Bo Bendsneyder (born 4 March 1999) is a Dutch

motorcycle racer The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and ...

. He was the

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a Motorcycle Grand Prix, motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since t ...

champion in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Career

Moto3 World Championship

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2016–2017)

In 2016 he made his debut in the Moto3 class, Riding for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team. He got two podiums (Great Britain and Malaysia) and closed the season in fourteenth place in the riders' championship standings with 78 points. In 2017 he stayed with the same team. His best result was a fourth place in the Czech Republic and ended the season in fifteenth place in the riders' championship standings with 65 points.

Moto2 World Championship

Tech 3 Racing (2018)

In 2018 he moved to Moto2 with Tech 3. He concluded the season in 29th place with 2 points, his best finish was fourteenth place in Thailand. During the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix he suffered a broken

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due to flying shrapnel from an engine explosion on the last lap of the race.

NTS RW Racing GP (2019–2020)

In 2019 he moved to NTS. He got his best result of the season a thirteenth place in the Grand Prix of the Americas and ended the season in 26th place with 7 points. In 2020 he stayed with the same team. His best result was an eighth place in Valencia and he ended the season in 23rd place with 18 points.

Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (2021–present)

Bendsneyder will race in the 2021 Moto2 World Championship for the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Racing Team.

Career statistics

Career highlights

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

- 10th, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

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

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Half points awarded as less than half of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendsneyder, Bo 1999 births Living people Dutch motorcycle racers Moto3 World Championship riders Sportspeople from Rotterdam Moto2 World Championship riders 21st-century Dutch people