About Alvaro Bautista

Álvaro Bautista Arce (born 21 November 1984) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and former 125cc World Champion. Currently contracted to the Barni Spark Racing Teami for the 2026 World Superbike season.
2006 125cc World Champion Alvaro Bautista became a frontrunner in the 250cc World Championship for three seasons before moving up to MotoGP™ in 2010, where he scored a top-five race finish in his rookie year twice, onboard a Suzuki. In 2011, he achieved another top five before switching to Honda machinery for 2012 – with which Bautista scored his first pole and podium in the same year. Another podium in 2014 prefaced a move to Aprilia for their inaugural year with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, before 2016 saw the Spaniard and the team begin to gain entry to Q2 and fight for consistent top ten results.