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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1998 Rimini, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aprilia Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Bezzecchi (born 12 November 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Aprilia Racing in the 2025 MotoGP World Championship. [1]
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.
Bezzecchi made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, with two wild-card appearances, finishing 26th in Qatar, and retiring in his home Grand Prix of Italy.
In the 2016 season, he again competed in two races, retiring in Austria and finishing 24th in Great Britain.
Bezzecchi competed full time in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship, riding for Mahindra CIP, teammate of Manuel 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 the 2018 season, Bezzecchi would switch teams and ride for Prüstel 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.
Partnering Philipp Öttl at Red Bull KTM Tech3 for the 2019 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 the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi joined the newly formed Sky Racing Team VR46, alongside Luca 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.
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 five, winning a race in Austria, finishing 2nd in Jerez and Silverstone, and 3rd in Le Mans, Mugello, Germany, and Austin. He finished the year 3rd in the rider's championship, with 214 points.
For the 2022 season, Bezzecchi was confirmed to be moving up to the premier class, partnering his 2020 teammate at Mooney VR46 Racing Team, Luca Marini. [3] He picked up his first podium finish in MotoGP at the Dutch TT. [4] Later in the season, he got his first MotoGP pole position at the Thailand Grand Prix. [5]
Bezzecchi is due to stay with the same team for the 2023 season.
In 2023, Bezzecchi took his first ever MotoGP win at the Argentine 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 the French Grand Prix, his second win of the season.
On 24 June it was announced that Bezzechi will join Aprilia Racing for 2025/2026 alongside Jorge Martin, who Bezzechi fought with for the 2018 Moto3 Championship. [6]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics 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 in bold indicate pole position, races in italics 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Total | 152 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1242 | ||||
| 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 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 593 | 0 |
| Total | 2015–present | 152 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1242 | 0 | |||
(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 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 26 | AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA Ret | CAT | NED | GER | INP | 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 | ||
| 2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT Ret | INA 20 | ARG 9 | AME Ret | POR 15 | SPA 9 | FRA 12 | ITA 5 | CAT Ret | GER 11 | NED 2 | GBR 10 | AUT 9 | RSM 17 | ARA 10 | JPN 10 | THA 16 | AUS 4 | MAL 4 | VAL 11 | 14th | 111 |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | POR 3 | ARG 12 | AME 66 | SPA Ret9 | FRA 17 | ITA 82 | GER 47 | NED 21 | GBR Ret2 | AUT 3 | CAT 128 | RSM 22 | IND 15 | JPN 46 | INA 53 | AUS 6 | THA 46 | MAL 67 | QAT 13 | VAL Ret7 | 3rd | 329 |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 14 | POR 6 | AME 8 | SPA 3 | FRA Ret | CAT 119 | ITA 13 | NED Ret | GER 8 | GBR 8 | AUT 68 | ARA 7 | RSM 5 | EMI 48 | INA 54 | JPN 7 | AUS 19 | THA Ret7 | MAL 9 | SLD 98 | 12th | 153 |
* Season still in progress.
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