Born in Madrid, Alonso Lopez shot onto the motorcycle racing scene in 2013 after winning the Valencian 80cc Championship. He took the national Spanish title one year later, before getting the chance to move to the PreMoto3 category on a 250cc machine at the age of 13. He continued his winning streak to take the Championship in 2015. For the 2016 season, Lopez made his debut in the Moto3™ Junior World Championship with the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 and claimed two second-place finishes and finish fifth in the final standings. 2017 saw Lopez make another step forward to claim his first World Championship victory at Le Mans before taking a second win at the next round in Barcelona. One more win and two podiums would follow, before Estrella Galicia 0,0 promoted the 16-year-old to the Moto3™ World Championship for 2018. The season started well and Lopez was close to the podium at Jerez, but the latter half of the season was more difficult. Lopez finally tasted the podium in 2019 after battling to third place in Thailand. The Spaniard endured a difficult 2020 thereafter, and in 2021, he lost his full time seat on the grid. However, he was handed a reprieve in 2022, when he replaced Romano Fenati at Luca Boscoscuro’s Speed Up team in Moto2™, and he grabbed his opportunity with both hands. A stunning season saw him claim two victories and three further podiums as well as a handful of performances that saw him consistently finish among the quickest riders. That sensational run of form sees him remain with Speed up in 2023 and one to watch in the title fight.
Rider Stats
Rider Bio
Bike
Boscoscuro
Date of birth
21/12/2001
Place of birth
Madrid
Height
181 cm
Weight
70 kg
Rider Story
News
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Moto2™ to MotoGP™: which riders have been linked with a 2024 move?
Rider market talk is rife and it’s crunch time for 2024 contracts, but which Moto2™ riders have been linked with a move into the premier class for next year?
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Lopez: from the sofa to Moto2™ race winner
Take a look at the Spanish star's journey after his historic debut Grand Prix victory in Misano
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Hector Garzo to be replaced by Alonso Lopez at German GP
The FlexBox HP 40 rider will continue to recover following a crash in Catalunya, which caused several second-degree burns to his right leg
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Husqvarna retain Fenati and Lopez for 2021 Moto3™ season
The Sterilgarda Max Racing Team will have an unchanged line-up ahead for the 2021 Moto3™ World Championship
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Fenati and Lopez confirmed at Max Racing for 2020
Italian and Spaniard will compete for Max Biaggi’s Moto3™ outfit next season
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Lopez the leader after Friday’s Moto3™ action
Spaniard tops a wet FP2 and the combined times to head Bezzecchi and Di Giannantonio on Day 1 in Valencia
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EG 0,0 geared up for 2018 at Jarama
Team Presentation brings together riders over six classes, including Moto3™’s Aron Canet and Alonso Lopez
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EG 0,0 Marc VDS: Jarama hosts Team Presentation
Morbidelli and Lüthi ready for 2018 as their new colours are revealed
By motogp.com
Videos
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Moto2™ rostrum round up: Aldeguer, Canet and Lopez
Hear from the podium finishers following the final race of the intermediate class season
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Moto2™ highlights: Aldeguer takes pole position with stellar lap time
The Spaniard achieves historic 1:31 milestone in Phillip Island for the intermediate class, followed by Canet and Alonso López, with Acosta in fifth
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Moto2™ rostrum round up: Arbolino, Salač, Lopez
Hear from the podium finishers following a drama-filled intermediate class race at the French GP
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Moto2™ recap: Lowes flies high for back-to-back poles
The British rider will start from P1 for the second GP in a row and is joined on the Le Mans front row by Lopez and teammate Arbolino
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Moto2™ recap: Lowes pips Acosta to Day 1 honours
The Spanish GP 1-2 finishers continued their fine form on Friday in Le Mans, with Lopez well in the hunt in third
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MotoGP™ VIDEOPASS
Moto2™ rostrum round up: Lowes, Acosta, Lopez
Hear from the podium finishers following an intriguing intermediate class race at the Spanish GP
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Moto2™ rostrum round up: Arbolino, Lopez, Dixon
Hear from the podium finishers in a wet intermediate class race at the Argentina GP
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Moto2™: Lopez leaves it late for pole
The Spaniard jumped from the bottom of the timesheets to P1 with a lap record to steal pole from Aron Canet, with Somkiat Chantra in P3