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Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship.
Rabat then made the move to MotoGP in 2016 and spent five full-time seasons there, before moving to the Superbike World Championship in 2021. 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.
He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at that season's Valencian Grand Prix. [1]
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.
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.
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.
In 2009 and 2010, Rabat returned to BQR, now racing under the Blusens name and using Aprilia motorcycles.
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.
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, [2] 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. [3] He added victories later in the season, at the Indianapolis and Malaysian Grands Prix.
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. [4] Wins in Aragon and Valencia were not enough for Rabat to retain his title, [5] [6] as he ultimately finished third behind Johann Zarco and Álex Rins.
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. He finished the season with 35 points in 19th position of the rider's championship.
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, being hit by the crashed bike of the closely-following Franco Morbidelli at Stowe corner, was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions. [7] [8] As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season. He finished the season with an identical result to the previous season – 35 points and 19th place in the riders' championship.
Rabat returned in 2019 with Avintia, ultimately outscoring new teammate Karel Abraham and finishing 20th in the riders' championship. During the season, it was announced Rabat had signed with the team for a further two seasons, through the end of 2021. [9]
With the rebranded Esponsorama Racing for 2020, Rabat time partnered Johann Zarco. He had a difficult year, only managing four points finishes and suffering four retirements in the COVID-19 shortened season. He finished the season with 10 points in 22nd place of the rider's championship. At the end of the season, it was announced that Esponsorama had elected to buy out Rabat's contract early. [10]
In 2021, Rabat returned to the MotoGP grid as a replacement rider for the injured Jorge Martín. [11]
In 2023, Tito Rabat joins Pramac Racing in MotoE. [12]
In March 2021, it was announced that Rabat would ride a Ducati Panigale V4 R with the Barni Racing Team in World Superbike. [13] He parted from Barni before the season end, with the team "citing results". [14] [15]
In March 2022, it was announced that Rabat would take part in the ESBK Spanish Superbike Speed Championship riding for Honda Laglisse. [16] In August 2022, Rabat competed at the Thruxton Circuit race weekend in the British Superbike Championship, filling in for a rider vacancy.
In August 2022, Rabat competed with TAG Racing, a satellite Honda team, [17] in the British Superbike Championship, replacing Luke Mossey at Thruxton on 13/14 August. [18] Rabat finished his three races in 26th place (last), [19] 28th (last), [20] and finally a DNF. [21] In late August 2022, Rabat attended Cadwell Park for the BSB round, but only rode in the free practice sessions, again in last position, before arrangements with the TAG squad were severed. [22]
In 2023, Rabat was announced as a temporary rider for McAms, a factory Yamaha team, replacing Tim Neave. He attended his first BSB race weekend for McAms Yamaha at Snetterton, finishing in 10th place in Race 3.
