Luca Boscoscuro

Luca Boscoscuro (born 27 December 1971 in Schio) is an Italian former road racer at Grand Prix level. He was the 1995 250 cc European Champion. His best year in the world championships was in 1996, when he finished in tenth place in the 250cc class and won the IRTA CUP (World Championship for Private Team). After a career as a professional rider, remains within the racing community and, in 2002 he became Gilera and Derbi Sport Director and from 2006 to 2009 Gilera team manager, where in 2008 he won the title of 250cc with Marco Simoncelli.

Since 2010, the new project was with newly founded Speed Up team. 2010 also marked a radical rule change with the transition from two-stroke 250cc to four-stroke 600cc. He debuted in the World Championship of the newborn Moto2 class with the bike Speed Up S10 with which he won six pole positions, three races, and went to the podium nine times. His team was the only one that placed both riders on the podium at the same race. In 2011, after an agreement with another frame supplier, he only went to the podium twice throughout the season. In 2012, Boscoscuro join forces with Eros Braconi founding the Speed Up Factory: the new S12 chassis is entirely made in Italy, from design to manufacturing.

In 2013 continues the evolution of the prototype and three are the teams NGM Mobile Forward Racing, QMMF Racing Team and Arginano y Gines Racing Team, that choose the product of the Italian Factory, eight riders will participate with a SF13 to the World Championship Moto2 category.

Grand Prix results 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 Pos Pts 1995 250cc Aprilia AUS MAL JPN SPA GER ITA20 NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR NC 0 1996 250cc Aprilia MAL9 INA13 JPN21 SPA10 ITA13 FRA6 NED12 GER6 GBRRet AUT7 CZE15 IMO14 CAT18 BRA9 AUSRet 10th 62 1997 250cc Honda MAL15 JPN19 SPA15 ITA12 AUTRet FRA NEDRet IMORet GER14 BRA13 GBRRet CZERet CAT17 INA15 AUS15 24th 13 1998 250cc TSR-Honda JPN18 MALRet SPA11 ITA10 FRARet MADRet NED9 GBRDNS GER8 CZE9 IMO7 CAT12 AUS10 ARG10 14th 58 1999 250cc TSR-Honda MAL11 JPNRet SPA10 FRA14 ITA10 CAT10 NED16 GBR10 GER10 CZE13 IMO11 VAL11 AUS14 RSA8 BRA10 ARGRet 13th 66 2000 250cc Aprilia RSARet MAL7 JPN11 SPA11 FRA9 ITARet CATRet NED22 GBRRet GER15 CZE15 POR14 VAL12 BRA10 PAC13 AUS15 13th 45 2001 250cc Aprilia JPNRet RSARet SPARet FRA17 ITARet CAT17 NED7 GBR15 GERRet CZE17 POR18 VALRet PACRet AUS8 MAL13 BRA18 21st 21