Esponsorama Racing was a motorcycle racing team who formerly competed in the various categories of Grand Prix road racing from 2000 to 2022.

The team was established in 1994 by Raúl Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as Team BQR. In 2012 the team changed its name to Avintia Racing, following an alliance between BQR and the Grupo Avintia. In 2020 the team rebranded itself as Esponsorama Racing, in line with their registered company name, though Grupo Avintia remained as a main sponsor.

At the end of the 2022 season, the team left the Grand Prix racing paddock after 23 seasons.

History Domestic racing Team BQR started competing in the Spanish road racing championship (Campeonato de España de Velocidad). Between 2005 and 2008 the team won three Fórmula Extreme titles with José David de Gea and two 125GP class titles with Stefan Bradl and Efrén Vázquez.

Grand Prix racing 125 and 250 cc classes After many World Championship wildcard appearances, BQR became a full entry in the 2001 season using Honda bikes in the 250 cc class. In 2007 the team switched to Aprilia machinery. BQR won its first World Championship race with Scott Redding riding an Aprilia 125 at the 2008 British Grand Prix.

Moto2 The team unveiled the first Moto2 bike in February 2009 and fielded a prototype in the 2009 Spanish Road Racing Championship. In 2010, they participated in the new Moto2 World Championship, with Yonny Hernández and Mashel Al Naimi as riders. The team continued in Moto2 until the conclusion of the 2013 season. In 2018, the team made a significant number of wildcard entries with rider Xavi Cardelús.

MotoGP In the team debuted in the MotoGP class as a Claiming Rule Team using both FTR Moto and Inmotec frames badged as BQR, powered by Kawasaki engines. The riders were Iván Silva and Yonny Hernández. In Avintia entered the MotoGP class with Kawasaki-engined FTR frames, fielding two bikes for Hiroshi Aoyama and Héctor Barberá.

For the season Aoyama was replaced by Mike Di Meglio and the team fielded a new bike badged as the Avintia GP14, reportedly based on the 2007-2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR with some input from Kawasaki. Following a mid-season agreement between Avintia and Ducati, Barberá received an Open-specification Ducati Desmosedici for the last five rounds.

In the team entered two Open class Desmosedici GP14 motorcycles, for Barberá and Di Meglio. For Di Meglio was replaced by Loris Baz. In the team changed its name to Reale Esponsorama Racing.

In 2018, two bikes were fielded for Tito Rabat and Xavier Siméon. Former rider Rubén Xaus joined the team as Siméon's coach. At the British Grand Prix, Rabat's major crash with Franco Morbidelli at Stowe corner was a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the race due to unsafe conditions. As a result of the triple fracture he sustained to his right leg, Rabat missed the remaining 7 races of the 2018 season, and was replaced by Christophe Ponsson and Jordi Torres. For 2019, Rabat returned and was partnered by Czech rider Karel Abraham.

In 2020 the team now known as Esponsorama Racing retained Tito Rabat, this time paired with KTM factory exile Johann Zarco. They also received a factory-support from Ducati - with the one-year old Desmosedici-spec bikes - because of the direct contract from Ducati for Zarco. For 2021, 2020 Moto2 World Champion Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini joined the team, both using a 2019-specification Ducati Desmosedici. The riders had different liveries on their bike, as Marini used the Sky Racing Team VR46 livery, entered under the Italian flag, in an agreement with VR46. At the end of the 2021 season, Esponsorama announced they would be leaving the MotoGP class after 10 seasons, with the VR46 team taking their grid slots, and focusing on their Moto3 and MotoE activities.

Moto3 In 2017, Avintia debuted in the Moto3 class entering a KTM for Vicente Pérez in two races as a wildcard. For 2018 the team entered a single full-season entry, beginning the season with Livio Loi for the first seven rounds and replacing him with Pérez for the remainder of the season. In 2019 the team began with Pérez for the first seven rounds, but replacing him with Stefano Nepa for the remaining races, and addition to a number of wildcard entries for Nepa, Meikon Kawakami, and Carlos Tatay. In 2020, Avintia entered reigning Red Bull Rookies champion Tatay as their sole full-season entry in the class.

MotoE As a satellite team in MotoGP, Avintia was given an entry in the inaugural MotoE World Cup in 2019. The team achieved two wins with Eric Granado and two podiums with their former MotoGP rider Xavier Siméon, good for third and sixth place in the championship, respectively. For the 2020 season, the team retained Granado and partnered him with their former Moto2 rider, Andorran Xavier Cardelús.

