Stefano Manzi

Stefano Manzi
Manzi at the 2018 Grand Prix of the Americas
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 (age 25) Rimini, Italy
Current team	Ten Kate Racing Yamaha
Bike number	62
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2022, 2024 Manufacturers Kalex, Suter, MV Agusta Championships 0 2024 championship position 37th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 88 0 0 1 0 127 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2015–2016 Manufacturers Mahindra Championships 0 2016 championship position 29th (13 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 0 0 0 0 23 Supersport World Championship Active years 2021- Manufacturers Triumph, Yamaha Championships 0 2024 championship position 2nd (415 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 73 10 41 3 6 1039

Stefano Manzi (born 29 March 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer, born in Rimini.

Career

Junior career

Manzi joined the 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, and had two podiums in his first season already, a 2nd place at the Sachsenring and a 3rd place at Brno. He ended his rookie campaign with 75 points, and 13th in the standings. He returned for both 2013 and 2014, ^[1] finishing 2013 third in the competition with four 2nd places, and three 3rd places, and again finished third in 2014, with one victory, two 2nd places, and six 3rd places.

Moto3 World Championship

San Carlo Team Italia (2015)

He made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, racing from the second round of the season onwards, after being replaced for the opening event by Marco Bezzecchi due to age limits. ^[2] Riding on a Mahindra MGP3O entered by San Carlo Team Italia, alongside his compatriot Matteo Ferrari, he finished in the points four times, his best result being a twelfth place in Aragon. He ended his rookie year 27th in the standings with 10 points.

Mahindra Racing (2016)

In the 2016 season he appeared in three races as a wild card, scoring a 20th place in Austria, a 4th place at Silverstone, and a 16th place in Rimini. He ended the season 29th in the standings, with 13 points, all 13 coming in Silverstone.

Moto2 World Championship

Sky Racing Team VR46 (2017)

In 2017, Manzi moved up to the Moto2 class with Sky Racing Team VR46 alongside fellow Italian Francesco Bagnaia, riding a Kalex. Manzi finished in the points four times, his best result a 7th place at Silverstone, overall finishing the year with 14 points, 25th in the standings.

Forward Racing Team (2018)

For 2018, Manzi switched to Forward Racing, swapping places with Luca Marini who went to Sky Racing Team VR46. Manzi had a bad year, finishing in the points only twice out of 15 races (a 10th place in France, and a 14th place in Austria), before being involved in a nasty crash during the race in Misano, where Romano Fenati reached over, and pulled Manzi's brakes at 200 km/h. ^[3] Manzi managed to stay on the bike, but later crashed out on his own, while Fenati was black-flagged and disqualified from the race. ^[4] Although after the race Fenati was given a two race ban, ^[5] his contract was terminated with immediate effect by the Rivacold Snipers team, ^[6] and Manzi raced the following two weekends since he wasn't injured in the accident; when Fenati came back following his two race ban, Manzi sat out the remainder of the season, stating that "I don't feel safe with riders on the track trying to kill me." ^[7] Manzi finished the year with 8 points, 24th in the championship.

MV Agusta Forward Racing (2019–2020)

He stayed with Forward Racing for the 2019 season, but was now riding MV Agusta bikes. He had a better season than 2018, finishing in the points seven times, four times in the top-10, including a 7th place in Assen, and a 4th place in the season closer round at Valencia. Manzi ended the season 19th in the rider's championship, with 39 points.

In his final year with Forward Racing, the 2020 season saw Manzi grab his first pole position in the category, at the penultimate round in Valencia, marking the first pole position of Forward Racing since 2010, and the first pole position of MV Agusta in 44 years. ^[8] He unfortunately retired from the race, ending his season with eight point scoring finishes, a best result of 9th in Jerez, and 22nd overall in the championship with 21 points.

Flexbox HP40 (2021)

Riding for Pons Racing in 2021, alongside Héctor Garzó, Manzi had another average year, with seven point scoring finishes, three top-10 finishes in Doha (8th), Mugello (10th), and Misano (6th), ending his last season of Moto2 with 36 points, 19th in the standings.

Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (2022)

Manzi replacing Keminth Kubo for this team.

Supersport World Championship

Dynavolt Triumph (2022)

He competed in the 2022 Supersport World Championship, with the Dynavolt Triumph.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(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	15	Pos	Pts
2012	SPA1 15	SPA2 17	POR1 19	POR2 12	GBR1 Ret	GBR2 Ret	NED1 9	NED2 14	GER1 9	GER2 2	CZE1 22	CZE2 3	RSM Ret	ARA1 6	ARA2 8	13th	75
2013	AME1 Ret	AME2 12	JER1 5	JER2 3	ASS1 Ret	ASS2 2	SAC1 2	SAC2 3	BRN Ret	SIL1 16	SIL2 5	MIS 2	ARA1 3	ARA2 2		3rd	154
2014	JER1 5	JER1 4	MUG 3	ASS1 Ret	ASS2 3	SAC1 3	SAC2 Ret	BRN1 3	BRN2 3	SIL1 3	SIL2 2	MIS 1	ARA1 2	ARA2 8		3rd	193

