Andrea Locatelli (motorcyclist)

Andrea Locatelli (born 16 October 1996 in Alzano Lombardo) is an Italian motorcycle racer competing in the Superbike World Championship for Yamaha. He was the 2020 Supersport world champion.

Andrea Locatelli
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 Alzano Lombardo, Italy
Current team	Pata Prometeon Yamaha
Bike number	55
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2019 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2019 championship position 18th (46 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 55 0 0 0 0 106 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2013–2016 Manufacturers Mahindra, Honda, KTM Championships 0 2016 championship position 9th (96 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 0 2 0 2 129 Superbike World Championship Active years 2021– Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2024 championship position 7th (232 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 145 0 17 0 1 1122 Supersport World Championship Active years 2020 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 1 (2020) 2020 championship position 1st (333 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 15 12 13 7 11 333

Career

Early career

In 2012, Locatelli was the winner of the 2012 Italian Honda NSF250R Trophy, and in 2013, he was the 2013 CIV Moto3 Champion.

Moto3 World Championship

For the 2013 Moto3 World Championship, Locatelli was given two wild-card appearances, for the races in Italy and San Marino. He did not score any points however, finishing in 22nd and 25th.

San Carlo Team Italia (2014)

For the 2014 season, Locatelli was given a full time ride in Mahindra's San Carlo Team Italia, partnered by Matteo Ferrari. Locatelli did not score a single point during the entire season, Ferrari earned 12.

Gresini Racing Team Moto3 (2015)

For the 2015 season, Locatelli was given a full time ride by Gresini Racing, partnered by Enea Bastianini. Locatelli earned his first points that season, finishing with 33, and a best place finish of 7th.

Leopard Racing (2016)

For the 2016 season, Locatelli switched to Leopard Racing, partnering Joan Mir. Locatelli had his best season, finishing 9th in the standings with 96 points, and also had two second place podiums in Germany and in Australia. Mir finished the championship in 5th position as rookie of the year, scoring 144 points.

Moto2 World Championship

Italtrans Racing Team (2017–2019)

For the 2017 season, Locatelli moved up to Moto2, riding for Kalex's Italtrans team. He was partnered by Mattia Pasini, who finished with one win and two other podiums, while Locatelli finished in the points just three times, scoring 8 points total for the season. This marked the fourth straight season where Locatelli's teammate finished ahead of him in the championship standings.

In the 2018 season, Locatelli and Mattia Pasini both stayed with the Italtrans team. Once again, Pasini won a race and finished with 141 points, while Locatelli struggled, finishing with 52 points, and a season best of an 8th place, in his home race of Italy.

In his final Moto2 season of 2019, Locatelli was teamed up with Enea Bastianini at Italtrans. Bastianini scored a podium and 97 points, and following Locatelli finishing with 46, he was not renewed by the team.

Supersport World Championship

For the 2020 season, Locatelli received an offer from Yamaha Motor Company, in the Supersport class. Riding the Yamaha YZF-R6, Locatelli dominated in his rookie season, winning the first 9 races of the year, winning 12 out of 15 races total, finishing on the podium 13 times, and having just one DNF. He beat second place Lucas Mahias by 104 points in the overall standings.

Superbike World Championship

In 2021, he moved up to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Yamaha, next to Toprak Razgatlioglu. Locatelli scored four podiums, all four being 3rd place finishes during the season.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2013	Moto3	Mahindra	Mahindra Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Moto3	Mahindra	San Carlo Team Italia	16	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Moto3	Honda	Gresini Racing Team Moto3	14	0	0	0	0	33	20th
2016	Moto3	KTM	Leopard Racing	18	0	2	0	2	96	9th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	8	28th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	52	15th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	19	0	0	0	0	46	18th
Total				105	0	2	0	2	235

