Xavier Artigas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Artigas and the second or maternal family name is López.

Xavier Artigas
Artigas in 2019
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 Sant Andreu de la Barca, Spain
Current team	Klint Forward Factory Team
Bike number	43
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2024– Manufacturers Forward (2024– Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 18 0 0 0 0 10 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2019, 2021–2023 Manufacturers Honda (2019, 2021) CFMoto (2022–2023) Championships 0 2023 championship position 15th (77 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 57 1 3 0 2 248

Xavier Artigas López (born 27 May 2003) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, riding for the Klint Forward Factory Team in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship. He previously competed in Moto3 from 2021 to 2023.

Career

Early career

2018

Artigas bought attention to himself in the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he won a race, came in second place three times, and finished third once. He finished third in the standings, behind Turkish twins Can Öncü and Deniz Öncü. He also was the 2018 European Talent Cup champion, in spite of not winning a race there.

2019

Artigas moved up to the Moto3 Junior World Championship for the 2019 season, and ended with one race win, one second place, and two third place podium finishes, once again finishing third in the standings. He made a wildcard appearance in the final race of Moto3 in 2019 and managed to score an impressive podium, finishing third in Valencia.

2020

Artigas stayed in the Junior World Championship for the 2020 season, and improved massively. Out of the 11 races held that year, he finished on the top two steps of the podium in eight races (winning two, and runner up six times), ending the season second in the standings, and earning himself a seat with Leopard Racing for the 2021 Moto3 World Championship.

Moto3 World Championship

2021

Artigas' 2021 Moto3 season as a rookie was disappointing. The year began with three straight retirements, while his teammate Dennis Foggia was regularly at the front, scoring a podium in the third race. Artigas improved over the year, collecting regular point finishes, and in the last race of the season at Valencia, following Dennis Foggia and Pedro Acosta making contact on the last lap, Artigas was able to win the race. He finished the season with 72 points, 15th in the standings, and was not extended by Leopard Racing.

Prüstel GP (2022-present)

For 2022, Artigas is contracted to ride for Prüstel GP, next to Carlos Tatay.

Career statistics

European Talent Cup

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	Pos	Pts
2017	Honda	ALB1	ALB2	CAT	VAL1	EST1	EST2	JER1	JER2	ARA1	ARA2	VAL2 13	28th	3
2018	Honda	EST1 4	EST2 7	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 7	CAT 2	ARA1 2	ARA2 5	JER1 2	JER2 3	ALB 5	VAL 5	1st	140

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2017	JER1 11	JER2 17	ASS1 18	ASS2 11	SAC1 7	SAC2 13	BRN1 13	BRN2 NC	RBR1 9	RBR2 15	MIS 15	ARA1 14	ARA2 11	16th	41
2018	JER1 5	JER2 15	MUG 5	ASS1 2	ASS2 3	SAC1 7	SAC2 5	RBR1 2	RBR2 1	MIS 5	ARA1 2	ARA2 5		3rd	166

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
2019	Honda	EST 2	VAL1 5	VAL2 4	FRA 7	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 3	ARA 1	JER1 3	JER2 11	ALB 6	VAL1 5	VAL2 4	3rd	149
2020	Honda	EST 1	POR 2	JER1 1	JER2 2	JER3 8	ARA1 2	ARA2 5	ARA3 2	VAL1 21	VAL2 2	VAL3 2		2nd	189

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2019	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Impala Junior Team	1	0	1	0	0	16	26th
2021	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	16	1	1	0	2	72	15th
2022	Moto3	CFMoto	CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP	20	0	0	0	0	83	16th
2023	Moto3	CFMoto	CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP	20	0	1	0	0	77	15th
2024	Moto2	Forward	Klint Forward Factory Team	18	0	0	0	0	10*	25th*
Total				75	1	3	0	2	258

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2019, 2021–2023	2019 Valencia	2019 Valencia	2021 Valencia	57	1	3	0	2	248	0
Moto2	2024–present	2024 Qatar			18	0	0	0	0	10	0
Total	2019, 2021–present				75	1	3	0	2	258	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	20	Pos	Pts
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 3		26th	16
2021	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	DOH Ret	POR Ret	SPA 9	FRA 7	ITA 16	CAT Ret	GER 9	NED 9	STY DNS	AUT	GBR 18	ARA Ret	RSM Ret	AME 14	EMI 9	ALR 8	VAL 1			15th	72
2022	Moto3	CFMoto	QAT 10	INA 6	ARG Ret	AME 6	POR 20	SPA 5	FRA Ret	ITA 20	CAT 10	GER 13	NED 5	GBR 11	AUT 14	RSM 20	ARA 11	JPN 11	THA 14	AUS 14	MAL 11	VAL 23	16th	83
2023	Moto3	CFMoto	POR 8	ARG 8	AME 3	SPA 7	FRA 7	ITA Ret	GER 11	NED 14	GBR 21	AUT 19	CAT 12	RSM 17	IND 12	JPN Ret	INA 19	AUS 16	THA 14	MAL 6	QAT 20	VAL 19	15th	77
2024	Moto2	Forward	QAT 27	POR DNS	AME 25	SPA 20	FRA Ret	CAT 20	ITA 25	NED 23	GER 23	GBR 23	AUT 25	ARA Ret	RSM 26	EMI 22	INA 20	JPN 6	AUS 19	THA 21	MAL 22	BAR	25th*	10*

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Xavier Artigas at MotoGP.com
• Xavier Artigas at AS.com (in Spanish)