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(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
2014	Mahindra	JER1 20	JER2 10	LMS 12	ARA 10	CAT1 8	CAT2 12	ALB 4	NAV Ret	ALG Ret	VAL1	VAL2		12th	41
2016	Mahindra	VAL1 7	VAL2 Ret	LMS 3	ARA Ret	CAT1 8	CAT2 10	ALB 6	ALG Ret	JER1 7	JER2 11	VAL1	VAL2	12th	63

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	San Carlo Team Italia	17	0	0	0	0	10	27th
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	Mahindra Racing	3	0	0	0	0	13	29th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Sky Racing Team VR46	18	0	0	0	0	14	25th
2018	Moto2	Suter	Forward Racing Team	15	0	0	0	0	8	24th
2019	Moto2	MV Agusta	MV Agusta Forward Racing	18	0	0	0	0	39	19th
2020	Moto2	MV Agusta	MV Agusta Forward Racing	15	0	0	1	0	21	22nd
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Flexbox HP40	18	0	0	0	0	36	19th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	3	0	0	0	0	9	23rd
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	37th
Total				108	0	0	1	0	150

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–2016	2015 Americas			20	0	0	0	0	23	0
Moto2	2017–2022, 2024	2017 Qatar			88	0	0	1	0	127	0
Total	2015–2022, 2024				108	0	0	1	0	150	0

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	20	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	AME 24	ARG 18	SPA 19	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT 27	NED 22	GER 22	INP 19	CZE 24	GBR Ret	RSM 14	ARA 12	JPN 18	AUS Ret	MAL 13	VAL 19			27th	10
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT 20	CZE	GBR 4	RSM 16	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			29th	13
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 29	ARG 23	AME Ret	SPA 25	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 20	GER 15	CZE 21	AUT Ret	GBR 7	RSM Ret	ARA 15	JPN 26	AUS 13	MAL Ret	VAL Ret			25th	14
2018	Moto2	Suter	QAT 26	ARG 21	AME Ret	SPA Ret	FRA 10	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 25	CZE Ret	AUT 14	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	THA Ret	JPN 24	AUS DNS	MAL	VAL		24th	8
2019	Moto2	MV Agusta	QAT 20	ARG Ret	AME	SPA 21	FRA 15	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER 22	CZE 20	AUT 16	GBR 17	RSM 15	ARA 14	THA Ret	JPN 10	AUS 9	MAL Ret	VAL 4		19th	39
2020	Moto2	MV Agusta	QAT 15	SPA 11	ANC 9	CZE Ret	AUT 17	STY 14	RSM 17	EMI 15	CAT Ret	FRA 14	ARA 14	TER Ret	EUR 15	VAL Ret	POR 19						22nd	21
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 19	DOH 8	POR Ret	SPA 13	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT 24	GER 20	NED 13	STY 18	AUT 24	GBR Ret	ARA 18	RSM 16	AME 19	EMI 6	ALR 13	VAL 13			19th	36
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA 13	FRA 10	ITA	CAT 16	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL	23rd	9
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD 21	37th	0

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(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
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2021	Yamaha	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	CZE	CZE	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA C	SPA 9	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	32nd	7
2022	Triumph	SPA 7	SPA 8	NED Ret	NED 6	POR Ret	POR Ret	ITA 5	ITA 4	GBR 6	GBR 5	CZE 2	CZE 3	FRA 16	FRA 7	SPA Ret	SPA 3	POR 1	POR Ret	ARG 7	ARG 5	INA 7	INA 2	AUS 14	AUS Ret	6th	209
2023	Yamaha	AUS 6	AUS 2	INA 7	INA 2	NED 5	NED 2	SPA 6	SPA 3	EMI 2	EMI 1	GBR 2	GBR 5	ITA 1	ITA 1	CZE 2	CZE Ret	FRA 2	FRA 3	SPA 11	SPA 2	POR 2	POR 1	JER 2	JER 2	2nd	408
2024	Yamaha	AUS 2	AUS Ret	SPA 2	SPA 1	NED 2	NED 21	EMI 3	EMI 4	GBR 2	GBR 4	CZE 3	CZE 2	POR 3	POR 2	FRA Ret	FRA 2	ITA 2	ITA 1	SPA 2	SPA 2	EST 3	EST 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	2nd	415
2025	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	FRA	FRA	ARA	ARA	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	NC*	0*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Stefano Manzi". redbullrookiescup.com. Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup . Retrieved 6 February 2016.
2. "Moto3: Oliveira sets pace on day one in Qatar". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
3. Dator, James (11 September 2018). "MotoGP rider gets fired and quits sport after grabbing competitor's brake mid-race". SBNation.com.
4. "Fenati black-flagged after grabbing rival's brake lever". www.motorsport.com.
5. "Fenati gets two-race suspension, Crutchlow calls for lifetime ban". Crash. 9 September 2018.
6. Lieback, Ron (10 September 2018). "Romano Fenati Moto2 Contract Terminated | No Ride with MV Agusta Either (Video)". Ultimate Motorcycling.
7. "Manzi no perdona a Fenati: "A 200 km/h es un intento de matar a una persona"". es.motorsport.com.
8. "MotoGP Valencia #2: Manzi makes history with first MV pole in 44 years". bikesportnews.com. 14 November 2020.

External links

• Stefano Manzi at MotoGP.com
• Stefano Manzi at WorldSBK.com
• Stefano Manzi at AS.com (in Spanish)