Celestino Vietti

Celestino Vietti
File:Celestino Vietti 2019.jpg Vietti in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 Cirié, Italy
Current team	Red Bull KTM Ajo
Bike number	13
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2021– Manufacturers Kalex 2023 Championship position 10th (116 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 57 4 7 5 5 386 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2018–2020 Manufacturers KTM Championships 0 2020 Championship position 5th (146 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 38 2 8 1 2 305

Celestino Vietti Ramus (born 13 October 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider competing in Moto2 for Red Bull KTM Ajo. He is also a member of Valentino Rossi's VR46 Academy.

Career

Junior career

In 2015 he won the Italian Premoto3 250 4t championship, a CIV category in which he won 7 out of 8 races. On December 15, 2015 he joins the VR46 Academy, remaining in the CIV but moving up a category, moving to Moto3 for the 2016 season in the RMU Racing team. After a season in the CIV Moto3 where he finishes 12th, in 2017 comes his debut in the CEV Junior World Championship with SKY Racing Team VR46 where he finishes 25th.

In 2018 he competed full-time in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, scoring a second place in Barcelona, and finishing the season 10th overall, with 52 points.

Moto3 World Championship (2018–2020)

In 2018 he graduated to the Moto3 World Championship where he replaced Enea Bastianini in the Estrella Galicia team.

He made his Grand Prix racing debut as injury replacement for fellow VR46 Academy member Nicolò Bulega at the Japanese Grand Prix. A week later he scored his first career podium in Moto3 at Phillip Island, and finished off the season with a 10th place in Valencia. Vietti scored 24 points total, six more than Bulega, despite taking part in 14 races less.

Following his impressive debut performances, Vietti competed full-time in the 2019 Moto3 World Championship, with Bulega moving up to the Moto2 category. Vietti hit the ground running, scoring regular top 10 points at almost every weekend, grabbing three 3rd places in Jerez, Barcelona, and Motegi, scoring 135 points total, finishing sixth overall in the championship standings, and winning rookie of the year.

Vietti started the 2020 Moto3 World Championship season well, with a third place in Jerez in the third race of the year, earning Vietti his fifth career podium in Moto3, all third places. A month later in Austria, Vietti scored his first victory in the category, followed by a second place in Misano, and another victory in France. Overall Vietti closed a strong year with two victories, four podiums, 146 points, and a fifth place finish in the final standings, in his final year of Moto3.

Moto2 World Championship (2021–present)

Following Nicolò Bulega's performances, Vietti was promoted to Moto2 for the 2021 season, partnering Marco Bezzecchi at Sky Racing Team VR46. Vietti slowly improved as the season went on, with his three best results coming at the last three races of the year, fourth in Misano, sixth in Portimao, and fourth in Valencia. He finished the season with 89 points, good for 12th in the final standings, and third among rookies, behind Raúl Fernández, and Ai Ogura.

Vietti was partnered by Niccolò Antonelli at Mooney VR46 Racing team for the 2022 Moto2 World Championship.

Career statistics

CIV PreMoto3 Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	Bike	Pos	Pts
2015	RMU	1st	241

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 9	VAL2 14	25th	9
2017	KTM	ALB DNQ	LMS 30	CAT1 11	CAT2 10	VAL1 13	VAL2 15	EST Ret	JER1 35	JER1 21	ARA Ret	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	25th	15
2018	KTM	EST	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	FRA Ret	CAT1 13	CAT2 2	ARA 5	JER1	JER2	ALB 29	VAL1 7	VAL2 7	10th	52

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2018	Moto3	KTM	Sky Racing Team VR46	4	0	1	0	0	24	25th
2019	Moto3	KTM	Sky Racing Team VR46	19	0	3	1	1	135	6th
2020	Moto3	KTM	Sky Racing Team VR46	15	2	4	0	1	146	5th
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Sky Racing Team VR46	18	0	0	0	0	89	12th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	20	3	5	3	4	165	7th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Fantic Racing	17	1	2	2	1	116	10th
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	2	0	0	0	0	16	9th
Total				95	6	15	6	7	691

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2018–2020	2018 Japan	2018 Australia	2020 Styria	38	2	8	1	2	305	0
Moto2	2021–present	2021 Qatar	2022 Qatar	2022 Qatar	57	4	7	5	5	386	0
Total	2018–present				95	6	15	6	7	691	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	21	Pos	Pts
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN 14	AUS 3	MAL Ret	VAL 10			25th	24
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT 5	ARG 14	AME 9	SPA 3	FRA 7	ITA 9	CAT 3	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 19	AUT 4	GBR 9	RSM Ret	ARA 14	THA 6	JPN 3	AUS Ret	MAL 5	VAL 8			6th	135
2020	Moto3	KTM	QAT 28	SPA 5	ANC 3	CZE 13	AUT 5	STY 1	RSM Ret	EMI 2	CAT 8	FRA 1	ARA 9	TER 5	EUR 23	VAL 24	POR 7							5th	146
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 12	DOH 7	POR Ret	SPA 18	FRA 19	ITA 16	CAT 14	GER 15	NED 10	STY 6	AUT 6	GBR 12	ARA 15	RSM 10	AME Ret	EMI 4	ALR 6	VAL 4				12th	89
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 1	INA 2	ARG 1	AME Ret	POR 2	SPA 6	FRA 8	ITA Ret	CAT 1	GER Ret	NED 4	GBR 6	AUT Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 10	JPN Ret	THA 10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL Ret		7th	165
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 11	ARG 13	AME 9	SPA Ret	FRA 4	ITA 5	GER 10	NED 10	GBR 12	AUT 1	CAT 10	RSM 2	IND DNS	JPN	INA	AUS Ret	THA Ret	MAL Ret	QAT 6	VAL Ret		10th	116
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 9	POR 7	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	KAZ	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	9th*	16*

Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.