Mattia Pasini


Mattia Pasini 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 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. After the test however, it was decided he would not be racing for Pramac in 2009.
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.

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, 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.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
125ccApriliaRSA
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		15th54
125ccApriliaSPA
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		4th183
125ccApriliaSPA
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		4th192
125ccApriliaQAT
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		5th174
250ccApriliaQAT
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		8th132
250ccApriliaQAT
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		5th128
Moto2MotobiQAT
6		SPA
Ret		FRA
Ret		ITA
Ret		GBR
Ret		NED
14		CATGERCZEIND28th12
Moto2SuterRSM
Ret		ARA
Ret		JPNMALAUSPORVAL-28th12
Moto2FTRQAT
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		24th28
MotoGPARTQAT
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		JPNMALAUS22nd13
Moto2FTRVAL
25		NC0
Moto2Speed UpQAT
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		15th58
2014Moto2Forward KLXQAT
17		AME
12		ARG
Ret		SPA
18		21st35
2014Moto2KalexFRA
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		-21st35
2015Moto2KalexQATAMEARGSPAFRAITA
18		CATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSM
16		ARAJPNAUSMALVALNC0
2016Moto2KalexQAT
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		11th72
2017Moto2KalexQAT
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		6th148
2018Moto2KalexQAT
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		9th141
2019Moto2KalexQATARGAME
4		FRA
Ret		ITA
11		CATNEDGERCZE
Ret		AUT
10		GBR
13		RSM
DNS		ARATHA
Ret		JPN
Ret		AUS
Ret		MAL
13		VAL
11		20th35
2019Moto2KTMSPA
Ret		20th35