Efrén Vázquez

Efrén Vázquez Rodríguez (born 2 September 1986 in Barakaldo, Spain) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently is a test rider for KTM's Moto3 project. He has also competed in the 125cc and 250cc world championship classes during his career,[2] and was the 2008 Spanish 125GP championship winner.

Efrén Vázquez
Vázquez at the 2013 Dutch TT
Nationality	Spanish
Born	2 September 1986 Barakaldo, Spain
Current team	KTM (Test Rider)
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2016 Manufacturers Suter Championships 0 2016 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 0 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2015 Manufacturers Honda, FTR Honda, Mahindra[1] Championships 0 2015 championship position 8th (155 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 67 2 12 1 3 552 250cc World Championship Active years 2007 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2007 championship position 29th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 10 0 0 0 0 1 125cc World Championship Active years 2008–2011 Manufacturers Aprilia, Derbi Championships 0 2011 championship position 7th (160 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 65 0 4 0 1 397

At the 2014 Indianapolis Grand Prix, Vázquez achieved his first Grand Prix victory – in his 116th start – after slipstreaming past Romano Fenati on the final straight, prevailing by 0.065 seconds.[3] He added a second victory later in the season, in Malaysia, en route to fourth in the championship.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2007	250cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia Germany	10	0	0	0	0	1	29th
2008	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia Junior	15	0	0	0	1	31	20th
2009	125cc	Derbi	Derbi Racing Team	16	0	0	0	0	54	14th
2010	125cc	Derbi	Tuenti Racing	17	0	2	0	0	152	5th
2011	125cc	Derbi	Avant-AirAsia-Ajo	17	0	2	0	0	160	7th
2012	Moto3	Honda	JHK T-shirt Laglisse	16	0	0	0	0	93	10th
		FTR Honda
2013	Moto3	Mahindra	Mahindra Racing	15	0	0	0	0	82	9th
2014	Moto3	Honda	SaxoPrint-RTG	18	2	7	1	2	222	4th
2015	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	18	0	5	0	1	155	8th
2016	Moto2	Suter	JPMoto Malaysia	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				144	2	16	1	950

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	Pos	Pts
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR 16	NED 18	GER Ret	CZE 15	RSM 16	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 18		29th	1
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 9	SPA Ret	POR 15	CHN 10	FRA Ret	ITA 18	CAT 16	GBR DNS	NED Ret	GER 15	CZE 18	RSM 11	IND 20	JPN 14	AUS 11	MAL DNS	VAL 12		20th	31
2009	125cc	Derbi	QAT 17	JPN 22	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 12	GER 17	GBR 9	CZE 14	IND 21	RSM 12	POR Ret	AUS 7	MAL Ret	VAL 7			14th	54
2010	125cc	Derbi	QAT 2	SPA Ret	FRA 4	ITA 5	GBR 11	NED Ret	CAT 5	GER 8	CZE Ret	IND 4	RSM 3	ARA 4	JPN Ret	MAL 4	AUS 4	POR 8	VAL 8		5th	152
2011	125cc	Derbi	QAT 4	SPA 9	POR 6	FRA 3	CAT 5	GBR 5	NED 7	ITA 4	GER Ret	CZE Ret	IND 6	RSM 3	ARA 4	JPN Ret	AUS 4	MAL 11	VAL 4		7th	160
2012	Moto3	Honda	QAT 16																		10th	93
		FTR Honda		SPA Ret	POR 5	FRA DNS	CAT Ret	GBR 5	NED 9	GER 5	ITA 6	IND Ret	CZE 25	RSM 7	ARA 5	JPN 9	MAL 8	AUS 8	VAL Ret
2013	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 10	AME 14	SPA 8	FRA DNS	ITA DNS	CAT 5	NED 12	GER 6	IND Ret	CZE 11	GBR 10	RSM 12	ARA 10	MAL Ret	AUS 7	JPN Ret	VAL 5		9th	82
2014	Moto3	Honda	QAT 3	AME 3	ARG 6	SPA 2	FRA 6	ITA 12	CAT 3	NED 6	GER 6	IND 1	CZE 8	GBR Ret	RSM 10	ARA 13	JPN 2	AUS 4	MAL 1	VAL 6	4th	222
2015	Moto3	Honda	QAT 4	AME 3	ARG 2	SPA 5	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 3	NED Ret	GER 2	IND Ret	CZE 4	GBR 9	RSM Ret	ARA 4	JPN 10	AUS 2	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	8th	155
2016	Moto2	Suter	QAT 22	ARG 26	AME DNS	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0

References

1. "Mahindra Racing riders for 2013, Efrén Vázquez & Miguel Oliveira, say Namaste India!". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
2. Bradley, Charles (5 June 2010). "Cortese denies Espargaro 125cc pole". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
3. "Vazquez takes first career victory at Indianapolis". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

External links

• Efrén Vázquez rider profile