Mattia Pasini (born August 13, 1985 in Rimini) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He participated in his first race at the age of 9. After several successful years in the Italian and European championships, he made his 125cc world championship debut in 2004 as the team-mate 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.

In 2008, Pasini rode in the 250cc class for Polaris World Aprilia team. He gain 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 a high 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 will 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 will have all of Pasini's mechanics from Toth and will race from the Emmi - Caffe Latte teams garage for the remainder of the season.

Career Statistics

By season

Season	Class	Moto	Races	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	Position
2004	125cc	Aprilia	16	0	0	0	0	54	15th
2005	125cc	Aprilia	15	2	6	0	0	183	4th
2006	125cc	Aprilia	16	2	6	2	2	192	4th
2007	125cc	Aprilia	17	4	5	9	2	174	5th
2008	250cc	Aprilia	16	1	4	0	0	132	8th
2009	250cc	Aprilia	1	0	0	0	0	0*	—*
Total			81	9	21	11	4	735	'

By class

Class	Season	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2004-2007	2002 RSA	2005 CHN	2005 CHN	64	8	17	11	4	603	0
250 cc	2008-Present	2008 QAT	2008 QAT	2008 QAT	17	1	4	0	0	132	0
Total	2004-Present				81	9	21	11	4	735	0

Races by year

() (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	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	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	SMR 2	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL		5th*	120*

• * Season In Progress

References

1. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Pasini+to+test+with+Pramac+Racing+at+Brno
2. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77743
3. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Pasini+hopes+for+stability+at+final+rounds

External links

• mattiapasini.it Official Website