Francesco Bagnaia
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 Bagnaia at the 2013 British Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1997 Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesco Bagnaia (born 14 January 1997 in Turin) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Moto3 World Championship for the Aspar Mahindra Team.[1]
Career statistics
Early Career
Born in Torino (Italy), Bagnaia was successful in Minimoto and he won the European MiniGP championship in 2009. Bagnaia made his preGP 125 meditteranean championship debut with Monlau Competicion team in 2010 and finished 2nd in the championship. In the 2012 CEV Moto3 championship he rode the Honda Moto3 NSF250R and finished 3rd in the championship points table. Bagnaia was also a member of VR46 riders academy.
Moto3 world championship
2013
In 2013, Bagnaia made his Grand prix debut with Team Italia FMI with Romano Fenati as his partner riding a Honda. 2013 Moto3 season was disappointing for Bagnaia as he does not manage to get a single point in the entire season.
2014
In 2014, Bagnaia switched team to join Sky Racing Team by VR46 riding a KTM with same partner Romano Fenati. He finished the season at 16th position with 50 points for the championship.
2015
In the 2015 , Bagnaia made another team change joining Aspar racing team BY Mahindra where he got his first podium in France Grand prix and finished the race at 3rd place. But that was his only podium finish in the 2015 season where he eventually finished 14th at the championship table with 76 points to his name.
2016
In 2016, Bagnaia started the season with a podium finish in Qatar and another podium finish at Spain. Finishing 3rd on both occasions.
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Moto3 | FTR Honda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 16th |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 14th |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34* | 5th* |
| Total | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 160 |
* Season still in progress.
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Moto3 | FTR Honda | QAT 23 |
AME 22 |
SPA 26 |
FRA 20 |
ITA 24 |
CAT 17 |
NED 26 |
GER 30 |
IND Ret |
CZE 28 |
GBR Ret |
RSM Ret |
ARA 17 |
MAL 16 |
AUS Ret |
JPN 20 |
VAL Ret |
NC | 0 | |
| 2014 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 10 |
AME 7 |
ARG Ret |
SPA 8 |
FRA 4 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 10 |
NED DNS |
GER DNS |
IND Ret |
CZE 17 |
GBR 21 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 24 |
JPN 13 |
AUS 11 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 16 |
16th | 50 |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 9 |
AME Ret |
ARG 11 |
SPA 7 |
FRA 3 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 20 |
NED 11 |
GER Ret |
IND Ret |
CZE 12 |
GBR Ret |
RSM 8 |
ARA 11 |
JPN 15 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 17 |
VAL 13 |
14th | 76 |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 3 |
ARG 23 |
AME 14 |
SPA 3 |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
GBR |
AUT |
CZE |
RSM |
ARA |
MAL |
JPN |
AUS |
VAL |
5th* | 34* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Francesco Bagnaia". MotoGP. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
External links
- Francesco Bagnaia on Facebook
- Francesco Bagnaia on Instagram
- Francesco Bagnaia on Twitter
- Profile on motogp.com
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