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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1997 Rimini, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Ducati Lenovo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enea Bastianini (born 30 December 1997), nicknamed "La Bestia" (The Beast), is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Ducati Lenovo Team in the MotoGP class. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship.
Born in Rimini, Bastianini first rode a minibike aged 3 years and 3 months: hence his racing number, 33. After a successful career in minibike racing, Bastianini raced successfully in various categories, including the Honda HIRP Trophy 100cc, the MiniGP 70cc Italian Championship and the Honda RS125 Trophy, where he finished as champion during the 2012 season. [1] In 2013, Bastianini competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he took two victories en route to a fourth-place finish in the championship. Bastianini also took his first steps in Moto3, participating in five races of the Italian Championship.
In 2014, Bastianini made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship riding for Team GO&FUN Moto3. [2] Bastianini scored his first points in his second start, finishing 13th at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, commencing a run of four consecutive points-scoring finishes; he took top ten placings at the Argentine, Spanish and French Grands Prix. After failing to finish his home race at Mugello, Bastianini took his first podium with a second-place finish in Catalunya; he added another second-place finish in the Czech Republic and a third-place finish in the following race in Great Britain. Bastianini finished the season ninth in the riders' championship.
In 2015, Bastianini emerged as runaway leader Danny Kent's nearest challenger, taking five podium finishes – including four second places – and two pole positions in the first eleven races of the season. At Misano in September, Bastianini took his first race victory; having started from pole position, Bastianini was part of the five-rider lead battle for the whole race, and took the race win after a final-lap pass on Miguel Oliveira. [3] Bastianini finished the season in third place in the final championship standings.
In 2016, Bastianini continued to race in the Moto3 class with Gresini Racing Moto3. He finished the season as the championship runner-up, taking 177 points with 6 podiums and a win at Motegi.
In 2019, he joined Italtrans Racing Team and finished the season in 10th place taking 97 points with 1 podium.
He finished the 2020 Moto2 season as the world champion, taking 205 points with 3 wins and 7 podiums. At the Austrian Grand Prix, Bastianini crashed into turn 1, which let his bike stranded on the track, until Aspar rider Hafizh Syahrin did not notice, hit Bastianini's bike, create a massive pile-up and pulled out the red flag, neither rider were injured after the accident.
He signed with Esponsorama Racing for the 2021 MotoGP season and was partnered with Moto2 rival and compatriot Luca Marini. [4] Both Bastianini and Marini rode two-year-old specification Ducati GP19 bikes the whole season. Bastianini scored points consistently during the season, before getting his then best result in Aragon in 6th position, followed by a 3rd-place finish in Misano, a repeat 6th-place finish again in COTA, and a repeated 3rd-place finish again at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Misano during the last lap. Bastianini finished the season 11th in the riders' standings with 102 points.
Bastianini won the first race of the 2022 MotoGP season, the 2022 Qatar Grand Prix and became the championship leader. [5] Gresini Racing and Bastianini made history by winning with a 2021-specification Ducati Desmosedici GP21. [6] After mid-pack results in Indonesia and Argentina, where he took P11 and P10 respectively, he took his second win at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. This was followed by a DNF in Portugal and P8 in Jerez. At the French Grand Prix in Le Mans, Bastianini took another win, after overtaking both factory Ducatis to return to the top step of the podium. This win meant he was just eight points adrift of championship leader Fabio Quartararo after seven rounds. He returned again to the podium with a 2nd-place finish in at the San Marino Grand Prix. Bastianini then took his fourth win of the season at the Aragón Grand Prix, then another 2nd-place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Bastianini switched to Ducati Lenovo Team for the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, replacing Jack Miller and partnering Francesco Bagnaia. [7] Bastianini never felt comfortable with the Ducati Desmosedici GP23, which he attributed to a vastly different front end feeling as compared to the Desmosedici GP21 he rode to 4 victories in the previous season.
Bastianini was forced to miss the opening three rounds of the season through injury after being involved in a first lap incident instigated by Luca Marini at the 2023 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix. [8] [9] After a first lap incident at the 2023 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, he had to subsequently miss the following three rounds at San Marino, India and Japan due to injuries.
Bastianini produced an impressive comeback after a complicated 2023 season by grabbing a dominant victory at the 2023 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix.
