Mattia Pasini

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 Championships 0 2012 championship position 22nd (13 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 13 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2020, 2022-2023 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, ^[6] 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.

Return to Moto2

In 2015, Pasini was left with no full time ride. That year he adapted to tarmac racing bikes a system that he previously invented for motocross, that transfers front braking to the left arm, due to permanent nerve damage on his right arm. ^[7] He has used this system in Moto2 ever since. In 2016, Pasini made a full-time return to Moto2, racing a Kalex for Italtrans Racing. He closed the season in eleventh place in championship, having scored 72 points. In 2017, Pasini won his first race in 8 years at the Italian GP, and finished in sixth position in the championship. He finished ninth in the championship in 2018, having won a race at the Argentine GP. He was left without a full time ride again in 2019.

2020

For 2020, Pasini was an Italian commentator for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes, before stepping in as a replacement driver for Red Bull KTM Ajo in the 2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix. He took Jorge Martin's bike and finished in 16th place, just one tenth of a second behind last point scorer Stefano Manzi.

2022

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

Pasini at the 2010 Dutch TT.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2004	125cc	Aprilia	Safilo Carrera - 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
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	18	1	3	5	1	148	6th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	18	1	1	3	1	141	9th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP40 Petronas Sprinta Racing Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	11	0	0	0	0	35	20th
		KTM	Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team	1	0	0	0	0
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	GasGas Aspar Team	2	0	0	0	0	1	33rd
			RW Racing GP	1	0	0	0	0
2023	Moto2	Kalex	BMP Tappi Fieten Olie Racing GP	2	0	0	0	0	11*	25th*
Total				244	12	30	19	6	1417

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2004–2007	2004 South Africa	2005 China	2005 China	64	8	17	11	4	603	0
250cc	2008–2009	2008 Qatar	2008 Qatar	2008 Qatar	32	2	9	0	0	260	0
Moto2	2010–2020, 2022-2023	2010 Qatar	2017 Italy	2017 Italy	134	2	4	8	2	541	0
MotoGP	2012	2012 Qatar			14	0	0	0	0	13	0
Total	2004–2020, 2022-2023				244	12	30	19	6	1417	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	19	20	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	INP 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	INP 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	INP											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	INP 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	INP 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	INP 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	INP 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	INP	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
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 24	ARG 20	AME 22	SPA 4	FRA 5	ITA 1	CAT DSQ	NED 4	GER 5	CZE Ret	AUT 5	GBR 2	RSM Ret	ARA 2	JPN 5	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 19			6th	148
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 4	ARG 1	AME 7	SPA 5	FRA 18	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 11	GER Ret	CZE 10	AUT 4	GBR C	RSM 4	ARA 8	THA 6	JPN 14	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 4		9th	141
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME 4		FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT	NED	GER	CZE Ret	AUT 10	GBR 13	RSM DNS	ARA	THA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL 13	VAL 11		20th	35
		KTM				SPA Ret
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI 16	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR						29th	0
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA 15	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM Ret	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL Ret	33rd	1
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA 11	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM 10	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	25th*	11*

CIV National Championship

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	Pos	Pts
2022	Superbike	Yamaha	MIS1 Ret	MIS2 7	VAL1	VAL2	MUG1	MUG2	MIS1	MIS2	MUG2	MUG2	IMO1	IMO2	21st	9

References

1. Giorgia, Bertozzi (12 May 2005). "Il mondo segreto di Pasini" [Pasini's secret world]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Morrison, Neil (22 August 2017). "'You ride a bike with your balls, not your arms'". crash.net. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
3. "Pasini to test with Pramac Racing on Monday | MotoGP™".
4. "Pasini rules out racing for Pramac in 09". Autosport. 18 August 2009.
5. "Pasini hopes for stability at final rounds | MotoGP™".
6. "Mattia Pasini takes over Speed Master MotoGP ride". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
7. "'You ride a bike with your balls, not your arms'". 22 August 2017.
8. "Moto2, Mattia Pasini racing as a wild card in Misano Grand". 22 August 2023.
9. "Problems solved; two cars on the grid at ELMS Barcelona season opener". 9 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links

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