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55 Romano Fenati

STERILGARDA MAX RACING TEAM 96 POINTS
Fenati joined the Moto3™ World Championship grid with Team Italia FMI for the first time in 2012 , making an instant impact as he came second in Qatar and won the second race in Jerez . After a more challenging 2013 , Fenati bounced back the following year as he joined Sky Racing Team VR46 , winning four races and finishing fifth overall . But controversy dogged his career after : he was sacked from the Sky VR46 Moto3™ team in 2016 and then banned from racing for the final races of 2018 for grabbing an opponent ’ s brake lever . Fenati is the most successful rider in Moto3™ history ( 12 wins , 26 podiums ) but will be finally build on that potential in 2021 , his second straight season with Max Racing Husqvarna ?

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5 Dennis Foggia

LEOPARD RACING 86 POINTS
The Italian shot to prominence in 2017 , winning the FIM Moto3™ Junior World Championship . In 2018 , Foggia graduated to Sky Racing Team VR46 in the Moto3™ World Championship , taking some good top ten results and his first podium in Thailand . He stayed with the team in 2019 and it brought another podium finish . 2020 saw him make the move to Leopard Racing and he repaid their faith with a win in the Czech GP following a patch start to the season . Further podiums followed in Catalunya and Portimao in a season where he gained a reputation as a yo-yo rider , mixing the great with the poor . 2021 will see him to find more consistency .
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