Bastianini after having fully recovered from his injuries from 2023, performed well in the 2024 MotoGP World Championship pre-season tests and took a liking to the 2024 Ducati Desmosedici GP24 immediately. He started the season in strong form and secured pole position and his first podium of the season at the 2024 Portguese Grand Prix.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | AME1 15 | AME2 9 | JER1 3 | JER2 1 | ASS1 8 | ASS2 8 | SAC1 7 | SAC2 7 | BRN Ret | SIL1 4 | SIL2 9 | MIS 4 | ARA1 9 | ARA2 1 | 4th | 148 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 9th | – |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Honda | Gresini Racing Team Moto3 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 207 | 3rd | – |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Honda | Gresini Racing Team Moto3 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 177 | 2nd | – |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 6th | – |
| 2018 | Moto3 | Honda | Leopard Racing | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 4th | – |
| 2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 10th | – |
| 2020 | Moto2 | Kalex | Italtrans Racing Team | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 205 | 1st | 1 |
| 2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | Avintia Esponsorama Racing | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 11th | – |
| 2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | Gresini Racing MotoGP | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 219 | 3rd | – |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Lenovo Team | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 15th | – |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Lenovo Team | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 2nd | – |
| Total | 174 | 11 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 1575 | 1 |
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2014–2018 | 2014 Qatar | 2014 Catalunya | 2015 San Marino | 88 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 829 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2019–2020 | 2019 Qatar | 2019 Czech Republic | 2020 Andalusia | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 302 | 1 |
| MotoGP | 2021–present | 2021 Qatar | 2021 San Marino | 2022 Qatar | 51 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 444 | 0 |
| Total | 2014–present | 172 | 11 | 42 | 11 | 12 | 1575 | 1 | |||
(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 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 16 | AME 13 | ARG 10 | SPA 9 | FRA 7 | ITA Ret | CAT 2 | NED Ret | GER 15 | INP 11 | CZE 2 | GBR 3 | RSM 5 | ARA 6 | JPN 8 | AUS Ret | MAL 10 | VAL 11 | 9th | 127 | |||
| 2015 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 2 | AME 4 | ARG 9 | SPA 9 | FRA 2 | ITA 5 | CAT 2 | NED 6 | GER 3 | INP 6 | CZE 2 | GBR Ret | RSM 1 | ARA Ret | JPN 7 | AUS Ret | MAL 8 | VAL 5 | 3rd | 207 | |||
| 2016 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 5 | ARG 17 | AME 6 | SPA 8 | FRA | ITA 12 | CAT 3 | NED Ret | GER 3 | AUT 3 | CZE 4 | GBR 7 | RSM 2 | ARA 3 | JPN 1 | AUS Ret | MAL | VAL 4 | 2nd | 177 | |||
| 2017 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 16 | ARG 27 | AME 4 | SPA 8 | FRA 6 | ITA 11 | CAT 4 | NED Ret | GER 6 | CZE 17 | AUT 10 | GBR 2 | RSM 14 | ARA 3 | JPN 16 | AUS 5 | MAL 3 | VAL 5 | 6th | 141 | |||
| 2018 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT Ret | ARG 4 | AME 2 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 6 | CAT 1 | NED 3 | GER Ret | CZE 4 | AUT 2 | GBR C | RSM Ret | ARA 3 | THA Ret | JPN 7 | AUS 8 | MAL 3 | VAL 5 | 4th | 177 | ||
| 2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 9 | ARG 9 | AME 9 | SPA 11 | FRA 7 | ITA 6 | CAT 5 | NED Ret | GER 14 | CZE 3 | AUT Ret | GBR DNS | RSM 9 | ARA 24 | THA 11 | JPN 7 | AUS 17 | MAL 24 | VAL 14 | 10th | 97 | ||
| 2020 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 3 | SPA 9 | ANC 1 | CZE 1 | AUT Ret | STY 10 | RSM 3 | EMI 1 | CAT 6 | FRA 11 | ARA 2 | TER 3 | EUR 4 | VAL 6 | POR 5 | 1st | 205 | ||||||
| 2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 10 | DOH 11 | POR 9 | SPA Ret | FRA 14 | ITA Ret | CAT 10 | GER 16 | NED 15 | STY 12 | AUT Ret | GBR 12 | ARA 6 | RSM 3 | AME 6 | EMI 3 | ALR 9 | VAL 8 | 11th | 102 | |||
| 2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 1 | INA 11 | ARG 10 | AME 1 | POR Ret | SPA 8 | FRA 1 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | GER 10 | NED 11 | GBR 4 | AUT Ret | RSM 2 | ARA 1 | JPN 9 | THA 6 | AUS 5 | MAL 2 | VAL 8 | 3rd | 219 | |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | POR DNS | ARG | AME | SPA DNS | FRA | ITA 99 | GER 8 | NED Ret8 | GBR Ret | AUT 10 | CAT DNS9 | RSM | IND | JPN | INA 87 | AUS 10 | THA 13 | MAL 14 | QAT 8 | VAL Ret | 15th | 84 | |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 56 | POR 26 | AME 36 | SPA | FRA | CAT | ITA | KAZ | NED | GER | GBR | AUT | CAT | RSM | IND | INA | JPN | AUS | THA | MAL | VAL | 2nd* | 59* |
* Season still in progress.
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