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The Moto2 Italian manufacturer, Luca 'Bosco' Boscoscuro, performed impressively at the Texas GP but was greatly overshadowed by the heated debate surrounding the MotoGP cancellation of the start off. With Jake Dixon's victory, before his Boscoscuro brand colleagues, Tony Arbolino and Alonso Lopez, the Italian manufacturer not only occupied the entire podium, but two other Boscoscuro riders, Izan Guevara and Ivan Ortolá, also placed: into 5th and 6th. Instead, Oscar Gutierrez and Vietti finished 12th and 20th, respectively.
It doesn't get much better than this, with only eight Boscoscuro riders in the field. And, even if the Czech rider, Filip Salac (who started with slicks and then retired), didn't see the checkered flag, the rival German company, Kalex (that won all Moto2 Riders World Championship titles from 2013 to 2023), was still crushed. It was the best result for Luca Boscoscuro's team. The1995 250cc European champion called his vehicles "Speed up" until the end of 2020: a brand name under which he still runs his own Moto2 team with riders Alonso Lopez and Celestino Vietti, financed by various event sponsors. Bosco's team competed at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) with the name Team HDR Heidrun.
Following the team's successes in 2024, when it record a total of nine GP victories, Boscoscuro expanded from four to eight riders and from four to eight teams. As a reminder, during the 2022 season, only two Boscoscuro riders, Lopez and Aldeguer, competed in the Moto2 World Championship field.
But the head of the Italian team is one of the most astute talent scouts in GP racing, along with Jorge "Aspar" Martinez and Aki Ajo. He discovered Iannone and Quartararo, then Aldeguer and Lopez (who was sacked by Max Biaggi in the Moto3 World Championship), and he also consistently demonstrated great skill in selecting promising client teams.
After the 2024 season, Bosco also convinced Marina Rossi's successful ELF Marc VDS Racing Team of its products, bringing two more top riders on board: Dixon and Salac. The deal with the BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha team (its predecessor was the Mastercamp VR46 racing team and was run by the VR46 squad) is also an enrichment, as Arbolino's and Guevara's performances demonstrate. The QJMotor Frinsa MSi team, with its two young riders, Ortolá and Gutierrez, is also considered a welcome reinforcement.
Its German rival, Kalex Engineering (with 16 riders on the grid), has to acknowledge that Boscoscuro clearly has the better riders in 2025. With Dixon and Vietti (who finished 20th in Texas after two falls on Sunday), two new winning riders will be equipped this year, while the highly talented Lopez is known for his aggressive riding style.
The rainy conditions in Texas apparently also benefited the Boscoscuro team. The German Liqui Moly team (with Kalex) experienced a dismal disaster with Manuel Gonzalez and Senna Agius, finishing 22nd and 23rd, respectively. In a fit of madness, the duo was sent out on slicks.
Attentive observers noticed that a water-shy Gonzalez would likely have finished last even with rain tires, since he also failed to make any progress in the other wet sessions.
So, Aron Canet, 2024 World Championship runner-up, salvaged Kalex's honor with a 4th place in Austin. But the Spanish rider has been in bad shape and injured since the start of the season. He fell during the Jerez test and injured his shoulder, fell on the same shoulder in Buriram, and then fell again in Argentina. During practice in Texas, he managed to recuperate a violent slide, but the impact of the slide was so severe that it bent the handlebars and twisted the fork. But Canet still fought his way through to 4th place on Sunday.
Kalex rider Barry Baltus, the discovery of the season at Fantic Racing, secured a 7th place in the USA, despite considerable pain in his meniscus. And the promising Diogo Moreira (Italtrans) couldn't get beyond a 21st place because he risked using slicks, which proved to be a failure, as it was for former Moto3 World Champion Albert Arenas.
Riders World Championship standings: 1) Dixon, Boscoscuro: 59 points; 2) Canet, Kalex: 46; 3) Gonzalez, Kalex: 45; 4) Lopez, Boscoscuro: 30; 5) Arbolino, Boscoscuro: 28; 6) Ramireu, Kalex: 27; 7) Baltus, Kalex: 23; 8) Holgado, Kalex: 23; 9) Agius, Kalex: 19; 10) Vietti, Boscoscuro: 16.
Constructors World Championship standings: 1) Boscoscuro: 59 points; 2) Kalex: 58; 3) Forward: 10.
Luca Boscoscuro will again compete with five different main sponsors for his Speed Up team in 2025. "It's a clever system because, if a sponsor pulls out, I only lose twenty percent of my annual budget," he said.
And despite the fantastic Texas GP result, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer is still modest. When asked whether he has the best riders, the best bike, or whether the rain in Texas helped, the leader of the Constructors World Championship replied: "Our riders like rainy conditions. And, after a success on a wet track, I can't claim we have a superior bike. Because, in the rain, it's the rider who makes the difference, not the bike. And we're aware that Kalex is equipping Canet and Gonzalez, the second- and third-place finishers in the 2024 World Championship, who are very strong and competitive in dry conditions. But we're also doing well in dry. Dixon won in Argentina, Vietti finished third. I'm happy with our performance this season, so far. However, there are many top contenders in the Moto2 at the moment. And new surprises emerge every year. But, back to your question. For me, the riders ALWAYS make the difference, followed by the equipment. That's why I always strive to find the best riders. I always consult with the teams. My first question, when a team wants my bikes, is always: 'Who are the riders?'"
