Diogo
Moreira
Brazil
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MotoGP
Date of birth | 23 April 2004 |
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Place of birth | São Paulo |
Age | 21 |
Nationality | Brazil |
Career start | 2018 |
Disciplines | Moto2 |
There’s a strong tradition of racing on two wheels in Diogo Moreira’s family – his dad used to compete in the Brazilian MX Championship. So when Moreira’s talent in the saddle started to show while he was still in primary school, his dad supported his decision to leave Brazil and move to Spain to pursue his MotoGP™ dream.
Steady progression through the ranks of Moto4 racing, the European Talent Cup and the Moto3 Junior World Championship, eventually led to Diogo getting a shot at the Red Bull Rookies Cup in 2021. Four podium finishes in the first five races of the season made the paddock sit up and take notice of the Brazilian. He finished his Red Bull Rookies Cup season sixth overall and with an invite to race a KTM RC250GP with Team MTHelmets-MSi in the following year’s Moto3 World Championship.
Highlights of his debut Moto3™ campaign included grabbing pole position at Silverstone and finishing inside the Top 10 at more than half of the season’s races. Diogo’s consistency saw him complete the 2022 Moto3™ season in eighth place overall in the rankings.
2023 saw Diogo secure his first victory in Moto3™ at the Indonesian Grand Prix and once again show plenty of consistency as he ended the season in eighth place overall.
Following two impressive seasons, Diogo was rewarded with a seat in the Moto2™ World Championship with the Italtrans Racing Team for 2024 and 2025, scoring his first podium finish at the final race of the 2024 season in Barcelona and finishing the season and impressive 14th, which earned him theMoto2™ rookie of the year crown.