Andrea Bonacorsi (born April 23, 2003) is an Italian professional

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racer. He has competed in the

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since making some wildcard appearances in the 2022 season. Bonacorsi is a two-time European motocross champion, winning the EMX125 class in

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and the EMX250 class in

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. Following his EMX250 title, Bonacorsi was signed by the

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MX2 Team to compete in the MX2 class of the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship full-time. From the fifth round onwards he was moved up to the MXGP class due to injuries for the other teams riders. He has been to selected to represent his country at the

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twice, with his most recent selection coming at the 2024 edition. Bonacorsi was part of the Italian team that finished third in the event in

Career

Junior career

Bonacorsi finished second in the 65 class of the Italian Junior Motocross Championship in 2014 riding a Bucci. This earned him the opportunity to ride at that season's FIM Motocross Junior World Championship in

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, where he scored a point. Moving up to the 85 Junior class for 2015, he again finished as runner-up in the Italian Junior Championship, winning three races and the final round overall. By 2017, Bonacorsi formed part of the KTM Silver Action team and competed in his first rounds of the

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, scoring three points in EMX125. Staying with the Silver Action team, he raced full time in the EMX125 class of the 2018 European Motocross Championship, finishing fifteenth in the standings and notably finishing third overall at the

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round in

. With the Silver Action team closing its doors following the 2018 season, Bonacorsi moved to the Celestini KTM team for the 2019 season. He won the 125 class at the opening round of the pre-season Italian International Motocross Championship in the 125 class and finished as runner-up in the three round series. In the 2019 European Motocross Championship, he finished tenth in the EMX125 standings with his best result coming at

again, this time finishing fourth overall in the sand. In addition, Bonacorsi competed in his second FIM Motocross Junior World Championship, this time in his native

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- where he finished sixth in the second 125 race. The

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impacted 2020 European Motocross Championship saw Bonacorsi switch brands to compete for the Fantic Racing Team. After the season returned from the pandemic-enforced break in September, Bonacorsi took a clean sweep of all races across the three rounds held at the

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track. A further overall win at the sixth round in

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and a second overall at the eighth round at

meant he took the title a few days later at the Belgian track.

250 career

Following his success aboard a 125, Bonacorsi was signed by

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's factory team for the EMX250 class of the 2021 European Motocross Championship. He adapted to the class quickly, placing in the top ten at the opening round before finishing fourth overall at the second round. His first podium in the class came at the fifth round with third overall in

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, which was then bettered at the following round by second overall in

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. The following two rounds brought his first and second race wins in the category which all went towards an eventual finish of fourth in the final standings. At the opening round of the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship, Bonacorsi was drafted into the Yamaha's factory team in the MX2 class due to an injury for Thibault Benistant. A crash in the timed practice session took him out of the weekend meaning he did not start the main races. Back in the 2023 European Motocross Championship, Bonacorsi took his first overall win in the EMX250 category at the fourth round in the sand of

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. He took another race win in

, finishing in third overall and repeated that overall finish twice more before the end of the championship. Alongside finishing sixth in the final standings of EM250, made for wildcard appearances in the MX2 class of the world championship. He scored points at each of these and finished eighth in the first race of the Spanish round. The 2023 European Motocross Championship would be Bonacorsi's third and last season in the EMX250 class. Winning four rounds and six individual races, he took the title with a round to spare. He made two wildcard appearances in the MX2 class of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship, the first at his favoured

track in Belgium saw him finish sixth in the opening race. An appearance at the final round of the season saw him pick up a ninth in the last race of the year. Due to an injury for Mattia Guadagnini, Bonacorsi was a late call-up for the Italian team at the 2023 Motocross des Nations which would see him compete on a 450 for the first time. He surprised many people with his riding under the circumstances, finishing his first main race in eighth and eventually standing on the third step of the podium with his teammates. These results saw Bonacorsi promoted to the MX2 class of the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship with the factory Yamaha team. By the fourth round, he was able to secure his first world championship top-three finish with a third in the second race.

450 Career

With two of Yamaha's three factory MXGP class riders out with injury, the team decided to move Bonacorsi into the premier category from the fifth round of the 2024 season onwards. His height and riding style meant he adjusted to the 450 quickly, finishing sixth overall at his first round in the deep mud in

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. Throughout the rest of the season, he was a constant figure in the top-ten, battling with the established stars and having a highest race finish of fourth at the second Indonesian round. Despite racing MX2 for the first four rounds, Bonacorsi finished the MXGP season in tenth in the final standings. Following this, he again appeared for

at the 2024 Motocross des Nations with the team finishing eighth. Despite his strong results, Bonacorsi was left without a ride with the factory Yamaha team at the end of the season due to the return of the squads previously injured riders. For the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship, Bonacrosi joined the Fantic Factory Racing MXGP team.

Honours

* Team Overall:

European Motocross Championship * EMX250:

* EMX125:

Italian International Motocross Championship * 125: 2019 Italian Junior Motocross Championship * 125 Junior: 2020 * 85 Junior: 2015 * 65: 2014

Career statistics

Motocross des Nations

FIM Motocross World Championship

By season

References

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