Results Year Class Team name Motorcycle Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos. 250cc1600008111th1500002819th 250cc1500008212th50000827th1000001224th 250cc1600006712th300000NC1 (7)00000 (30)17th1100001125th 125cc 100000NC 250cc1600001123rd7 (11)000028 (37)15th100000NC900002019th 125cc1100001123rd600000NC 250ccBlusens Aprilia Germany60000130th100000129th1700004715th 125ccBlusens Aprilia Germany1700005715th1200000NC900003918th 250cc900000NC70000523rd120000821st4 (5)0000225th 125cc1500013120th17110210511th 200000NC250cc16010110110th125ccBlusens-ApriliaAprilia RSA 125 Esteve Rabat1600003718th Scott Redding16010050.515th Aprilia RS 125 Johnny Rosell200000NC Moto2 Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 Dani Rivas 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 NC 17 0 0 0 0 32 21st Mashel Al Naimi 15 0 0 0 0 0 NC Anthony Delhalle 2 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 NC 125cc Blusens-STX Aprilia RSA 125 Esteve Rabat 17 0 2 0 0 147 6th Moto2 Blusens-STX FTR M211 Joan Olivé 1 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 NC Kenny Noyes 17 0 0 0 0 11 28th Martín Cárdenas 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Esteve Rabat 17 0 1 0 0 79 10th Yonny Hernández 14 0 0 0 1 43 19th 125cc Aprilia RSA 125 Maverick Viñales 17 4 9 3 3 248 3rd Josep Rodríguez 5 (8) 0 0 0 0 2 (3) 32nd Sergio Gadea 12 0 2 0 0 103 9th 2012 MotoGP Avintia Blusens BQR-Kawasaki Iván Silva 16 0 0 0 0 12 23rd Yonny Hernández 15 0 0 0 0 28 17th David Salom 2 0 0 0 0 1 27th Kris McLaren 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Hiroshi Aoyama 1 0 0 0 0 3 25th Inmotec-Kawasaki Claudio Corti 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Avintia Blusens FTR Moto M212 Suter MMX2 Julián Simón 17 0 2 0 0 81 13th 2013 MotoGP Avintia Blusens FTR MGP13 Hiroshi Aoyama 16 0 0 0 0 13 20th Héctor Barberá 18 0 0 0 0 35 16th Iván Silva 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Javier del Amor 1 0 0 0 0 1 27th Moto2 Avintia Blusens Kalex Kyle Smith 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC Toni Elías 11 0 0 0 0 22 18th Dani Rivas 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 NC Ezequiel Iturrioz 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC 4 (6) 0 0 0 0 2 27th 2014 MotoGP Avintia Racing Avintia GP14Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Héctor Barberá 18 0 0 0 0 26 18th Mike Di Meglio 18 0 0 0 0 9 25th 2015 MotoGP Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Héctor Barberá 18 0 0 0 0 33 15th Mike Di Meglio 18 0 0 0 0 8 24th 2016 MotoGP Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Héctor Barberá 16 (18) 0 0 0 0 102 10th Loris Baz 15 0 0 0 0 35 20th Michele Pirro 2 (7) 0 0 0 0 1 (36) 19th Javier Forés 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Mike Jones 2 0 0 0 0 1 27th 2017 MotoGP Reale Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP16 Héctor Barberá 18 0 0 0 0 28 22nd Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Loris Baz 18 0 0 0 0 45 18th Moto3Reale Avintia Academy KTM RC250GP Vicente Pérez 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2018 MotoGP Reale Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP16Ducati Desmosedici GP17 Xavier Siméon 18 0 0 0 0 1 26th Ducati Desmosedici GP16 Christophe Ponsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Ducati Desmosedici GP17 Tito Rabat 12 0 0 0 0 35 17th Ducati Desmosedici GP16 Jordi Torres 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Reale Avintia Stylobike Kalex Moto2 Xavier Cardelús 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto3 Reale Avintia Academy 77 KTM RC250GP Livio Loi 8 0 0 0 0 8 30th Vicente Pérez 9 0 0 0 0 26 16th2019MotoGPReale Avintia RacingDucati Desmosedici GP18 Karel Abraham190000924th Tito Rabat1800002320thMoto3Reale Avintia Arizona 77Fundacion Andreas Perez 77KTM RC250GP Vicente Pérez700000NC Stefano Nepa1300002425th200000NC Carlos Tatay30000830thMotoEAvintia Esponsorama RacingEnergica Ego Corsa Xavier Siméon60200586th Eric Granado62222713rd2020MotoGPHublot Reale Avintia RacingHublot Reale AvintiaEsponsorama RacingDucati Desmosedici GP19 Johann Zarco1401117713th Tito Rabat1400001022ndMoto3KTM RC250GP Carlos Tatay1500002622ndMotoEEnergica Ego Corsa Xavier Cardelús700003415th Eric Granado71112537th2021MotoGPSky VR46 EsponsoramaSky VR46 AvintiaEsponsorama RacingAvintia EsponsoramaDucati Desmosedici GP19 Luca Marini1800004119th Enea Bastianini18020110211thMoto3Avintia VR46Avintia VR46 AcademyAvintia Esponsorama RacingKTM RC250GP Ellia Bartolini40000727th Niccolò Antonelli1604101526th Carlos Tatay1400004021stMotoEEnergica Ego Corsa André Pires600001218th Xavier Cardelús 700002116th2022Moto3QJmotor Avintia Racing TeamKTM RC250GP Matteo Bertelle1000001624th Elia Bartolini2000002722nd Luca Lunetta10000035th Nicola Carraro90000029thMotoEEnergica Ego Corsa Xavier Cardelús 600003115th Yeray Ruiz20000023rd Unai Orradre20000222nd Notes * Season still in progress.

MotoGP results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)