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.