Stefano Manzi

Stefano Manzi (born 29 March 1999 in Rimini) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He won the Supersport World Championship in 2025 with the Ten Kate Racing. In 2026, he is set to compete in World Superbike with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team.

Career Junior career Manzi joined the 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, and had two podiums in his first season already, a second place at the Sachsenring and a third place at Brno. He ended his rookie campaign with 75 points and 13th in the standings. He returned for both 2013 and 2014, finishing 2013 third in the competition with four second places, and three third places, and again finished third in 2014, with one victory, two second places, and six third places.

Moto3 World Championship San Carlo Team Italia (2015) Manzi made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, racing from the second round of the season onwards, after being replaced for the opening event by Marco Bezzecchi due to age limits. Riding on a Mahindra MGP3O entered by San Carlo Team Italia, alongside his compatriot Matteo Ferrari, he finished in the points four times, his best result being a twelfth place in Aragon. He ended his rookie year 27th in the standings with ten points.

Mahindra Racing (2016) In the 2016 season, Manzi appeared in three races as a wild card, scoring a 20th place in Austria, a fourth place at Silverstone, and a 16th place in Rimini. He ended the season 29th in the standings, with 13 points, all 13 coming in Silverstone.

Moto2 World Championship Sky Racing Team VR46 (2017) In 2017, Manzi moved up to the Moto2 class with Sky Racing Team VR46 alongside fellow Italian Francesco Bagnaia, riding a Kalex. Manzi finished in the points four times, his best result a seventh place at Silverstone, overall finishing the year with 14 points, 25th in the standings.

Forward Racing Team (2018) For 2018, Manzi switched to Forward Racing, swapping places with Luca Marini who went to Sky Racing Team VR46. Manzi had a bad year, finishing in the points only twice out of 15 races (a tenth place in France, and a 14th place in Austria), before being involved in a nasty crash during the race in Misano, where Romano Fenati reached over, and pulled Manzi's brakes at 200 km/h. Manzi managed to stay on the bike, but later crashed out on his own, while Fenati was black-flagged and disqualified from the race. Although after the race Fenati was given a two race ban, his contract was terminated with immediate effect by the Rivacold Snipers team, and Manzi raced the following two weekends since he wasn't injured in the accident; when Fenati came back following his two race ban, Manzi sat out the remainder of the season, stating that "I don't feel safe with riders on the track trying to kill me." Manzi finished the year with eight points, 24th in the championship.

MV Agusta Forward Racing (2019–2020) Manzi stayed with Forward Racing for the 2019 season, but was now riding MV Agusta bikes. He had a better season than 2018, finishing in the points seven times, four times in the top-ten, including a seventh place in Assen, and a fourth place in the season closer round at Valencia. Manzi ended the season 19th in the rider's championship, with 39 points.

In his final year with Forward Racing, the 2020 season saw Manzi grab his first pole position in the category, at the penultimate round in Valencia, marking the first pole position of Forward Racing since 2010, and the first pole position of MV Agusta in 44 years. He retired from the race, ending his season with eight point scoring finishes, a best result of ninth in Jerez, and 22nd overall in the championship with 21 points.

Flexbox HP40 (2021) Riding for Pons Racing in 2021, alongside Héctor Garzó, Manzi had another average year, with seven point scoring finishes, three top-ten finishes in Doha (eighth), Mugello (tenth), and Misano (sixth), ending his last season of Moto2 with 36 points, 19th in the standings.

Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (2022) Manzi replaced Keminth Kubo for this team.

Supersport World Championship Dynavolt Triumph (2022) Manzi competed in the 2022 Supersport World Championship, with the Dynavolt Triumph.

Career statistics Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts 2012 SPA1 SPA2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 NED1 NED2 GER1 GER2 CZE1 CZE2 RSM ARA1 ARA2 13th 75 2013 AME1 AME2 JER1 JER2 ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 BRN SIL1 SIL2 MIS ARA1 ARA2 3rd 154 2014 JER1 JER1 MUG ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 BRN1 BRN2 SIL1 SIL2 MIS ARA1 ARA2 3rd 193

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 2014 Mahindra JER1 JER2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB NAV ALG VAL1 VAL2 12th 41 2016 Mahindra VAL1 VAL2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB ALG JER1 JER2 VAL1 VAL2 12th 63

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

Supersport 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 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Yamaha SPA SPA POR POR ITA ITA NED NED CZE CZE SPA SPA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA 32nd 7 Triumph SPA SPA NED NED POR POR ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA AUS AUS 6th 209 Yamaha AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPA SPA EMI EMI GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR JER JER 2nd 408 Yamaha AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED EMI EMI GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA EST EST SPA SPA 2nd 415 Yamaha AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA POR POR SPA SPA 1st 466

Superbike World Championship Races by season Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Yamaha YZF-R1 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 3 0 0 0 0 2* 17th* Total 3 0 0 0 0 2

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 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 Yamaha AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED HUN HUN HUN CZE CZE CZE ARA ARA ARA EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 17th* 2* Season still in progress.