Alessandro Zaccone
Alessandro Zaccone (born 16 January 1999) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, contracted to compete for Gresini Racing in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship.[1]
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1999 Rimini, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Gresini Racing Moto2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Early career
Zaccone began competing as a child; in 2008, he was regional mini-bike champion and fourth at the national level.[2] In the following years, he continued with the MiniGP and some CIV races in the Moto3 category.[2] He made his international debut in 2013 by participating, with the Honda Italia team, in the Imola Grand Prix of the European Junior Cup.[3] In the same season, he finished in sixteenth place in the Italian Moto3 championship.
In 2014, Zaccone took part in the last four races on the calendar of the European Superstock 600 Championship with a Honda CBR600RR of the Talmácsi Racing team. He collected sixteen points with which he finished in twentieth place in the riders' standings. The following season he competed in the European Superstock 600 with the same team as in 2014. He finished in nineteenth scoring twenty-one points. In 2016, Zaccone, together with Axel Bassani, rode for the San Carlo Team Italia with which he took part in the races in the European section of the Supersport World Championship.[4] Riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R, he finished in third place in the Europe Supersport Cup and seventeenth overall. In 2017, he moved to the MV Agusta Reparto Corse team with which he competed again for the European Cup of the Supersport World Championship.[5] He scored seventeen points with which he finished third in the ESC and twenty-third overall. In the 2018 and 2019, Zaccone competed in the CEV Moto2 class, with the Promoracing team.[6]
MotoE World Championship
In 2020, Zaccone made his debut in the world championship, racing in the MotoE class with the Trentino Gresini team with Matteo Ferrari as his teammate. He ended the season in 12th place with 37 points.[7]
In 2021, he moved to the Pramac Racing team, with teammate Yonny Hernández. On 2 May, he obtained his first victory in the category, temporarily taking the lead in the world championship.[8]
Career statistics
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 | Kawasaki | AUS | THA | SPA 5 |
NED 19 |
ITA 5 |
MAL | GBR 12 |
ITA Ret |
GER Ret |
FRA Ret |
SPA 11 |
QAT | 18th | 31 |
| 2017 | MV Agusta | AUS | THA | SPA Ret |
NED 18 |
ITA 10 |
GBR Ret |
ITA 11 |
GER 14 |
POR Ret |
FRA Ret |
SPA 12 |
QAT | 23rd | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kalex | EST1 6 |
EST2 Ret |
VAL 7 |
CAT1 14 |
CAT2 9 |
ARA1 9 |
ARA2 8 |
JER 6 |
ALB1 10 |
ALB2 11 |
VAL 4 |
10th | 74.5 |
| 2019 | Kalex | EST1 5 |
EST2 1 |
VAL 8 |
CAT1 Ret |
CAT2 4 |
ARA1 7 |
ARA2 4 |
JER 3 |
ALB1 5 |
ALB2 2 |
VAL 5 |
3rd | 137 |
| 2020 | Kalex | EST1 4 |
EST2 3 |
POR1 3 |
POR2 3 |
JER1 2 |
JER2 9 |
ARA1 1 |
ARA2 1 |
ARA3 3 |
VAL1 1 |
VAL2 3 |
3rd | 195 |
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MotoE | Energica | Trentino Gresini MotoE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12th |
| 2021 | MotoE | Energica | Octo Pramac MotoE | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 5th |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | Gresini Racing Moto2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24th |
| 2023 | MotoE | Ducati V21L | Tech3 E-Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47* | 8th* |
| Total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | ||||
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MotoE | 2020–2021, 2023 | 2020 Andalusia | 2021 Spain | 2021 Spain | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2022 | 2022 Qatar | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2020–present | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MotoE | Energica | SPA WD |
ANC Ret |
RSM 7 |
EMI1 10 |
EMI2 5 |
FRA1 9 |
FRA2 12 |
12th | 37 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | MotoE | Energica | SPA 1 |
FRA 3 |
CAT 4 |
NED 3 |
AUT 6 |
RSM1 Ret |
RSM2 DNS |
5th | 80 | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 22 |
INA 24 |
ARG Ret |
AME Ret |
POR 15 |
SPA 11 |
FRA 18 |
ITA 19 |
CAT Ret |
GER 19 |
NED Ret |
GBR 18 |
AUT Ret |
RSM 15 |
ARA 14 |
JPN Ret |
THA 21 |
AUS 16 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 16 |
24th | 9 |
| 2023 | MotoE | Ducati | FRA1 8 |
FRA2 9 |
ITA1 11 |
ITA2 9 |
GER1 5 |
GER2 9 |
NED1 |
NED2 |
GBR1 |
GBR2 |
AUT1 |
AUT2 |
CAT1 |
CAT2 |
RSM1 |
RSM2 |
8th* | 47* |
References
- "Moto2: Zaccone and Salac to compete for team Gresini in 2022 - News". motosprint.corrieredellosport.it.
- Federico Porrozzi (7 April 2016). "Alessandro Zaccone, dal CIV al tetto del mondo". motosprint.corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Conti Editore S.r.l.
- Redazione (30 June 2013). "EJC 2013 Imola - Results Race" (PDF). worldsbk.com. Dorna Sports S.L.
- Matteo Aglio (8 March 2016). "SBK, Bassani e Zaccone in SSP con il Team Italia". gpone.com. Buffer Overflow S.r.l.
- Adriano Bestetti (24 December 2016). "Alessandro Zaccone in Supersport con MV Agusta". motoblog.it. Triboo Media S.r.l.
- Alessandro Palma (18 January 2018). "CEV Moto2: Alessandro Zaccone al via con Promoracing". corsedimoto.com. Editoriale l'Incontro.
- Redazione (11 October 2020). "MotoE 2020 - Championship Standings" (PDF). motogp.com. Dorna Sports S.L.
- Beppe Cucco (2 May 2021). "Zaccone vince la prima gara della MotoE". motociclismo.it. Sportcom S.r.l.
External links
- Alessandro Zaccone at MotoGP.com
- Alessandro Zaccone at WorldSBK.com
- Alessandro Zaccone at AS.com (in Spanish)