Luca Amato
German motorcycle racer (born 1996)
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Luca Amato (born 24 August 1996) is a German former Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany[1]
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| Born | 24 August 1996 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Early career
Amato was born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.[1] He started riding a minicross motorbike at the age of eight. He later switched to road racing and was crowned German Mini-Bike champion in 2007 and 2008. Amato also won the ADAC-promoted 125cc Junior Cup. After this, he was given financial support through the ADAC Foundation.[2] In 2012, Amato joined the Spanish CEV Moto3 Championship, where he claimed one win at Motorland Aragón, as well as three podiums in total.[3] This placed him as championship runner-up in the overall results at the end of the season, behind Álex Márquez and in front for 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Moto3 World Championship
Aspar Team (2012)
Amato made his Grand Prix debut at the 2012 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix with Aspar Team, and would go on to finish the remainder of the season with the same team.[4]
Ambrogio Racing (2013)
In 2013, Amato signed with Ambrogio Racing to replace Danny Webb from the tenth round onwards, on board a Mahindra, after a switch from Suter Honda.[5]
After failing to show improvement in 2012 and 2013, Amato was left without a seat for 2014, and bowed out of motorcycle racing due to lack of funding.[6]
Career statistics
CEV Buckler Moto3 Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts |
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| Moto3 | 2012–2013 | 2012 Aragon | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2012–2013 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
