Marco Bezzecchi
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1998 Rimini, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | VR46 Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Bezzecchi (born 12 November 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing in MotoGP, for Sky Racing Team VR46.[1] He was the Italian Moto3 champion in 2015.[2]
Career[]
Junior career[]
Bezzecchi won the Italian Moto3 championship in 2015, and also made his debut in the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship that season. He ended the year 16th in the standings, with 29 points, finishing in the top-10 on three occasions. The 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship was very similar for him, finishing in the top-10 three times, this time scoring 31 points, enough for 18th in the standings.
Moto3 World Championship (2015-2018)[]
Bezzecchi made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, with two wild-card appearences, finishing 26th in Qatar, and retiring in his home Grand Prix of Italy. In the 2016 season, he would again compete in two races, this time retiring in Austria, and finishing 24th in Great Britain.
He would compete full time in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship, riding for Mahindra CIP, teammate of Manuel Pagliani. Bezzecchi would have a pretty slow rookie season, up until the race in Japan he only finished in 14th once, and 15th twice for a total of four points, but in the race in Motegi, he managed a brilliant 3rd place, his maiden podium in Moto3.[3] He ended the season with 20 points, 23rd in the standings, second among rookies.
For the 2018 season, Bezzecchi would switch teams and ride for Prüstel GP, closing a brilliant year. He won three races (Argentina, Austria, and Japan), finished 2nd five times, once in 3rd, and had two Pole Positions, ending the season with nine podiums, 214 points, and 3rd in the overall championship standings.
Moto2 World Championship (2019-2021)[]
Partnering Philipp Öttl at Red Bull KTM Tech3 for the 2019 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi would have a bad rookie year, finishing in the points only four times, ending his season with only 17 points, and 23rd in the final standings.
For the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi would join newly formed Sky Racing Team VR46, alongside Luca Marini. The duo would have a very good season, winning the team's championship by over 100 points, and winning 5 races in between them (Marini three, Bezzecchi two). Bezzecchi won the race in Austria and Valencia, finished 2nd in Misano and Rimini, and finished 3rd in a further three races, ending his season with seven podiums, 184 points, and 4th in the championship standings.
Following Luca Marini moving up to MotoGP, Bezzecchi's teammate for the 2021 season was Celestino Vietti. Bezzecchi had a very well balanced season, rarely finishing outside the top 5, winning a race in Austria, finishing 2nd in Jerez and Silverstone, and finishing 3rd in Le Mans, Mugello, Germany, and Austin. He finished the year 3rd in the rider's championship, with 214 points.
MotoGP World Champiosnhip (2022-present)[]
For the 2022 MotoGP World Championship, Bezzecchi was confirmed to be moving up to the premier class, partnering his 2020 teammate at Sky Racing Team VR46, Luca Marini.[4]
Career statistics[]
Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]
By season[]
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | San Carlo Team Italia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
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| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Mahindra Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47th |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Mahindra | CIP | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23rd |
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | Redox PrüstelGP | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 214 | 3rd |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23rd |
| 2020 | Moto2 | Kalex | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 4th |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 3rd |
| Total | 92 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 649 |
By class[]
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2015–2018 | 2015 Qatar | 2017 Japan | 2018 Argentina | 40 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2019–2021 | 2019 Qatar | 2020 Andalusia | 2020 Styria | 52 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 415 | 0 |
| Total | 2015–present | 92 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 649 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 26 |
AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA Ret |
CAT | NED | GER | IND | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 | |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT Ret |
CZE | GBR 24 |
RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 47th | 0 | |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 25 |
ARG 19 |
AME 17 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 15 |
ITA 17 |
CAT 14 |
NED 16 |
GER 15 |
CZE 22 |
AUT Ret |
GBR 19 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 19 |
JPN 3 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 19 |
VAL 28 |
23rd | 20 | |
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 14 |
ARG 1 |
AME 3 |
SPA 2 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 2 |
CAT 2 |
NED Ret |
GER 2 |
CZE 6 |
AUT 1 |
GBR C |
RSM Ret |
ARA 2 |
THA NC |
JPN 1 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 5 |
VAL 20 |
3rd | 214 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | QAT 26 |
ARG 16 |
AME Ret |
SPA 22 |
FRA 18 |
ITA 23 |
CAT 23 |
NED 10 |
GER 19 |
CZE 12 |
AUT 23 |
GBR 19 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 15 |
THA 10 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
VAL 19 |
23rd | 17 |
| 2020 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 12 |
SPA Ret |
ANC 3 |
CZE 6 |
AUT 6 |
STY 1 |
RSM 2 |
EMI 2 |
CAT 7 |
FRA 3 |
ARA Ret |
TER Ret |
EUR 1 |
VAL 3 |
POR 4 |
4th | 184 | ||||
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 4 |
DOH 4 |
POR 6 |
SPA 2 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 4 |
GER 3 |
NED 5 |
STY 1 |
AUT 10 |
GBR 2 |
ARA Ret |
RSM 5 |
AME 3 |
EMI Ret |
ALR 8 |
VAL 20 |
3rd | 214 |
References[]
- ^ Sports, Dorna. "Pablo Nieto confirms Bezzecchi as a 2022 MotoGP™ rider". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Bezzecchi trionfa al Mugello Suo il titolo italiano Moto3". gazzetta.it (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Chokhani, Darshan (16 October 2017). "Moto3: Marco Bezzecchi delivers Mahindra's season's first podium at Motegi". DriveTribe.
- ^ Chokhani, Darshan (12 November 2021). "Bezzecchi confirms step up in MotoGP with VR46 team in 2022".
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