Dennis Foggia (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian
motorcycle rider
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who is scheduled to compete in the
2023 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Italtrans Racing Team. He previously competed in
Moto3
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, becoming the
2021 runner-up.
Career
Early career
Foggia made his debut in motorcycle racing at age 15, during the
2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, riding for the
VR46 Riders Academy team, along with
Celestino Vietti
Celestino Vietti Ramus (born 13 October 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider competing in Moto2 for Mooney VR46 Racing Team. He is also a member of Valentino Rossi's VR46 Academy.
Career Junior career
In 2018 he competed full-time in the 2 ...
. In his first ever race, the opening round at Valencia, he finished in second place, and was a regular points scorer throughout the year, finishing 7th in the standings with 79 points, and grabbing a third place podium in the final race of the season, also at Valencia.
For the
2017 season, Foggia stayed with the VR46 Academy team, and dominated the season. Out of the twelve races held that year, Foggia won four races, had nine podiums, and won the championship by 79 points.
Moto3 World Championship
Sky Racing Team VR46 (2016–2019)
His good results in the juniors also earned him three wild-card race appearances in the
2017 Moto3 World Championship
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The rider ...
, where he finished 14th, 8th and 7th, scoring solid points.
As expected, after his 2017 junior championship and good results in the three wild-card races, Foggia was signed full time by the VR46 Racing Team to partner
Nicolò Bulega
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for the
2018 Moto3 World Championship. Foggia struggled initially, but improved as the season went on, scoring a third place in Aragón, finishing with 55 points, which was only enough for 19th in the standings, but was second best among the rookies.
Staying with the
VR46 Academy Team for the
2019 season, Foggia basically replicated last season, scoring one podium again, a third place finish in Aragón. His rookie teammate
Celestino Vietti
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Career Junior career
In 2018 he competed full-time in the 2 ...
had three podiums, and finished as rookie of the year, scoring 135 points, compared to Foggia's 97. Following the season, through mutual consent between team and rider, Foggia left the VR46 Academy after spending 4 seasons together.
Leopard Racing (2020–2022)
For the
2020 season Foggia moved to Leopard Racing Honda, signing a three year contract, partnering
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. In a shortened season due to the pandemic, Foggia scored 3 podiums, winning the race in Brno. He finished with 89 points, 10th in the standings, but Leopard managed to win the team championship.
Staying with Leopard Racing for his fourth full season in Moto3, for
2021
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Foggia was partnered by
Xavier Artigas
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Career
Early career 2018
Artigas bought attention to himself in the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where ...
, as Masiá left to join the
Red Bull KTM Ajo Team. This would be Foggia's breakout year, as he won 5 races, scoring 10 podiums total, and was contending for the title until the penultimate round, with rookie
Pedro Acosta, Masiá's teammate. After an incident with
Darryn Binder
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Career
Binder was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His older brot ...
in the last lap of the Algarve Grand Prix, Foggia could no longer win the title, finishing the year in 2nd place with 216 points.
There were rumours of Foggia leaving Leopard Racing, especially after the Styrian Grand Prix, when his father was locked out of the paddock, with the team reportedly doing so as they believed he was being a bad influence on Foggia, but in the end decided to stay for the
2022 season and honor his contract; despite his earlier comments after the race stating that he wishes to leave.
Staying in Moto3 with Leopard Racing, he will be partnered by
Tatsuki Suzuki
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Career Moto3 World Championship
Mahindra CIP (2015)
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.
Moto2 World Championship
Italtrans Racing Team (from 2023)
From 2023, Foggia graduated to Moto2 World Championship with Italtrans Racing Team.
Career statistics
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
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key
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Italian motorcycle racers
Moto3 World Championship riders
Sportspeople from Rome