Stefano Nepa
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.jpg) Nepa in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 2001 Giulianova, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aspar Team Gaviota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider.
Career
In his native Italy, Nepa won the CIV PreMoto3 250cc 4-stroke championship in 2014[1] and competed in the CIV Moto3 championship from 2016 to 2018.[2]
He 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.[3] 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, he replaced Vicente Pérez from the Dutch TT onwards,[4] achieving a best finish of 8th in Thailand. For the 2020 Moto3 season he was signed by Aspar Team as a full-time rider.[5]
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | NRT Junior Team CIP - Green Power |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35th |
| 2019 | Moto3 | KTM | Fundación Andreas Pérez 77 Reale Avintia Arizona 77 |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25th |
| 2020 | Moto3 | KTM | Aspar Team Gaviota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
* Season still in progress.
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2018-present | 2018 Italy | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2018–Present | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
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 | 18 | 19 | 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 |
AND |
CZE |
AUT |
STY |
RSM |
EMI |
CAT |
FRA |
ARA |
TER |
EUR |
VAL |
THA |
MAL |
ARG |
NC* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "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
- Stefano Nepa at MotoGP.com
- Stefano Nepa at AS.com (in Spanish)
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