Xavi Forés

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

Javier "Xavi" Forés Querol (born 16 September 1985) is a motorcycle road racer from Spain. For 2020 he competed in the Superbike World Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10RR,^[1] and for 2021 in both British Superbike Championship for FHO Racing using BMWs, and FIM Endurance World Championship for BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team.^[2][3]

Javier Forés
Fores in 2013
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39) Llombai, Spain
Current team	Team GoEleven
Bike number	12
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2016 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2016 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2011 Manufacturers Bimota, Suter Championships 0 2011 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 10 0 0 0 0 0 125cc World Championship Active years 2001 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2001 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 MotoE World Championship Active years 2022- Manufacturers Energica Championships 0 2022 championship position 14th (35.5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 11 0 0 0 0 35.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 2011, 2013–2018, 2020, 2022 Manufacturers BMW, Ducati, Kawasaki Championships 0 2022 championship position 19th (33 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 127 0 6 0 1 741 Supersport World Championship Active years 2004–2007 Manufacturers Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda Championships 0 2007 championship position 26th (23 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 34 0 0 0 0 143 British Superbike Championship Active years 2019, 2021 Manufacturers Honda, BMW, Ducati Championships 0 2021 championship position 17th (52 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 45 0 4 1 0 251 AMA Superbike Championship / MotoAmerica Active years 2024– Manufacturers Suzuki Championships 0 2024 championship position 12th (91 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 16 0 1 0 0 91

For 2022, Forés competed in World Superbikes as a replacement rider for Team Goeleven, in MotoE and Endurance racing with co-riders David Checa and Chaz Davies.^[4] At the season end he was drafted into World Superbikes for the final three races after a brief spell with Eurosport as an expert pundit on World Superbike racing.^[5][6]

Career

Forés won the CEV Stock Extreme Championship in 2010^[7] and 2013,^[8] the European Superstock 1000 Championship in 2013^[9] and the IDM Superbike Championship in 2014.^[10]

He has also competed in the 125cc World Championship, the Supersport World Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup and the Moto2 World Championship. In 2019 he finished the British Superbike Championship in ninth position.^[11]

Forés at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

World Superbike Championship

Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team (2025-)

2025

Forés have been appointed as Bimota test riders for the 2025 WorldSBK season, as the Italian factory looks to develop its new KB998 bike.^[12]

Career statistics

Career by class

• 2009 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Kawasaki ZX-10R

FIM Superstock 1000 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	Pos	Pts
2009	Kawasaki	VAL 4	NED 4	MNZ 3	SMR 7	DON 4	BRN 2	NŰR 3	IMO 9	MAG 7	ALG 3	4th	132

FIM CEV Stock Extreme

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	Pos	Pts
2013	Ducati	CAT1 1	CAT2 2	ARA 1	ALB1 1	ALB2 1	NAV 1	VAL1 3	VAL1 2	JER 2	1st	201

IDM Superbike 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	13	14	15	16	Pos	Pts
2014	Ducati	LAU 1	LAU 1	BEL 1	BEL 3	OSC 1	OSC 1	NUR 2	NUR 3	SCH 2	SCH 2	NED 1	NED C	DTM 2	DTM 3	HOC 2	HOC 2	1st	318

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2001	125cc	Aprilia	CC Valencia Aspar	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	Moto2	Bimota	Maquinza-SAG Team	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		AJR	Twelve Motorsport/Motorrad
2011	Moto2	Suter	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	Avintia Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	MotoE	Energica	Octo Pramac MotoE	11	0	0	0	0	35.5	14th
Total				23	0	0	0	0	35.5

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2001	2001 Valencia			1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moto2	2010–2011	2010 Malaysia			10	0	0	0	0	0	0
MotoGP	2016	2016 San Marino			1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MotoE	2022	2022 Spain			11	0	0	0	0	35.5	0
Total	2001, 2010–2011, 2016, 2022				23	0	0	0	0	35.5	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	Pos	Pts
2001	125cc	Aprilia	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL Ret	PAC	AUS	MAL	BRA			NC	0
2010	Moto2	Bimota	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL Ret	AUS 25	POR			NC	0
		AJR																	VAL 16
2011	Moto2	Suter	QAT 26	SPA 18	POR 19	FRA 29	CAT Ret	GBR 19	NED 23	ITA	GER	CZE	INP	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		NC	0
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0
2022	MotoE	Energica	SPA1 14	SPA2 11	FRA1 12	FRA2 13	ITA1 12	ITA2 12	NED1 12	NED2 15‡	AUT1 9	AUT2 DNS	RSM1 15	RSM2 15							14th	35.5

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

Supersport 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	13	Pos	Pts
2004	Suzuki	SPA Ret	AUS	SMR	ITA	GER	GBR	GBR	NED	ITA	FRA				NC	0
2005	Suzuki	QAT 8	AUS 11	SPA 11	ITA 11	EUR 12	SMR 7	CZE 5	GBR 11	NED 10	GER 14	ITA Ret	FRA 5		9th	71
2006	Yamaha	QAT 4	AUS 15	SPA 7	ITA 9	EUR 7	SMR 10	CZE 12	GBR Ret	NED	GER	ITA	FRA		10th	49
2007	Honda	QAT 11	AUS Ret	EUR 17	SPA 17	NED 19	ITA Ret	GBR 7	SMR 7	CZE 18	GBR 16	GER Ret	ITA Ret	FRA Ret	26th	23

