Mattia Pasini

Mattia Pasini

Nationality Italy Italian
Born (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985
Rimini, Italy
Current team Italtrans Racing Team
Bike number 54
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2012
ManufacturersART
Championships0
2012 championship position22nd (13 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
14 0 0 0 0 13
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2016
ManufacturersMotobi, Suter, FTR, Speed Up, Forward KLX, Kalex
Championships0
2016 championship position11th (72 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
80 0 0 0 0 205
250cc World Championship
Active years2008–2009
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position5th (128 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
32 2 9 0 0 260
125cc World Championship
Active years2004–2007
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2007 championship position5th (174 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
64 8 17 11 4 603

Mattia Pasini (born 13 August 1985) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Career

Early career

Born in Rimini, Pasini participated in his first race at the age of 9.

125cc World Championship

After several successful years in the Italian and European championships, he made his 125cc world championship debut in 2004 as the team-mate of Roberto Locatelli. He finished his first season in the 15th place overall, and earned the rookie of the year award. His best results were a 3rd place in Qualifying and a 7th place in the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The following year Pasini was running in the lead in most of the races and won the Chinese and Catalan Grands Prix. He finished the season in fourth place overall. In 2006 Pasini finished fourth overall once again, having won the Italian Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix.

The 2007 season started very badly as Pasini suffered from motorcycles malfunctions early in the year. That lowered his chances of winning the championship. Despite having four wins, one more than the championship leader Gábor Talmácsi and as many as the runner-up Héctor Faubel, Pasini ended the year in fifth place.

250cc World Championship

In 2008, Pasini rode in the 250cc class for Polaris World Aprilia team. He gain his first 250cc victory in the opening round of the season during the Qatar Grand Prix and secured three more podium finishes in the first five rounds. However, he failed to maintain such a high form and finished no higher than fifth in the remaining races. He finished the season 8th overall and was the rookie of the year.

2009 Pasini was victorious at Mugello, but generally struggled to match the frontunners.

In 2009 he got a chance to test a Ducati MotoGP bike for Pramac Racing in order to evaluate him as a replacement for Mika Kallio who in turn replaced Casey Stoner at Ducati works team.[1] After the test however, it was decided he will not be racing for Pramac in 2009.[2]

Prior to the Portuguese Grand Prix in Pasini was forced to find a new team due to issues with Team Toth ability to pay for the leasing of bikes from Aprilia. This led to Daniel Epp assisting Pasini in financing the lease of bikes for the remainder of the season under the banner of Team Globalgest. The team will have all of Pasini's mechanics from Toth and will race from the Emmi – Caffe Latte teams garage for the remainder of the season.[3]

MotoGP World Championship

In January 2012, it was announced that Pasini was going to make the step up to MotoGP with the Speed Master team,[4] replacing Anthony West, as he could not acquire the funds to retain the ride. He rode an Aprilia ART CRT bike. At Assen he achieved his best result with 10th place.

Back to Moto2

In 2016, Pasini made a full-time return to Moto2, racing a Kalex for Italtrans Racing. He closed the season at eleventh place in champioship, scoring 72 points.

Career statistics

Pasini at the 2010 Dutch TT.

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2004 125cc Aprilia Safilo Carerra - LCR 16 0 0 0 0 54 15th
2005 125cc Aprilia Totti Top Sport - NGS 15 2 6 0 0 183 4th
2006 125cc Aprilia Master - MVA Aspar Team 16 2 6 2 2 192 4th
2007 125cc Aprilia Polaris World 17 4 5 9 2 174 5th
2008 250cc Aprilia Polaris World 16 1 4 0 0 132 8th
2009 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth 16 1 5 0 0 128 5th
2010 Moto2 Motobi JiR Moto2 8 0 0 0 0 12 28th
Suter Italtrans Racing Team
2011 Moto2 FTR IodaRacing Project 17 0 0 0 0 28 24th
2012 MotoGP ART Speed Master 14 0 0 0 0 13 22nd
Moto2 FTR NGM Mobile Forward Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2013 Moto2 Speed Up NGM Mobile Racing 17 0 0 0 0 58 15th
2014 Moto2 Forward KLX NGM Forward Racing 17 0 0 0 0 35 21st
Kalex
2015 Moto2 Kalex Gresini Racing Moto2 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 18 0 0 0 0 72 11th
Total 190 10 26 11 4 1081

