DENIZ ÖNCÜ

Moto2™

FIRST NAME: DENIZ
LAST NAME: ÖNCÜ
TEAM: RED BULL KTM AJO
START NUMBER: 53
NATION: TURKEY
BIRTHDAY: 26 JULY 2003
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 172 CM / 61 KG

ABOUT DENIZ

For sheer attacking, competitive commitment then there are few in Grand Prix racing to rival Deniz Öncü. The Turk will 21 in July 2024 and during his fifth season of world championship action. Öncü (pronounced ‘on-chew’) has built a reputation based on passion, excitement and balls-out graft. He needed just one full campaign of Moto3 in 2020 to learn the demands of the category before he started to post podium results and Pole Positions in 2021. He was an outside bet for the championship in 2022 (finishing 5th) and then went much closer in 2023 by appearing on the box seven times – including three victories - and snaring a top four standing through some typically chaotic Moto3 Grands Prix. Deniz seemed a natural choice to continue his education and progression into Moto2 with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team for 2024 and earned his place in the intermediate class by virtue of his high billing on the KTM RC4. The learning starts again for DO.

BEST RESULTS:

  • 2023 – 4th FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2022 – 5th FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2021 – 11st FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2021 - 11TH FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2020 – 17TH FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2019 - 12TH FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship 
  • 2019 - 35TH Moto3 World Championship (5 Races)
  • 2018 - RED BULL MotoGP Rookies Cup RUNNER-UP

 

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • 2023 – 4th FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2022 – 5th FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2021 – 11st FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2021 - 11TH FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2020 – 17TH FIM Grand Prix World Championship Moto3
  • 2019 - 12TH FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
  • 2019 - 35TH Moto3 World Championship (5 Races)
  • 2018 - RED BULL MotoGP Rookies Cup RUNNER-UP

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