Niccolò Canepa

Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988 in Genoa) is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines.[1][2]

Niccolò Canepa
Canepa at the Pré-Mans 2017
NationalityItalian
Born (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988
Genoa, Italy
Current teamWithU GRT RNF MotoE Team
Bike number7
Websiteniccolocanepa59.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2009
ManufacturersDucati
Championships0
2009 championship position16th (38 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
14 0 0 0 0 38
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010
ManufacturersForce GP, Suter, Bimota
Championships0
2010 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
11 0 0 0 0 0
MotoE World Cup
Active years2019–
ManufacturersEnergica
Championships0
2022 championship position7th (94.5 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
25 0 1 0 0 191.5
Superbike World Championship
Active years2008, 2012–2016, 2018
ManufacturersDucati, EBR, Kawasaki, Yamaha
Championships0
2018 championship position22nd (7 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
79 0 0 0 0 222.5

Career
Canepa at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix

Canepa previously competed in the Italian Superstock Championship, the Italian Supersport Championship, and the Superstock 600 UEM European Championship, where he finished runner-up in 2006. He was given three World Superbike wild card rides in the second half of the 2008 season,[3] qualifying on the second row for his debut at Brno, on his first experience of the one-shot "Superpole" system. He raced in MotoGP full-time for Pramac Ducati in 2009 with little success, and made an uncompetitive start in Moto2. He moved back to the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup in 2011, and after a season in the Superbike World Championship in 2012, returned to Superstock 1000 in 2013 and became runner up behind Sylvain Barrier.

Canepa moved in 2016 to the World Endurance Championship riding the Factory GMT94 Yamaha R1. He ended the season in second place.

In 2017 Canepa won the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC). He is the first Italian in history to win an Endurance World Championship. He is also the Yamaha Superbike Factory Team test rider and replacement rider. He is also coaching Alex Lowes and Michael Van Der Mark during the Superbike World Championship.

Career statistics

By season
Season Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2005 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Lightspeed Kawasaki 55 3 0 0 0 0 1 41st  –
Total 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

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
2005 Kawasaki QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR ITA CZE GBR NED GER
16		 ITA
15		 FRA
Ret		 41st 1

By season
Season Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2008 Ducati 1098 Ducati Xerox Team 59 2 0 0 0 0 3 32nd  –
2012 Ducati 1098 Red Devils Roma 59 19 0 0 0 0 42.5 20th  –
2013 Ducati 1199 Panigale Team Ducati Alstare 59 4 0 0 0 0 12 24th  –
2014 Ducati 1199 Panigale Althea Racing 59 24 0 0 0 0 73 13th  –
2015 EBR 1190RX
Kawasaki ZX-10R
Ducati 1199 Panigale		 Team Hero EBR
Grillini SBK
Althea Racing		 59 22 0 0 0 0 55 16th  –
2016 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team 59 4 0 0 0 0 30 19th  –
2016 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Motor Europe 94 4 0 0 0 0 7 22nd  –
Total 79 0 0 0 0 222.5 0

