🇮🇹 Italian Drivers

The Bologna teenager named after Kimi Räikkönen who replaced Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes

The emotional home winner of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, the first Italian to win there on a Ducati in the modern era

'The Beast' — a Moto2 world champion turned MotoGP race winner known for late-race charges from off the front row

'Pecco' — the Ducati rider who delivered the manufacturer's first premier-class title in over a decade

'DesmoDovi' — three-time MotoGP championship runner-up and Ducati's closest challenger to Marc Márquez's dominant era

The most successful Grand Prix motorcycle racer in history, with fifteen world championships across two classes

The Force India pole-sitter whose shock 2009 form earned him a call-up to Ferrari mid-season

The one-time Monaco Grand Prix winner who went on to run his own vineyard in Italy

A three-class world champion whose 22-season career spanned the two-stroke 500cc era through to modern MotoGP

The rising MotoGP star, instantly recognisable for his distinctive curly hair, whose career was cut short at just 24

A four-time 250cc world champion whose rivalry with Valentino Rossi defined the sport's transition into the MotoGP era

The most experienced driver in F1 history at his retirement, with a championship near-miss alongside Nigel Mansell

'The Doctor' — nine-time world champion and the rider most credited with turning MotoGP into a global spectacle