Mattia Pasini

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Mattia Pasini
Pasini in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1985-08-13) 13 August 1985 (age 38) Riccione, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Bike number	54
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012 Manufacturers ART 2012 championship position 22nd (13 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 13 2023 Manufacturers Motobi, Suter, FTR, Speed Up, Forward KLX, Kalex Championships 0 2022 championship position 33rd (1 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 134 2 4 8 2 541 250cc World Championship Active years 2008–2009 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 5th (128 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 2 9 0 0 260 125cc World Championship Active years 2004–2007 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2007 championship position 5th (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

Pasini participated in his first race at the age of 9.^{[citation needed]} In 1998, aged 13, he suffered a serious motocross accident that left him with several broken bones and permanent nerve damage in his right arm.^[1][2]

125cc World Championship

After several successful years in the Italian and European championships, he made his 125cc world championship debut in 2004 as the teammate 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 gained 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 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 frontrunners.

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.^[3] After the test however, it was decided he would not be racing for Pramac in 2009.^[4]

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 acquired all of Pasini's mechanics from Toth and raced from the Emmi – Caffe Latte teams garage for the remainder of the season.^[5]

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,

In 2022, Pasini was a wildcard for two rounds, at Mugello and Misano driving for GasGas Aspar Team. At Mugello he shone, topping a free practice and showing more pace than his full-time teammates before choosing the wrong tyre for the race and falling to P15, still scoring his first points since Valencia 2019. At Misano he was fighting rookie sensation Pedro Acosta for 5th place before falling. He also came back at Valencia for RW Racing, in place of the injured Barry Baltus. He had good pace during all the weekend and was several seconds faster than his teammate Zonta van den Goorbergh before qualifying P17. He bounced back during the race running 8th before being taken out by Jeremy Alcoba. He finished the championship in 31st place with just one point, still in front of other full-time riders.

2023

Pasini also race as a wild card for the BMP Tappi RW Racing GP team in Misano.^[8]

Sportscar racing

Pasini made his four-wheel debut with Inter Europol Competition racing a LMP3 class Ligier JS P320 in the 2021 European Le Mans Series at the 4 Hours of Barcelona.^[9]

Personal life

Pasini was born in Riccione, Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. He has two younger sisters. In May 2005, Pasini was reported to be living in San Lorenzo in Strada, a hamlet in Riccione.^[1]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

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

CIV National Championship

Races by year

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mattia Pasini.

• Mattia Pasini at MotoGP.com
• Mattia Pasini at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Mattia Pasini at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Official website