Jaume Masià

Jaume Masià
Masià in 2024
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 24) Algemesí, Valencia, Spain
Current team	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team
Bike number	5
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2024 Manufacturers Kalex (2024) 2024 championship position 28th (6 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 0 0 0 0 6 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2017–2023 Manufacturers KTM (2017–2019, 2021–2022) Honda (2020, 2023) Championships 1 (2023) 2023 championship position 1st (274 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 111 10 27 10 15 972

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

Jaume Masià Vargas (born 31 October 2000) is a Spanish motorcycle rider competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team. He won the 2023 Moto3 World Championship.

Career

Early career

Between 2015 and 2017 Masia competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior Championships finishing 2nd overall to Dennis Foggia in his final season. He previously competed in the 2014 Red Bull Rookies Cup.

Moto3 World Championship

Masia made his Moto3 World Championship debut as a replacement for the injured Darryn Binder during the 2017 season. In his first ever Grand Prix he managed to set a fastest lap. [1] His impressive debut in Moto3 earned him a ride for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

2019 saw his first pole position and win at the second round in Argentina. [2]

Leopard Racing (2020)

In 2020 he moved to the Leopard Racing team in what was considered a promotion with the team having won the championship in 2019.

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2021–2022)

For the 2021 and 2022 season Masià raced with the established Red Bull KTM Ajo team where he continued to have successes across both seasons and achieved his best championship position of 4th in 2021.

Return to Leopard Racing (2023)

2023 saw him move back to the Leopard Racing team. In this season, Masia become the Moto3 world champion after finish in first place at Qatar round.During the race he ran his main rival, Ayumu Sasaki wide twice at turn 6, earning a "Conduct Warning" from the FIM Stewards.

Moto2 World Championship

Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (2024–)

Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team has officially decided on their rider line-up for 2024. Masia will make his Moto2 debut in the 2024 season, teaming up with Bo Bendsneyder who is in his third year with SAG has been officially contracted for 2024.[3]

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2014	JER1 7	JER1 13	MUG Ret	ASS1 Ret	ASS2 12	SAC1 Ret	SAC2 8	BRN1 11	BRN2 8	SIL1 DNS	SIL2 DNS	MIS DNS	ARA1	ARA2	17th	37

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
2015	Honda	ALG 8	LMS Ret	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 9	ARA1 4	ARA2 2	ALB 8	NAV 6	JER1 8	JER2 4	VAL1 5	VAL2 7	5th	107
2016	Honda	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	LMS	ARA 13	CAT1 4	CAT2 Ret	ALB 15	ALG 7	JER1 9	JER2 15	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	15th	34
2017	KTM	ALB 3	LMS Ret	CAT1 2	CAT2 3	VAL1 6	VAL2 DSQ	EST 4	JER1 15	JER1 Ret	ARA 1	VAL1 1	VAL2 3	2nd	142

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2017	Moto3	KTM	Platinum Bay Real Estate	4	0	0	0	1	13	27th
			Cuna de Campeones
2018	Moto3	KTM	Bester Capital Dubai	17	0	0	0	2	76	13th
2019	Moto3	KTM	Bester Capital Dubai	17	1	4	1	1	121	9th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	15	2	3	1	2	140	6th
2021	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	18	1	4	2	2	171	4th
2022	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	20	2	6	0	6	177	6th
2023	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	20	4	10	6	1	274	1st
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Pertamina Mandalika GAS UP Team	20	0	0	0	0	6	28th
Total				131	10	27	10	15	978

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2017–2023	2017 Austria	2019 Argentina	2019 Argentina	111	10	27	10	15	972	1
Moto2	2024–present	2024 Qatar			20	0	0	0	0	6	–
Total	2017–present				131	10	27	10	15	978	1

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
2017	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT 9	GBR Ret	RSM 10	ARA 21	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			27th	13
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT 12	ARG Ret	AME 21	SPA 5	FRA 10	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 4	GER 6	CZE 17	AUT 6	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 9	THA 17	JPN 11	AUS Ret	MAL	VAL 6		13th	76
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 1	AME 2	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 3	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 16	CZE 4	AUT Ret	GBR 11	RSM 4	ARA Ret	THA	JPN 7	AUS Ret	MAL 3	VAL DNS		9th	121
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 4	SPA 10	ANC Ret	CZE Ret	AUT 2	STY 14	RSM 7	EMI 5	CAT 7	FRA 4	ARA 1	TER 1	EUR Ret	VAL 9	POR Ret						6th	140
2021	Moto3	KTM	QAT 1	DOH 9	POR 9	SPA 21	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT 4	GER Ret	NED 20	STY 4	AUT 6	GBR 6	ARA 10	RSM 5	AME 4	EMI 2	ALR 19	VAL 3			4th	171
2022	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	INA 7	ARG Ret	AME 1	POR 2	SPA 3	FRA 1	ITA 17	CAT 8	GER 12	NED Ret	GBR 2	AUT 18	RSM 2	ARA 8	JPN Ret	THA 8	AUS 15	MAL 4	VAL 22	6th	177
2023	Moto3	Honda	POR 5	ARG Ret	AME 2	SPA 3	FRA 3	ITA 5	GER 6	NED 1	GBR 18	AUT Ret	CAT 2	RSM 2	IND 1	JPN 1	INA 6	AUS 8	THA 4	MAL 3	QAT 1	VAL 13	1st	274
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 25	POR 21	AME 19	SPA Ret	FRA 16	CAT 13	ITA 21	NED 24	GER 15	GBR Ret	AUT 19	ARA 19	RSM 24	EMI Ret	INA Ret	JPN 24	AUS Ret	THA 17	MAL 16	SLD 14	28th	6

References

1. "Moto3, Masia with team Platinum Bay for two years". GPone. 2017-08-23. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
2. "Argentina Moto3: Masia goes fifth-to-first on final lap". www.motorsport.com. 2019-03-31. Archived from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
3. "SAG: 2024 with Bendsneyder and rookie Jaume Masia". Speed Week. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

External links

• Jaume Masià at MotoGP.com
• Jaume Masià at AS.com (in Spanish)