Jacopo Hosciuc

Jacopo Hosciuc was born in Rome, to a family of Romanian immigrants. His mother, Laura, is from Cluj-Napoca, while his father, Adrian, hails from Sighetu Marmației.^[1]

Hosciuc began riding motorcycles at the age of four. Prior to his selection for the Northern Talent Cup, he competed in the Italian CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocità), participating in the MiniGP classes and later in PreMoto3. He also raced in the Romanian National Championship in the junior minimoto categories.^[2] Hosciuc was selected in 2020 to compete in the inaugural season of the Northern Talent Cup.^[3] In his first race, he finished second behind the German Freddie Heinrich.^[4] During his first season, he finished 5th overall and was selected again to compete in 2021,^[5] where he finished 6th, securing a victory at the TT Circuit Assen.^[6] He joined the Stock European Championship in 2022 and at the end of the 2023 season, he made his debut in the Moto2 European Championship.^[7]

MotoE World Championship

MSI (2025)

On 15 January 2025, it was announced that Hosciuc will join the MotoE World Championship, signing with MSI.^[8] In doing so, he became the second Romanian rider to compete in Motorcycle Grand Prix racing, after Robert Mureșan (2007–2009).^[9] Hosciuc made his world championship debut at the 2025 French Grand Prix.^[10] His best result of the season came at the 2025 Portuguese Grand Prix, where he finished third. With this result, he became the first Romanian rider to score a podium finish in a Grand Prix event. Aged 20 years and 27 days, he also set a new record as the youngest rider to achieve a MotoE podium, surpassing the previous record held by Mattia Casadei, who was 20 years and 75 days old when he finished on the podium for the first time. He completed the season in 12th place overall with 84 points.^[11] At the end of the year, he parted ways with MSI following the announcement that the MotoE World Championship would enter a hiatus.^[12]