Dennis Foggia Explained

Dennis Foggia (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider who currently competes in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Italtrans Racing Team. He previously competed in Moto3, becoming the 2021 runner-up as well as finishing third in 2022.

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. 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, 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 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 Sky Racing Team VR46 for the 2019 season, Foggia basically replicated last season, scoring one podium again, a third place finish in Aragón. His rookie teammate Celestino Vietti 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.^[1]

Leopard Racing (2020–2022)

For the 2020 season Foggia moved to Leopard Racing Honda, signing a three-year contract, partnering Jaume Masiá. 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 Foggia was partnered by Xavier Artigas, 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 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.^[2] Staying in Moto3 with Leopard Racing, he will be partnered by Tatsuki Suzuki.

Moto2 World Championship

Italtrans Racing Team (from 2023–2024)

From 2023, Foggia graduated to Moto2 World Championship with Italtrans Racing Team. Foggia’s best result in the intermediate class was sixth achieved in 2024 at the Circuit of the Americas. At the end of the year Aspar Team announced that Foggia will race for the team not in Moto2 but in Moto3.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior 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	Pos	Pts
2016	KTM	VAL1	VAL2	LMS	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	ALG	JER1	JER2	VAL1	VAL2	7th	79
2017	KTM	ALB	LMS	CAT1	CAT2	VAL1	VAL2	EST	JER1	JER1	ARA	VAL1	VAL2	1st	221

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
	Moto3	KTM	Platinum Bay Real Estate	1	0	0	0	0	19	24th
			Sky Junior Team VR46 Academy	2
	Moto3	KTM	Sky Racing Team VR46	18	0	1	0	1	55	19th
	Moto3	KTM	Sky Racing Team VR46	18	0	1	0	1	97	12th
	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	15	1	3	0	0	89	10th
	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	18	5	10	0	0	216	2nd
	Moto3	Honda	Leopard Racing	20	4	8	4	2	246	3rd
	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	20	0	0	0	0	35	19th
	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	19	0	0	0	0	18	25th
Total				131	10	23	4	4	775

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2017–2022	2017 Czech Republic	2018 Thailand	2020 Czech Republic	92	10	23	4	4	722	0
Moto2	2023–2024	2023 Portugal			39	0	0	0	0	53	0
Total	2017–present				131	10	23	4	4	775	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	20	Pos	Pts
	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			24th	19
	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		19th	55
	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		12th	97
	Moto3	Honda	QAT	SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR						10th	89
	Moto3	Honda	QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL			2nd	216
	Moto3	Honda	QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL	3rd	246
	Moto2	Kalex	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	19th	35
	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD	25th	18

Season still in progress.

Notes and References

1. Web site: "In the Leopard team they treat me as a professional rider". GPone.com. 5 July 2022.
2. Web site: Foggia stating his wish to leave the team. Gpone.com. 5 July 2022.