Stefano Nepa

Stefano Nepa
Nepa in 2018
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2001-11-21) 21 November 2001 (age 23) Giulianova, Italy
Current team	Sic58 Squadra Corse
Bike number	82
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2018– Manufacturers KTM (2018–2024) Honda (2025–) 2024 championship position 13th (93 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 117 0 0 0 2 388

Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2024 Moto3 World Championship for the LEVEL UP MTA Team.

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]

Moto3 World Championship

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]

Angeluss MTA Team (2022-present)

From 2021 season, Nepa competed for the Angeluss MTA Team.

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	Mahindra	VAL1 19	VAL2 23	LMS 22	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	ALG	JER1	JER2	VAL1	VAL2	29th	6
	KTM	VAL1	VAL2	LMS	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	ALG	JER1 18	JER2 23	VAL1 10	VAL2 28
2017	Honda	ALB Ret	LMS 16	CAT1 24	CAT2 15	VAL1 16	VAL2 18	EST 12	JER1	JER1	ARA	VAL1	VAL2	21st	26
	KTM	ALB	LMS	CAT1	CAT2	VAL1	VAL2	EST	JER1 14	JER1 9	ARA 18	VAL1 9	VAL2 11
2018	KTM	EST	VAL1 26	VAL2 28	FRA 23	CAT1 5	CAT2 7	ARA	JER1	JER2	ALB	VAL1 23	VAL2 Ret	21st	20
2019	KTM	EST 22	VAL1 7	VAL2 9	FRA 21	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 7	ARA	JER1	JER2	ALB	VAL1	VAL2	19th	25

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2018	Moto3	KTM	NRT Junior Team	12	0	0	0	0	4	35th
			CIP Green Power
2019	Moto3	KTM	Fundación Andreas Pérez 77 Reale Avintia Arizona 77	13	0	0	0	0	24	25th
2020	Moto3	KTM	Aspar Team	15	0	0	0	0	38	20th
2021	Moto3	KTM	BOE Owlride	18	0	0	0	1	63	18th
2022	Moto3	KTM	Angeluss MTA Team	19	0	0	0	0	64	18th
2023	Moto3	KTM	Angeluss MTA Team	20	0	0	0	0	102	12th
2024	Moto3	KTM	LEVEL UP MTA Team	20	0	0	0	1	93	13th
Total				117	0	0	0	2	388

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2018–present	2018 Italy			117	0	0	0	2	388	0
Total	2018–present				117	0	0	0	2	388	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	20	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 12	ANC 14	CZE 10	AUT 15	STY 9	RSM 14	EMI 15	CAT 14	FRA 15	ARA 23	TER 20	EUR 7	VAL 13	POR 19						20th	38
2021	Moto3	KTM	QAT 18	DOH 16	POR 11	SPA 15	FRA 17	ITA 14	CAT 10	GER Ret	NED 11	STY 19	AUT 13	GBR 17	ARA 8	RSM 9	AME 11	EMI 5	ALR 16	VAL 6			18th	63
2022	Moto3	KTM	QAT 13	INA Ret	ARG 16	AME 13	POR 15	SPA 15	FRA 17	ITA Ret	CAT 16	GER 15	NED 7	GBR 5	AUT 15	RSM 10	ARA 19	JPN 12	THA 4	AUS 5	MAL Ret	VAL	18th	64
2023	Moto3	KTM	POR 7	ARG 6	AME Ret	SPA 15	FRA 10	ITA 9	GER 9	NED 10	GBR 12	AUT 10	CAT 5	RSM 13	IND 9	JPN 4	INA 10	AUS 12	THA 17	MAL 15	QAT 18	VAL 15	12th	102
2024	Moto3	KTM	QAT 6	POR 7	AME 18	SPA 9	FRA 17	CAT 13	ITA Ret	NED 9	GER 12	GBR 5	AUT Ret	ARA 13	RSM 14	EMI 14	INA 15	JPN 10	AUS 4	THA 9	MAL 8	SLD Ret	13th	93

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "CIV: tutti i Campioni della Velocità FMI 2014". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). Editoriale L'Incontro. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
2. "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
3. "Nepa replaces Yurchenko at CIP - Green Power". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
4. "Moto3: Stefano Nepa con Reale Avintia a partire da Assen". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). Editoriale L'Incontro. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
5. 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)