Joshua Whatley

Joshua Whatley
Nationality	British
Born	(2005-09-02) 2 September 2005 (age 19) Chertsey, England
Bike number	70
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2022–2024 Manufacturers Honda 2024 championship position 28th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 46 0 0 0 0 5

Joshua Whatley (born 2 September 2005) is a British Grand Prix motorcycle racer, previously competing in the Moto3 World Championship for Michael Laverty's MLav Racing until mid-2024.[1]

Career

Between 2019 and 2021, Whatley competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.[2]

Whatley was signed to the VisionTrack Racing sponsored Moto3 grand prix team alongside Scott Ogden for the 2022 campaign.[3] Both Ogden and Whatley were retained by VisionTrack for the 2023 and 2024 seasons,[4] but VisionTrack pulled out as title sponsor before the start of 2024 events.[5]

Ahead of the 2024 summer break, both Whatley and MLav Racing announced that they would end their partnership with immediate effect. The team stated that Whatley was too big for the Moto3 Bike which was resulting in poor performance of the British rider.^[citation needed] Whatley was replaced by Spanish rider Vicente Pérez.

Career statistics

British Talent Cup

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	Pts	Pos
2018	Honda	DON1 2	DON2 Ret	DON3 5	DON4 4	SNE5 5	SNE6 2	SIL7 Ret	SIL8 Ret	DON9 7	DON10 14	SIL11 3	SIL12 11	4th	107

European Talent Cup

Races by year

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

Year	Team	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	Pos
2018	Fau55 Racing	Honda	EST1 28	EST2 23	VAL1 9	VAL2 19	CAT 27	ARA1 24	ARA2 29	JER1	JER2	ALB 14	VAL 20	28th	9
2019		Honda	EST	EST	VAL	VAL	CAT	ARA 8	ARA 12	JER	JER	ALB	VAL	24th	12

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Team	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2019	KRP	KTM	EST	VAL1	VAL2	FRA	CAT1	CAT2	ARA	JER1 29	JER2 28	ALB Ret	VAL1 31	VAL2 19	NC	0
2020	KRP (UK) Ltd.	KTM	EST 15	POR 21	JER1 12	JER2 21	JER3 21	ARA1 Ret	ARA2 26	ARA3 23	VAL1 22	VAL2 Ret	VAL3 18		26th	5
2021	Team MTA	KTM	EST 21	VAL1 11	VAL2 Ret	CAT1 9	CAT2 9	POR 26	ARA Ret	JER1 Ret	JER2 16	RSM 10	VAL3 Ret	VAL4 Ret	19th	25

FIM 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
2024	Kalex	MIS	EST1	EST2	CAT1	CAT2	POR1	POR2	JER Ret	ARA1 10	ARA2 9	EST 12	19th	17

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2022	Moto3	Honda	VisionTrack Racing Team	19	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2023	Moto3	Honda	VisionTrack Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	5	30th
2024	Moto3	Honda	MLav Racing	9	0	0	0	0	0	26th
Total				46	0	0	0	0	5

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2022–present	2022 Qatar			46	0	0	0	0	5	0
Total	2022–present				46	0	0	0	0	5	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
2022	Moto3	Honda	QAT 22	INA 20	ARG 23	AME Ret	POR 26	SPA WD	FRA 26	ITA 21	CAT Ret	GER Ret	NED 20	GBR 21	AUT 29	RSM 24	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	THA 23	AUS 21	MAL 23	VAL 26	36th	0
2023	Moto3	Honda	POR 20	ARG 15	AME DNS	SPA 24	FRA 22	ITA 21	GER 23	NED Ret	GBR 25	AUT 27	CAT 21	RSM 22	IND 16	JPN 20	INA 22	AUS 14	THA 23	MAL 14	QAT Ret	VAL	30th	5
2024	Moto3	Honda	QAT 18	POR 18	AME 17	SPA 23	FRA 21	CAT 20	ITA 23	NED 24	GER 21	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD	28th	0

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. MLav Racing and Josh Whatley part ways mlavracing.com, 10 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024
2. "Moto3: 2022 rookie profile – Joshua Whatley". everythingmotoracing.com. 16 December 2021.
3. "VisionTrack Honda racing signs Scott Ogden And Josh Whatley for 2022". 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
4. Bulpett, Christina (3 November 2022). "Ogden and Whatley continue with VisionTrack for 2023 Moto3". bikesportnews.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
5. Meet the team paving the way for British riders in MotoGP swlondoner. Retrieved 10 August 2024

External links

• Joshua Whatley at MotoGP.com