Guillem Farrés
Spanish motocross racer
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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.
Barcelona, Spain
| Guillem Farrés | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 31 March 2003 Barcelona, Spain |
| Current team | Monster Energy Triumph Racing |
| Bike number | 99 |
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
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 |