Guillem Farrés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Farrés and the second or maternal family name is Plaza.
Guillem Farrés
NationalitySpanish
Born (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003
Barcelona, Spain
Current teamMonster Energy Triumph Racing
Bike number99

Guillem Farrés Plaza (born 31 March 2003)[1] is a Spanish professional motocross racer. Farrés has competed full-time in the Motocross World Championship since the 2025 season, after making wildcard appearances in 2021 and 2022.

After impressing at European Championship-level in Europe, Farrés was offered the opportunity to compete as a factory rider in America from late 2022 to 2024. With injuries hampering his time in the States, he returned to Europe to compete for Triumph's factory MX2 team.

Farrés has represented Spain at the Motocross des Nations on two occasions, most recently at the 2025 edition.

During the 2022 season, Farrés won the Youngster Cup class within the ADAC MX Masters.

Career

Junior career

Coming from a family with an offroad motorcycling background, Farrés began competing at a young age and in 2013 finished ninth in the MX65 class of the Spanish Motocross Championship.[2] Staying Kawasaki mounted, he moved up to compete on an 85cc motorcycle in 2014. His results improved significantly in 2015, where he finished fifth in the MX85 class in Spain, taking a race win and several podiums in the class. Farrés finished fifth again in the same class in 2016, a season which also saw him make his debut in the European Motocross Championship, scoring five points in the EMX85 class.

EMX125

Farrés started the 2017 season on an 85 but moved up to compete on a 125cc motorcycle mid-season, switching to a privateer setup on a Husqvarna and only competing in Spain. His first full season on a 125 saw significant steps forward, finishing runner-up with two race wins in the Spanish Championship and competing in two rounds of the EMX125 class of the 2018 European Motocross Championship, leading the first three laps of the second race in France.[3] These performances saw Farrés signed by the F4E Racing KTM team to compete in a full EMX125 season in the 2019 European Motocross Championship.[4] With two third place race finishes as his best results, he would end the championship in ninth. Domestically, he finished sixth in the Spanish Championship with one race win and overall win to his name. Farrés was also selected to compete at the 2019 FIM Motocross Junior World Championship in the 125 class, failing to score points.

Farrés stayed in the same team for the 2020 European Motocross Championship, which became the RFME Gas Gas MX Junior Team due to a joint venture between Gas Gas and the Spanish federation.[5] Across the season he was able to score five podiums, which included his first overall win at European Championship-level in the deep sand of Lommel. A handful of non-finishes meant he finished sixth in the final standings. He put in a dominant campaign in the Spanish Championship, winning all but two races to pick up his first national title.[6]

250 Career

EMX250

Farrés stayed within the F4E team setup to move into the EMX250 class of the 2021 European Motocross Championship but had a difficult campaign, finishing fifteenth overall after missing two rounds, with seven top-ten race finishes being the highlights. His results were hampered by an accident with a car whilst cycling, which caused severed tendons in one finger that required extensive rehabilitation.[7] After returning, Farrés made his World Championship debut, by competing in the MX2 class at the MXGP of Spain and scoring six points. His Spanish Championship campaign was impacted by the finger injury, after a strong start where he finished second overall at the opening round.

He initially began the 2022 European Motocross Championship with the same team, but would ultimately only start at one round in the early part of the season due to forearm problems that required surgery. Farrés switched teams mid-season, to join the Raths Motorsports squad, which allowed him to compete in and win the Youngster Cup class within the ADAC MX Masters series.[8] Upon joining the team, he raced in three rounds of the MX2 class in the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship, showing competitive speed by picking up two tenth place race finished. In addition, he competed at the seventh round of the EMX250 class for the same German team, finishing second in the second race in the deep sand of Lommel. Farrés competed in all but two rounds of the 2022 Spanish Motocross Championship, winning three races and one overall victory to finish seventh in the standings.

Move to America

After picking up the Youngster Cup title, Farrés received a call to test for the Star Racing Yamaha team in America. As a result of this, he competed in two rounds of the 250 class of the 2022 AMA National Motocross Championship for the team, impressing many in America with his speed and recording a sixth place race finish along the way.[9] At the end of the season, Farrés was selected to compete for Spain in the 2022 Motocross des Nations, held in the United States.[10] After finishing fourth in his individual class qualifying race, the team ended the event in sixth overall.

