Luca Amato (born 24 August 1996) is a German former Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Career Early career Amato was born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. 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."ADAC fördert den Rennfahrer-Nachwuchs" nordbayern.de (in German), 29 June 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2025. In 2012, Amato joined the Spanish CEV Moto3 Championship, where he claimed one win at Motorland Aragón, as well as three podiums in total."Luca Amato: Sieg in Spanien!" speedweek.com (in German), 30 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2025. 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."Luca Amato erhält bis Saisonende Startplatz" rp-online.de (in German), 24 September 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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."Luca Amato: «Die Mahindra ist perfekt für mich»" speedweek.com (in German), 6 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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."Luca Amato: Wieder ein deutsches Talent ausrangiert?" speedweek.com (in German), 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
Career statistics CEV Buckler Moto3 Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Pts 2012 FTR Honda JER NAV ARA CAT ALB1 ALB2 VAL 2nd 78 2013 FTR Honda CAT1 CAT2 ARA ALB1 ALB2 NAV VAL1 VAL1 JER 20th 14
Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd Moto3 Kalex KTM Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto3 Mahindra Mahindra Spiel-Kiste 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC Suter Honda Ambrogio Racing Mahindra Total 14 0 0 0 0 0
By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPts Moto3 2012–2013 2012 Aragon 14 0 0 0 0 0 Total2012–2013 14 0 0 0 0 0
Races by year Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points Moto3 Kalex KTM QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL NC 0 Moto3 Mahindra QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0 Suter Honda CZE GBR
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