The team was created by former
world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was still riding a
Honda RS125R. For 1993 Martínez expanded his operations into the 250cc class debuting with
Juan Borja. For the next two seasons the Aspar team switched to
Yamaha TZ125 bikes leaving the 250cc division. In 1996 Aspar started an 18-year relationship with
Aprilia; in those years he fielded riders like
Fonsi Nieto and
Arnaud Vincent before entering the 250cc class again, in 2000 with
Alex Debón. Between 2006 and 2011 the Aspar team won four World Championship titles in the 125cc class with
Álvaro Bautista,
Gábor Talmácsi,
Julián Simón and
Nicolás Terol. Riders that competed with the team in the 250cc class included
Toni Elías,
Alex de Angelis,
Sebastián Porto and
Randy de Puniet. In the season the Aspar team entered the MotoGP class with
Héctor Barberá, who finished in twelfth place aboard a
Ducati Desmosedici GP10. Simón finished in second place in the inaugural
Moto2 campaign, with teammate
Mike Di Meglio finishing in twentieth place. Both riders started the season on Honda-powered RSV Motors frames, switching to a
Suter chassis after two races.
Nicolás Terol finished in second place in the 125cc class while his teammate
Bradley Smith finished fourth, both riding
Aprilia RSA 125 motorcycles. Barberá remained with the team for , recording a best result of 6th at the
Spanish Grand Prix. The team expanded to two bikes in , switching from Ducati to
ART.
Aleix Espargaró and
Randy de Puniet dominated the recently created CRT (Claiming Rule Teams) class for two straight years. In , Aspar entered two
Honda bikes, after hiring former World Champion
Nicky Hayden to partner
Hiroshi Aoyama. The duo scored points regularly, but Espargaró claimed a 3rd straight title in the CRT class with
Forward Racing. Irishman
Eugene Laverty joined the team in , the last year for Hayden in the World Championship before switching to the
Superbike World Championship. Before the season began, the team changed their name from
Aspar Racing Team to
Ángel Nieto Team, as a tribute by former team principal Jorge Fernandez to his late compatriot
Ángel Nieto. The team also announced Ángel's son
Gelete as the new team principal. At the start of the 2020 season, the team returned to its original name. The team joined the newly formed MotoE World Championship in 2019 with Nicolás Terol and
María Herrera. Aspar secured their first world championship since 2011 in 2020 with
Albert Arenas in the Moto3 class. They then won Moto3 in 2022 with
Izan Guevara and again with
David Alonso in 2024. In that season, Alonso set the record for most overall Moto3 wins, most consecutive Moto3 wins, and most wins in a single season across all classes. In 2024, the team began a partnership with Chinese motorcycle manufacturer
CFMoto, which has since been extended until 2031. ==Results==