Stefano Nepa
Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider.
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 2001 Giulianova, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Angeluss MTA Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
    
    
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 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8* | 21st* | 
| Total | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | ||||
By class
    
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2018–present | 2018 Italy | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2018–present | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 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 | 21 | Pos | Pts | 
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| 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 | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | FIN | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL | 21st* | 8* | 
* 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.
