Niccolò Antonelli

Nationality

Italian

Born

23 February 1996 (age 21)
Cattolica, Italy

Current team

Red Bull KTM Ajo

Bike number

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Moto3 World Championship

Active years

2012–2016

Manufacturers

Honda, FTR Honda, KTM

2016 championship position

11th (91 pts)

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
86	3	5	4	2	457

Niccolò Antonelli (born 23 February 1996 in Cattolica) 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

For 2016 Antonelli was considered as one of the championship contender 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.

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