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. 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.

125cc World Championship After several successful years in the Italian and European championships, Pasini 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.

In 2009, Pasini was victorious at Mugello, but generally struggled to match the frontrunners.

In 2009, Pasini 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, 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 2015, Pasini was left with no full time ride. That year he adapted to tarmac racing bikes, and implemented a system which he previously invented for motocross, that transferred front braking duties to the left arm, due to permanent nerve damage in his right arm. 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.

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. He finished 7th with 1 podium and 37 points.

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.

Career statistics

FIM Moto2 European Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts 2024 Boscoscuro MIS EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 POR1 POR2 JER ARA1 ARA2 EST NC 0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR 16 0 0 0 0 54 15th 125cc Aprilia Totti Top Sport - NGS 15 2 6 0 0 183 4th 125cc Aprilia Master - MVA Aspar Team 16 2 6 2 2 192 4th 125cc Aprilia Polaris World 17 4 5 9 2 174 5th 250cc Aprilia Polaris World 16 1 4 0 0 132 8th 250cc Aprilia Team Tóth 16 1 5 0 0 128 5th Moto2 Motobi JiR Moto2 8 0 0 0 0 12 28th Suter Italtrans Racing Team 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 Moto2 Speed Up NGM Mobile Racing 17 0 0 0 0 58 15th Moto2 Forward KLX NGM Forward Racing 17 0 0 0 0 35 21st Kalex Moto2 Kalex Gresini Racing Moto2 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 18 0 0 0 0 72 11th Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 18 1 3 5 1 148 6th Moto2 Kalex Italtrans Racing Team 18 1 1 3 1 141 9th Moto2 Kalex Pons HP40Petronas Sprinta RacingTasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 11 0 0 0 0 35 20th KTM Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team 1 0 0 0 0 Moto2 Kalex Red Bull KTM Ajo 1 0 0 0 0 0 29th Moto2 Kalex GasGas Aspar Team 2 0 0 0 0 1 33rd RW Racing GP 1 0 0 0 0 Moto2 Kalex BMP Tappi Fieten Olie Racing GP 2 0 0 0 0 11 25th Moto2 Boscoscuro Team Ciatti Speed Up 4 0 0 0 0 0 34th Moto2 Kalex Fantic Racing Redemption 2 0 0 0 0 0* 36th* Total 250 12 30 19 6 1417

By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp 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, 2022–2025 2010 Qatar 2017 Italy 2017 Italy 140 2 4 8 2 541 0 MotoGP 2012 2012 Qatar 14 0 0 0 0 13 0 2004–2020, 2022–2025 250 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 21 22 Pos Pts 125cc Aprilia RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL 15th 54 125cc Aprilia SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL 4th 183 125cc Aprilia SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL 4th 192 125cc Aprilia QAT SPA TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM POR JPN AUS MAL VAL 5th 174 250cc Aprilia QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM INP JPN AUS MAL VAL 8th 132 250cc Aprilia QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER GBR CZE INP RSM POR AUS MAL VAL 5th 128 Moto2 Motobi QAT SPA FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER CZE INP 28th 12 Suter RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL Moto2 FTR QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE INP RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 24th 28 2012 MotoGP ART QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS 22nd 13 Moto2 FTR VAL NC 0 Moto2 Speed Up QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL 15th 58 Moto2 Forward KLX QAT AME ARG SPA 21st 35 Kalex FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Moto2 Kalex QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 11th 72 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 6th 148 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 9th 141 Moto2 Kalex QAT ARG AME FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 20th 35 KTM SPA Moto2 Kalex QAT SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR 29th 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 33rd 1 Moto2 Kalex POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 25th 11 Moto2 Boscoscuro QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT CAT RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD 34th 0 Moto2 Kalex THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL 37th 0 Season still in progress.

CIV Championship (Campionato Italiano Velocita)

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Pts 2003 125cc ApriliaMIS1 MUG1MIS1 MUG2 VAL 4th 43

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 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MIS1 MIS2 MUG2 MUG2 IMO1 IMO2 21st 9

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