Alessandro Zaccone

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Alessandro Zaccone
Alessandro Zaccone.jpg
Zaccone in 2019
NationalityItalian
Born (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)
Rimini, Italy
Current team Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team
Bike number61
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2022
Manufacturers Kalex
2022 championship position24th (9 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
2000009
MotoE World Championship
Active years 20202021, 2023-
Manufacturers Energica, Ducati
Championships0
2024 championship position5th (179 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
432861400
Supersport World Championship
Active years 20162017
Manufacturers Kawasaki, MV Agusta
Championships 0
2017 championship position23rd (17 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
17000048

Alessandro Zaccone (born 16 January 1999) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, contracted to compete for Gresini Racing in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship. [1]

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Career

Early career

Zaccone began competing as a child; in 2008, he was regional mini-bike champion and fourth at the national level. [2] In the following years, he continued with the MiniGP and some CIV races in the Moto3 category. [2] He made his international debut in 2013 by participating, with the Honda Italia team, in the Imola Grand Prix of the European Junior Cup. [3] In the same season, he finished in sixteenth place in the Italian Moto3 championship.

In 2014, Zaccone took part in the last four races on the calendar of the European Superstock 600 Championship with a Honda CBR600RR of the Talmácsi Racing team. He collected sixteen points with which he finished in twentieth place in the riders' standings. The following season he competed in the European Superstock 600 with the same team as in 2014. He finished in nineteenth scoring twenty-one points. In 2016, Zaccone, together with Axel Bassani, rode for the San Carlo Team Italia with which he took part in the races in the European section of the Supersport World Championship. [4] Riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R, he finished in third place in the Europe Supersport Cup and seventeenth overall. In 2017, he moved to the MV Agusta Reparto Corse team with which he competed again for the European Cup of the Supersport World Championship. [5] He scored seventeen points with which he finished third in the ESC and twenty-third overall. In the 2018 and 2019, Zaccone competed in the CEV Moto2 class, with the Promoracing team. [6]

MotoE World Championship

In 2020, Zaccone made his debut in the world championship, racing in the MotoE class with the Trentino Gresini team with Matteo Ferrari as his teammate. He ended the season in 12th place with 37 points. [7]

In 2021, he moved to the Pramac Racing team, with teammate Yonny Hernández. On 2 May, he obtained his first victory in the category, temporarily taking the lead in the world championship. [8]

Moto2 World Championship

Gresini Racing Moto2 (2022)

Career statistics

Career highlights

2013 - NC, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R
2014 - 20th, European Superstock 600 Championship #61 Honda CBR600RR
2015 - 19th, European Superstock 600 Championship #61 Honda CBR600RR

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike123456789101112PosPts
2016 Kawasaki AUS THA SPA
5
NED
19
ITA
5
MAL GBR
12
ITA
Ret
GER
Ret
FRA
Ret
SPA
11
QAT 18th31
2017 MV Agusta AUS THA SPA
Ret
NED
18
ITA
10
GBR
Ret
ITA
11
GER
14
POR
Ret
FRA
Ret
SPA
12
QAT 23rd17

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike1234567891011PosPts
2018 Kalex EST1
6
EST2
Ret
VAL
7
CAT1
14
CAT2
9
ARA1
9
ARA2
8
JER
6
ALB1
10
ALB2
11
VAL
4
10th74.5
2019 Kalex EST1
5
EST2
1
VAL
8
CAT1
Ret
CAT2
4
ARA1
7
ARA2
4
JER
3
ALB1
5
ALB2
2
VAL
5
3rd137
2020 Kalex EST1
4
EST2
3
POR1
3
POR2
3
JER1
2
JER2
9
ARA1
1
ARA2
1
ARA3
3
VAL1
1
VAL2
3
3rd195

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodium Pole FLapPtsPlcd
2020 MotoE Energica Trentino Gresini MotoE 600003712th
2021 MotoE Energica Octo Pramac MotoE 61300805th
2022 Moto2 Kalex Gresini Racing Moto2 200000924th
2023 MotoE Ducati V21L Tech3 E-Racing 16000010411th
2024 MotoE Ducati V21L Tech3 E-Racing 1515611795th
Total632861409

By class

ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiums Pole FLapPtsWChmp
MotoE2020–2021, 2023 2020 Andalusia 2021 Spain 2021 Spain 4328614000
Moto22022 2022 Qatar 20000090
Total2020–present6328614090

Races by year

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

YearClassBike1234567891011121314151617181920PosPts
2020 MotoE Energica SPA
WD
ANC
Ret
RSM
7
EMI1
10
EMI2
5
FRA1
9
FRA2
12
12th37
2021 MotoE Energica SPA
1
FRA
3
CAT
4
NED
3
AUT
6
RSM1
Ret
RSM2
DNS
5th80
2022 Moto2 Kalex QAT
22
INA
24
ARG
Ret
AME
Ret
POR
15
SPA
11
FRA
18
ITA
19
CAT
Ret
GER
19
NED
Ret
GBR
18
AUT
Ret
RSM
15
ARA
14
JPN
Ret
THA
21
AUS
16
MAL
Ret
VAL
16
24th9
2023 MotoE Ducati FRA1
8
FRA2
9
ITA1
11
ITA2
9
GER1
5
GER2
9
NED1
12
NED2
7
GBR1
Ret
GBR2
Ret
AUT1
7
AUT2
11
CAT1
9
CAT2
8
RSM1
7
RSM2
10
11th104
2024 MotoE Ducati POR1
Ret
POR2
12
FRA1
Ret
FRA2
4
CAT1
5
CAT2
3
ITA1
2
ITA2
6
NED1
DSQ
NED2
1
GER1
2
GER2
5
AUT1
6
AUT2
5
RSM1
2
RSM2
8
5th179

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