Iker Lecuona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lecuona and the second or maternal family name is Gascón.

Iker Lecuona
Lecuona at the 2023 Dutch TT
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 Valencia, Spain
Current team	Team HRC
Bike number	7
Website	Iker Lecuona
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2019–2021, 2023 Manufacturers KTM (2019–2021) Honda (2023) Championships 0 2023 championship position 30th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 37 0 0 0 0 66 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2016–2019 Manufacturers Kalex (2016–2017) KTM (2018–2019) Championships 0 2019 championship position 12th (90 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 55 0 2 0 0 172 Superbike World Championship Active years 2022- Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2023 championship position 13th (143 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 65 0 1 1 0 332

Iker Lecuona Gascón (born 6 January 2000) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, who competes in the Superbike World Championship for Honda Racing Corporation, on a CBR1000RR-R. He spent two seasons in MotoGP, from 2020 to 2021 with KTM Tech3.

Career

Moto2 World Championship

CarXpert Interwetten/Technomag Racing Interwetten (2016)

In 2016 Lecuona made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship replacing the injured Dominique Aegerter in the CarXpert Interwetten team for two races; later in the season he rejoined the team as the permanent replacement for the same rider.

Garage Plus Interwetten (2017)

He suffered serious back and collarbone injuries in a crash during pre-season testing at Jerez and missed the first two races of the 2017 season. That season Lecuona managed his first point-scoring race at world championship level in the second to last race in Malaysia. He finished 35th in the standings in this rookie Moto2 season.

Swiss Innovative Investors (2018)

Lecuona at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix

In the last race of the season, the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Lecuona achieved his first world championship podium, finishing 2nd after fellow KTM rider Miguel Oliveira. A further 10 finishes in the point scoring ranks, 6 of which being Top 10 finishes resulted in Lecuona placing 12th in the championship standings.

American Racing (2019)

2019 saw him achieve a 2nd podium finish on world championship level. At the 2019 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix Lecuona finished 3rd after fellow KTM rider Brad Binder and Luca Marini.

MotoGP World Championship

Tech3 (2019–2021)

Lecuona's first MotoGP outing happened during the 2019 season, after having been announced as a regular rider for the following season with Tech3. In the season finale at Valencia, he replaced Tech3 KTM rider Miguel Oliveira who could not participate after undergoing surgery. Lecuona did not finish the race after crashing and retiring on lap 13 of 27.

He was signed by Tech3 KTM for the 2020 season, after the surprise departure of Johann Zarco from the KTM Factory Team. Following Zarco's announcement, Brad Binder who was set to join Tech3, was promoted to the factory team, leaving the position at the satellite team next to Miguel Oliveira vacant.

In 2020, Lecuona scored points in seven races, three times finishing in the top ten (9th in Aragón and Austria, and 10th in Styria). He was forced to sit out of the European Grand Prix in Valencia, due to Andorran quarantine rules for close contact with individuals who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. His brother – with whom he lived in Andorra – and his personal assistant both tested positive for the virus on 3 November, meaning Lecuona was forced into a mandatory quarantine of 10 days minimum. Tech3 elected not to replace him on such short notice. Lecuona also missed the Valencian Grand Prix after he subsequently tested positive for the virus shortly before the beginning of the race weekend, and subsequently the Portuguese Grand Prix on the following weekend. KTM test rider Mika Kallio replaced Lecuona in Portugal.

In 2021, Lecuona remained with Tech3, as per their contract, which would expire at the end of the season. Since his teammate Miguel Oliveira was signed with the KTM Factory Racing Team, former Ducati factory rider Danilo Petrucci was signed to partner Lecuona on a one-year contract. However, both Tech3 teammates were left without a ride for the 2022 season after Red Bull KTM Ajo teammates Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández showed a dominant performance in the Moto2 World Championship, subsequently both being signed by Tech3 for the 2022 season.

Superbike World Championship

Following losing his seat in MotoGP, Lecuona secured a deal to join Honda’s factory Superbike effort for the 2022 Superbike World Championship, replacing the departing Álvaro Bautista.

Return to MotoGP

Repsol Honda Team (2023)

Lecuona was selected to replace Marc Marquez at the Spanish Grand Prix in the Repsol Honda Team.

