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| 2025 name | Leopard Racing |
|---|---|
| Base | Howald, Luxembourg |
| Principal | Miodrag Kotur |
| Rider(s) | Moto3: 22.David Almansa 31.Adrián Fernández |
| Motorcycle | Honda NSF250RW |
| Tyres | Pirelli |
| Riders' Championships | Moto3: 2015:Danny Kent 2017:Joan Mir 2019:Lorenzo Dalla Porta 2023:Jaume Masià |
| Teams' Championships | Moto3: 2019 2020 |
Leopard Racing is a Luxembourg–Italian motorcycle racing team competing in theMoto3 World Championship. The team has won two Moto3Teams' Championships.[1]
Leopard Racing was founded byFlavio Becca at the end of 2014 with the intention of participating in the Moto3 World Championship the following year. Thanks to the sponsorLeopard Natural Power Drink, they made their debut at theQatar GP, and ended the season with the riders' title.
Leopard Racing has three riders:Danny Kent,Efrén Vázquez andHiroki Ono. Over the course of the season, the team captured 14 podiums: 9 times for Danny Kent and 5 times forEfrén Vázquez. In theAustralian GP, the injuredHiroki Ono is replaced byJoan Mir. Danny Kent is world champion in the last race in Valencia.[2]
For the2016 season, Leopard Racing also debuts in theMoto2 class with Danny Kent andMiguel Oliveira onKalex bikes. Due to a collarbone injury sustained during qualifying for theAragon GP, Oliveira was forced to miss 4 races. Italian riderAlessandro Nocco took Oliveira's place during the Grand PrixAustralian andMalaysian GPs. Oliveira ended the season just one point away from winning the best rookie of the year.[3]
In Moto3 the team changed from theHonda NSF250R to theKTM RC250GP, the team's riders areJoan Mir, ItalianAndrea Locatelli and FrenchmanFabio Quartararo. They managed to conquer 5 podiums in total with a victory obtained by Mir in theAustrian GP. At the end of the season Mir won the rookie of the year award with fifth place,Locatelli ended the season with ninth position, while Quartararo finished in thirteenth place in the overall classification.[4]
In2017, the team returned to competing only in the Moto3 category withHonda motorcycles, lining up at the start of the championship with Joan Mir and the Belgian riderLivio Loi, with the Spaniard becoming world champion during the Australian GP. In2018 the twoHonda NSF250R are entrusted to ItaliansEnea Bastianini andLorenzo Dalla Porta who each win a Grand Prix allowing the team to place third in the standings. For2019 the confirmed Dalla Porta is joined by SpaniardMarcos Ramírez after two seasons withKTM. Dalla Porta is the Moto3 champion and Leopard won the team classification with five victories in the season.[5][6]
In the 2020 World Championship the two Honda NSF250Rs are entrusted to ItalianDennis Foggia and SpaniardJaume Masiá who ended the season in sixth and tenth place in the standings respectively. The sum of their points allowed the team to excel in the team ranking.[7]
In2021Dennis Foggia is confirmed, and the rookieXavier Artigas is hired alongside him. Despite a not making perfect start, the Roman rider managed to fight for the world title against theKTM ofPedro Acosta. But the fight ended prematurely during the Grand Prix ofAlgarve, where Foggia crashed due to contact caused by Honda riderDarryn Binder, which also involved Spanish riderSergio Garcia. Following the fall of Foggia and the victory of Acosta, the Roman rider lost the chance of being able to fight for the title again. The season ended with the first career victory for Artigas atValencia,[8] with Foggia vice-champion and third place in the team classification.[9]
| Year | Class | Team name | Motorcycle | No. | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 7 |  Efrén Vázquez | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 8th |
| 52 |  Danny Kent | 18 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 260 | 1st | ||||
| 76 |  Hiroki Ono | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21st | ||||
| 36 | Joan Mir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| 2016 | Moto2 | Leopard Racing | Kalex Moto2 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 21st |
| 52 | Danny Kent | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22nd | ||||
| 20 |  Alessandro Nocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
| Moto3 | KTM RC250GP | 20 |  Fabio Quartararo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 13th | ||
| 36 | Joan Mir | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 144 | 5th | ||||
| 55 | Andrea Locatelli | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 9th | ||||
| 2017 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 11 |  Livio Loi | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13th |
| 36 | Joan Mir | 18 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 341 | 1st | ||||
| 37 | Aaron Polanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | ||||
| 2018 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 33 | Enea Bastianini | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 4th |
| 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 5th | ||||
| 96 | Manuel Pagliani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34th | ||||
| 2019 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 3rd |
| 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 279 | 1st | ||||
| Leopard Impala Junior Team | 4 | Xavier Artigas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26th | |||
| 2020 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 5 | Jaume Masià | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 140 | 6th |
| 7 | Dennis Foggia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 10th | ||||
| 2021 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing Leopard Impala Junior Team | Honda NSF250RW | 7 | Dennis Foggia | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 2nd |
| 43 | Xavier Artigas | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 15th | ||||
| 2022 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 7 | Dennis Foggia | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 246 | 3rd |
| 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 7th | ||||
| 2023 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 5 | Jaume Masià | 18 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 274 | 1st |
| 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 19th | ||||
| 31 | Adrián Fernández | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22nd | ||||
| 2024 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 31 | Adrián Fernández | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 6th |
| 36 | Ángel Piqueras | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 8th | ||||
| 2025 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 22 | David Almansa | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103* | 11th* |
| 31 | Adrián Fernández | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127* | 7th* | ||||
| 78 | Joel Esteban | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (7)* | 26th* |
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* Season still in progress.