Mattia Pasini

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

Mattia Pasini
Pasini in 2019
NationalityItalian
Born (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985
Rimini, Italy
Current teamRed Bull KTM Ajo
Bike number54
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 years20102020
ManufacturersMotobi, Suter, FTR, Speed Up, Forward KLX, Kalex
Championships0
2020 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
129 2 4 8 2 529
250cc World Championship
Active years20082009
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position5th (128 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
32 2 9 0 0 260
125cc World Championship
Active years20042007
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2007 championship position5th (174 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
64 8 17 11 4 603

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 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 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 would 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 acquired all of Pasini's mechanics from Toth and raced 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.

Return to Moto2

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.

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-place scorer Stefano Manzi.

Career statistics

Pasini at the 2010 Dutch TT.

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 NC
Total 239 12 30 19 6 1405

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 2010 Qatar 2017 Italy 2017 Italy 129 2 4 8 2 529 0
MotoGP 2012 2012 Qatar 14 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 2004–2020 239 12 30 19 6 1405 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 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
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
NC 0

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