Alberto Surra (born 31 May 2004) is an Italian motorcycle racer riding for Motocorsa Racing in the 2026 Superbike World Championship.
Career
Grand Prix motorcycling career (2021-2025)
Moto3 World Championship (2021–2022)
Surra made his grand prix motorcycle racing debut in the 2021 Moto3 World Championship for Team Bardahl VR46 Riders Academy as a wildcard rider in the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, where he retired from the race.
Two rounds later, Surra replaced the departing Filip Salač at Rivacold Snipers Team for the rest of the 2021 season, starting at the Dutch TT. He missed both of the next two rounds at Austria due to personal reasons and returned at the British motorcycle Grand Prix. He scored his sole point of his campaign in the penultimate round at the Algarve motorcycle Grand Prix.
Surra continued with Rivacold Snipers Team for the 2022 season, but his season was hampered with injuries and he finished thirtieth in the championship with nil points.
Moto2 World Championship (2023-2025)
Surra's contract with Rivacold Snipers Team was not renewed and he spent the next three years in the FIM Moto2 European Championship. He made his Moto2 World Championship debut midway through the season in 2023 with Forward Team, replacing Marcos Ramírez. He came a highest of seventeenth three times and was ruled out of the Malaysian Grand Prix due to injury. Surra did not contest the final two rounds of the season due to ending his partnership with the team.
Surra did only one round of the 2024 Moto2 World Championship, serving as a replacement rider in the 2024 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix for Fermín Aldeguer with Speed Up Racing. He retired from the race and was not classified in the standings.
Surra did a sole round of the 2025 Moto2 World Championship as a wildcard rider in the 2025 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix for OnlyFans American Racing Team, where he came twenty-seventh in the race.
FIM Moto2 European Championship (2023–2025)
Surra finished all of his three seasons of the FIM Moto2 European Championship third in the overall standings. In his debut year, he claimed four second places, all in the latter half of the season.
Surra got his first pole position – which he converted to his maiden win – in the series at the opening round of the 2024 FIM Moto2 European Championship. Surra consistently collected podiums throughout the year and ended the championship two points shy to the titles runner-up. Surra also became the 2024 S4 European Champion with VM Racing in the Supermoto European Championship.
In his third year of the Moto2 European Championship, Surra collected only three podiums in his campaign; one in the first round at Estoril and two wins at Magny-Cours and Misano.
Supersport World Championship
Surra made his Supersport World Championship debut in the final four rounds of the 2025 season as a replacement rider. He scored a podium on debut and pulled consecutive results, ending the championship in nineteenth.
Superbike World Championship
Surra moved up to the Superbike World Championship for the 2026 season with Motocorsa Racing.
Career statistics
Career highlights 2024: 1st, Supermoto European Championship
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Moto3 KTM Team Bardahl VR46 Riders Academy 1 0 0 0 0 0 32nd Honda Rivacold Snipers Team 8 0 0 0 0 1 Moto3 Honda Rivacold Snipers Team 11 0 0 0 0 0 30th Moto2 Forward Forward Team 8 0 0 0 0 0 33rd Moto2 Boscoscuro Speed Up Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Kalex OnlyFans American Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 42nd Total 30 0 0 0 0 1
By class Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp Moto3 2021–2022 2021 Italy 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 Moto2 2023–2025 2023 Austria 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2021–2025 30 0 0 0 0 1 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 22 Pos Pts Moto3 KTM QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER 32nd 1 Honda NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL Moto3 Honda QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 30th 0 Moto2 Forward POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 33rd 0 Moto2 Boscoscuro QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT CAT RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD NC 0 Moto2 Kalex THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL 42nd 0
FIM Moto2 European 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 Pos Pts 2023 Boscoscuro EST1 EST2 VAL JER POR1 POR2 CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 VAL 3rd 138 2024 Boscoscuro MIS EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 POR1 POR2 JER ARA1 ARA2 EST 3rd 154 2025 Kalex EST1 EST2 JER1 MAG1 MAG2 ARA1 ARA2 MIS1 CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 3rd 148
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 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Yamaha AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA EST EST SPA SPA 19th 62
Superbike World Championship By season Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Ducati Panigale V4 R Motocorsa Racing 6 0 0 0 0 12* 15th* Total 6 0 0 0 0 12
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 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 Ducati AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED HUN HUN HUN CZE CZE CZE ARA ARA ARA EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 15th* 12* Season still in progress.
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