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Nothing is impossible when you want it.
just focus on it!

It all starts with what you aim to achieve, the adjustment process and perceiving time
is just the way to get it done!

Unleash yourself
relax yourself

The time it takes to reach what you have set is the path to completion.
Just stay focused on what you want to succeed.

My Racing Timeline

2015

2015

MiniGP Championship Winner Greece (KidGp category for ages 7-10)
Won all 3 races, achieving fastest track record in all races

2016

2016

MiniGP Championship Winner Greece (KidGp category for ages 7-10)
Won 2 out of three races and won the championship
CIV Minimoto Championship Italy (Junior A category)
Participated in all 7 races (something that was done first time from a Greek rider in such young age) and won up to 12th place off a 30+ riders grid.

2017

2017

5th place CIV Minimoto Championship Italy (Junior A category)
Finished 5th on the championship out of 38 riders, achieving podium results in some races
8th place European Minimoto Championship (Junior A category)
Won 8th place general with 4 races less (out of six), due to a crash on the test round on the second race, and not participating at all on the first 3 races.

2018

2018

18th place CIV MiniGP Championship Italy
Finished 18th on the championship out of 28 riders being the youngest one in the category. Best place 12th at the second double race overall.
MiniGP Championship Winner Greece
Won 4 out of 5 races. In Megara circuit race made a new overall track record of 46,6 seconds beating the previous record of 48,7 which was set in 2016
9th place European MiniGP Championship
Team's technical problems left him without a competitive motorcycle. However, he had the 7th fastest time in qualified out of 14 participants and took 9th place in Championship.

2019

2019

CIV MiniGP Championship Italy

1st race 14th of April, double wet race at Cervesina, 9th and 5thplace
2nd race 12th of May, double wet race at Modena, mechanical problem on the first race 10th place on the second race

3rd race 16th of June, double race at Varano, 8th and 8th place

4th race 14 of July, double race at Magione , 7th and 7th place finishing just 1,9 seconds from the winner

5th race 8th of september at Franciacorta 5th on the first race and 6th on the second after incredible battles and with only one second behind the first rider

In 2019 Vasilis was handpicked from the top Italian team AC racing which recognized his talent and took him as an official member on their racing team

2020

2020

Pre Moto3

His first appearances with AC Racing in the Pre Moto3 category were excellent. He achieved great results in Mugello, finishing 9th and 5th and took an even bigger step in Misano, where he managed to take a place on the podium (3rd),an absolutely amazing and historic result, as it was the first time a Greek rider reached the podium in the Italian CIV Championship!

Various problems in Imola and Vallelunga prevented Vasilis from showing his true potential. Despite these disadvantages, he managed to finish his 12th year in the pre moto3 class rankings, among 42 different drivers who ran there all year round. His team - who won the championship

for the

second year in a row - was more than satisfied with Vasilis' results and asked him to stay in their garage for 2021.

2021

2021

Pre Moto3

In 2021 he participated for the second time in the Italian Championship in the category of Pre Moto3 managed to take the seventh place in the championship from 35 drivers, recording a great improvement despite the mechanical problems he faced which deprived him of two finishes and the opportunity to succeed even better results. It is worth noting that he won the track record in Imola as well as being voted the most popular driver in a RedBull MotoGP Rookies Cup competition which shows his excellent interaction with the public.

He also participated in the Spanish Championship FIM CEV Repsol in the European talent cup category having very good performances and showing how well he adapts to a new motorcycle and track.

Finally, he participated for

the first time in three races of the Greek Championship, achieving three comfortable victories and making the absolute record of a track in the racing category. The goal for 2022-2023 is to participate with a top

team in the most competitive league for ages

13 to 16 European Talent Cup FIM CEV Repsol.

2022

2022

HECT

In 2022 he took the big step and participated in the world junior championship in the category (HECT). It was a year of adjustment in order to learn the new tracks and to adapt to the new data in this category the best young riders from all over the world participate, a typical example is how 15 riders compete in the redbull rookies cup at the same time. On the track in Barcelona where he showed his talent where after hard battles he won the last chance race. In the Greek Championship, he won the title of Champion of Greece in the racing category, achieving the absolute track record of 1:21.972, which he held for over 20 years at the track of Serres. On social media, he confirmed once again that he is the most popular motorcycle rider in young ages by winning the international related competition of the red bull rookies cup by a large margin for the second year in a row.

2023

2023

In 2023 he participated in the world championship junior Gp in the category (HETC). Now

knowing the tracks from the previous year and with more experience he made great progress improving his personal record on each track by 1.2-2.4 seconds a lap significantly reducing the distance separating him from the more experienced and smaller riders in the class . He managed to get very good positions in the races with a best performance of 14th place just 9'' away from the category winner and historically the first for Greece in the most difficult category in the world for riders over 14 years old. In addition (for testing and training) he competed on the track of Serres in the double race for the Balkan and Greek championship riding a 600cc motorcycle for the first time managing to get both victories while also setting the absolute fastest lap record in the category among 27 Balkan riders. On social media, he confirmed once again that he is the most popular teenage rider in motorsport by winning the relevant international competition of the red bull rookies cup golden bib by a wide margin for the third year in a row.

Photo history

Social Media powerful presence

The Greek channel ”Cosmote TV”, which shows every race of MotoGP live, informs people
in every broadcast about Vasilis’s progress in Italian Championship and European Championship.

31,000 followers

On Facebook Vasilis has 16,000 followers

3,500,000 + views

Vasilis Panteleakis is the most popular rider in Greece due to his participation in the famous Greek TV show ''Greece Got Talent''. Which had 3,500,000 views in youtube and people believe that he is going to be the first Greek rider to get into MotoGP.