LCR Honda Castrol (2023)

Lecuona was selected to replace Álex Rins at the Malaysian Grand Prix and Qatar Grand Prix in the LCR Honda Castrol Team.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto2 European 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	Pos	Pts
2015	Suter	ALG1	ALG2	CAT	ARA1	ARA2	ALB	NAV1 9	NAV2 8	JER	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 11	18th	20
2016	Kalex	VAL1	VAL2	ARA1 7	ARA2 7	CAT1 5	CAT2 6	ALB 5	ALG1 7	ALG2 5	JER 7	VAL 16	6th	79

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2016	Moto2	Kalex	CarXpert Interwetten	6	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Garage Plus Interwetten	13	0	0	0	0	2	35th
2018	Moto2	KTM	Swiss Innovative Investors	18	0	1	0	0	80	12th
2019	Moto2	KTM	American Racing	18	0	1	0	0	90	12th
	MotoGP	KTM	Red Bull KTM Tech3	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	MotoGP	KTM	Red Bull KTM Tech3	11	0	0	0	0	27	20th
2021	MotoGP	KTM	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	18	0	0	0	0	39	20th
2023	MotoGP	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	2	0	0	0	0	0*	30th*
			LCR Honda Castrol	5	0	0	0	0
Total				92	0	2	0	0	238

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2016–2019	2016 Great Britain	2018 Valencia		55	0	2	0	0	172	0
MotoGP	2019–2021, 2023	2019 Valencia			37	0	0	0	0	66	0
Total	2016–2021, 2023				92	0	2	0	0	238	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
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR 19	RSM 21	ARA	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 22	VAL 24			36th	0
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME DNS	SPA Ret	FRA DNS	ITA	CAT 24	NED 23	GER 21	CZE 19	AUT 21	GBR Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 21	JPN 17	AUS 20	MAL 14	VAL 18			35th	2
2018	Moto2	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 11	AME 5	SPA 9	FRA Ret	ITA 13	CAT 10	NED 16	GER 19	CZE 13	AUT 10	GBR C	RSM 19	ARA 14	THA 7	JPN 8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 2		12th	80
2019	Moto2	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 4	AME Ret	SPA 10	FRA 9	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 15	GER Ret	CZE 10	AUT 8	GBR 11	RSM 21	ARA 7	THA 3	JPN Ret	AUS 7	MAL 6			12th	90
	MotoGP	KTM																			VAL Ret		NC	0
2020	MotoGP	KTM	SPA Ret	ANC Ret	CZE Ret	AUT 9	STY 10	RSM 14	EMI Ret	CAT 14	FRA 15	ARA 14	TER 9	EUR	VAL WD	POR							20th	27
2021	MotoGP	KTM	QAT 17	DOH Ret	POR 15	SPA 17	FRA 9	ITA 11	CAT Ret	GER 17	NED Ret	STY 15	AUT 6	GBR 7	ARA 11	RSM Ret	AME 16	EMI Ret	ALR Ret	VAL 15			20th	39
2023	MotoGP	Honda	POR	ARG	AME	SPA 16	FRA	ITA	GER	NED Ret	GBR 17	AUT 20	CAT 16	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL 16	QAT Ret	VAL	30th	0

* Season still in progress.

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2022	SBK	Honda CBR1000RR-R	Team HRC	30	0	1	1	0	189	9th
2023	SBK	Honda CBR1000RR-R	Team HRC	35	0	0	0	0	143	13th
Total				65	0	1	1	0	332

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	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2022	Honda	SPA 6	SPA 8	SPA 10	NED 5	NED 5	NED 3	POR 6	POR 4	POR 6	ITA 9	ITA 5	ITA 5	GBR 8	GBR 7	GBR 10	CZE 8	CZE 7	CZE Ret	FRA 9	FRA 11	FRA 10	SPA 6	SPA Ret	SPA 8	POR 11	POR 12	POR 22	ARG 4	ARG 6	ARG 7	INA DNS	INA DNS	INA DNS	AUS DNS	AUS DNS	AUS DNS	9th	189
2023	Honda	AUS 6	AUS 8	AUS 6	INA 12	INA 16	INA 9	NED Ret	NED 11	NED Ret	SPA 6	SPA 4	SPA 9	ITA 8	ITA NC	ITA DNS	GBR Ret	GBR 13	GBR 14	ITA Ret	ITA 13	ITA 10	CZE 5	CZE 10	CZE 12	FRA 14	FRA 12	FRA 11	SPA 10	SPA 6	SPA 6	POR 8	POR 5	POR 7	SPA 9	SPA 13	SPA 16	13th	143

^* Season still in progress.

External links

• Iker Lecuona at MotoGP.com
• Iker Lecuona at WorldSBK.com
• Iker Lecuona at AS.com (in Spanish)