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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2005 | 125cc | Honda | Wurth Honda BQR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
2006 | 125cc | Honda | Honda BQR | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23rd | – |
2007 | 125cc | Honda | Repsol Honda 125cc | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 11th | – |
2008 | 125cc | KTM | Repsol KTM 125cc | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 14th | – |
2009 | 125cc | Aprilia | Blusens Aprilia | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18th | – |
2010 | 125cc | Aprilia | Blusens-STX | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6th | – |
2011 | Moto2 | FTR | Blusens-STX | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 10th | – |
2012 | Moto2 | Kalex | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 7th | – |
2013 | Moto2 | Kalex | Tuenti HP 40 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 216 | 3rd | – |
2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | Marc VDS Racing Team | 18 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 346 | 1st | 1 |
2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 231 | 3rd | – |
2016 | MotoGP | Honda | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21st | – |
2017 | MotoGP | Honda | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19th | – |
2018 | MotoGP | Ducati | Reale Avintia Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19th | – |
2019 | MotoGP | Ducati | Reale Avintia Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20th | – |
2020 | MotoGP | Ducati | Avintia Esponsorama Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22nd | – |
2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pramac Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | |
2023 | MotoE | Ducati | Prettl Pramac MotoE | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14th | – |
Total | 253 | 13 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 1497 | 1 |
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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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 | 2016–2021 | 2016 Qatar | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | ||
MotoE | 2023– | 2023 France Race 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
Total | 2005–2021, 2023– | 253 | 13 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 1497 | 1 |
(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 |
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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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | INP 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 | ANC 11 | CZE 16 | AUT 16 | STY 21 | RSM Ret | EMI Ret | CAT 15 | FRA Ret | ARA 20 | TER 14 | EUR Ret | VAL 17 | POR 18 | 22nd | 10 | |||||
2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT | DOH | POR | SPA 18 | FRA 15 | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | STY | AUT | GBR | ARA | RSM | AME | EMI | ALR | VAL | 27th | 1 | |
2023 | MotoE | Ducati | FRA1 6 | FRA2 16 | ITA1 12 | ITA2 13 | GER1 7 | GER2 14 | NED1 8 | NED2 Ret | GBR1 11 | GBR2 Ret | AUT1 10 | AUT2 14 | CAT1 EX | CAT2 Ret | RSM1 Ret | RSM2 8 | 14th | 57 |
Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2021 | Ducati Panigale V4 R | Barni Racing Team | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 16th |
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022 | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2023 | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22nd |
2024 | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20th |
Total | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
2021 | Ducati | SPA Ret | SPA 14 | SPA Ret | POR 9 | POR 12 | POR 10 | ITA 15 | ITA 14 | ITA 14 | GBR Ret | GBR Ret | GBR 14 | NED Ret | NED 11 | NED 11 | CZE Ret | CZE Ret | CZE 13 | SPA 12 | SPA Ret | SPA 11 | FRA 14 | FRA 15 | FRA 15 | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA | 16th | 53 | |||||||||
Kawasaki | POR 13 | POR 14 | POR Ret | ARG 11 | ARG 12 | ARG 12 | INA Ret | INA C | INA 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Kawasaki | SPA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | NED | POR | POR | POR | ITA 16 | ITA 16 | ITA 17 | GBR | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | CZE | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | AUS | NC | 0 | |||
2023 | Kawasaki | AUS | AUS | AUS | INA | INA | INA | NED | NED | NED | SPA | SPA | SPA | EMI 19 | EMI 16 | EMI Ret | GBR 16 | GBR 20 | GBR Ret | ITA 16 | ITA 20 | ITA Ret | CZE 15 | CZE 15 | CZE 18 | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA Ret | SPA 17 | SPA 18 | POR 19 | POR 18 | POR 16 | JER 11 | JER 15 | JER 14 | 22nd | 8 | |||
2024 | Kawasaki | AUS 18 | AUS 19 | AUS 16 | SPA 21 | SPA 16 | SPA 15 | NED Ret | NED Ret | NED 15 | ITA 19 | ITA 15 | ITA 14 | GBR 17 | GBR 18 | GBR 19 | CZE 17 | CZE 15 | CZE 14 | POR 14 | POR 16 | POR 17 | FRA Ret | FRA 17 | FRA 14 | ITA Ret | ITA 10 | ITA 10 | SPA Ret | SPA 17 | SPA 17 | POR 10 | POR 17 | POR Ret | SPA 16 | SPA 15 | SPA NC | 20th | 22 |
* Season still in progress.
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2022 | SBK | Honda | TAG Racing | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
2022 | Honda | SIL | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | DON | KNO | KNO | KNO | BRH | BRH | BRH | THR 26 | THR 28 | THR Ret | CAD WD | CAD WD | CAD WD | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | DON | BRH | BRH | BRH | NC | 0 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts | |||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
2022 | Honda | JER1 2 | JER1 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 1 | EST 4 | EST 2 | BAR 3 | BAR 5 | ARA 2 | ARA 2 | NAV 2 | NAV 2 | JER2 3 | JER2 2 | 1st | 262 |
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