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Jacopo Adriano Hosciuc (b. October 12, 2005, Rome, Italy) is a Romanian motorcycle rider.

Sporting Club
Jacopo Hosciuc is registered in Romania at the HOS Racing Team Sports Club, a team whose administrator is his father, Adrian Hosciuc. The sports club also includes members Cristian Ghitea and Denis Oros.

Jacopo currently competes with the Spanish team Pinamoto in the European Stock Championship on a Yamaha R6 motorcycle.

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 (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 pilot 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 in parallel (the one of Romania and the one of Italy), the young pilot 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 pilot 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, again taking the title of national champion.

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, Holland. In the two seasons spent in the Nordic talent cup, Jacopo Hosciuc was one of the protagonists of the competition, his statistics being enviable, succeeding in 22 races, one victory and 7 podiums.

European Talent Cup
At the end of 2019, Jacopo Hosciuc performed 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 February 2023, the sports club to which Jacopo Hosciuc is registered, HOS Racing Team, confirmed through social networks his presence in the new format of the European Stock Championship.

Spanish Cup
In April 2023, Jacopo Hosciuc performed a wildcard in a stage of the Spanish Speed ​​​​Motorcycle Cup, in the Supersport category, with the aim of testing the motorcycle before the start of the European Stock Championship. The race took place on the Valencian Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Hosciuc participated with the same team with which he competes in the European championship, Pinamoto. His race started well, climbing important positions up to 3rd. After a few laps, however, due to an oil leak by another race participant, Jacopo and two other competitors were immediately ejected from the motorcycle saddle, resulting in the abandonment of the Romanian rider. However, he managed the fastest lap of the race (1:38.2) and declared himself satisfied with what he prepared for the start of the 2023 European Championship season.