Following these results, he signed a motocross-only deal with the Star Yamaha team. In the first two rounds of the 2023 AMA National Motocross Championship, Farrés showed good speed, scoring two top-six race finishes. At the third round, a pileup at the first corner in the opening race resulted in a massive arm injury for the Spaniard, which ultimately ended his season.[11] For the 2024 season, Farrés signed for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing to compete in supercross for the first time, as well as outdoors.[12] With little experience in supercross, he finished in the top-ten in the first two rounds of the 250SX East class of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship. Following the second round, he sustained a broken femur in a training crash, which ruled him out for the rest of the year.[13]

Return to Europe

After two injury hit seasons in America, Farrés returned to Europe by signing for the Monster Energy Triumph Factory Racing team in the MX2 class of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship.[14] At the third round, he crashed and sustained a concussion that ruled him out for the following three rounds.[15] On his return, Farrés became more consistent inside the top-ten, before taking his first world championship race win and podium at the German round.[16] In the second half of the season he picked up two third place race finishes and ended the championship in eighth overall. Farrés made his second appearance for Spain at the 2025 Motocross des Nations, recording two sixteenth-place finishes in the main Sunday races, as the team ended the event tenth.

Honours

ADAC MX Masters

  • Youngster Cup: 2022

Spanish Motocross Championship

  • MX125: 2020 , 2018

Career statistics

Motocross des Nations

Year Location Nation Class Teammates Team Overall Individual Overall
2022 Red Bud  ESP MX2 Jorge Prado
Rubén Fernández 		6th 13th
2025 Ironman  ESP MX2 Rubén Fernández
Francisco García 		10th 8th

FIM Motocross World Championship

By season

Season Class Number Motorcycle Team Race Race Wins Overall Wins Race Top-3 Overall Podium Pts Plcd
2021 MX2 309 Gas Gas F4E Gas Gas Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 6 44th
2022 MX2 309 KTM Raths Motorsports 6 0 0 0 0 38 26th
2025 MX2 99 Triumph Monster Energy Triumph Racing 34 1 0 3 1 500 8th
Total 42 1 0 3 1 544

AMA Supercross Championship

By season

Season Class Number Motorcycle Team Overall Wins Overall Podium Pts Plcd
2024 250SX East 83 Husqvarna Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing 0 0 27 18th
Total 0 0 27

AMA National Motocross Championship

By season

Season Class Number Motorcycle Team Races Race Wins Overall Wins Race Top-3 Overall Podium Pts Plcd
2022 250 109 Yamaha Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha 4 0 0 0 0 40 25th
2023 250 88 Yamaha Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha 5 0 0 0 0 57 22nd
Total 9 0 0 0 0 97

References

  1. ^ "Guillem Farrés Bio". mxgp.com. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  2. ^ Santi Ayala (19 July 2024). "Guillem Farrés. Entrevista con el piloto Husqvarna USA que sigue con su sueño americano". motociclismo.es. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  3. ^ "EMX 125 and 250 at Saint Jean D'Angely (France)". fim-europe.com. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  4. ^ Xavi Francés de Andrés (28 December 2018). "FARRÉS Y WADE SE UNEN A LUCAS EN F4E RACING KTM". mx1onboard.com. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ^ "GasGas Factory Racing support F4E team for 2020 EMX125 series". tmxnews.co.uk. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  6. ^ Xavi Francés de Andrés (14 November 2020). "Guillem Farrés, campeón de España de 125cc". mx1onboard.com. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  7. ^ Xavi Francés de Andrés (8 July 2021). "Farrés correrá este fin de semana para intentar estar en Oss". mx1onboard.com. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Guillem Farres: shop worker to star driver". adac-motorsport.de. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing Brings New Talent for U.S. Debut". yamaha-racing.com. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Spain Announces 2022 Motocross of Nations Team". vurbmoto.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  11. ^ Mitch Kendra (12 June 2023). "Guillem Farres Update After First Turn Pileup at Thunder Valley National". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Guillem Farres Signs with Rockstar Energy Husqvarna for 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship". vurbmoto.com. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  13. ^ Ralph Marzahn (28 February 2024). "Guillem Farres suffers a broken femur". mxnews-online.com. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  14. ^ Triumph Racing. "GUILLEM FARRES JOINS MONSTER ENERGY TRIUMPH FACTORY RACING!". mxgp.com. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Guillem Farres Recovering After Crash at MXGP of Europe, McLellan Secures Eighth Overall". fullnoise.com.au. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  16. ^ Triumph Racing (1 June 2025). "FARRES TAKES MAIDEN RACE WIN AND FINISHES SECOND OVERALL IN GERMANY". superbike.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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