he managed to regularly go to the end of the season in the top ten, and finished the season with 50 points from 14th place on the overall standings. He also won the Spanish 125cc Championship this year.
The 2003 season continues in the contested Barbera Aspar Team Aprilia and managed at the age of only 16 years, the breakthrough. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain at Donington Park, he celebrated his first victory, later, the Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi him even a second victory succeeded. At the Grand Prix of Portugal at Estoril, he managed to complete 22 launch site from the race in second place. In the World Cup overall standings he finished third with 164 points.
For the season 2004 Hector Barbera moved to the Seedorf Racing team of football stars Clarence Seedorf, where he again drove an Aprilia. His team-mate this year was compatriot Alvaro Bautista. With four Grand Prix wins and 202 points, he was runner-up this year and had to defer only Italian Andrea Dovizioso.
250 cc class
In the 2005 season Barbera launched for the first time in the 250 cc class. He formed together with his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo, the Fortuna Honda team and started on a factory Honda machine. Hector Barbera made it though regularly in the top 10, but still stood in the shadow of his teammate, who was fifth in the World Cup, while Barbera only made the ninth world ranking.
For the 2006 season the team of Fortuna Honda switched to Aprilia motorcycles. Already on season beginning cooled Barberá relation to Lorenzo from both and hardly spoke a word to each other. While team-mate Jorge Lorenzo with eight wins from 16 races became world champion, it was enough for Barbera only to a victory at the Grand Prix of China in Shanghai and WM - seventh.
The 2007 season played Hector Barbera on a Aprilia semi-works machine in Hungary Team Toth. He could not place a time victory, but reached five podium finishes and has been improved with 177 points on the fifth world ranking.
The 2008 season played in Barbera Team Toth and in season 2009 Barbera secured the World Championship behind Hiroshi Aoyama.
MotoGP class
In the 2010 season the team went Barbera Aspar Ducati Desmosedici GP10 on a Ducati in the MotoGP class at the start. He finished 12th with 90 points, his best individual placings were eighth at the races in France and Valencia. The 2011 season, he played again with the Aspar Team in MotoGP.
Statistics
Title
- 2002 - Spanish 125cc champion on Aprilia
- 10 Grand Prix wins
In the World Motorcycle Championship
(As of end of season 2013)