14 Facts About Iker Lecuona

Iker Lecuona spent two seasons in MotoGP, from 2020 to 2021 with KTM Tech3.

In 2016 Lecuona made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship replacing the injured Dominique Aegerter in the CarXpert Interwetten team for two races; later in the season he rejoined the team as the permanent replacement for the same rider.

Iker Lecuona suffered serious back and collarbone injuries in a crash during pre-season testing at Jerez and missed the first two races of the 2017 season.

That season Iker Lecuona managed his first point-scoring race at world championship level in the second to last race in Malaysia.

Iker Lecuona finished 35th in the standings in this rookie Moto2 season.

At the 2019 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix Iker Lecuona finished 3rd after fellow KTM rider Brad Binder and Luca Marini.

Iker Lecuona did not finish the race after crashing and retiring on lap 13 of 27.

Iker Lecuona was signed by Tech3 KTM for the 2020 season, after the surprise departure of Johann Zarco from the KTM Factory Team.

In 2020, Iker Lecuona scored points in seven races, three times finishing in the top ten.

Iker Lecuona was forced to sit out of the European Grand Prix in Valencia, due to Andorran quarantine rules for close contact with individuals who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Iker Lecuona missed the Valencian Grand Prix after he subsequently tested positive for the virus shortly before the beginning of the race weekend, and subsequently the Portuguese Grand Prix on the following weekend.

In 2021, Iker Lecuona remained with Tech3, as per their contract, which would expire at the end of the season.

Iker Lecuona was selected to replace Marc Marquez at the Spanish Grand Prix in the Repsol Honda Team.

Iker Lecuona was selected to replace Alex Rins at the Malaysian Grand Prix and Qatar Grand Prix in the LCR Honda Castrol Team.