Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at that season's Valencian Grand Prix. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship with a record points total for the intermediate class.
First on the podium on the world stage in 2007 and taking two more in 2010, Esteve “Tito” Rabat then moved up to Moto2™ in 2011. A first Moto2™ podium in 2012 then saw the Spaniard win his first race in 2013 in Jerez and take two more victories than same year. Switching to Marc VDS Racing Team for 2014, Rabat fought teammate Mika Kallio and rookie Maverick Viñales for the crown and won it in style at the Malaysian GP. Looking to defend the title in 2015, some injuries saw the Spaniard unable to achieve the feat, although he took a final Moto2™ win from pole in Valencia. He moved up to MotoGP™ for 2016, and Rabat had a tough rookie year but scored points regularly – a record he kept going in his sophomore season. Now he moves to Reale Avintia Racing and switches from Honda to Ducati machinery.
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