Marco Bezzecchi

Marco Bezzecchi (born 12 November 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Aprilia Racing in the 2026 MotoGP World Championship.

Bezzecchi is contracted to remain at Aprilia until at least the end of the 2028 season.

Career Junior career Bezzecchi won the Italian Moto3 championship in 2015, and also made his debut in the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship that season. He ended the year 16th in the standings, with 29 points, finishing in the top-ten on three occasions. The 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship was very similar for him, finishing in the top-ten three times, this time scoring 31 points, enough for 18th in the standings.

Moto3 World Championship Bezzecchi made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, with two wild-card appearances, finishing 26th in Qatar, and retiring in his home Grand Prix of Italy.

Mahindra Racing (2016) In the 2016 season, Bezzecchi again competed in two races, retiring in Austria and finishing 24th in Great Britain.

CIP (2017) Bezzecchi competed full time in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship, riding for Mahindra CIP, teammate of Manuel Pagliani. Bezzecchi had a slow rookie season, up until the race in Japan; he finished in 14th once, and 15th twice for a total of four points, but in the Motegi race, he managed a third place, his maiden podium in Moto3. He ended the season with 20 points, 23rd in the standings, second among rookies.

Redox PrüstelGP (2018)

For the 2018 season, Bezzecchi would switch teams and ride for Prüstel GP. He won three races (Argentina, Austria, and Japan), finished second five times, once in third, and had two pole positions, ending the season with nine podiums, 214 points, and third in the overall championship standings.

Moto2 World Championship Red Bull KTM Tech3 (2019)

Sky Racing Team VR46 (2020–2021) For the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, Bezzecchi joined the newly formed Sky Racing Team VR46, alongside Luca Marini. The duo would have a very good season, winning the teams' championship by 113 points with five race wins between them (Marini three, Bezzecchi two). Bezzecchi won the races in Austria and Valencia, finished second in Misano and Rimini, and finished third in a further three races, ending his season with seven podiums, 184 points, and fourth in the championship standings.

Following Luca Marini moving up to MotoGP, Bezzecchi's teammate for the 2021 season was Celestino Vietti. Bezzecchi had a very well balanced season, rarely finishing outside the top five, winning a race in Austria, finishing second in Jerez and Silverstone, and third in Le Mans, Mugello, Germany, and Austin. He finished the year third in the rider's championship, with 214 points.

MotoGP World Championship Mooney VR46 Racing Team (2022–2024) For the 2022 season, Bezzecchi was confirmed to be moving up to the premier class, partnering his 2020 teammate at Mooney VR46 Racing Team, Luca Marini. He picked up his first podium finish in MotoGP at the Dutch TT. Later in the season, he got his first MotoGP pole position at the Thailand Grand Prix.

In 2023, Bezzecchi took his first ever MotoGP win at the Argentine Republic Grand Prix in rainy conditions, and thus took the championship lead for the first time in the premier class. He won the 1000th MotoGP Grand Prix at the French Grand Prix, his second win of the season. A third win came in India, as he rounded out a breakthrough season in third place.

Aprilia Racing (2025–) On 24 June 2024, it was announced that Bezzecchi would join Aprilia Racing for 2025/2026 alongside Jorge Martín, who Bezzecchi fought with for the 2018 Moto3 Championship. After a difficult start to the 2025 season, Bezzecchi won the British Grand Prix from 11th on the grid, making it his first win in over 600 days (since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix). Bezzecchi hit a purple patch in the leadup to the summer break, with two second-place finishes in Assen and Brno, only missing out on three successive podiums due to a crash at the German Grand Prix in between the Dutch and Czech rounds. Owing to these strong results, Bezzecchi finished the first half of the season in fourth, the highest-placed non-Ducati rider. Upon return from the summer break, Bezzecchi scored his first pole position with Aprilia at the Austrian Grand Prix on a track traditionally not suited to the strengths of the RS-GP, with fourth in the sprint and third in the feature race. Bezzecchi would go on to claim more pole positions at the San Marino, Indonesian, Portuguese and Valencian Grand Prix, the last two of which he would go on to win.

At the start of February 2026, Bezzecchi penned a two-year new contract to remain at Aprilia through the 2027 and 2028 seasons.

Bezzecchi began the 2026 season by winning the first three grands prix in Thailand, Brazil, and the USA. By leading the U.S Grand Prix, Bezzecchi broke Jorge Lorenzo's record for most consecutive laps led.

In May 2026, he won the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix at the Mugello Circuit for the first time in his career , extending his current lead over teammate Jorge Martin to 17 points.

During the Sprint Race for the 2026 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix after crashing out he slapped a marshall who was attempting to help pick up the bike. This resulted in Bezzecchi being excluded from the main race the following day.

Career statistics CIV Moto3 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 Pos Pts 2015 Mahindra MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 IMO1 IMO2 MUG2 MUG2 1st 175

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 2015 Mahindra ALG LMS CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 ALB NAV JER1 JER2 VAL1 VAL2 16th 29 2016 Mahindra VAL1 VAL2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB ALG JER1 JER2 VAL1 VAL2 18th 31

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Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.