# 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.

## Career

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
### Career highlights

* 2004 - NC, Superstock European Championship, Kawasaki ZX-10R
* 2005 - 4th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R
* 2006 - 2nd, European Superstock 600 Championship, Ducati 749R
* 2007 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098 S
* 2011 - 5th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Ducati 1098R
* 2013 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098
* 2016 - 19th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1

### 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | ITA DNS | ITA DNS | GBR 15 | GBR Ret | POR 17 | POR 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 55 |
| 2015 | 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 | | | 16th | 55 |
| 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 | – |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter MMX | RSM Team Scot | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Bimota HB4 | M Racing | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 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 | Total | Total | Total | 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 | 2009–2010, 2019–2020, 2022-present | 2009–2010, 2019–2020, 2022-present | 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 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter | | | | | | | | | CZE 28 | INP | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Bimota | | | | | | | | | | | RSM 28 | ARA 26 | JPN | MAL | AUS | POR | VAL | NC | 0 |
| 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 |

#### By team

| Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
| 2016 | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Niccolò Canepa David Checa Lucas Mahias | 2nd |
| 2016–17 | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio Lucas Mahias | 1st |
| 2017–18 | GMT94 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio | 2nd |
| 2023 | Yamaha Austria Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika | 1st |
| 2024 | Yamaha Austria Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika | 2nd |

### 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 |