Avintia Racing
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| 2015 name | Avintia Racing |
| Base |  Madrid, Spain |
| Principal | Raul Romero |
| Rider(s) | 8. Héctor Barberá 76.  Loris Baz |
| Motorcycle | Ducati GP14.2 |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| Riders' Championships | – |
Avintia Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship.
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History
Domestic racing
The team was set up in 1994 by Raul Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as Team BQR. Competing in the Spanish Road Racing Championship (Campeonato de España de Velocidad), BQR won three Fórmula Extreme and two 125GP class titles with riders José David De Gea, Stefan Bradl and Efrén Vázquez.
Grand Prix racing
125cc and 250cc classes
After many wild card appearances in the World championship, BQR became a full entry in the 2001 season using Honda bikes in the 250cc 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.[1] In 2010, they participated in the new Moto2 World Championship, with Yonny Hernández and Mashel Al Naimi as riders.
MotoGP
In 2012 the team changed its name to Avintia Racing, following an alliance between BQR and the Grupo Avintia. 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 Hernández. In 2013 Avintia entered the MotoGP class with Kawasaki-engined FTR frames, fielding two bikes for Hiroshi Aoyama and Héctor Barberá.
For the 2014 season Aoyama was replaced by Mike Di Meglio and the team fielded a new bike badged as the Avintia GP14 and was reportedly based on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R with some input from Kawasaki.[2] Following a mid-season agreement between Avintia and Ducati, Barberá received an Open-specification Ducati Desmosedici for the last five rounds.[3]
In 2015 the team entered two Open class Desmosedici GP14 motorcycles, for Barberá and Di Meglio.
