Borja Gómez (motorcyclist)

Who they were

Borja Gómez Rus was a Spanish motorcycle racer. He competed in the Supersport World Championship in 2021 and 2024, the Moto2 World Championship between 2022 and 2023, and the FIM Stock European Championship at the time of his death.

Path and career

Career Gómez began competing at the national level in 2014, finishing third place in the Spanish Minimotard 65 Championship. In 2015, he climbed a step and reached second place. After going through Supermotard, he reached the Kawasaki Cup in 2019, achieving a creditable third place. [ 1 ] In 2021, he won the Spanish Superbike Championship in the Supersport category. In 2022, he was the runner-up in the Spanish Superbike 1000 Championship, [ 2 ] driving a Yamaha for Cardoso Team, after Tito Rabat .

Death Gómez was competing in the 2025 FIM Stock European Championship when he died following an accident during practice at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours . During his third lap in the Thursday session, Borja Gómez's machine slid on the approach to turn 9, and left the track after hitting a patch of coolant leaked on the asphalt by the motorcycle of his teammate Alberto Garcia. Unaware of the danger, Gómez tried to lift his bike to resume testing, with his back to the track, just when another rider,

Career statistics FIM Moto2 European Championship 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 Pos Pts 2022 Kalex EST EST VAL CAT CAT JER POR POR ARA ARA VAL 7 25th 9 2023 Kalex EST1 EST2 VAL1 JER POR1 POR2 CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 3 ARA2 3 VAL2 DNS 17th 32 2024 Kalex MIS WD EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 POR1 POR2 JER ARA1 ARA2 EST NC 0 FIM Stock European Championship Races by year ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position,

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Borja Gómez (motorcyclist) appears on our July 3 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.