Borja Gómez Rus (; 10 February 2005 – 3 July 2025) was a Spanish motorcycle racer. He competed in the Supersport World Championship in 2021 and 2024, the Moto2 World Championship between 2022 and 2023, and the FIM Stock European Championship at the time of his death.

Career Gómez began competing at the national level in 2014, finishing third place in the Spanish Minimotard 65 Championship. In 2015, he climbed a step and reached second place. After going through Supermotard, he reached the Kawasaki Cup in 2019, achieving a creditable third place. In 2021, he won the Spanish Superbike Championship in the Supersport category. In 2022, he was the runner-up in the Spanish Superbike 1000 Championship, driving a Yamaha for Cardoso Team, after Tito Rabat.

Moto2 World Championship Flexbox HP40 (2022) On 23 October 2022, at the age of 17, Gómez made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship with the Flexbox HP40, replacing Jorge Navarro at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. At the 2022 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix in Cheste, he finished in 12th place, earning him his first four points in the world championship.

Fantic Racing (2023) For the 2023 season, Gómez signed with Fantic Racing.

Death Gómez was competing in the 2025 FIM Stock European Championship when he died following an accident during practice at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. During his third lap in the Thursday session, Borja Gómez's machine slid on the approach to turn 9, and left the track after hitting a patch of coolant leaked on the asphalt by the motorcycle of his teammate Alberto Garcia. Unaware of the danger, Gómez tried to lift his bike to resume testing, with his back to the track, just when another rider, Joan Santos fell down after hitting the same patch of coolant. Santos was thrown from his saddle and without a drive, his machine struck Borja Gómez, inflicting him unsurvivable fractures and injuries.

A few seconds later, a third rider, Filippo Fuligni slid and crashed at the same place, without consequences. The Italian rider was the first to reach Borja Gómez lying on the run-off area, trying to help him before the arrival of the ambulance men."Muere el piloto Borja Gómez tras un accidente en el circuito de Magny-Cours" elpais.com (in Spanish), 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

Career statistics

FIM Moto2 European Championship

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 2022 Kalex EST EST VAL CAT CAT JER POR POR ARA ARA VAL 25th 9 2023 Kalex EST1 EST2 VAL1 JER POR1 POR2 CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 VAL2 17th 32 2024 Kalex MIS EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 POR1 POR2 JER ARA1 ARA2 EST NC 0

FIM Stock European Championship

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

Year Bike Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts 2025 Honda Team Honda Laglisse EST JER MAG ARA MIS CAT VAL 9th 45

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd Moto2 Kalex Flexbox HP40 2 0 0 0 0 4 31st Moto2 Kalex Fantic Motor 13 0 0 0 0 0 30th Total 15 0 0 0 0 4

By class ClassSeasons1st GPRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp Moto2 2022–2023 2022 Malaysia 15 0 0 0 0 4 0 Total2022–2023 15 0 0 0 0 4 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 Moto2 Kalex QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 31st 4 Moto2 Kalex POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 30th 0

Supersport 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 PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 2021 Yamaha SPA SPA POR POR ITA ITA NED NED CZE CZE SPA SPA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA NC 0 2024 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA 29th 8

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