British Superbike 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
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2019	Honda	SIL 10	SIL 7	OUL 16	OUL 17	DON 3	DON 2	DON 2	BRH 14	BRH 13	KNO 3	KNO 11	SNE 6	SNE 8	THR 7	THR 7	CAD 14	CAD 9	OUL 16	OUL 11	OUL 14	ASS 5	ASS 6	DON 7	DON 8	BHGP 8	BHGP 11	BHGP Ret	9th	199

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2021	BMW	OUL DNS	OUL DNS	OUL DNS	KNO	KNO	KNO	BHGP 13	BHGP 11	BHGP 11	THR 12	THR 13	THR Ret	DON 14	DON 8	DON Ret	CAD 14	CAD 12	CAD 13	SNE 12	SNE 16	SNE DNS	SIL 9	SIL 18	SIL 14	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	17th	52
2024	Ducati	NAV	NAV		OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	KNO	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	SNE	BRH	BRH	BRH	THR	THR	THR	CAD	CAD	CAD	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BRH Ret	BRH 19	BRH Ret	24th	12

Superbike 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		13		14		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2011	BMW	AUS	AUS	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA Ret	ITA 14	FRA 11	FRA 11	POR Ret	POR 19			23rd	12
2013	Ducati	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA	FRA	SPA 9	SPA Ret	30th	7
2014	Ducati	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	MAL	MAL	ITA	ITA	POR	POR	USA	USA	SPA	SPA	FRA Ret	FRA Ret	QAT	QAT					NC	0
2015	Ducati	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA 6	SPA 5	NED 7	NED 8	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	QAT 7	QAT DNS			19th	47
2016	Ducati	AUS Ret	AUS DNS	THA 14	THA Ret	SPA 4	SPA 4	NED 13	NED 10	ITA 10	ITA 10	MAL 14	MAL 11	GBR 12	GBR 14	ITA Ret	ITA 4	USA 7	USA 4	GER 10	GER 3	FRA 8	FRA 10	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	QAT 6	QAT 8			9th	151
2017	Ducati	AUS 6	AUS 5	THA 11	THA 8	SPA Ret	SPA 6	NED 4	NED 13	ITA 5	ITA 4	GBR 10	GBR 7	ITA 5	ITA Ret	USA 5	USA 5	GER 8	GER 10	POR 9	POR 13	FRA Ret	FRA 4	SPA 9	SPA 7	QAT Ret	QAT 5			7th	196
2018	Ducati	AUS 4	AUS 3	THA 2	THA 5	SPA 3	SPA Ret	NED 5	NED 4	ITA 5	ITA 4	GBR Ret	GBR Ret	CZE 14	CZE 8	USA 6	USA 6	ITA 6	ITA Ret	POR Ret	POR 10	FRA 3	FRA 8	ARG 4	ARG 2	QAT 13	QAT C			7th	230

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2020	Kawasaki	AUS Ret	AUS 12	AUS 11	SPA 13	SPA 12	SPA 13	POR 13	POR 13	POR Ret	SPA 8	SPA 12	SPA 11	SPA 13	SPA 16	SPA 13	SPA 13	SPA 12	SPA 15	FRA 8	FRA 12	FRA Ret	POR 8	POR 10	POR 8													13th	61
2022	Ducati	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	POR 11	POR 9	POR 10	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG 12	ARG 12	ARG 13	INA 11	INA 11	INA 11	AUS 13	AUS 9	AUS Ret	19th	33

FIM Endurance World Championship

By year

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

Year	Bike	LE MANS				ESTORIL			BOL D'OR				MOST		Pos	Pts
		Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	12 Hrs	Grid	8 Hrs	16 Hrs	24 Hrs	Grid	6 Hrs
2021	BMW S1000RR	3	6	7	28	4	7	25	3	1	Ret	-	4	45	2nd	133

By team

Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
2021	BMW Motorrad World Endurance	BMW S1000RR	Illia Mykhalchyk Markus Reiterberger Kenny Foray Xavi Forés	2nd

MotoAmerica Supersport Championship

Races by year

Season	Bike	Round																Plcd.	Pts.
2023	Ducati	RAT		ALA	RAM		RID		MON	BRA		PIT		AME		NJE
		R1	R2	EXT	R1	R2	R1	R2	EXT	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	4	2	2	1	2	9	Ret	1st	364

MotoAmerica Superbike

Results

Year	Class	Team	1		2			3		4		5		6		7		8			9		Pos	Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2
2024	SuperBike	Suzuki/Yamaha	ATL	ATL	ALA 6	ALA Ret	ALA 6	RAM Ret	RAM 8	BRA Ret	BRA Ret	RID 3	RID 7	MON 7	MON 7	OHI	OHI	TEX Ret	TEX 8	TEX Ret	NJR 8	NJR 12	12th	91