Niccolò Antonelli


Niccolò Antonelli is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, and the 2011 winner of the Italian 125GP Championship. Antonelli has also competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the Spanish 125GP Championship.

Career

Moto3 World Championship

2012

2012 was the debut season for Antonelli. Though Antonelli crashed twice in the year, he showed some consistency and finished 14th with 77 points at the final standing.

2013

With high expectation Antonelli started the 2013 Moto3 season. But the season was full of crashes for him, with a total of 6 crashes and he was degraded to 16th spot in the final standings.

2014

The 2014 was also a crash-filled season for Antonelli, with a total of 6 crashes as of the previous season and 3 no-point finishes and finished 14th in the final standings.

2015

2015 was the comeback year for Antonelli. After taking his first pole position at the 2014 Valencian Grand Prix, Antonelli took his first Moto3 victory at the 2015 Czech Republic Grand Prix. Antonelli – who started the race from pole position – dropped to sixth on the opening lap but worked his way up the order to retake the lead on the penultimate lap, and held on to win ahead of Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder. He added a second win later in the season at Motegi. Despite crashing thrice and two no point finishes Antonelli had a total of 4 podiums in 2015 season and finished 5th at the final standings.

2016

For 2016 Antonelli was considered one of the championship contenders after he started the season with a win at the opening race in Qatar. But his crash luck continues, with two crashes, two no-point finishes and one DNS in Germany due to fracture.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

* Season still in progress.

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
Moto3HondaQAT
17		14th77
Moto3FTR HondaSPA
8		POR
6		FRA
4		CAT
12		GBR
13		NED
Ret		GER
12		ITA
4		IND
Ret		CZE
23		RSM
8		ARA
10		JPN
12		MAL
15		AUS
DNS		VAL
13		14th77
Moto3FTR HondaQAT
Ret		AME
Ret		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
7		CAT
Ret		NED
13		GER
15		IND
16		CZE
10		GBR
13		RSM
8		ARA
14		MAL
Ret		AUS
8		JPN
9		VAL
27		16th47
2014Moto3KTMQAT
9		AME
Ret		ARG
25		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
Ret		CAT
Ret		NED
5		GER
Ret		IND
18		CZE
13		GBR
7		RSM
16		ARA
9		JPN
9		AUS
10		MAL
7		VAL
7		14th68
2015Moto3HondaQAT
8		AME
23		ARG
Ret		SPA
Ret		FRA
5		ITA
6		CAT
4		NED
9		GER
5		IND
7		CZE
1		GBR
3		RSM
3		ARA
6		JPN
1		AUS
17		MAL
4		VAL
Ret		5th174
2016Moto3HondaQAT
1		ARG
10		AME
Ret		SPA
Ret		FRA
8		ITA
4		CAT
20		NED
5		GER
DNS		AUT
18		CZE
5		GBR
DSQ		RSM
11		ARA
14		JPN
10		AUS
Ret		MAL
12		VAL
16		11th91
2017Moto3KTMQAT
7		ARG
Ret		AME
14		SPA
22		FRA
Ret		ITA
16		CAT
11		NED
DNS		GERAUT
24		CZE
Ret		GBR
16		RSM
Ret		ARA
18		JPN
2		AUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		VAL
14		18th38
2018Moto3HondaQAT
4		ARG
8		AME
24		SPA
11		FRA
5		ITA
9		CAT
DNS		NED
15		GER
16		CZE
11		AUT
22		GBR
C		RSM
10		ARA
Ret		THA
Ret		JPN
Ret		AUS
MAL
10		VAL
7		15th71
2019Moto3HondaQAT
8		ARG
4		AME
5		SPA
1		FRA
Ret		ITA
4		CAT
11		NED
8		GER
12		CZE
5		AUT
9		GBR
4		RSM
Ret		ARA
THA
JPN
12		AUS
DNS		MAL
10		VAL
DNS		7th128
2020Moto3HondaQAT
SPA
9		AND
CZE
AUT
STY
RSM
EMI
CAT
FRA
ARA
TER
EUR
VAL
THA
MAL
ARG
14th*7*

* Season still in progress.