Sic58 Squadra Corse is an Italian motorcycle racing team. It was founded by Paolo Simoncelli in 2013—in honour of his son, Marco Simoncelli. The team currently competes in the Moto3 World Championship. It has previously participated in the Italian FIM CIV, Spanish FIM CEV and European Talent Cup.

History

The team was formed by Paolo Simoncelli in 2013 after the death of his son, MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli, at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix. The team name Sic58 Squadra Corse (English: Sic58 Racing Team) is a reference to Marco's nickname "Super Sic" or simply "Sic" and his former racing number 58, which was retired from use in the MotoGP class following his death. The formation of the team was also supported by compatriot Fausto Gresini, who had been Simoncelli's team boss at the time of his death. The intention of the Sic58 team is to promote the careers of young Italian motorcycle racers.

The team originally entered the FIM CIV Moto3 Junior Championship in Italy. Simoncelli quickly realized that in order for his riders to get to the World Championship level, they would need to prove themselves in the more competitive and better-organized Spanish FIM CEV Repsol Moto3 Junior World Championship, so the team began competing in that series in 2015. Sic58 achieved their first taste of international success with a win from Italian rider Tony Arbolino at the second race in the 2016 CEV round in Jerez. The team also enters riders in the European Talent Cup, a support series of FIM CEV Repsol.

In 2017, Sic58 entered the Moto3 World Championship with existing team rider Tony Arbolino partnered with new signing Tatsuki Suzuki, a Japanese rider with previous Moto3 World Championship experience. The team had a difficult start. Arbolino achieved only a single points finish, finishing 34th in the riders' standings. Suzuki achieved points finishes in all races he completed, including a best finish of 4th, but 7 retirements limited him to 71 points and 14th position in the riders' standings. For 2018, Arbolino was replaced by compatriot Niccolò Antonelli coming from the Red Bull KTM Ajo team. The season was only a slight improvement over 2017, with both Suzuki and Antonelli repeating the former's 71 points and finishing 14th and 15th in the riders' standings respectively. The team finished 7th of 16 teams, with 2018 being the first year a Moto3 teams' championship was counted.

In 2019, Sic58 achieved their first success on the world stage with a 1-2 finish from Antonelli and Suzuki. The win occurred in the fourth round of the championship at Jerez, coincidentally the same location of Marco Simoncelli's maiden World Championship victory in the former 125 cc class, leading to an emotional celebration from the team. Suzuki repeated success for the team with a win in San Marino. The remainder of the season was however plagued by multiple injuries for Antonelli, and 8 retirements for Suzuki, limiting both riders to 7th and 8th in the riders' standings respectively, and the team to 2nd in the team standings. The team was additionally granted a slot in the inaugural 2019 season of the MotoE World Cup, achieving one 3rd place podium finish at the San Marino round.

Results

Year Class Team name Motorcycle No. Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos. Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 14 Tony Arbolino 18 0 0 0 0 2 34th 24 Tatsuki Suzuki 18 0 0 0 0 71 14th Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 23 Niccolò Antonelli 16 0 0 1 0 71 15th 24 Tatsuki Suzuki 17 0 0 0 0 71 14th 55 Yari Montella 1 0 0 0 0 0 37th 1 0 0 0 0 0 2019 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 23 Niccolò Antonelli 15 1 1 3 2 128 7th 24 Tatsuki Suzuki 19 1 2 1 2 124 8th 32 Davide Pizzoli 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 36th 3 Kevin Zannoni 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 39th MotoE Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse Energica Ego Corsa 27 Mattia Casadei 6 0 1 0 0 39 10th 2020 Moto3 SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 23 Niccolò Antonelli 14 0 0 0 0 40 19th 24 Tatsuki Suzuki 13 1 2 3 0 83 12th 20 José Julián García 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC MotoE Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse Energica Ego Corsa 27 Mattia Casadei 7 0 2 0 0 74 5th 2021 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 20 Lorenzo Fellon 18 0 0 0 0 0 33rd 24 Tatsuki Suzuki 18 0 0 2 1 76 14th MotoE Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse Energica Ego Corsa 27 Mattia Casadei 6 0 3 0 0 79 6th 43 Stefano Valtulini 1 0 0 0 0 1 19th 2022 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 20 Lorenzo Fellon 19 0 0 0 0 11 25th 54 Riccardo Rossi 20 0 1 0 1 87 14th 29 Harrison Voight 1 0 0 0 0 0 40th MotoE Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse Energica Ego Corsa 21 Kevin Zannoni 12 0 0 0 0 71.5 10th 2023 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 27 Kaito Toba 20 0 1 0 0 105 11th 54 Riccardo Rossi 20 0 0 0 0 79 14th MotoE Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse Ducati V21L 21 Kevin Zannoni 16 0 2 2 0 130 9th 34 Kevin Manfredi 16 0 2 0 1 117 10th 2024 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 7 Filippo Farioli 20 0 0 0 0 32 19th 57 Danial Shahril 1 0 0 0 0 0 31st 58 Luca Lunetta 19 0 2 0 1 112 12th MotoE Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse Ducati V21L 34 Kevin Manfredi 16 0 0 0 0 56 15th 55 Massimo Roccoli 15 0 0 0 0 88 13th 2025 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 58 Luca Lunetta 18 0 2 0 1 125 12th 48 Lennox Phommara 2 0 0 0 0 0 36th 67 Casey O'Gorman 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 3 (16) 25th 82 Stefano Nepa 18 0 0 0 0 51 18th MotoE Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse Ducati V21L 28 Tommaso Occhi 14 0 0 0 0 15 18th 77 Raffaele Fusco 14 0 0 0 0 36 17th 2026 Moto3 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda NSF250RW 5 Leo Rammerstorfer 6 0 0 0 0 4* 22nd* 67 Casey O'Gorman 7 0 0 0 0 27* 15th*

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