Tony Arbolino

Tony Arbolino
Tony Arbolino
	Arbolino in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	3 August 2000 (age 24); Garbagnate Milanese, Italy
Current team	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team
Bike number	14
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2021–
Manufacturers	Kalex
2023 championship position	2nd (249.5 pts)
Moto3 World Championship
Active years	2017–2020
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2020 championship position	2nd (170 pts)

Tony Arbolino (born 3 August 2000) is an Italian motorcycle racer currently competing in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship for Elf Marc VDS Racing Team aboard a Kalex. He is a vice-champion in both Moto3 and Moto2, having achieved this feat in 2020 and 2023 respectively. Nicknamed Lo squalo di Garbagnate, for the ability to running very fast on wet circuit.^[1]^[2]

Career

Moto3 World Championship

Sic58 Squadra Corse (2017)

He was signed up to race in the Moto3 World Championship for the SIC58 Squadra Corse team for 2017.^[3] He scored two points in the whole season, ending up 34th in the standings.

Snipers Team (2018–2020)

A year later he raced for the Marinelli Snipers Team, scoring his first pole position at the second race of the season, at the Termas de Rio Hondo. He scored points in many occasions, including another pole position at Valencia. He finished 18th in the standings.

He continued another year with VNE Snipers Team, scoring his first podium in Argentina. He then made his first career win in Mugello, and also his second later in Assen. He finished on the podium on many other times, ending fourth in the standings. In 2020, Arbolino secured the second place in the 2020 Moto3 World Championship with several podiums to his name and a victory in the penultimate round in Valencia at the 2020 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix.

Moto2 World Championship

Liqui Moly Intact GP (2021)

In 2021 Arbolino made the switch to the Moto2 class with Liqui Moly Intact GP. His season was slightly inconsistent, achieving four top ten finishes throughout the year with a personal best of fourth achieved at the 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing 14th in the standings. For 2022 Arbolino moved to Elf Marc VDS Racing Team with hopes for even better results than in 2021.

Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (2022–present)

Arbolino started the year in great shape with debut front row achieved at the 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, just to take his debut victory in the intermediate class at the 2022 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas. Arbolino scored 3 wins and 5 podiums throughout the year, the Italian finished the year sitting fourth in the standings. Arbolino stayed with MarcVDS for the 2023 season. Leading the championship before the summer break, Tony had a chance to become the World Champion, scoring 8 podiums and winning 3 races wasn’t enough to stop Pedro Acosta. He finished second in the standings and he is the favourite to win the championship next season. The reality of challenging for the title straight away was far from what happened. Arbolino was far from his best in the first part of the season, as he struggled to finish in TOP10. A breakthrough podium in Aragón and a maiden Moto2 Pole Position in Misano saw Arbolino looking strong for the Asian rounds.

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
2014	KTM	JER1	JER2	LMS	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	NAV	ALG	VAL1 16	VAL1 Ret		NC	0
2015	KTM	ALG 21	LMS DNS	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 22	ARA1 Ret	ARA2 12	ALB 11	NAV 7	JER1 16	JER2 5	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 4	12th	42
2016	Honda	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 15	LMS 14	ARA 6	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 2	ALB 10	ALG 5	JER1 17	JER2 1	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 DNS	9th	75

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2017	Moto3	Honda	Sic58 Squadra Corse	18	0	0	0	0	2	34th
2018	Moto3	Honda	Marinelli Snipers Team	18	0	0	2	1	57	18th
2019	Moto3	Honda	VNE Snipers	19	2	7	3	0	175	4th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Rivacold Snipers Team	14	1	5	1	0	170	2nd
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Liqui Moly Intact GP	18	0	0	0	0	51	14th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	20	3	5	0	2	191.5	4th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	20	3	8	0	1	249.5	2nd
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	17	0	3	1	1	135*	9th*
Total				144	9	28	7	5	1031

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
Moto3	2017–2020	2017 Qatar	2019 Argentina	2019 Italy	69	3	12	6	1	404
Moto2	2021–present	2021 Qatar	2022 Americas	2022 Americas	75	6	16	1	3	627
Total	2017–present				144	9	28	7	5	1031

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
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 24	ARG 14	AME 20	SPA 23	FRA 22	ITA 21	CAT 24	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 16	AUT 17	GBR 25	RSM Ret	ARA 26	JPN 23	AUS 18	MAL 22	VAL 25			34th	2
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT 17	ARG 10	AME 20	SPA Ret	FRA 7	ITA 7	CAT Ret	NED 17	GER 17	CZE 15	AUT 9	GBR C	RSM 11	ARA 16	THA 14	JPN 6	AUS Ret	MAL 8	VAL Ret		18th	57
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT 16	ARG 3	AME 6	SPA 17	FRA Ret	ITA 1	CAT Ret	NED 1	GER 15	CZE 3	AUT 2	GBR 2	RSM 3	ARA 10	THA 10	JPN Ret	AUS 9	MAL 9	VAL Ret		4th	175
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 15	SPA 3	ANC 10	CZE 8	AUT 7	STY 2	RSM 6	EMI 11	CAT 2	FRA 2	ARA	TER 10	EUR 4	VAL 1	POR 5						2nd	170
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 16	DOH 11	POR 16	SPA 21	FRA 4	ITA 7	CAT 13	GER 16	NED Ret	STY 17	AUT 13	GBR 18	ARA 9	RSM 15	AME 6	EMI Ret	ALR 20	VAL 23			14th	51
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 5	INA 8	ARG 6	AME 1	POR Ret	SPA 3	FRA Ret	ITA 4	CAT 10	GER 10	NED 7	GBR 12	AUT Ret	RSM 7	ARA 5	JPN 6	THA 1^‡	AUS Ret	MAL 1	VAL 3	4th	191.5
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 3	ARG 1	AME 2	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA 2	GER 2	NED 7	GBR 10	AUT 6	CAT 17	RSM 4	IND 2	JPN 11	INA 6	AUS 1^‡	THA 4	MAL 10	QAT 10	VAL 16	2nd	249.5
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 20	POR 12	AME 11	SPA 7	FRA 8	CAT 9	ITA 16	NED 6	GER 9	GBR Ret	AUT 5	ARA 2	RSM 3	EMI 3	INA 7	JPN 11	AUS 8	THA	MAL	VAL	9th*	135*