Luca Boscoscuro

"Boscoscuro" redirects here. For the Moto2 motorcycles branded as Boscoscuro, see Speed Up.

Luca Boscoscuro
Nationality	Italian
Born	27 December, 1971 Schio, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1995 – 2001 First race 1995 250cc Nations Grand Prix Last race 2001 250cc Brazilian Grand Prix Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 91 0 0 0 0 95

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	ITA 20	NED	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR				NC	0
1996	250cc	Aprilia	MAL 9	INA 13	JPN 21	SPA 10	ITA 13	FRA 6	NED 12	GER 6	GBR Ret	AUT 7	CZE 15	IMO 14	CAT 18	BRA 9	AUS Ret		10th	62
1997	250cc	Honda	MAL 15	JPN 19	SPA 15	ITA 12	AUT Ret	FRA	NED Ret	IMO Ret	GER 14	BRA 13	GBR Ret	CZE Ret	CAT 17	INA 15	AUS 15		24th	13
1998	250cc	TSR-Honda	JPN 18	MAL Ret	SPA 11	ITA 10	FRA Ret	MAD Ret	NED 9	GBR DNS	GER 8	CZE 9	IMO 7	CAT 12	AUS 10	ARG 10			14th	58
1999	250cc	TSR-Honda	MAL 11	JPN Ret	SPA 10	FRA 14	ITA 10	CAT 10	NED 16	GBR 10	GER 10	CZE 13	IMO 11	VAL 11	AUS 14	RSA 8	BRA 10	ARG Ret	13th	66
2000	250cc	Aprilia	RSA Ret	MAL 7	JPN 11	SPA 11	FRA 9	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 22	GBR Ret	GER 15	CZE 15	POR 14	VAL 12	BRA 10	PAC 13	AUS 15	13th	45
2001	250cc	Aprilia	JPN Ret	RSA Ret	SPA Ret	FRA 17	ITA Ret	CAT 17	NED 7	GBR 15	GER Ret	CZE 17	POR 18	VAL Ret	PAC Ret	AUS 8	MAL 13	BRA 18	21st	21