Niccolò Canepa
Niccolò Canepa is an Italian former 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
2009.jpg|thumb|Canepa at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix]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 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, 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. 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
CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Pts |
| 2004 | Stock 1000 | Ducati | MUG | IMO | VAL1 16 | MIS 14 | VAL2 16 | 26th | 2 | |
| 2005 | Supersport | Kawasaki | VAL 10 | MON 9 | IMO 10 | MIS1 Ret | MUG 12 | MIS2 4 | 9th | 36 |
Superstock European Championship
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
| 2004 | Kawasaki | VAL | SMR | MNZ | OSC | SIL | BRA | NED 22 | IMO 17 | MAG 19 | NC | 0 |
European Superstock 600
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Pts |
| 2005 | Yamaha | VAL 4 | MNZ 4 | SIL 4 | MIS 10 | BRN 2 | BRA 2 | ASS Ret | LAU Ret | IMO Ret | MAG 2 | 4th | 105 |
| 2006 | Ducati | VAL 2 | MNZ Ret | SIL 1 | MIS 3 | BRN 2 | BRA 2 | ASS 1 | LAU 1 | IMO | MAG | 2nd | 151 |
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
| 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 |
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
| 2007 | Ducati | DON 1 | VAL 3 | NED 6 | MNZ 10 | SIL 13 | SMR 5 | BRN 7 | BRA 1 | LAU 2 | ITA 2 | MAG 3 | 1st | 161 |
| 2011 | Kawasaki/Ducati | NED 10 | MNZ 9 | SMR 5 | ARA 4 | BRN 5 | SIL 3 | NŰR 3 | IMO 3 | MAG 4 | ALG Ret | 5th | 109 | |
| 2013 | Ducati | ARA 2 | NED 3 | MNZ 3 | ALG 5 | IMO 2 | SIL 4 | SIL 4 | NŰR 3 | MAG 2 | JER 7 | 2nd | 154 | |
| 2016 | Yamaha | ARA | NED | IMO 12 | DON 3 | MIS | LAU | MAG | JER | 19th | 20 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
| 2009 [Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|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 | ||||||||||
| 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 was completed.
FIM EWC
By year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos | Total Pts |
| 2016-17 | Yamaha | BOL 13 | 2017 [24 Hours of Le Mans (moto)|LMS] 58 | OSC 30 | SVK 30 | SUZ 15 | 1st | 146 |
CIV National Championship
Races by year
| 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 |