Niccolò Canepa

Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines.

Career

Canepa previously competed in the Italian Superstock Championship, the Italian Supersport Championship, and the Superstock 600 UEM European Championship, where he finished runner-up in 2006. He was given three World Superbike wild card rides in the second half of the season, qualifying on the second row for his debut at Brno, on his first experience of the one-shot "Superpole" system. He raced in MotoGP full-time for Pramac Ducati in 2009 with little success, and made an uncompetitive start in Moto2. He moved back to the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup in 2011, and after a season in the Superbike World Championship in , returned to Superstock 1000 in 2013 and became runner up behind Sylvain Barrier.

Canepa moved in 2016 to the World Endurance Championship riding the Factory GMT94 Yamaha R1. He ended the season in second place.

In 2017, Canepa won the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC). He is the first Italian in history to win an Endurance World Championship. He is also the Yamaha Superbike Factory Team test rider and replacement rider. He is also coaching Alex Lowes and Michael Van Der Mark during the Superbike World Championship.

Canepa retired from racing after the Italian Round of the 2024 Superbike World Championship. He initially announced his retirement before the 2024 Bol d'Or race, however he was called to race for the factory Yamaha team in Cremona, substituting for Jonathan Rea.

Career statistics

Career highlights 2004 - NC, Superstock European Championship, Kawasaki ZX-10R 2005 - 4th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R 2006 - 2nd, European Superstock 600 Championship, Ducati 749R 2007 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098 S 2013 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098 2016 - 19th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Pts 2004 Stock 1000 Ducati MUG IMO VAL1MIS VAL2 26th 2 2005 Supersport Kawasaki VAL MON IMOMIS1 MUGMIS2 9th 36

Superstock European 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 Pos Pts 2004 Kawasaki VAL SMR MNZ OSC SIL BRA NED22 IMO17 MAG19 NC 0

European Superstock 600 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 2005 Yamaha VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 4th 105 2006 Ducati VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 2nd 151

Supersport World Championship

By season SeasonMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcdWCh Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Lightspeed Kawasaki 55 3 0 0 0 0 1 41st – Total 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

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 2005 Kawasaki QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR ITA CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 41st 1

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup 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 Pos Pts 2007 Ducati DON1 VAL3 NED6 MNZ10 SIL13 SMR5 BRN7 BRA1 LAU2 ITA2 MAG3 1st 161 2011 Kawasaki/Ducati NED10 MNZ9 SMR5 ARA4 BRN5 SIL3 NŰR3 IMO3 MAG4 ALGRet 5th 109 2013 Ducati ARA2 NED3 MNZ3 ALG5 IMO2 SIL4 SIL4 NŰR3 MAG2 JER7 2nd 154 2016 Yamaha ARA NED IMO12 DON3 MIS LAU MAG JER 19th 20

Superbike World Championship

By season

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 13 14 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2008 Ducati QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR EUR ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 32nd 3 2012 Ducati AUS AUS ITA ITA NED NED ITA ITA EUR EUR USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR RUS RUS GER GER POR POR FRA FRA 20th 42.5 2013 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA USA FRA FRA SPA SPA 24th 12 2014 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR MAL MAL SMR SMR POR POR USA USA SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT 13th 73 2015 EBR AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED 16th 55 Kawasaki ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR Ducati SMR SMR USA USA MAL MAL SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT 2016 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 19th 30 2018 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE USA USA ITA ITA POR POR FRA FRA ARG ARG QAT QAT 22nd 7

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year (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 Pos Pts 2009 MotoGP Ducati QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE INP RSM POR AUS MAL VAL 16th 38 2010 Moto2 Force GP QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER NC 0 Suter CZE INP Bimota RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL 2019 MotoE Energica GER AUT RSM1 RSM2 VAL1 VAL2 9th 46 2020 MotoE Energica SPA ANC RSM EMI1 EMI2 FRA1 FRA2 9th 51 MotoE Energica SPA1 SPA2 FRA1 FRA2 ITA1 ITA2 NED1 NED2 AUT1 AUT2 RSM1 RSM2 7th 94.5 Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

FIM EWC By year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Total Pts 2016-17 Yamaha BOL LMS OSC SVK SUZ 1st 146

By team Year Team Bike Rider 2016 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa David Checa Lucas Mahias 2nd 2016–17 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio Lucas Mahias 1st 2017–18 GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio 2nd 2018–19 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa Broc Parkes 4th 2019–20 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Marvin Fritz Niccolò Canepa Broc Parkes Karel Hanika Loris Baz 2nd 2021 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika 6th 2022 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika 6th 2023 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika 1st 2024 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika 2nd

Spa 24 Hours Motos results Year Team Riders Bike Pos 2023 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika Yamaha YZF-R1 1st 2024 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika Yamaha YZF-R1 1st

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Results

CIV National Championship Races by year (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 Pos Pts 2022 Superbike Yamaha MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MIS3 MIS4 MUG3 MUG4 IMO1IMO2 6th 104

British Superbike Championship

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Yamaha SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON KNO KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH BRH 27th 9