Personal History
I am Flavio Castro, I am 26 years old, I live in Peru, I am currently running Flat tracks, but focused on running cross country rally.
At the age of 6, my father gave me a 50cc LEM motorcycle, at the age of 8 I was a national champion (2005) in the 50cc category, at the age of 10 I was a national champion (2007) in the 65cc category, at the age of 12 I was a champion national (2009) in the 85cc category, in 2011 I was national champion in junior enduro, in my sports career I have managed to champion in:
Motocross: Total 7 (50cc, 65cc, x2 85cc, x2 MX2, MX1)
Hard Enduro: Total 1 (Level: silver)
Enduro Cross country: Total 4 (2 Junior, 2 E3)
Enduro: Total 1 (Junior)
Top 5 of Latin America in MX1 2019
Top 10 of Latin America in MX1 2022
I am the only one in my family on 2 wheels, my father raced race cars for a while, he is a car mechanic and has his own car workshop. In that workshop, with his help, we set up a motorcycle workshop to be able to get my motorcycles ready and those of my friends, since we did not have enough money to pay for a workshop, nor to have new motorcycles. Therefore, since I was 13 years old, I see that assembling and disassembling my motorcycles I know everything about motorcycles except working on the suspension and the box, I can do everything else. This year I am going to try to go to the USA to be able to work on my suspensions, from school and everything to be able to grow in that area. It has been a long road, with setbacks, injuries but always seeing how to keep moving forward. I love and am a lover of motorcycles.
He studied for a private pilot in aviation, I have a degree in marketing and I have a certified FIM instructor license.
Currently with my father we have a driving school where we have more than 120 pilots nationwide, we have achieved many national titles with the pilots of the school and we continue working on that. I have fully immersed myself in being able to work with children and make them fulfill their dreams.
Riding Goals
My goals this year are to run the Ronex National Championship (Flat track)
Participate in 2-3 dates of the national Rally cross country championship
Work on the motocross races with the school, push them to achieve improvements and national titles in motocross. (We have 26 riders running the motocross championship)
The goals of 2024:
Run the full Flat track championship
Running the full Cross Country Rally Championship to prepare for the Dakar
2025:
Ride the Dakar
Competitive Highlights
I'm a very calm pilot, I don't despair because of the pressure.
I don't give up until the checkered flag is out
I set goals that I can achieve
Due to the number of years racing I have a lot of experience and since I had no budget to have new things or new motorcycles I know that things can fail and I can continue racing giving my 100%
I can spend my 100% if necessary seeing that I always measure how much I risk
I like to learn everything that gives me advantages because I know from mechanics to being a coach
When I get upset I focus more and I can go faster but without losing control