Jacopo Hosciuc

Jacopo Adriano Hosciuc (b. October 12, 2005, Rome, Italy) is a Romanian motorcycle rider.
==The beginning of the career==
The first contact with a motorcycle was in 2010, at that time, at the age of 4, Jacopo was riding a mini-motorcycle with which he won many trophies in central-southern Italy.
==Italian National Championship==
At the age of 8, in 2014, Jacopo participated for the first time in a national championship, of Italy, with the Phantom team, where he finished the season in 8th place overall. In 2015, the Romanian rider participated in the same championship, but in a higher category, the year in which the team in which Jacopo (Phantom) participated abandoned the competitive season for technical reasons. In 2016, doing two championships at the same time (the one of Romania and the one of Italy), the young romanian participated in the Italian PreMiniGP championship, where he finished the season in 3rd place. In 2017, Jacopo promoted to the MiniGP championship, where he finished the season in 8th place. Taking a big step, at the age of 12, in 2018, the Romanian rider switched to a 125cc, two-stroke motorcycle, competing in the Italian National Championship (CIV), in the PreMoto3 class, with the Flash Motors (Honda) team, finishing the season in second place, much to the delight of many, this being his first year on such a bike. In 2019, at the age of 13, he took an even bigger step, switching to a 250cc, 4-stroke motorcycle, competing in the same Italian championship with the AcademyGP team and finishing the season in 5th place. In 2020, Jacopo Hosciuc performed a wildcard in the Moto3 category, the most important in the Italian championship, where he ranked 13th.
==National Championship of Romania==
Doing the Italian championship and the Romanian championship in parallel, the year 2016 represented the first presence of Jacopo Hosciuc in the National Championship of Romania, in the 50cc class, where he won all 8 contested races, taking the title in this category. In 2017, Jacopo competed in the 85cc class, where he won 6 races out of 6 contested, taking the title of national champion again.
==Northern Talent Cup==
In 2020, Jacopo was selected to participate in the Northern Talent Cup, a competition organized by Dorna (owner of the MotoGP and WSBK rights), where he competed on a 250cc KTM (4-stroke), with his own team, 100% Romanian, HOS Racing Team, finishing the season in 5th place. In 2021, the Northern Talent Cup again selected Jacopo Hosciuc, finishing in 6th place, finishing on the podium four times, including a fabulous victory in Assen, The Netherlands. In the two seasons spent in the NTC, Jacopo Hosciuc was one of the protagonists of the competition, his statistics being really good, after 22 races taking one victory and 7 podiums.
Results in NTC
Sezon	Sachsenring	Sachsenring	Lausitz 	Lausitz 	Hockenheim 	Hockenheim 	Brno 	Brno 	 	 	 	 	 	
2020 	2 	4 	DNF 	DNF 	4 	2 	DNF 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sezon	Le Mans 	Le Mans 	Oschersleben	Oschersleben	Sachsenring	Sachsenring	Assen	Assen	Spielberg	Spielberg	Assen	Assen	Spielberg	Spielberg
2021 	13 	3 	DNF 	7 	5 	3 	24 	DNF 	DNF 	20 	4 	1 	18 	3
==European Talent Cup==
At the end of 2019, Jacopo Hosciuc participated in a wildcard at the Spanish circuit "Ricardo Tormo" in Valencia, where he placed 25th.
==Stock European Championship==
In November 2021, Jacopo Hosciuc participated on the Valencian circuit "Ricardo Tormo" in the European Stock Championship race, then part of the European Moto2 Championship, but unfortunately his race ended after only one lap, encountering problems of a nature technique and having to abandon. In the 2022 season, Jacopo finished 9th overall in the Stock class after a full season with Spanish team Pinamoto-Avintia. In 2023, Jacopo broked his collarbone in his first round at Estoril, then he came back to Jerez, Portimao and Barcelona.
He didn't finish his season as he decided to continue at the Moto2 European Championship
Category:2005 births
Category:People from Rome
Category:Romanian people
Category:Motorcycle riding