# Bo Bendsneyder

Bo Bendsneyder (born 4 March 1999) is a Dutch motorcycle racer. He was the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in 2015.

## 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 tibia 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 - 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)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| 2014 | JER1 8 | JER1 6 | MUG 12 | ASS1 4 | ASS2 1 | SAC1 | SAC2 | BRN1 13 | BRN2 Ret | SIL1 6 | SIL2 3 | MIS 8 | ARA1 5 | ARA2 7 | 9th | 117 |
| 2015 | JER1 1 | JER1 1 | ASS1 1 | ASS2 1 | SAC1 1 | SAC2 Ret | BRN1 2 | BRN2 1 | SIL1 1 | SIL2 3 | MIS 1 | ARA1 DNS | ARA2 9 | | 1st | 243 |

### 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 | FTR Honda | JER1 9 | JER2 12 | LMS Ret | ARA 11 | CAT1 12 | CAT2 13 | ALB Ret | NAV 23 | ALG 6 | VAL1 33 | VAL2 17 | | 15th | 33 |
| 2015 | Honda | ALG 4 | LMS 3 | CAT1 6 | CAT2 7 | ARA1 12 | ARA2 8 | ALB 6 | NAV 13 | JER1 4 | JER2 9 | VAL1 | VAL2 | 7th | 93 |

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

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2016 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 14th |
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 15th |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Tech3 | Tech 3 Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29th |
| 2019 | Moto2 | NTS | NTS RW Racing GP | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26th |
| 2020 | Moto2 | NTS | NTS RW Racing GP | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23rd |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 16th |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 13th |
| 2023 | Moto2 | Kalex | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21st |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Kalex | Pertamina Mandalika GAS Up Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27th |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 151 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 338 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| Moto3 | 2016–2017 | 2016 Qatar | 2016 Great Britain | | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2018–present | 2018 Qatar | 2023 Americas | | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| Total | 2016–present | 2016–present | 2016–present | 2016–present | 151 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 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 |
| 2016 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 14 | ARG 22 | AME 22 | SPA 21 | FRA 16 | ITA 18 | CAT 11 | NED 9 | GER 12 | AUT 7 | CZE 7 | GBR 3 | RSM Ret | ARA 15 | JPN 18 | AUS 10 | MAL 3 | VAL 13 | | | 14th | 78 |
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 26 | ARG 23 | AME DNS | SPA 11 | FRA 9 | ITA 12 | CAT 15 | NED Ret | GER 8 | CZE 4 | AUT Ret | GBR Ret | RSM 6 | ARA 17 | JPN 9 | AUS 16 | MAL 10 | VAL 12 | | | 15th | 65 |
| 2018 | Moto2 | Tech3 | QAT 18 | ARG 28 | AME 20 | SPA 16 | FRA 16 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED 17 | GER 20 | CZE Ret | AUT 22 | GBR C | RSM 20 | ARA 25 | THA 14 | JPN Ret | AUS | MAL | VAL | | 29th | 2 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | NTS | QAT 16 | ARG 14 | AME 13 | SPA 16 | FRA Ret | ITA 19 | CAT 18 | NED Ret | GER 16 | CZE 17 | AUT 15 | GBR 21 | RSM 17 | ARA 18 | THA 20 | JPN 16 | AUS 15 | MAL Ret | VAL 24 | | 26th | 7 |
| 2020 | Moto2 | NTS | QAT 11 | SPA Ret | ANC 19 | CZE 18 | AUT 22 | STY 24 | RSM 19 | EMI 22 | CAT 17 | FRA 20 | ARA 21 | TER 16 | EUR 14 | VAL 8 | POR 13 | | | | | | 23rd | 18 |
| 2021 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 9 | DOH 12 | POR Ret | SPA 14 | FRA 5 | ITA 15 | CAT 6 | GER 13 | NED 15 | STY 23 | AUT 17 | GBR 15 | ARA Ret | RSM 25 | AME 15 | EMI 12 | ALR 15 | VAL 25 | | | 16th | 46 |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 19 | INA 15 | ARG 9 | AME 7 | POR 8 | SPA 7 | FRA 14 | ITA 11 | CAT 13 | GER 16 | NED 5 | GBR 10 | AUT 15 | RSM 12 | ARA 15 | JPN 9 | THA 18 | AUS 10 | MAL 14 | VAL 11 | 13th | 87 |
| 2023 | Moto2 | Kalex | POR Ret | ARG 22 | AME 3 | SPA 17 | FRA 18 | ITA 14 | GER Ret | NED WD | GBR 17 | AUT 15 | CAT Ret | RSM 13 | IND 18 | JPN 17 | INA 12 | AUS 8$^‡$ | THA 16 | MAL 17 | QAT 22 | VAL 24 | 21st | 30 |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 14 | POR 16 | AME 18 | SPA Ret | FRA | CAT | ITA | NED 14 | GER Ret | GBR 13 | AUT 22 | ARA Ret | RSM 20 | EMI | INA | JPN | AUS | THA | MAL | SLD | 27th | 7 |
$^‡$ 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)
| 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 |
| 2024 | MV Agusta | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | EMI | EMI | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | POR | POR | FRA | FRA | ITA | ITA | SPA | SPA | POR 8 | POR 5 | SPA 7 | SPA 3 | 18th | 44 |
| 2025 | MV Agusta | AUS 4 | AUS 3 | POR | POR | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | EMI | EMI | GBR | GBR | HUN | HUN | FRA | FRA | ARA | ARA | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | 3rd* | 29* |
* Season still in progress.