By class

Class Season 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125 cc 2004–2007 2004 South Africa 2005 China 2005 China 64 8 17 11 4 603 0
250 cc 2008–2009 2008 Qatar 2008 Qatar 2008 Qatar 32 2 9 0 0 260 0
Moto2 2010–2016 2010 Qatar 80 0 0 0 0 205 0
MotoGP 2012 2012 Qatar 14 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 2004–Present 190 10 26 11 4 1081 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2004 125cc Aprilia RSA
13		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
12		 ITA
8		 CAT
11		 NED
11		 BRA
10		 GER
20		 GBR
Ret		 CZE
14		 POR
17		 JPN
Ret		 QAT
9		 MAL
7		 AUS
18		 VAL
11		 15th 54
2005 125cc Aprilia SPA
4		 POR
8		 CHN
1		 FRA
DNS		 ITA
4		 CAT
1		 NED
3		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 JPN
5		 MAL
3		 QAT
9		 AUS
4		 TUR
2		 VAL
3		 4th 183
2006 125cc Aprilia SPA
3		 QAT
4		 TUR
17		 CHN
2		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
1		 CAT
4		 NED
7		 GBR
3		 GER
1		 CZE
6		 MAL
7		 AUS
3		 JPN
4		 POR
Ret		 VAL
9		 4th 192
2007 125cc Aprilia QAT
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 TUR
Ret		 CHN
10		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
6		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
1		 NED
1		 GER
Ret		 CZE
2		 RSM
1		 POR
8		 JPN
1		 AUS
7		 MAL
8		 VAL
4		 5th 174
2008 250cc Aprilia QAT
1		 SPA
2		 POR
Ret		 CHN
3		 FRA
3		 ITA
5		 CAT
6		 GBR
Ret		 NED
Ret		 GER
6		 CZE
7		 RSM
Ret		 IND
C		 JPN
8		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
9		 8th 132
2009 250cc Aprilia QAT
Ret		 JPN
3		 SPA
6		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
1		 CAT
4		 NED
Ret		 GER
Ret		 GBR
3		 CZE
2		 IND
Ret		 RSM
2		 POR
8		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
Ret		 5th 128
2010 Moto2 Motobi QAT
6		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 NED
14		 CAT GER CZE IND 28th 12
Suter RSM
Ret		 ARA
Ret		 JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
2011 Moto2 FTR QAT
Ret		 SPA
13		 POR
20		 FRA
23		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 NED
6		 ITA
20		 GER
19		 CZE
11		 IND
8		 RSM
17		 ARA
Ret		 JPN
14		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
Ret		 24th 28
2012 MotoGP ART QAT
17		 SPA
14		 POR
Ret		 FRA
12		 CAT
17		 GBR
Ret		 NED
10		 GER
Ret		 ITA
15		 USA
Ret		 IND
Ret		 CZE
16		 RSM
Ret		 ARA
16		 JPN MAL AUS 22nd 13
Moto2 FTR VAL
25		 NC 0
2013 Moto2 Speed Up QAT
Ret		 AME
7		 SPA
15		 FRA
6		 ITA
24		 CAT
11		 NED
18		 GER
19		 IND
25		 CZE
14		 GBR
10		 RSM
11		 ARA
9		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
16		 JPN
10		 VAL
9		 15th 58
2014 Moto2 Forward KLX QAT
17		 AME
12		 ARG
Ret		 SPA
18		 21st 35
Kalex FRA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
6		 NED
17		 GER
8		 IND
DNS		 CZE
17		 GBR
9		 RSM
13		 ARA
21		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
13		 VAL
Ret
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA
18		 CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM
16		 ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
16		 ARG
10		 AME
17		 SPA
12		 FRA
16		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
12		 NED
19		 GER
4		 AUT
13		 CZE
4		 GBR
9		 RSM
16		 ARA
12		 JPN
7		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
23		 VAL
7		 11th 72

References

  1. ↑ http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Pasini+to+test+with+Pramac+Racing+at+Brno
  2. ↑ "Pasini rules out racing for Pramac in 09". Autosport. 18 August 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Pasini+hopes+for+stability+at+final+rounds
  4. ↑ "Mattia Pasini takes over Speed Master MotoGP ride". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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