Biography
Date of Birth: 29 March 2000
Place of Birth: Treviglio
Discipline: Motocross
Gianluca Facchetti, born 2000, is one of the biggest young talents of Italian motocross. This season he joined the Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing, riding a YZ250F equipped with GYTR, with which he will compete in the European 250cc Championship and some races of the MX2 World Championship.
A very important achievement of his career was the opportunity to ride for the newly-formed KTM De Carli Junior Team in the 125cc class, supported by the Italian Motorcycle Federation, in 2016.
One of his greatest successes came in 2017: at the beginning of the season after a bad injury that suffered him difficulties, Gianluca achieved one of his dreams becoming the Junior 125cc World Champion. Along with his previous successes he took third position in the 2013 European Championship and the win of one European race in 2016 together with victories of Italian Championships: 2017 International Italian Champion, 2017 MX125 Italian Champion and 3 Italian Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2016.
CAREER
Gianluca Facchetti
2011
1° place
Italian Minicross Championship 65cc class
2013
1° place
Italian Minicross Championship senior 85cc class
2013
3° place
European Championship EMX85 class (one race in Matterley Basin)
2013
7° place
Junior World Championship 85cc class
2014
5° place
European Championship EMX85 class (one race in Hyvinkaa)
2014
9° place
Junior World Championship 85cc class
2015
Competing in the European Championship EMX125 class
2016
4° place
European Championship EMX125 class
2016
1° place
Italian Junior Championship 125cc class
2017
1° place
Junior World Championship 125cc class
2017
3° place
European Championship EMX125 class
2017
1° place
Italian Junior Championship 125cc class
2018
1° place
Motocross Championship of European Nations 250cc
2018
7° place
International Italian Championship MX2