Alberto Puig

Alberto Puig, whose full name is Alberto Puig de la Rosa, was born on 16 January 1967 and is a Spanish former Grand Prix solo motorcycle road racer who became a team manager. He won the Spanish 250cc championship in 1988 and had his best Grand Prix season in 1994, finishing fifth in the 500cc class. In 1995 he became the first Spanish competitor to win his home nation's 500cc Grand Prix, at the Spanish Grand Prix, and scored two more podiums to stand third in the world championship before a heavy crash in practice for the French Grand Prix broke his left leg and ended his season. Injuries hindered his return and he retired at the end of 1997 aged 30. He then ran the Red Bull MotoGP Academy, credited with starting the careers of Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Toni Elias, and became Repsol Honda team principal from the 2018 season.