# Mattia Pasini

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, 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. 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 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.

## 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 WD | EST1 | EST2 | CAT1 WD | CAT2 WD | POR1 | POR2 | JER | ARA1 | ARA2 | EST | NC | 0 |

### 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 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter | Italtrans Racing Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28th |
| 2011 | Moto2 | FTR | IodaRacing Project | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24th |
| 2012 | MotoGP | ART | Speed Master | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22nd |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2014 | Moto2 | Kalex | NGM Forward Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 21st |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 20th |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Moto2 | Kalex | RW Racing GP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33rd |
| 2023 | Moto2 | Kalex | BMP Tappi Fieten Olie Racing GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25th |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Boscoscuro | Team Ciatti Speed Up | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 248 | 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, 2022-2024 | 2010 Qatar | 2017 Italy | 2017 Italy | 138 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 541 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2012 | 2012 Qatar | | | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2004–2020, 2022–2024 | 2004–2020, 2022–2024 | 2004–2020, 2022–2024 | 2004–2020, 2022–2024 | 2004–2020, 2022–2024 | 248 | 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 |
| 2010 | Moto2 | Suter | | | | | | | | | | | RSM Ret | ARA Ret | JPN | MAL | AUS | POR | VAL | | | | 28th | 12 |
| 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 | 2012 | 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 |
| 2012 | 2012 | 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 |
| 2014 | Moto2 | 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 | | | 21st | 35 |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | | | | SPA Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 35 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Moto2 | Boscoscuro | QAT | POR | AME | SPA | FRA | CAT 17 | ITA 26 | NED | GER | GBR | AUT 23 | CAT | RSM Ret | EMI | INA | JPN | AUS | THA | MAL | SLD | 34th | 0 |
* Season still in progress.

### 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 |