Niccolò Canepa

Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988 in Genoa) is a former 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.

Niccolò Canepa
Canepa at the Pré-Mans 2017
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 Genoa, Italy
Current team	WithU GRT RNF MotoE Team
Bike number	7
Website	niccolocanepa59.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2009 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2009 championship position 16th (38 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 38 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010 Manufacturers Force GP, Suter, Bimota Championships 0 2010 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 11 0 0 0 0 0 MotoE World Championship Active years 2019– Manufacturers Energica Championships 0 2022 championship position 7th (94.5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 25 0 1 0 0 191.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 2008, 2012–2016, 2018 Manufacturers Ducati, EBR, Kawasaki, Yamaha Championships 0 2018 championship position 22nd (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, 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.

Canepa retired from racing after the Italian Round of the 2024 Superbike World Championship. He initially announced his retirement before the 2024 Bol d'Or race, however he was called to race for the factory Yamaha team in Cremona, substituting for Jonathan Rea.

Career statistics

Supersport World Championship

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

Superbike World Championship

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

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	INP 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	INP
		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.

FIM EWC

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

CIV National Championship

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

External links

• Niccolò Canepa at MotoGP.com
• Niccolò Canepa at WorldSBK.com
• Niccolò Canepa at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)