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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-01-16)16 January 1967 (age 59) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alberto Puig (born 16 January 1967) is a Spanish formerGrand Prix solomotorcycle professionalroad racer who is team manager for theHonda HRC Castrol team inMotoGP.
Puig had his best year in1994, when he finished in fifth place in the 500 cc class.[1] In1995, Puig became the first Spanish competitor to win his home nation's 500 cc Grand Prix when he won the1995 Spanish Grand Prix.[2] He then scored two more podium results to place himself in third place in the world championship, before he crashed heavily during practice for the1995 French Grand Prix and broke his left leg, ending his season prematurely.[3] He returned in1996 but his injuries hindered his progress and he decided to retire at the end of the1997 season at the age of 30.[2]
Puig runs the Red Bull MotoGP Academy, designed to find and train promising Grand Prix racers and, he is credited with starting the careers ofCasey Stoner,Dani Pedrosa andToni Elías.[4] Puig also acted as manager for Pedrosa. He was named as Repsol Honda's team principal for the2018 season and has continued in that role through the present2025 season.[5][6]
Despite having only ever wonone race, Puig stirred controversy in the sport by diminishing the value of the2020 season followingMarc Márquez's crash in the opening round by stating, "But my opinion, and I know what I am talking about, is that when you win but the champion is not on the track you always have something left inside." "I will set my example: I won a race here in 1995, and I've always wondered if I would have won it if Mick Doohan hadn't fallen."[7]Jack Miller responded that he had "heard two people say now two questions about the validity of the championship, and it's a complete crock".[7]
Points system from 1969 to 1987:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1991:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system in 1992:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1993:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)