# Pablo Nieto

Pablo Nieto Aguilar (born 4 June 1980 in Madrid, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former road racer of Grand Prix solo motorcycles, latterly involved in team management. He is the son of the legendary Spanish motorcycle racer Ángel Nieto, and cousin of Fonsi Nieto. He started to race professionally in 1998, and spent his career in the 125cc class. Following the race at Valencia in 2008 he announced his retirement from racing, to move to a managerial position of the Onde 2000 MotoGP team with Sete Gibernau in 2009 as the team's only rider. He was the team manager for the Laglisse Moto3 team from 2012-2014, in the 2013 Moto3 Grand Prix season, his rider Maverick Viñales won the championship. He is now the team manager for the VR46 Racing Team established by Valentino Rossi.

## Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

| Season | Class | Moto | Team | Number | Races | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | Position |
| 1998 | 125cc | Aprilia | Via Digital Team | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1999 | 125cc | Derbi | Festina-Derbi | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23rd |
| 2000 | 125cc | Derbi | Derbi Racing | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 13th |
| 2001 | 125cc | Derbi | L & M Derbi Team | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24th |
| 2002 | 125cc | Aprilia | Master-Aspar Team | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 6th |
| 2003 | 125cc | Aprilia | Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team | 22 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 7th |
| 2004 | 125cc | Aprilia | Master - Repsol Team 125cc | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 6th |
| 2005 | 125cc | Derbi | Caja Madria - Derbi Racing | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 13th |
| 2006 | 125cc | Aprilia | Multimedia Racing | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13th |
| 2007 | 125cc | Aprilia | Blusens Aprilia | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 15th |
| 2008 | 125cc | KTM | Onde 2000 - KTM | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21st |
| Total | | | | | 158 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 747 | |

### 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1998 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN | MAL | SPA | ITA | FRA | MAD | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | IMO | CAT 22 | AUS | ARG | | | | NC | 0 |
| 1999 | 125cc | Derbi | MAL 22 | JPN 19 | SPA Ret | FRA 18 | ITA 22 | CAT Ret | NED 16 | GBR 12 | GER Ret | CZE 22 | IMO 17 | VAL Ret | AUS 17 | RSA 12 | BRA Ret | ARG 9 | | 23rd | 15 |
| 2000 | 125cc | Derbi | RSA 15 | MAL 11 | JPN 11 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 11 | CAT 6 | NED 19 | GBR 15 | GER 7 | CZE 16 | POR 12 | VAL 4 | BRA 10 | PAC 9 | AUS 14 | | 13th | 68 |
| 2001 | 125cc | Derbi | JPN 10 | RSA 15 | SPA Ret | FRA DNS | ITA Ret | CAT 6 | NED Ret | GBR Ret | GER Ret | CZE 18 | POR Ret | VAL 14 | PAC 16 | AUS 20 | MAL Ret | BRA 14 | | 24th | 21 |
| 2002 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret | RSA 5 | SPA Ret | FRA 6 | ITA 3 | CAT 8 | NED 7 | GBR Ret | GER 5 | CZE Ret | POR 4 | BRA 5 | PAC 4 | MAL 5 | AUS 3 | VAL 3 | | 6th | 145 |
| 2003 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN 7 | RSA 5 | SPA Ret | FRA 5 | ITA 3 | CAT 17 | NED 2 | GBR 6 | GER 5 | CZE Ret | POR 1 | BRA 5 | PAC 8 | MAL 9 | AUS Ret | VAL 7 | | 7th | 148 |
| 2004 | 125cc | Aprilia | RSA 4 | SPA 9 | FRA 7 | ITA 6 | CAT 3 | NED 8 | BRA 7 | GER 3 | GBR Ret | CZE 4 | POR 4 | JPN Ret | QAT 6 | MAL Ret | AUS 15 | VAL 4 | | 6th | 138 |
| 2005 | 125cc | Derbi | SPA 12 | POR 12 | CHN 8 | FRA 7 | ITA 22 | CAT Ret | NED 11 | GBR 5 | GER 10 | CZE 16 | JPN 8 | MAL 13 | QAT Ret | AUS 18 | TUR 20 | VAL 10 | | 13th | 64 |
| 2006 | 125cc | Aprilia | SPA 10 | QAT 5 | TUR 14 | CHN Ret | FRA 5 | ITA 12 | CAT 7 | NED 9 | GBR Ret | GER Ret | CZE 9 | MAL Ret | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL 7 | | 13th | 66 |
| 2007 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 9 | SPA 6 | TUR 13 | CHN 16 | FRA 15 | ITA Ret | CAT 20 | GBR 9 | NED Ret | GER 9 | CZE Ret | RSM Ret | POR Ret | JPN 7 | AUS Ret | MAL 12 | VAL 7 | 15th | 57 |
| 2008 | 125cc | KTM | QAT 18 | SPA 5 | POR Ret | CHN | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | GBR 20 | NED 20 | GER 14 | CZE 16 | RSM Ret | INP Ret | JPN 18 | AUS 13 | MAL 14 | VAL 9 | 21st | 25 |