Luca Scassa

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Luca Scassa
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Scassa in 2009
NationalityItalian
Born (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 41)
Arezzo, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2013
Manufacturers ART
Championships 0
2013 championship positionNC (0 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
500000
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2008–2010, 2014–2016
Manufacturers Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati
Championships 0
2016 championship position24th (10 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
710000132
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2011, 2013
Manufacturers Yamaha, Kawasaki
Championships 0
2013 championship position8th (75 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
223521209
British Superbike Championship
Active years 2012
Manufacturers Honda
Championships 0
2012 championship position15th (76 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
25000076

Luca Scassa (born 23 August 1983 in Arezzo) is an Italian motorcycle racer who is a Ducati Corse test rider. He previously competed in the MotoGP World Championship, the Superbike World Championship the Supersport World Championship, the AMA Superbike Championship and the British Superbike Championship. He was the Italian Superbike champion in 2008 riding a MV Agusta. [1] In 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship he rides for Italian based No Limits Motor Team in superstock category.

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Career

Having competed between 2004 and 2007 in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, he became Italian Superbike champion in 2008 with the MV Agusta F4 312 R with team Unionbike Gimotorsports. In the same year he made his debut in the World Superbike Championship as a replacement rider for the DF Racing Team at the circuit of Portimão, scoring no points. [1]

2009

In 2009 he participated in the World Superbike Championship with a Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R. [2] He finished his first full season in twenty-ninth place overall with 11 points, [3] his best finish being thirteenth, in race 1 in the French Grand Prix held at Magny-Cours. [4]

2010

On February 16 it was announced that he would take part in the World Superbike 2010 championship with Ducati 1098R Team Supersonic Racing. [5] In the course of the season Scassa was forced to miss the first race in Australia at Phillip Island, and again in Silverstone because of a fall in race 1 at Brno which caused the fracture of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal of his left foot. [6] Even with these problems he still managed to improve his results of the previous year, ranking in seventeenth place in the riders' championship with 85 points.

2011

For 2011, he joined the Supersport World Championship riding a Yamaha YZF-R6 for Team ParkinGO, managing three wins during the season and finishing in 5th place in the standings; during the year he was forced to miss the weekend at Misano by disqualification for making an illegal test with a production bike on the same track. A few weeks earlier his 'Scassa Racing Experience School' was instructing riders at the Misano circuit using Yamaha R1's, and although not the same R6 motorcycle Scassa used in the championship, the rules of the WSS Championship clearly stated unless the team designated such track as a test circuit they could not use the facility. [7]

2012

For 2012, he joined the British Superbike Championship, racing a Honda CBR1000RR for the Padgetts Racing team. He had a season of ups and downs especially on the new, unfamiliar circuits, a 4th place at Assen was his best finish. [8] He finished the season in 15th place with 76 points.

2013

For 2013, he returned to the World Supersport championship riding the Kawasaki ZX-6R Kawasaki for team Intermoto Ponyexpres. [9] In September 2013 it was announced that Scassa would stand-in for an injured MotoGP rider Karel Abraham as part of the Cardion AB team for the Aragon race. This would be his first-ever ride for a MotoGP team. [10] After finishing 17th in his first GP it was announced that Scassa would be replacing Abraham for the rest of the 2013 season. [11]

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike1234567891011121314PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2008 Honda QAT QAT AUS AUS ESP ESP NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR EUR ITA ITA FRA FRA POR
Ret		 POR
27		NC0
2009 Kawasaki AUS
20		 AUS
20		 QAT
17		 QAT
20		 SPA
18		 SPA
24		 NED
Ret		 NED
15		 ITA
23		 ITA
14		 RSA
17		 RSA
Ret		 USA
19		 USA
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
20		 GBR
19		 GBR
16		 CZE
16		 CZE
Ret		 GER
16		 GER
14		 ITA
16		 ITA
18		 FRA
13		 FRA
Ret		 POR
15		 POR
14		29th11
2010 Ducati AUS AUS POR
20		 POR
16		 SPA
14		 SPA
14		 NED
15		 NED
11		 ITA
16		 ITA
10		 RSA
11		 RSA
12		 USA
7		 USA
10		 SMR
11		 SMR
8		 CZE
Ret		 CZE
DNS		 GBR
DNS		 GBR
DNS		 GER
10		 GER
14		 ITA
13		 ITA
10		 FRA
10		 FRA
7		17th85
2014 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA
16		 SPA
14		 NED
11		 NED
12		 ITA
13		 ITA
14		 GBR GBR MAL MAL ITA ITA POR
WD		 POR
WD		 USA USA SPA
DNS		 SPA
DNS		 FRA FRA QAT QAT 24th16
2015 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA
WD		 ITA
WD		 USA USA MAL MAL SPA SPA FRA
13		 FRA
9		 QAT QAT 27th10
2016 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL
13		 MAL
17		 GBR
Ret		 GBR
17		 ITA ITA USA USA GER
15		 GER
11		 FRA
15		 FRA
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 SPA
16		 QAT
16		 QAT
16		24th10

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike12345678910111213PosPts
2011 Yamaha AUS
1		 EUR
1		 NED
Ret		 ITA
2		 SMR
EX		 SPA
Ret		 CZE
7		 GBR
12		 GER
4		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
1		 POR
4		5th134
2013 Kawasaki AUS
6		 SPA
3		 NED
Ret		 ITA
8		 GBR
5		 POR
8		 ITA
6		 RUS
C		 GBR
13		 GER
13		 TUR
11		 FRA
15		 SPA 8th75

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
2013 MotoGP ART Cardion AB Motoracing 500000NC
Total500000

Races by year

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

YearClassBike123456789101112131415161718PosPts
2013 MotoGP ART QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA INP CZE GBR RSM ARA
17		 MAL
17		 AUS
16		 JPN
Ret		 VAL
18		NC0

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References

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  2. ↑ Hayden, Roger. "October 25, 2009 - WSBK and STK races - Portimao". TeamPedercini.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Read About Luca Scassa". Motorcycle-USA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Magny Cours Race 1 Results 2009". The Superbike World Championship Office Site. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "WSBK Entry List 2010". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Scassa injures foot after Brno fall". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Luca Scassa disqualified from Misano round". Twowheelsblog.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "British Superbikes - Assen 2012 Results" (PDF). Britishsuperbike.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Luca Scassa lands Intermoto Kawasaki ride". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
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