Alessandro Zaccone
{{short description|Italian motorcycle racer}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name = Alessandro Zaccone
| image = Alessandro Zaccone.jpg
| caption = Zaccone in 2019
| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rimini, Italy
| Current team = Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team
| Bike number = 61
| website =
| Moto2 Active years= {{MGP|2022|Moto2}}
| Moto2 Manufacturers = Kalex
| Moto2 Championships=
| Moto2 Race Starts = 20
| Moto2 Race Wins = 0
| Moto2 Podiums = 0
| Moto2 Poles = 0
| Moto2 Fastest laps= 0
| Moto2 Total Points= 9
| Moto2 Last season = 2022
| Moto2 Last position = 24th (9 pts)
| MotoE Active years= {{MGP|2020|MotoE}}–{{MGP|2021|MotoE}}, {{MGP|2023|MotoE}}-
| MotoE Manufacturers = Energica, Ducati
| MotoE Championships = 0
| MotoE Race Starts = 43
| MotoE Race Wins = 2
| MotoE Podiums = 8
| MotoE Poles = 6
| MotoE Fastest laps= 1
| MotoE Total Points= 400
| MotoE Last season = 2024
| MotoE Last position = 5th (179 pts)
| SS Active years = {{WorldSS|2016}}–{{WorldSS|2017}}
| SS Manufacturers = Kawasaki, MV Agusta
| SS Championships = 0
| SS Last season = 2017
| SS Last position = 23rd (17 pts)
| SS Race Starts = 17
| SS Race Wins = 0
| SS Podiums = 0
| SS Poles = 0
| SS Fastest laps = 0
| SS Total Points = 48
}}
Alessandro Zaccone (born 16 January 1999) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, contracted to compete for Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team in the 2025 MotoE World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://motosprint.corrieredellosport.it/news/english-version/motogp/2021/09/17-4707003/moto2_zaccone_and_salac_to_compete_for_team_gresini_in_2022|title=Moto2: Zaccone and Salac to compete for team Gresini in 2022 - News|website=motosprint.corrieredellosport.it}}
Career
=Early career=
Zaccone began competing as a child; in 2008, he was regional mini-bike champion and fourth at the national level.{{cite web|url=https://motosprint.corrieredellosport.it/news/sbk/supersport/2016/04/07-215352/alessandro_zaccone_dal_civ_al_tetto_del_mondo/|author=Federico Porrozzi|title=Alessandro Zaccone, dal CIV al tetto del mondo|website=motosprint.corrieredellosport.it|publisher=Conti Editore S.r.l.|date=7 April 2016|language=Italian}} In the following years, he continued with the MiniGP and some CIV races in the Moto3 category. He made his international debut in 2013 by participating, with the Honda Italia team, in the Imola Grand Prix of the European Junior Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2013/ITA2/EJC/001/CLA/Results.pdf|title=EJC 2013 Imola - Results Race|author=Redazione|website=worldsbk.com|publisher=Dorna Sports S.L.|date=30 June 2013|language=English}} In the same season, he finished in sixteenth place in the Italian Moto3 championship.
In 2014, Zaccone took part in the last four races on the calendar of the European Superstock 600 Championship with a Honda CBR600RR of the Talmácsi Racing team. He collected sixteen points with which he finished in twentieth place in the riders' standings. The following season he competed in the European Superstock 600 with the same team as in 2014. He finished in nineteenth scoring twenty-one points. In 2016, Zaccone, together with Axel Bassani, rode for the San Carlo Team Italia with which he took part in the races in the European section of the Supersport World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpone.com/it/2016030819685/Bassani-e-Zaccone-in-SSP-con-il-Team-Italia.html|title=SBK, Bassani e Zaccone in SSP con il Team Italia|author=Matteo Aglio|website=gpone.com|publisher=Buffer Overflow S.r.l.|date=8 March 2016}} Riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R, he finished in third place in the Europe Supersport Cup and seventeenth overall. In 2017, he moved to the MV Agusta Reparto Corse team with which he competed again for the European Cup of the Supersport World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motoblog.it/post/832022/alessandro-zaccone-supersport-mv-agusta|title=Alessandro Zaccone in Supersport con MV Agusta|author=Adriano Bestetti|website=motoblog.it|publisher=Triboo Media S.r.l.|date=24 December 2016}} He scored seventeen points with which he finished third in the ESC and twenty-third overall. In the 2018 and 2019, Zaccone competed in the CEV Moto2 class, with the Promoracing team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corsedimoto.com/in-pista/cev/cev-moto2-alessandro-zaccone-al-via-con-promoracing/|title=CEV Moto2: Alessandro Zaccone al via con Promoracing|author=Alessandro Palma|website=corsedimoto.com|publisher=Editoriale l'Incontro|date=18 January 2018}}
=MotoE World Championship=
In 2020, Zaccone made his debut in the world championship, racing in the MotoE class with the Trentino Gresini team with Matteo Ferrari as his teammate. He ended the season in 12th place with 37 points.{{Cite web|url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2020/FRA/MotoE/RAC2/worldstanding.pdf|title=MotoE 2020 - Championship Standings|author=Redazione|website=motogp.com|publisher=Dorna Sports S.L.|date=11 October 2020|language=English}}
In 2021, he moved to the Pramac Racing team, with teammate Yonny Hernández. On 2 May, he obtained his first victory in the category, temporarily taking the lead in the world championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motociclismo.it/motoe-2021-classifica-gara-jerez-spagna-78534|title=Zaccone vince la prima gara della MotoE|author=Beppe Cucco|website=motociclismo.it|publisher=Sportcom S.r.l.|date=2 May 2021}}
=Moto2 World Championship=
==Gresini Racing Moto2 (2022)==
Career statistics
=Career highlights=
- 2013 - NC, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R
- 2014 - 20th, European Superstock 600 Championship #61 Honda CBR600RR
- 2015 - 19th, European Superstock 600 Championship #61 Honda CBR600RR
=Supersport World Championship=
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Pos ! Pts |
2016