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 13 14 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 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 Ducati QAT
 QAT
 AUS
 AUS
 SPA
 SPA
 NED
 NED
 ITA
 ITA
 USA
 USA
 GER
 GER
 SMR
 SMR
 CZE
13		 CZE
Ret		 GBR
 GBR
 EUR
 EUR
 ITA
 ITA
 FRA
 FRA
 POR
 POR
 32nd 3
2012 Ducati AUS
20		 AUS
10		 ITA
10		 ITA
Ret		 NED
8		 NED
Ret		 ITA
C		 ITA
17		 EUR
19		 EUR
11		 USA
Ret		 USA
Ret		 SMR
18		 SMR
13		 SPA
11		 SPA
17		 CZE
 CZE
 GBR
Ret		 GBR
15		 RUS
7		 RUS
Ret		 GER
DNS		 GER
DNS		 POR
 POR
 FRA
 FRA
 20th 42.5
2013 Ducati AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR
13		 GBR
8		 POR POR ITA ITA RUS RUS GBR GBR GER GER TUR TUR USA
Ret		 USA
15		 FRA FRA SPA SPA 24th 12
2014 Ducati AUS
10		 AUS
11		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
11		 NED
10		 NED
10		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
11		 GBR
11		 MAL
Ret		 MAL
15		 SMR
12		 SMR
16		 POR
13		 POR
18		 USA
11		 USA
Ret		 SPA
14		 SPA
15		 FRA
11		 FRA
10		 QAT
12		 QAT
12		 13th 73
2015 EBR AUS
Ret		 AUS
DNS		 THA
Ret		 THA
DNS		 SPA
15		 SPA
18		 NED
15		 NED
Ret		 16th 55
Kawasaki ITA
DNS		 ITA
DNS		 GBR
15		 GBR
Ret		 POR
17		 POR
17
Ducati SMR
Ret		 SMR
12		 USA
Ret		 USA
8		 MAL
9		 MAL
11		 SPA
17		 SPA
11		 FRA
10		 FRA
7		 QAT
Ret		 QAT
8
2016 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA
7		 ITA
9		 USA
10		 USA
8		 GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 19th 30
2018 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR
20		 GBR
18		 CZE CZE USA USA ITA
12		 ITA
13		 POR POR FRA FRA ARG ARG QAT QAT 22nd 7

By season
Season Class Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2009 MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP9 Pramac Racing 88 14 0 0 0 0 38 16th –
2010 Moto2 Force GP210 RSM Team Scot 59 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC –
Suter MMX
Bimota HB4 M Racing
2019 MotoE Energica Ego Corsa LCR E-Team 7 6 0 0 0 0 46 9th –
2020 MotoE Energica Ego Corsa LCR E-Team 7 7 0 0 0 0 51 9th –
2022 MotoE Energica Ego Corsa WithU GRT RNF MotoE Team 7 12 0 1 0 0 94.5 7th –
Total 50 0 1 0 0 229.5 0

By class
Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
MotoGP 2009 2009 Qatar 14 0 0 0 0 38 0
Moto2 2010 2010 Qatar 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
MotoE 2019–2020, 2022–present 2019 Germany 2022 France 25 0 1 0 0 191.5 0
Total 2009–2010, 2019–2020, 2022-present 50 0 1 0 0 229.5 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 Pos Pts
2009 MotoGP Ducati QAT
17		 JPN
14		 SPA
16		 FRA
15		 ITA
9		 CAT
16		 NED
14		 USA
12		 GER
12		 GBR
8		 CZE
12		 IND
Ret		 RSM
13		 POR
13		 AUS
DNS		 MAL VAL 16th 38
2010 Moto2 Force GP QAT
27		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
17		 ITA
28		 GBR
16		 NED
24		 CAT
Ret		 GER
20		 NC 0
Suter CZE
28		 IND
Bimota RSM
28		 ARA
26		 JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
2019 MotoE Energica GER
12		 AUT
8		 RSM1
5		 RSM2
4		 VAL1
6		 VAL2
Ret		 9th 46
2020 MotoE Energica SPA
13		 ANC
5		 RSM
11		 EMI1
6		 EMI2
4		 FRA1
Ret		 FRA2
7		 9th 51
2022 MotoE Energica SPA1
11		 SPA2
9		 FRA1
8		 FRA2
3		 ITA1
6		 ITA2
6		 NED1
7		 NED2
5‡		 AUT1
Ret		 AUT2
12		 RSM1
6		 RSM2
6		 7th 94.5

‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

By year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Total Pts
2016-17 Yamaha BOL
13		 LMS
58		 OSC
30		 SVK
30		 SUZ
15		 1st 146

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 Pos Pts
2022 Superbike Yamaha MIS1
3		 MIS2
2		 VAL1
2		 VAL2
3		 MUG1
3		 MUG2
3		 MIS3
 MIS4
 MUG3
 MUG4
 IMO1
 IMO2
 6th 104

References
  1. "Canepa leads Indianapolis MotoGP test". flagworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  2. "Canepa makes his case". crash.net. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. "Canepa to get three WSBK wild-card rides with Ducati". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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