Yari Montella

Yari Montella (born 5 January 2000) is an Italian motorcycle racer, currently contracted to Barni Spark Racing Team, in the 2024 Supersport World Championship.

In 2014, Montella won the Italian Sport Production Championship in the 250 class.

Career FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship 2016 Montella made his debut in motorcycle racing at the age of 16, riding for Sic58 Squadra Corse in the 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, partnered by Tony Arbolino. Montella finished in the points three times during the season, his highest finish being a seventh place in the last round of Valencia. His teammate, Arbolino, won a race, and was second in another.

2017 In 2017, Montella stayed with Sic58 Squadra Corse for the 2017 season, but was partnered by Mattia Casadei. Montella did better than in his first season, finishing in the points five times, his season's best finish a fifth place in Estoril.

2018 Once again, for the 2018 season, Montella stayed with Sic58 Squadra Corse, this time partnered by Bruno Ieraci. Montella finished in the points six times throughout the season, ending with a career high 34 points, 17th in the standings.

Moto3 World Championship

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship 2019 For the 2019 season, Montella graduated from Moto3 Junior, to the Moto2 European championship. He, and teammate Tommaso Marcon, rode for Speed Up's Team Ciatti. Montella had two third place finishes, in Catalunya and Valencia, and ended the season seventh in the standings with 77 points.

2020 The 2020 season would be the breakthrough in Montella's career. Remaining with Speed Up and Team Ciatti, Montella would dominate the season, winning the first six races, winning eight out of the eleven races, and finishing in the top-two in ten out of the eleven races held that season. His only retirement came in Aragon, and Montella won the title by 44 points ahead of second place Niki Tuuli. After his performance, Montella was signed to a full-time Moto2 seat, by Speed Up.

Moto2 World Championship 2021 Speed Up and Montella came into the 2021 Moto2 World Championship with high hopes, with the team having two podiums in 2020. Teammate Jorge Navarro was coming into his fifth season of Moto2, and started off with two points finishes straight away. But Montella struggled mightily, failing to finish in the points for the first four races of the season. On the fifth weekend in France, Montella suffered a wrist injury in practice, and an operation was deemed necessary by doctors. This ruled him out of not just the French race, but also the Italian, Catalan, German, and Dutch Grand Prixs. His replacement, Fermín Aldeguer, finished in 12th in Italy, his first race in the category, leading to questions about Montella's inability to score points. Montella returned for the next two rounds, a double-header in Austria, but once again failed to score points. Citing bugging injury concerns, Speed Up decided to suspend Montella for the next two races, Silverstone and Aragon, in order to ensure he heals properly. His replacement was once again Fermín Aldeguer, who scored a brilliant 7th place finish in Aragon. Montella came back for the next round, but after crashing out and scoring no points yet again, the team terminated his contract immediately.

Supersport World Championship 2021 Following the termination of his contract in Moto2, Yamaha gave Montella a wild-card appearance in the 2021 Supersport World Championship. He seized the chance, finishing race one in tenth, and race two in sixth place, in Portugal.

2022 In November 2021, following Montella's good performances in Portugal, Kawasaki announced they signed Montella to ride for the Kawasaki Puccetti team, in the 2022 Supersport World Championship. Montella would replace Philipp Öttl, who left the team to graduate to the Superbike World Championship.

2023 Montella rode for the Ducati team, Barni Spark Racing Team, in the 2023 Supersport World Championship. In tests and qualifying, he proved to be fast with excellent bike performance. Unfortunately, after an excellent qualifying in Race 1 of the 2023 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, he collided with driver Adrián Huertas, who fell in front of him, cause to a wet race, with heavy rain. The race was immediately stopped with a red flag due to this serious accident. The accident caused Montella to suffer a compound fracture of the right clavicle.

2024 Montella managed to reach third place in the final standings with seven wins.

Superbike World Championship 2025– After finishing third in the Supersport standings, Montella had the opportunity to compete in World Superbike starting in 2025. He would continue to race for the Barni Spark Racing Team and would be paired with Danilo Petrucci.

Career statistics

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 2016 Honda VAL1 VAL2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB ALG JER1 JER2 VAL1 VAL2 21st 23 2017 Honda ALB LMS CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 EST JER1 JER1 ARA VAL1 VAL2 18th 28 2018 Honda EST VAL1 VAL2 FRA CAT1 CAT2 ARA JER1 JER2 ALB VAL1 VAL2 17th 34

FIM CEV Moto2 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 10 11 Pos Pts 2019 Speed Up EST1 EST2 VAL CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 JER ALB1 ALB2 VAL 7th 77 2020 Speed Up EST1 EST2 POR1 POR2 JER1 JER2 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 VAL1 VAL2 1st 240

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season

By class

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 23rd 16 Kawasaki SPA SPA NED NED POR POR ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA AUS AUS 7th 171 Ducati AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPA SPA EMI EMI GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR JER JER 9th 145 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA 3rd 382

Superbike World Championship

By season Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Spark Racing Team 36 0 0 0 0 74 18th Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Spark Racing Team 6 0 1 0 0 30* 9th* Total 42 0 1 0 0 104

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 Ducati AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR HUN HUN HUN FRA FRA FRA ARA ARA ARA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 18th 74 Ducati 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 9th* 30* Season still in progress.