Riccardo Rossi (born 21 March 2002) is an Italian
motorcycle rider
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, currently competing in
Moto3
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for Rivacold Snipers Team.
Career
Early career
His passion for motorcycles started early, with the first experiences in mini-moto and with the participation in the MiniGP Italian Championship. In 2015 it started to get serious and Riccardo took part to the CIV, in the PreMoto3 category, with the 125 of the SIC58 Team.
The results were immediately reassuring, indeed he finished the season fourth.
The following year, Riccardo moved to the RMU team, always in the CIV PreMoto3, ending the Championship with an excellent 2nd position.
In 2017 it was time to grow and face more difficult and stimulating challenges. In that year Riccardo joined both the CIV and CEV Junior World Championship. It was an important season, where he could gain experience and start to know some of the most important tracks of the world.
In 2018 Riccardo participated in the CIV, with the Gresini Racing Junior Team, and in the CEV Moto3, with the Laglisse Academy Team.
Moto3
In 2019 the Genoese rider made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship riding the Honda motorbike of Gresini. In
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
and
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
he continued his path in the same category but with the Boe Skull Rider Team.
In
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
, Riccardo came back to
SIC58, proving to have what it takes to compete with the best. His best result of 2022 was the podium (3rd position) in
Thailand
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.
CIP Green Power (2024-)
From
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
Moto3 season, Rossi was going to move to
Prüstel GP
Prüstel GP was a motorcycle racing team based in Oberlungwitz, Saxony, Germany.
After the season, the team left from Moto3 World Championship.
History
The team was founded in 2008 by Dirk Heidolf and his name Racing Team Germany. Then, it w ...
, partnering with Xavi Artigas. But the team left the championship at the end of the 2023 season.
Career statistics
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year
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key) (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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Season still in progress.
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Genoa
Italian motorcycle racers
Moto3 World Championship riders
21st-century Italian sportsmen