Albert Arenas

Albert Arenas
Albert Arenas
	Arenas in 2016
Nationality	Spanish
Born	11 December 1996 (age 28); Girona, Spain
Current team	QJmotor Gresini Moto2
Bike number	75
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2021–
Manufacturers	Boscoscuro (2021); Kalex (2022–)
2024 championship position	14th (80 pts)
Moto3 World Championship
Active years	2014, 2016–2020
Manufacturers	KTM (2014, 2018–2020); Mahindra (2016–2017); Peugeot (2016)
Championships	1 (2020)
2020 championship position	1st (174 pts)

Albert Arenas Ovejero (born 11 December 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Gresini Racing. He won the 2020 Moto3 World Championship.

Career

Moto3 World Championship

Arenas debuted in the Moto3 World Championship in the last race of the 2014 season in Valencia, as he was signed by Calvo Team to replace the injured Eric Granado.^[1] In 2015 he was the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship runner-up.^[2]

Aspar Team (2016)

In the 2016 Moto3 season he first made three appearances with the Aspar Team, two as a wild card entry and one as the substitute for the injured Jorge Martín,^[3]

Peugeot MC Saxoprint (2016)

In 2016, later joined the Peugeot MC Saxoprint team as the permanent replacement for Alexis Masbou.^[4]

Aspar Team (2017–2020)

In 2020, He finished the 2020 Moto3 World Championship season as the world champion, taking 174 points with 3 wins and 5 podiums, edging out both Tony Arbolino and Ai Ogura by 4 points.

Moto2 World Championship

Aspar Team (2021–2022)

Arenas joined the Aspar Moto2 team in the 2021 season. It was a relatively weak season for Arenas, spending most of it getting up to grips with the bike, scoring only 28 points in 18 races, and finishing 21st in the standings. The 2022 season was better, as Arenas collected 90 points, finishing 12th in the standings, with his season best result a 4th place from Rimini.

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2023)

Earning a ride at a top team, he competed for the Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto2 team in the 2023 season. Arenas went on to finish the season 14th in the standings, collecting 85 points, and a season's best 3rd place in Catalonia, his first podium in the intermediate class. His teammate Pedro Acosta won the title by a comfortable margin, 83 points.

Gresini Racing Moto2 (2024)

Arenas officially joined Gresini Racing Moto2 for the 2024 Moto2 season, where he was paired with teammate Manuel González.^[5]

Career statistics

Career highlights

2013 - 18th, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R

CEV Buckler Moto3 Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
2012	Honda	JER Ret	NAV Ret	ARA 12	CAT 9	ALB1 Ret	ALB2 3	VAL Ret			16th	27
2013	FTR Honda	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 Ret	ARA 8	ALB1 1	ALB2 Ret	NAV Ret	VAL1 23	VAL1 14	JER 9	10th	42

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(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	Pos	Pts
2014	Mahindra	JER1 7	JER2 8	LMS 8	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	NAV DNS					10th	54
2014	Ioda									ALG	VAL1 3	VAL1 4		10th	54
2015	Husqvarna	ALG 5	LMS Ret	CAT1 4	CAT2 5	ARA1 6	ARA2 3	ALB 3	NAV 4	JER1 1	JER2 2	VAL1 1	VAL2 1	2nd	185
2016	Mahindra	VAL1 8	VAL2 8	LMS 11	ARA 15	CAT1 5	CAT2 3	ALB 7	ALG	JER1 8	JER2 DNS	VAL1 4	VAL2 Ret	8th	79

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2014	Moto3	KTM	Calvo Team	1	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	Aspar Team	12	0	0	0	2	35th
2016	Moto3	Peugeot	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	12	0	0	0	2	35th
2017	Moto3	Mahindra	Aspar Team	12	0	0	0	14	26th
2018	Moto3	KTM	Aspar Team	17	2	2	0	107	9th
2019	Moto3	KTM	Aspar Team	17	1	3	0	108	11th
2020	Moto3	KTM	Aspar Team	14	3	5	1	174	1st
2021	Moto2	Boscoscuro	Aspar Team	18	0	0	0	28	21st
2022	Moto2	Kalex	GasGas Aspar Team	20	0	0	0	90	12th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	18	0	1	0	85	14th
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	19	0	0	0	80	14th
Total				148	6	11	1	688

