Arón Canet

Arón Canet Barbero (born 30 September 1999) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, currently competing in the Moto2 for Fantic Racing.

Arón Canet
Canet in 2018
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 Corbera, Spain
Current team	Fantic Racing
Bike number	44
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2020– Manufacturers Speed Up (2020) Boscoscuro (2021) Kalex (2022–) Championships 0 2024 championship position 2nd (234 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 87 4 28 13 8 860 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2016–2019 Manufacturers Honda (2016–2018) KTM (2019) Championships 0 2019 championship position 2nd (200 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 72 6 17 5 9 603

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

Career

Early career

Canet was the third-place finisher in the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.

Moto3 World Championship

Estrella Galicia 0,0 (2016–2018)

In 2016, Canet made his Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team riding a Honda.

Sterilgarda Max Racing Team (2019)

He was a strong contender for the championship in 2019, until a spate of retirements cost him the championship to Lorenzo Dalla Porta, who wrapped up the championship in Australia, after Canet crashed out of the lead on lap 2 of this race.

Moto2 World Championship

Aspar Team (2020–2021)

In 2020 season, he graduated for Inde Aspar Team in the Moto2 World Championship.

Pons Wegow Los40 (2022–2023)

After that, in 2022 season he joined with the Flexbox HP40.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior 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	Pts
2014	Honda	JER1 22	JER2 20	LMS 21	ARA 16	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 Ret	ALB 16	NAV 11	ALG 12	VAL1 13	VAL2 Ret		23rd	12
2015	Honda	ALG 2	LMS 1	CAT1 1	CAT2 2	ARA1 3	ARA2 Ret	ALB 1	NAV 1	JER1 DNS	JER2 DNS	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 2	3rd	176

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2016	Moto3	Honda	Estrella Galicia 0,0	18	0	1	1	2	76	15th
2017	Moto3	Honda	Estrella Galicia 0,0	18	3	5	2	3	199	3rd
2018	Moto3	Honda	Estrella Galicia 0,0	17	0	4	0	4	128	6th
2019	Moto3	KTM	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team	19	3	7	2	0	200	2nd
2020	Moto2	Speed Up	Aspar Team	12	0	0	1	0	67	14th
2021	Moto2	Boscoscuro	Aspar Team	18	0	5	0	0	164	6th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Flexbox HP40	19	0	8	3	2	200	3rd
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Pons Wegow Los40	19	0	7	3	0	195	5th
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Fantic Racing	19	4	8	6	6	234	2nd
Total				159	10	45	18	17	1463

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2016–2019	2016 Qatar	2016 Australia	2017 Spain	72	6	17	5	9	603	0
Moto2	2020–present	2020 Qatar	2021 Portugal	2024 Portugal	87	4	28	13	8	860	0
Total	2016–present				159	10	45	18	17	1463	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	Moto3	Honda	QAT 15	ARG Ret	AME 7	SPA Ret	FRA 4	ITA Ret	CAT 6	NED Ret	GER 15	AUT 21	CZE Ret	GBR 8	RSM 7	ARA 7	JPN Ret	AUS 3	MAL Ret	VAL 19			15th	76
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 4	ARG 11	AME Ret	SPA 1	FRA 2	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 1	GER Ret	CZE 3	AUT 5	GBR 1	RSM Ret	ARA 5	JPN 5	AUS NC	MAL 8	VAL 9			3rd	199
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT 2	ARG 2	AME 8	SPA Ret	FRA 8	ITA 11	CAT Ret	NED 2	GER 5	CZE 2	AUT 10	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	THA	JPN Ret	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL Ret		6th	128
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT 3	ARG 12	AME 1	SPA 4	FRA 3	ITA 7	CAT 2	NED 12	GER 3	CZE 1	AUT 10	GBR 13	RSM Ret	ARA 1	THA NC	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 8	VAL 6		2nd	200
2020	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT 8	SPA 5	ANC 5	CZE 10	AUT 9	STY Ret	RSM 9	EMI 13	CAT 8	FRA DNS	ARA	TER	EUR 11	VAL Ret	POR 15						14th	67
2021	Moto2	Boscoscuro	QAT 13	DOH Ret	POR 2	SPA 9	FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT Ret	GER 2	NED Ret	STY 2	AUT 8	GBR 7	ARA 5	RSM 3	AME 11	EMI 3	ALR 4	VAL 5			6th	164
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	INA 3	ARG 4	AME Ret	POR Ret	SPA 2	FRA 2	ITA Ret	CAT 2	GER 9	NED DNS	GBR 5	AUT 6	RSM 2	ARA 2	JPN Ret	THA 3‡	AUS 9	MAL 8	VAL Ret	3rd	200
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 2	ARG 4	AME 8	SPA 5	FRA DNS	ITA 4	GER Ret	NED 5	GBR 2	AUT Ret	CAT 2	RSM Ret	IND Ret	JPN 8	INA 2	AUS 2‡	THA 11	MAL Ret	QAT 3	VAL 2	5th	195
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	POR 1	AME 9	SPA DNS	FRA 6	CAT Ret	ITA 6	NED Ret	GER Ret	GBR 2	AUT 4	ARA Ret	RSM 2	EMI 2	INA 1	JPN 16	AUS 2	THA 1	MAL 8	SLD 1	2nd	234

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

External links

• Arón Canet at MotoGP.com
• Arón Canet at AS.com (in Spanish)