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2013–2016	2013 Italy	2016 Germany		50	0	2	0	2	129	0
Moto2	2017–2019	2017 Qatar			55	0	0	0	0	106	0
Total	2013–2019				105	0	2	0	2	235	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	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA 22	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM 25	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL			NC	0
2014	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 23	AME 25	ARG Ret	SPA	FRA	ITA 18	CAT 29	NED 17	GER Ret	INP 25	CZE 25	GBR 19	RSM Ret	ARA 18	JPN 23	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 26		NC	0
2015	Moto3	Honda	QAT 11	AME 7	ARG 23	SPA 16	FRA 16	ITA 13	CAT 12	NED Ret	GER 9	INP 13	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	RSM DNS	ARA DNS	JPN 14	AUS Ret	MAL DNS	VAL		20th	33
2016	Moto3	KTM	QAT 21	ARG 4	AME 5	SPA Ret	FRA 10	ITA Ret	CAT 19	NED Ret	GER 2	AUT 13	CZE Ret	GBR 14	RSM 6	ARA 17	JPN Ret	AUS 2	MAL 5	VAL 20		9th	96
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 27	ARG Ret	AME 20	SPA 26	FRA 19	ITA 16	CAT 14	NED 18	GER Ret	CZE 13	AUT Ret	GBR 23	RSM Ret	ARA 19	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 13	VAL 16		28th	8
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 19	ARG 15	AME 14	SPA 15	FRA 12	ITA 8	CAT 11	NED 10	GER Ret	CZE 14	AUT 13	GBR C	RSM 14	ARA 16	THA 9	JPN 16	AUS 20	MAL 12	VAL 9	15th	52
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 13	ARG 11	AME 10	SPA 14	FRA Ret	ITA 18	CAT 12	NED 6	GER 15	CZE 14	AUT 11	GBR 15	RSM 13	ARA 17	THA 13	JPN 15	AUS 18	MAL 16	VAL 20	18th	46

Supersport 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	13	14	15	Pos	Pts
2020	Yamaha	AUS 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	POR 1	POR 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 4	SPA 1	FRA 1	FRA Ret	POR 1	POR 2	1st	333

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2021	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	37	0	4	0	0	291	4th
2022	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	36	0	1	0	0	273	5th
2023	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	36	0	8	0	0	326	4th
2024	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	36	0	4	0	1	232	7th
Total			145	0	17	0	1	1122

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			13			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2021	Yamaha	SPA 10	SPA 12	SPA 9	POR 10	POR 11	POR 5	ITA 9	ITA 9	ITA 9	GBR Ret	GBR 9	GBR 11	NED 5	NED 4	NED 3	CZE 3	CZE 4	CZE 4	SPA 4	SPA 4	SPA 4	FRA 3	FRA 4	FRA 4	SPA 12	SPA Ret	SPA 5	SPA 4	SPA C	SPA 4	POR Ret	POR 4	POR 3	ARG 8	ARG 6	ARG 7	INA 4	INA C	INA 8	4th	291
2022	Yamaha	SPA 5	SPA 5	SPA 19	NED 4	NED 4	NED 2	POR 4	POR 5	POR 5	ITA 6	ITA 6	ITA 6	GBR 10	GBR 8	GBR 8	CZE 6	CZE 6	CZE 6	FRA 7	FRA 10	FRA 7	SPA 9	SPA 21	SPA 16	POR 6	POR 7	POR 6	ARG 8	ARG 10	ARG 8	INA 4	INA 4	INA 4	AUS 4	AUS 5	AUS 5				5th	273
2023	Yamaha	AUS 4	AUS 5	AUS 3	INA 3	INA 2	INA 5	NED 4	NED 5	NED 3	SPA 4	SPA 3	SPA 7	ITA 12	ITA 7	ITA 6	GBR 5	GBR 4	GBR 8	ITA 4	ITA 3	ITA 4	CZE 6	CZE Ret	CZE 7	FRA 6	FRA 4	FRA 4	SPA 4	SPA 4	SPA Ret	POR 9	POR 3	POR 5	SPA 3	SPA 6	SPA 10				4th	326
2024	Yamaha	AUS 2	AUS 2	AUS Ret	SPA 5	SPA 8	SPA 13	NED 12	NED 6	NED 5	ITA 4	ITA 4	ITA 5	GBR 6	GBR 7	GBR 7	CZE 7	CZE 6	CZE 3	POR 11	POR 13	POR 11	FRA 8	FRA Ret	FRA 9	ITA 12	ITA 7	ITA 9	SPA 10	SPA 11	SPA 9	POR Ret	POR 4	POR Ret	SPA 3	SPA 5	SPA 8				7th	232

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Andrea Locatelli at MotoGP.com
• Andrea Locatelli at WorldSBK.com
• Andrea Locatelli at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Andrea Locatelli at AS.com (in Spanish)