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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 2001 Giulianova, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Klint Forward Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2026 Moto2 European Championship for the Klint Forward Racing team.[1]
Career
[edit]In his native Italy, Nepa won the CIV PreMoto3 250cc 4-stroke championship in 2014[2] and competed in the CIV Moto3 championship from 2016 to 2018.[3]
Moto3 World Championship
[edit]Nepa moved onto FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2018 while also making a wild-card appearance at Mugello which marked his Grand Prix debut. In the same year, he became a full-time Grand Prix rider when he replaced Makar Yurchenko in the CIP - Green Power team before the Dutch TT.[4] He scored his first championship points at the season finale in Valencia.
In 2019, after starting the season in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship and appearing as a wild-card at the Spanish Grand Prix, Nepa replaced Vicente Pérez from the Dutch TT onwards,[5] achieving a best finish of 8th in Thailand. For the 2020 Moto3 season he was signed by Aspar Team as a full-time rider.[6]
Angeluss MTA Team (2022-present)
[edit]From 2021 season, Nepa competed for the Angeluss MTA Team.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mahindra | VAL1 19 |
VAL2 23 |
LMS 22 |
ARA | CAT1 | CAT2 | ALB | ALG | JER1 | JER2 | VAL1 | VAL2 | 29th | 6 |
| KTM | VAL1 | VAL2 | LMS | ARA | CAT1 | CAT2 | ALB | ALG | JER1 18 |
JER2 23 |
VAL1 10 |
VAL2 28 | |||
| 2017 | Honda | ALB Ret |
LMS 16 |
CAT1 24 |
CAT2 15 |
VAL1 16 |
VAL2 18 |
EST 12 |
JER1 | JER1 | ARA | VAL1 | VAL2 | 21st | 26 |
| KTM | ALB | LMS | CAT1 | CAT2 | VAL1 | VAL2 | EST | JER1 14 |
JER1 9 |
ARA 18 |
VAL1 9 |
VAL2 11 | |||
| 2018 | KTM | EST | VAL1 26 |
VAL2 28 |
FRA 23 |
CAT1 5 |
CAT2 7 |
ARA | JER1 | JER2 | ALB | VAL1 23 |
VAL2 Ret |
21st | 20 |
| 2019 | KTM | EST 22 |
VAL1 7 |
VAL2 9 |
FRA 21 |
CAT1 Ret |
CAT2 7 |
ARA | JER1 | JER2 | ALB | VAL1 | VAL2 | 19th | 25 |
FIM Moto2 European Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Forward | CAT1 10 |
CAT2 15 |
EST1 |
EST2 |
JER |
MAG1 |
MAG2 |
VAL |
ARA1 |
ARA2 |
MIS |
12th* | 7* |
* Season still in progress.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
[edit]By season
[edit]| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | NRT Junior Team | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35th |
| CIP Green Power | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Moto3 | KTM | Fundación Andreas Pérez 77 Reale Avintia Arizona 77 |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25th |
| 2020 | Moto3 | KTM | Aspar Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20th |
| 2021 | Moto3 | KTM | BOE Owlride | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 18th |
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | Angeluss MTA Team | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 18th |
| 2023 | Moto3 | KTM | Angeluss MTA Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 12th |
| 2024 | Moto3 | KTM | LEVEL UP MTA Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 13th |
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | Sic58 Squadra Corse | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46* | 18th* |
| Total | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 434 | ||||
By class
[edit]| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st pod | 1st win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2018–present | 2018 Italy | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 434 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2018–present | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 434 | 0 | |||
Races by year
[edit](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 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA Ret |
CAT | NED 27 |
GER 21 |
CZE Ret |
AUT 27 |
GBR C |
RSM 17 |
ARA 22 |
THA 19 |
JPN 20 |
AUS 17 |
MAL 21 |
VAL 12 |
35th | 4 | |||
| 2019 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA 19 |
FRA | ITA | CAT | NED 20 |
GER 18 |
CZE 17 |
AUT 22 |
GBR 22 |
RSM 11 |
ARA 23 |
THA 8 |
JPN 16 |
AUS 10 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 11 |
25th | 24 | |||
| 2020 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 22 |
SPA 12 |
ANC 14 |
CZE 10 |
AUT 15 |
STY 9 |
RSM 14 |
EMI 15 |
CAT 14 |
FRA 15 |
ARA 23 |
TER 20 |
EUR 7 |
VAL 13 |
POR 19 |
20th | 38 | |||||||
| 2021 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 18 |
DOH 16 |
POR 11 |
SPA 15 |
FRA 17 |
ITA 14 |
CAT 10 |
GER Ret |
NED 11 |
STY 19 |
AUT 13 |
GBR 17 |
ARA 8 |
RSM 9 |
AME 11 |
EMI 5 |
ALR 16 |
VAL 6 |
18th | 63 | ||||
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 13 |
INA Ret |
ARG 16 |
AME 13 |
POR 15 |
SPA 15 |
FRA 17 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 16 |
GER 15 |
NED 7 |
GBR 5 |
AUT 15 |
RSM 10 |
ARA 19 |
JPN 12 |
THA 4 |
AUS 5 |
MAL Ret |
VAL | 18th | 64 | ||
| 2023 | Moto3 | KTM | POR 7 |
ARG 6 |
AME Ret |
SPA 15 |
FRA 10 |
ITA 9 |
GER 9 |
NED 10 |
GBR 12 |
AUT 10 |
CAT 5 |
RSM 13 |
IND 9 |
JPN 4 |
INA 10 |
AUS 12 |
THA 17 |
MAL 15 |
QAT 18 |
VAL 15 |
12th | 102 | ||
| 2024 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 6 |
POR 7 |
AME 18 |
SPA 9 |
FRA 17 |
CAT 13 |
ITA Ret |
NED 9 |
GER 12 |
GBR 5 |
AUT Ret |
ARA 13 |
RSM 14 |
EMI 14 |
INA 15 |
JPN 10 |
AUS 4 |
THA 9 |
MAL 8 |
SLD Ret |
13th | 93 | ||
| 2025 | Moto3 | Honda | THA 4 |
ARG 10 |
AME Ret |
QAT 8 |
SPA 14 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 16 |
ARA NC |
ITA 14 |
NED 13 |
GER 13 |
CZE 17 |
AUT 24 |
HUN 17 |
CAT 23 |
RSM 18 |
JPN 15 |
INA 9 |
AUS 15 |
MAL 21 |
POR 18 |
VAL 11 |
18th | 51 |
* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.corsedimoto.com/en/stories/quest-for-redemption-stefano-nepas-moto2-goals-and-ambitions-with-klint-forward
- ↑ "CIV: tutti i Campioni della Velocità FMI 2014". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). Editoriale L'Incontro. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "Nepa replaces Yurchenko at CIP - Green Power". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Moto3: Stefano Nepa con Reale Avintia a partire da Assen". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). Editoriale L'Incontro. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ Moisés Rodríguez Plaza (15 November 2019). "Nepa completa el equipo de Aspar para 2020". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Stefano Nepa at MotoGP.com
- Stefano Nepa at AS.com (in Spanish)