! Kawasaki | AUS | THA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA | MAL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA | QAT ! 18th ! 31 |
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2017
| AUS | THA |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| POR |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA | QAT ! 23rd ! 17 |
=FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship=
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
Year
! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Pos ! Pts |
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2018
! Kalex | style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST1 | style="background:#efcfff;"| EST2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL | style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| JER | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ALB1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ALB2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL ! 10th ! 74.5 |
2019
! Kalex | style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST1 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| EST2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL | style="background:#efcfff;"| CAT1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA2 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| JER | style="background:#dfffdf;"| ALB1 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ALB2 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL ! style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd ! style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 137 |
2020
! Kalex | style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST1 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| EST2 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| POR1 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| POR2 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| JER1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| JER2 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| ARA1 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| ARA2 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ARA3 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| VAL1 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| VAL2 ! style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd ! style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 195 |
=Grand Prix motorcycle racing=
==By season==
class="wikitable" style=text-align:right
!Season !Class !Motorcycle !Team !Race !Win !Podium !Pole !FLap !Pts !Plcd |
{{MGP|2020|MotoE}}
| MotoE | Energica | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12th |
---|
{{MGP|2021|MotoE}}
| MotoE | Energica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 5th |
{{MGP|2022|Moto2}}
| Moto2 | Kalex | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24th |
{{MGP|2023|MotoE}}
| MotoE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 11th |
{{MGP|2024|MotoE}}
| MotoE | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 179 | 5th |
{{MGP|2025|MotoE}}
| MotoE | Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* |
colspan=4|Total
| 63 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 409 | |
==By class==
class="wikitable" style=text-align:right
!Class !Seasons !1st GP !1st Pod !1st Win !Race !Win !Podiums !Pole !FLap !Pts !WChmp |
MotoE
| 2020–2021, 2023–2025 |align="left"| 2020 Andalusia |align="left"| 2021 Spain |align="left"| 2021 Spain | 43 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 400 | 0 |
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Moto2
| 2022 |align="left"| 2022 Qatar |align="left"| |align="left"| | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total
! 2020–present | | | | 63 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 409 | 0 |
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! 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 |
{{MGP|2020|MotoE}}
! MotoE ! Energica |style="background:#ffffff;"| SPA |style="background:#efcfff;"| ANC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSM |style="background:#dfffdf;"| EMI1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| EMI2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 12th ! 37 |
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{{MGP|2021|MotoE}}
! MotoE ! Energica |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SPA |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT |style="background:#efcfff;"| RSM1 |style="background:#ffffff;"| RSM2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 5th ! 80 |
align="left"| {{MGP|2022|Moto2}}
!align="left"| Moto2 !align="left"| Kalex |style="background:#cfcfff;"| QAT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| INA |style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#efcfff;"| AME |style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| CAT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSM |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA |style="background:#efcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| THA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUS |style="background:#efcfff;"| MAL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| VAL ! 24th ! 9 |
align="left"| {{MGP|2023|MotoE}}
!align="left"| MotoE !align="left"| Ducati |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED2 |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR1 |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSM1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSM2 | | | | ! 11th ! 104 |
{{MGP|2024|MotoE}}
! MotoE ! Ducati |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA2 |style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NED1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSM1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSM2 | | | | ! 5th ! 179 |
{{MGP|2025|MotoE}}
! MotoE ! Ducati | FRA1 | FRA2 | NED1 | NED2 | AUT1 | AUT2 | HUN1 | HUN2 | CAT1 | CAT2 | RSM1 | RSM2 | POR1 | POR2 | | | | | | ! NC* ! 0* |
References
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