# Stefano Manzi

Stefano Manzi (born 29 March 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer, born in Rimini.

## Career
### Junior career

Manzi joined the 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, and had two podiums in his first season already, a 2nd place at the Sachsenring and a 3rd place at Brno. He ended his rookie campaign with 75 points, and 13th in the standings. He returned for both 2013 and 2014, finishing 2013 third in the competition with four 2nd places, and three 3rd places, and again finished third in 2014, with one victory, two 2nd places, and six 3rd places.

### Moto3 World Championship
#### San Carlo Team Italia (2015)

He made his debut in the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, racing from the second round of the season onwards, after being replaced for the opening event by Marco Bezzecchi due to age limits. Riding on a Mahindra MGP3O entered by San Carlo Team Italia, alongside his compatriot Matteo Ferrari, he finished in the points four times, his best result being a twelfth place in Aragon. He ended his rookie year 27th in the standings with 10 points.

#### Mahindra Racing (2016)

In the 2016 season he appeared in three races as a wild card, scoring a 20th place in Austria, a 4th place at Silverstone, and a 16th place in Rimini. He ended the season 29th in the standings, with 13 points, all 13 coming in Silverstone.

### Moto2 World Championship
#### Sky Racing Team VR46 (2017)

In 2017, Manzi moved up to the Moto2 class with Sky Racing Team VR46 alongside fellow Italian Francesco Bagnaia, riding a Kalex. Manzi finished in the points four times, his best result a 7th place at Silverstone, overall finishing the year with 14 points, 25th in the standings.

#### Forward Racing Team (2018)

For 2018, Manzi switched to Forward Racing, swapping places with Luca Marini who went to Sky Racing Team VR46. Manzi had a bad year, finishing in the points only twice out of 15 races (a 10th place in France, and a 14th place in Austria), before being involved in a nasty crash during the race in Misano, where Romano Fenati reached over, and pulled Manzi's brakes at 200 km/h. Manzi managed to stay on the bike, but later crashed out on his own, while Fenati was black-flagged and disqualified from the race. Although after the race Fenati was given a two race ban, his contract was terminated with immediate effect by the Rivacold Snipers team, and Manzi raced the following two weekends since he wasn't injured in the accident; when Fenati came back following his two race ban, Manzi sat out the remainder of the season, stating that "I don't feel safe with riders on the track trying to kill me." Manzi finished the year with 8 points, 24th in the championship.

#### MV Agusta Forward Racing (2019–2020)

He stayed with Forward Racing for the 2019 season, but was now riding MV Agusta bikes. He had a better season than 2018, finishing in the points seven times, four times in the top-10, including a 7th place in Assen, and a 4th place in the season closer round at Valencia. Manzi ended the season 19th in the rider's championship, with 39 points.
In his final year with Forward Racing, the 2020 season saw Manzi grab his first pole position in the category, at the penultimate round in Valencia, marking the first pole position of Forward Racing since 2010, and the first pole position of MV Agusta in 44 years. He unfortunately retired from the race, ending his season with eight point scoring finishes, a best result of 9th in Jerez, and 22nd overall in the championship with 21 points.

#### Flexbox HP40 (2021)

Riding for Pons Racing in 2021, alongside Héctor Garzó, Manzi had another average year, with seven point scoring finishes, three top-10 finishes in Doha (8th), Mugello (10th), and Misano (6th), ending his last season of Moto2 with 36 points, 19th in the standings.

#### Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (2022)

Manzi replacing Keminth Kubo for this team.

### Supersport World Championship
#### Dynavolt Triumph (2022)

He competed in the 2022 Supersport World Championship, with the Dynavolt Triumph.

## Career statistics
### Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Pts |
| 2012 | SPA1 15 | SPA2 17 | POR1 19 | POR2 12 | GBR1 Ret | GBR2 Ret | NED1 9 | NED2 14 | GER1 9 | GER2 2 | CZE1 22 | CZE2 3 | RSM Ret | ARA1 6 | ARA2 8 | 13th | 75 |
| 2013 | AME1 Ret | AME2 12 | JER1 5 | JER2 3 | ASS1 Ret | ASS2 2 | SAC1 2 | SAC2 3 | BRN Ret | SIL1 16 | SIL2 5 | MIS 2 | ARA1 3 | ARA2 2 | | 3rd | 154 |
| 2014 | JER1 5 | JER1 4 | MUG 3 | ASS1 Ret | ASS2 3 | SAC1 3 | SAC2 Ret | BRN1 3 | BRN2 3 | SIL1 3 | SIL2 2 | MIS 1 | ARA1 2 | ARA2 8 | | 3rd | 193 |

### FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
#### 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 |
| 2014 | Mahindra | JER1 20 | JER2 10 | LMS 12 | ARA 10 | CAT1 8 | CAT2 12 | ALB 4 | NAV Ret | ALG Ret | VAL1 | VAL2 | | 12th | 41 |
| 2016 | Mahindra | VAL1 7 | VAL2 Ret | LMS 3 | ARA Ret | CAT1 8 | CAT2 10 | ALB 6 | ALG Ret | JER1 7 | JER2 11 | VAL1 | VAL2 | 12th | 63 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | San Carlo Team Italia | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27th |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Mahindra Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29th |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25th |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Suter | Forward Racing Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th |
| 2019 | Moto2 | MV Agusta | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19th |
| 2020 | Moto2 | MV Agusta | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 22nd |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | Flexbox HP40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19th |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23rd |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Kalex | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| Moto3 | 2015–2016 | 2015 Americas | | | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2017–2022, 2024 | 2017 Qatar | | | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 0 |
| Total | 2015–2022, 2024 | 2015–2022, 2024 | 2015–2022, 2024 | 2015–2022, 2024 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Pts |
| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT | AME 24 | ARG 18 | SPA 19 | FRA 15 | ITA Ret | CAT 27 | NED 22 | GER 22 | INP 19 | CZE 24 | GBR Ret | RSM 14 | ARA 12 | JPN 18 | AUS Ret | MAL 13 | VAL 19 | | | 27th | 10 |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT 20 | CZE | GBR 4 | RSM 16 | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | | | 29th | 13 |
| 2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 29 | ARG 23 | AME Ret | SPA 25 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED 20 | GER 15 | CZE 21 | AUT Ret | GBR 7 | RSM Ret | ARA 15 | JPN 26 | AUS 13 | MAL Ret | VAL Ret | | | 25th | 14 |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Suter | QAT 26 | ARG 21 | AME Ret | SPA Ret | FRA 10 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GER 25 | CZE Ret | AUT 14 | GBR C | RSM Ret | ARA Ret | THA Ret | JPN 24 | AUS DNS | MAL | VAL | | 24th | 8 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | MV Agusta | QAT 20 | ARG Ret | AME | SPA 21 | FRA 15 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED 7 | GER 22 | CZE 20 | AUT 16 | GBR 17 | RSM 15 | ARA 14 | THA Ret | JPN 10 | AUS 9 | MAL Ret | VAL 4 | | 19th | 39 |
| 2020 | Moto2 | MV Agusta | QAT 15 | SPA 11 | ANC 9 | CZE Ret | AUT 17 | STY 14 | RSM 17 | EMI 15 | CAT Ret | FRA 14 | ARA 14 | TER Ret | EUR 15 | VAL Ret | POR 19 | | | | | | 22nd | 21 |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 19 | DOH 8 | POR Ret | SPA 13 | FRA Ret | ITA 10 | CAT 24 | GER 20 | NED 13 | STY 18 | AUT 24 | GBR Ret | ARA 18 | RSM 16 | AME 19 | EMI 6 | ALR 13 | VAL 13 | | | 19th | 36 |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA 13 | FRA 10 | ITA | CAT 16 | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL | 23rd | 9 |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT | POR | AME | SPA | FRA | CAT | ITA | NED | GER | GBR | AUT | ARA | RSM | EMI | INA | JPN | AUS | THA | MAL | SLD 21 | 37th | 0 |

### Supersport World Championship
#### 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 | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 2021 | Yamaha | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | NED | NED | CZE | CZE | SPA | SPA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA C | SPA 9 | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | 32nd | 7 |
| 2022 | Triumph | SPA 7 | SPA 8 | NED Ret | NED 6 | POR Ret | POR Ret | ITA 5 | ITA 4 | GBR 6 | GBR 5 | CZE 2 | CZE 3 | FRA 16 | FRA 7 | SPA Ret | SPA 3 | POR 1 | POR Ret | ARG 7 | ARG 5 | INA 7 | INA 2 | AUS 14 | AUS Ret | 6th | 209 |
| 2023 | Yamaha | AUS 6 | AUS 2 | INA 7 | INA 2 | NED 5 | NED 2 | SPA 6 | SPA 3 | EMI 2 | EMI 1 | GBR 2 | GBR 5 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | CZE 2 | CZE Ret | FRA 2 | FRA 3 | SPA 11 | SPA 2 | POR 2 | POR 1 | JER 2 | JER 2 | 2nd | 408 |
| 2024 | Yamaha | AUS 2 | AUS Ret | SPA 2 | SPA 1 | NED 2 | NED 21 | EMI 3 | EMI 4 | GBR 2 | GBR 4 | CZE 3 | CZE 2 | POR 3 | POR 2 | FRA Ret | FRA 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | EST 3 | EST 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | 2nd | 415 |
| 2025 | Yamaha | AUS 1 | AUS 2 | POR | POR | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | EMI | EMI | GBR | GBR | HUN | HUN | FRA | FRA | ARA | ARA | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | 2nd* | 45* |
* Season still in progress.