Hiroshi Aoyama
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.