Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2024 Moto3 World Championship for the LEVEL UP MTA Team.

Career

In his native Italy, Nepa won the CIV PreMoto3 250cc 4-stroke championship in 2014 and competed in the CIV Moto3 championship from 2016 to 2018.

Moto3 World Championship

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

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. He scored his first championship points at the season finale in

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. In 2019, after starting the season in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship and appearing as a wild-card at the

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, he replaced Vicente Pérez from the

onwards, achieving a best finish of 8th in

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. For the 2020 Moto3 season he was signed by

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as a full-time rider.

Angeluss MTA Team (2022-present)

From 2021 season, Nepa competed for the Angeluss MTA Team.

Career statistics

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) Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nepa, Stefano 2001 births Living people Italian motorcycle racers Moto3 World Championship riders Sportspeople from the Province of Teramo People from Giulianova 21st-century Italian sportsmen