Dennis Foggia

Dennis Foggia
Dennis Foggia
	Foggia in 2017
Nationality	Italian
Born	7 January 2001 (age 20); Rome, Italy
Current team	Leopard Racing
Bike number	7
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto3 World Championship
Active years	2017–
Manufacturers	KTM, Honda
2021 championship position	2nd (216 pts)

Dennis Foggia (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider, currently competing in Moto3, for Leopard Racing Team.

Career[]

Early career[]

Foggia made his debut in motorcycle racing at age 15, during the 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, riding for the VR46 Riders Academy team, along with Celestino Vietti. In his first ever race, the opening round at Valencia, he finished in second place, and was a regular points scorer throughout the year, finishing 7th in the standings with 79 points, and grabbing a third place podium in the final race of the season, also at Valencia.

For the 2017 season, Foggia stayed with the VR46 Academy team, and dominated the season. Out of the twelve races held that year, Foggia won four races, had nine podiums, and won the championship by 79 points.

Moto3 World Championship (2018-present)[]

SKY Racing Team VR46 (2016–2019)[]

His good results in the juniors also earned him three wild-card race appearences in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship, where he finished 14th, 8th and 7th, scoring solid points.

As expected, after his 2017 junior championship and good results in the three wild-card races, Foggia was signed full time by the VR46 Racing Team to partner Nicolò Bulega for the 2018 Moto3 World Championship. Foggia struggled initially, but improved as the season went on, scoring a third place in Aragón, finishing with 55 points, which was only enough for 19th in the standings, but was second best among the rookies.

Staying with the VR46 Academy Team for the 2019 season, Foggia basically replicated last season, scoring one podium again, a third place finish in Aragón. His rookie teammate Celestino Vietti had three podiums, and finished as rookie of the year, scoring 135 points, compared to Foggia's 97. Following the season, through mutual consent between team and rider, Foggia left the VR46 Academy after spending 4 seasons together^[1].

Leopard Racing (2020–present)[]

For the 2020 season Foggia moved to Leopard Racing Honda, signing a three year contract, partnering Jaume Masiá. In a shortened season due to the pandemic, Foggia scored 3 podiums, winning the race in Brno. He finished with 89 points, 10th in the standings, but Leopard managed to win the team championship.

Staying with Leopard Racing for his fourth full season in Moto3, for 2021 Foggia was partnered by Xavier Artigas, as Masiá left to join the Red Bull KTM Ajo Team. This would be Foggia's breakout year, as he won 5 races, scoring 10 podiums total, and was contending for the title until the penultimate round, with rookie Pedro Acosta, Masiá's teammate. After an incident with Darryn Binder in the last lap of the Algarve Grand Prix, Foggia could no longer win the title, finishing the year in 2nd place with 216 points.

There were rumours of Foggia leaving Leopard Racing, especially after the Styrian Grand Prix, when his father was locked out of the paddock, with the team reportedly doing so as they belived he was being a bad influence on Foggia, but in the end decided to stay for the 2022 season and honor his contract, despite his earlier comments after the race stating that he wishes to leave^[2]. Staying in Moto3 with Leopard Racing, he will be partnered by Tatsuki Suzuki.

Career statistics[]

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship[]

Races 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	12	Pos	Pts
2016	KTM	VAL1 2	VAL2 Ret	LMS 5	ARA 7	CAT1 9	CAT2 13	ALB Ret	ALG Ret	JER1 4	JER2 16	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 3	7th	79
2017	KTM	ALB 4	LMS 2	CAT1 8	CAT2 2	VAL1 1	VAL2 1	EST 1	JER1 2	JER1 Ret	ARA 2	VAL1 2	VAL2 1	1st	221

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]

By season[]

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2017	Moto3	KTM	Platinum Bay Real Estate	3	0	0	0	19	24th
2017	Moto3	KTM	SKY Junior Team VR46 Academy	3	0	0	0	19	24th
2018	Moto3	KTM	SKY Racing Team VR46	18	0	1	1	55	19th
2019	Moto3	KTM	SKY Racing Team VR46	18	0	1	1	97	12th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	15	1	3	0	89	10th
2021	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	18	5	10	0	216	2nd
Total				72	6	15	2	476

By class[]

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2017–present	2017 Czech Republic	2018 Thailand	2020 Czech Republic	72	6	15	0	2	476	0
Total	2017–present				72	6	15	0	2	476	0

Races by year[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2017	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE 14	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA 8	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 7		24th	19
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT 16	ARG Ret	AME 16	SPA Ret	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT 9	NED 12	GER 19	CZE 12	AUT 26	GBR C	RSM 7	ARA 25	THA 3	JPN 4	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	19th	55
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 8	AME 10	SPA 16	FRA Ret	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 9	GER Ret	CZE 15	AUT 14	GBR 8	RSM 5	ARA 3	THA 5	JPN 23	AUS 11	MAL 19	VAL DNS	12th	97
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 9	SPA Ret	ANC Ret	CZE 1	AUT 21	STY 11	RSM 9	EMI Ret	CAT 3	FRA 13	ARA 10	TER 16	EUR Ret	VAL 16	POR 2					10th	89
2021	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	DOH 17	POR 2	SPA Ret	FRA 18	ITA 1	CAT Ret	GER 3	NED 1	STY 22	AUT 3	GBR 3	ARA 1	RSM 1	AME 2	EMI 1	ALR Ret	VAL 13		2nd	216

References[]

External links[]

Dennis Foggia at MotoGP.com

[1] ttps://www.gpone.com/en/2020/04/23/moto3/foggia-in-the-leopard-team-they-treat-me-like-a-professional-rider.html

[2] ttps://www.gpone.com/en/2021/08/27/moto3/leopard-replies-to-foggia-his-father-influenced-the-equilibrium-of-the-team.html#:~:text=After%20the%20podium%20in%20the,in%202022%2C%20despite%20his%20contract.

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