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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-11-12)12 November 1998 (age 27) Rimini, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aprilia Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | simplythebez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Bezzecchi (born 12 November 1998) is an ItalianGrand Prix motorcycle racer, competing forAprilia Racing in the2025 MotoGP World Championship.[1]
Bezzecchi won the Italian Moto3 championship in 2015, and also made his debut in the2015 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. The2016 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.
Bezzecchi made his debut in the2015 Moto3 World Championship, with two wild-card appearances, finishing 26th in Qatar, and retiring in his home Grand Prix of Italy.
In the2016 season, Bezzecchi again competed in two races, retiring in Austria and finishing 24th in Great Britain.
Bezzecchi competed full time in the2017 Moto3 World Championship, riding forMahindra CIP, teammate ofManuel Pagliani. Bezzecchi had a slow rookie season, up until the race in Japan; he finished in 14th once, and 15th twice for a total of four points, but in the Motegi race he managed a 3rd place, his maiden podium in Moto3.[2] He ended the season with 20 points, 23rd in the standings, second among rookies.
For the2018 season, Bezzecchi would switch teams and ride forPrüstel GP. 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.
PartneringPhilipp Öttl at Red BullKTMTech3 for the2019 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi had a bad rookie year, finishing in the points only four times, ending his season with 17 points, and 23rd in the final standings.
For the2020 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi joined the newly formedSky Racing Team VR46, alongsideLuca Marini. The duo would have a very good season, winning the teams' championship by 113 points with five race wins between them (Marini three, Bezzecchi two). Bezzecchi won the races 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.
FollowingLuca Marini moving up to MotoGP, Bezzecchi's teammate for the2021 season wasCelestino Vietti. Bezzecchi had a very well balanced season, rarely finishing outside the top five, winning a race in Austria, finishing 2nd in Jerez andSilverstone, and 3rd in Le Mans, Mugello, Germany, and Austin. He finished the year 3rd in the rider's championship, with 214 points.
For the2022 season, Bezzecchi was confirmed to be moving up to the premier class, partnering his 2020 teammate atMooney VR46 Racing Team, Luca Marini.[3] He picked up his first podium finish in MotoGP at theDutch TT.[4] Later in the season, he got his first MotoGP pole position at theThailand Grand Prix.[5]
In 2023, Bezzecchi took his first ever MotoGP win at theArgentine Republic Grand Prix in rainy conditions, and thus took the championship lead for the first time in the premier class. He won the 1000th MotoGP Grand Prix at theFrench Grand Prix, his second win of the season. A third win came in India, as he rounded out a breakthrough season in 3rd place.
On 24 June 2024, it was announced that Bezzecchi would joinAprilia Racing for 2025/2026 alongsideJorge Martín, who Bezzecchi fought with for the 2018 Moto3 Championship.[6] After a difficult start to the 2025 season, Bezzecchi won the British Grand Prix from 11th on the grid, making it his first win in over 600 days (since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix). Bezzecchi hit a purple patch in the leadup to the summer break, with 2 second-place finishes inAssen andBrno, only missing out on 3 successive podiums due to a crash at the German Grand Prix in between the Dutch and Czech rounds. Owing to these strong results, Bezzecchi finished the first half of the season in 4th, the highest-placed non-Ducati rider. Upon return from the summer break, Bezzecchi scored his first pole position with Aprilia at theAustrian Grand Prix on a track traditionally not suited to the strengths of the RS-GP, with 4th in the sprint and 3rd in the feature race. Bezzecchi would go on to claim more pole positions at theSan Marino,Indonesian,Portuguese andValencian Grand Prix, the last two of which he would go on to win.
At the start of February 2026, Bezzecchi penned a two-year new contract to remain at Aprilia through the2027 and2028 seasons.[7]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mahindra | MIS1 1 | MIS2 1 | VAL1 Ret | VAL2 1 | MUG1 1 | MUG2 Ret | IMO1 1 | IMO2 Ret | MUG2 1 | MUG2 1 | 1st | 175 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mahindra | ALG | LMS | CAT1 | CAT2 | ARA1 8 | ARA2 7 | ALB Ret | NAV 8 | JER1 22 | JER2 17 | VAL1 12 | VAL2 Ret | 16th | 29 |
| 2016 | Mahindra | VAL1 Ret | VAL2 11 | LMS 18 | ARA 8 | CAT1 Ret | CAT2 15 | ALB Ret | ALG 9 | JER1 Ret | JER2 6 | VAL1 | VAL2 | 18th | 31 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | San Carlo Team Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Minimoto Portomaggiore | 1 | |||||||||
| 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 |
| 2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 14th |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 329 | 3rd |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 12th |
| 2025 | MotoGP | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing | 22 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 353 | 3rd |
| 2026 | MotoGP | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 174 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 1595 | ||||
| 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 |
| MotoGP | 2022–present | 2022 Qatar | 2022 Netherlands | 2023 Argentina | 82 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 946 | 0 |
| Total | 2015–present | 174 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 1595 | 0 | |||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
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