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Alberto Moncayo out, Jonas Folger in at Aspar

25 April, 2020

After parting ways with Toni Elias, Aspar Martinez is doing more house cleaning and has dropped Alberto Moncayo (2009 CEV 125 champion and 2010 125cc Rookie of the Year and the only rider in Aspar’s Moto3 team to have picked…

Eric Granado joins Aspar's Moto3 team

23 April, 2020

Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez after resigning Jonas Folger for the 2013 season has completed in Moto3 line-up with Eric Granado.The Brazilian teenager raced in the 2011 125cc CEV with MIR Racing team finishing 5th overall and in 2012 Gianluca Montiron signed…

Moto2 Silverstone: Jordi Torres subs for Julian Simon

20 April, 2020

After rumors that Raffaele de Rosa or Gabor Talmacsi could replace injured Julian Simon at Silverstone, insead Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided on a Spanish rider and will be fielding 23-year-old Jordi Torres as Simon’s temporary subsititute.Torres is last year’s runner-up…

Hector Barbera to miss Australian GP

14 April, 2020

Héctor Barberá underwent a two and half hour surgery to fix his fractured right clavicle following his high speed (200km) crash at Motegi.The Spaniard was operated on by Dr, Xavier Mir at the Clínica USP Dexeus in Barcelona where his…

Aspar replaces Hector Faubel with Luca Amato in Moto3

14 April, 2020

It looks like Aspar Martinez’s big maneuvers aren’t over and is back playing musical chairs with his lower class teams. After replacing Toni Elias with Jordi Torres in Moto2 last July, and Alberto Moncayo with Jonas Folger last month, this…

Damian Cudlin to sub for Hector Barbera, Ivan Moreno replaces Julian Simon

12 April, 2020

Aspar Martinez will have his hands full, as he’ll have two substitute riders for the upcoming Australian GP at Phillip Island, Damian Cudlin has been confirmed and will be subbing for Hector Barbera who underwent collarbone surgery just yesterday, while…

Aspar will not field a Ducati in 2012 and turns to a CRT

7 April, 2020

From thinking of fielding two Ducati in 2012, to fielding none. This is the decision that Spanish manager Aspar Martinez has come to after leasing negotiations with Ducati fell through.According to British website MCN will no longer be running a…

Aleix Esapargaro mid-season interview

6 April, 2020

Aleix Espargaro was the top CRT rider in 2012, and this season the Aspar rider has become even more competitive from the Mugello GP (where he supposedly received a new engine spec) onwards, and he is regularly qualifying with the…

Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro re-confirmed with Aspar in 2013

4 April, 2020

Randy de Puniet and team mate Aleix Espargaro will be both back on the MotoGP grid next season with Aspar’s Power Electronics CRT Team.Aspar Martinez has decided to renew their contracts for another year and the Power Electronics team is…

Alex Hofmann to test Aspar's CRT at Valencia

1 April, 2020

According to Speedweek Alex Hofmann will be testing an Aprilia based CRT machine at Valencia this Wednesday to Friday.Hofmann is Aprilia’s test rider and also a MotoGP commentator, will be testing the RSV4 in its CRT form for Aspar Martinez’…

Aspar Racing riders take a field trip to a nuclear power plant

1 April, 2020

Almost every rider in the GP paddock has more or less decided to go to Motegi (of their own free will?) and since knowing about radiation, nuclear plants isn’t part of a professional rider’s cultural baggage, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided…

Nico Terol to continue with Aspar Racing for another two seasons

30 March, 2020

Moto2 is known for playing musical chairs with riders who for the most part have to find the budget to ride, so getting a two-year contract extension is almost like being touched by Midas, and lucky for Nico Terol, that…

Moto2: Aspar Racing picks up Hector Faubel for 125cc class and Javier Fores in Moto2

27 March, 2020

Jorge “Aspar” Martinez will be fielding only Spanish riders next season in all three of his racing teams. The powerful manager has picked up Hector Faubel after he was dropped from Marc VDS Moto2 racing team and will field him…

Randy de Puniet to ride for Aspar CRT team?

26 March, 2020

The 2012 silly season isn’t over, but it is mostly concentrated on how many CRTs there will be and who will be riding what, even if we already know several names like Colin Edwards with MGN Forward, James Ellison with…

Jonas Folger to continue in Moto3 with Aspar racing

17 March, 2020

Jonas Folger started the 2012 season struggling with IodaRacing’s TR001, but when he switched to Aspar’s Moto3 team to replace Alberto Moncayo, the 18-year old immediately turned his season around, as in his debut at Indianapolis he took a third…

Aspar presents 2013 Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP line-up

16 March, 2020

With just one week remaining before the start of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship the ASPAR Team unveiled the three teams that will be challenging for honours in all three categories in a ceremony at the iconic ‘Casa de la…

Hector Barbera to return to action at Sepang

15 March, 2020

Hector Barbera is ready to return to action in the upcoming Sepang GP. The Spanish rider who fractured his collarbone in a high speed crash during the Motegi race and missed the Phillip Island round, admitted that he’s still not…