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2014, 2016–2020	2014 Valencia	2018 France	2018 France	73	6	10	1	405	1
Moto2	2021–present	2021 Qatar	2023 Catalonia		75	0	1	0	283	0
Total	2014, 2016–present				148	6	11	1	688	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	20	Pos	Pts
2014	Moto3	KTM	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 28			NC	0
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA 18	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER												35th	2
2016	Moto3	Peugeot										AUT 22	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	RSM 19	ARA 24	JPN 14	AUS 16	MAL Ret	VAL 24			35th	2
2017	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT Ret	ARG 25	AME 21	SPA 14	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GER	CZE 12	AUT Ret	GBR 27	RSM 8	ARA 27	JPN DNS	AUS	MAL	VAL 23			26th	14
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT DNS	ARG Ret	AME 15	SPA Ret	FRA 1	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED 14	GER Ret	CZE 9	AUT 4	GBR C	RSM 6	ARA 7	THA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 1	MAL 4	VAL Ret		9th	107
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT 6	ARG	AME	SPA 5	FRA 11	ITA 12	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 21	CZE Ret	AUT 11	GBR Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 8	THA 1	JPN 2	AUS 3	MAL 12	VAL 20		11th	108
2020	Moto3	KTM	QAT 1	SPA 1	ANC Ret	CZE 2	AUT 1	STY 5	RSM Ret	EMI 4	CAT Ret	FRA 3	ARA 7	TER 4	EUR DSQ	VAL 4	POR 12						1st	174
2021	Moto2	Boscoscuro	QAT 21	DOH 15	POR 13	SPA Ret	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT 12	GER 8	NED 12	STY 15	AUT Ret	GBR 19	ARA Ret	RSM 22	AME Ret	EMI 11	ALR Ret	VAL 22			21st	28
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 13	INA 10	ARG 8	AME 11	POR Ret	SPA 9	FRA 19	ITA 10	CAT Ret	GER 6	NED Ret	GBR Ret	AUT 9	RSM 4	ARA Ret	JPN 8	THA 14^‡	AUS 14	MAL 13	VAL 5	12th	90
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 8	ARG 9	AME 12	SPA 8	FRA DNS	ITA 23	GER 9	NED 9	GBR 14	AUT Ret	CAT 3	RSM DNS	IND 14	JPN 18	INA 15	AUS 14^‡	THA 7	MAL 9	QAT 21	VAL 10	14th	85
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 8	POR 8	AME 12	SPA 5	FRA 9	CAT 6	ITA 19	NED Ret	GER 21	GBR 8	AUT 17	CAT 18	RSM 9	EMI 17	INA 14	JPN 22	AUS 13	THA 8	MAL 12	SLD DSQ	14th	80

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year	Team	Riders	Bike	Pos
2024	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Cocoro Atsumi Dan Linfoot	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	3rd

References

^ "El gironí Albert Arenas debutarà a València en Moto3 amb 17 anys". diaridegirona.cat (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
^ "Meet the Wildcards: Two Italians and a Frenchman in Spain". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ Thukral, Rachit (24 June 2016). "Martin pulls out of Assen, Arenas to fill in". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^ "Peugeot MC Saxoprint part ways with Masbou". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^ "ARENAS TO JOIN GRESINI FAMILY FROM 2024". 14 September 2023.

External links

Albert Arenas at MotoGP.com
Albert Arenas at WorldSBK.com
Albert Arenas at AS.com (in Spanish)
Profile on GPUpdate.net

[1] "El gironí Albert Arenas debutarà a València en Moto3 amb 17 anys". diaridegirona.cat (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

[2] "Meet the Wildcards: Two Italians and a Frenchman in Spain". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[3] Thukral, Rachit (24 June 2016). "Martin pulls out of Assen, Arenas to fill in". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[4] "Peugeot MC Saxoprint part ways with Masbou". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[5] "ARENAS TO JOIN GRESINI FAMILY FROM 2024". 14 September 2023.

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MotoGP	Gresini Racing MotoGP Marc Márquez (93) Álex Márquez (73)
Moto2	QJMOTOR Gresini Racing Moto2 Manuel González (18) Albert Arenas (75)
MotoE	Felo Gresini MotoE Matteo Ferrari (11) Alessio Finello (72)
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