Niccolò Antonelli
Niccolò Antonelli (born 23 February 1996) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and the 2011 winner of the Italian 125GP Championship. Antonelli has also competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the Spanish 125GP Championship.
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 1996 Cattolica, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | SIC58 Squadra Corse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Moto3 World Championship
2012
2012 was the debut season for Antonelli. Though Antonelli crashed twice in the year, he showed some consistency and finished 14th with 77 points at the final standing.
2013
With high expectation Antonelli started the 2013 Moto3 season. But the season was full of crashes for him, with a total of 6 crashes and he was degraded to 16th spot in the final standings.
2014
The 2014 was also a crash-filled season for Antonelli, with a total of 6 crashes as of the previous season and 3 no-point finishes and finished 14th in the final standings.
2015
2015 was the comeback year for Antonelli. After taking his first pole position at the 2014 Valencian Grand Prix,[1] Antonelli took his first Moto3 victory at the 2015 Czech Republic Grand Prix. Antonelli – who started the race from pole position – dropped to sixth on the opening lap but worked his way up the order to retake the lead on the penultimate lap, and held on to win ahead of Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder.[2][3] He added a second win later in the season at Motegi.[4] Despite crashing thrice and two no point finishes Antonelli had a total of 4 podiums in 2015 season and finished 5th at the final standings.
2016
For 2016 Antonelli was considered one of the championship contenders after he started the season with a win at the opening race in Qatar. But his crash luck continues, with two crashes, two no-point finishes and one DNS in Germany due to fracture.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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| 2012 | Moto3 | Honda | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 14th |
| FTR Honda | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Moto3 | FTR Honda | GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 16th |
| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | GO&FUN Junior Team Moto3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 14th |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Honda | Ongetta-Rivacold | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 5th |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Honda | Ongetta-Rivacold | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 11th |
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 18th |
| 2018 | Moto3 | Honda | SIC58 Squadra Corse | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 15th |
| 2019 | Moto3 | Honda | SIC58 Squadra Corse | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 7th |
| Total | 133 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 694 |
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 |
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| 2012 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 17 |
14th | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| FTR Honda | SPA 8 |
POR 6 |
FRA 4 |
CAT 12 |
GBR 13 |
NED Ret |
GER 12 |
ITA 4 |
IND Ret |
CZE 23 |
RSM 8 |
ARA 10 |
JPN 12 |
MAL 15 |
AUS DNS |
VAL 13 |
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| 2013 | Moto3 | FTR Honda | QAT Ret |
AME Ret |
SPA Ret |
FRA Ret |
ITA 7 |
CAT Ret |
NED 13 |
GER 15 |
IND 16 |
CZE 10 |
GBR 13 |
RSM 8 |
ARA 14 |
MAL Ret |
AUS 8 |
JPN 9 |
VAL 27 |
16th | 47 | ||
| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 9 |
AME Ret |
ARG 25 |
SPA Ret |
FRA Ret |
ITA Ret |
CAT Ret |
NED 5 |
GER Ret |
IND 18 |
CZE 13 |
GBR 7 |
RSM 16 |
ARA 9 |
JPN 9 |
AUS 10 |
MAL 7 |
VAL 7 |
14th | 68 | |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 8 |
AME 23 |
ARG Ret |
SPA Ret |
FRA 5 |
ITA 6 |
CAT 4 |
NED 9 |
GER 5 |
IND 7 |
CZE 1 |
GBR 3 |
RSM 3 |
ARA 6 |
JPN 1 |
AUS 17 |
MAL 4 |
VAL Ret |
5th | 174 | |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 1 |
ARG 10 |
AME Ret |
SPA Ret |
FRA 8 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 20 |
NED 5 |
GER DNS |
AUT 18 |
CZE 5 |
GBR DSQ |
RSM 11 |
ARA 14 |
JPN 10 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 12 |
VAL 16 |
11th | 91 | |
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 7 |
ARG Ret |
AME 14 |
SPA 22 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 16 |
CAT 11 |
NED DNS |
GER | AUT 24 |
CZE Ret |
GBR 16 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 18 |
JPN 2 |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
VAL 14 |
18th | 38 | |
| 2018 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 4 |
ARG 8 |
AME 24 |
SPA 11 |
FRA 5 |
ITA 9 |
CAT DNS |
NED 15 |
GER 16 |
CZE 11 |
AUT 22 |
GBR C |
RSM 10 |
ARA Ret |
THA Ret |
JPN Ret |
AUS |
MAL 10 |
VAL 7 |
15th | 71 |
| 2019 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 8 |
ARG 4 |
AME 5 |
SPA 1 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 4 |
CAT 11 |
NED 8 |
GER 12 |
CZE 5 |
AUT 9 |
GBR 4 |
RSM Ret |
ARA |
THA |
JPN 12 |
AUS DNS |
MAL 10 |
VAL DNS |
7th | 128 |
References
- Lewis, Lisa (8 November 2014). "Antonelli pole, title rivals fill front row". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- "Antonelli claims maiden Moto3 victory". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- "Antonelli: "I didn't expect the victory"". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- "Antonelli puts on a master class in the wet to win". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
External links
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| Preceded by Francesco Mauriello |
Italian 125GP Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Lorenzo Dalla Porta |