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Luca Scassa
Scassa in 2009
NationalityItalian
Born (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 41)
Arezzo, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2013
ManufacturersART
Championships0
2013 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
5 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2008–2010, 2014–2016
ManufacturersHonda, Kawasaki, Ducati
Championships0
2016 championship position24th (10 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
71 0 0 0 0 132
Supersport World Championship
Active years2011, 2013
ManufacturersYamaha, Kawasaki
Championships0
2013 championship position8th (75 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
22 3 5 2 1 209
British Superbike Championship
Active years2012
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2012 championship position15th (76 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
25 0 0 0 0 76

Luca Scassa (born 23 August 1983 in Arezzo) is an Italian motorcycle racer who is a Ducati Corse test rider. He previously competed in the MotoGP World Championship, the Superbike World Championship the Supersport World Championship, the AMA Superbike Championship and the British Superbike Championship. He was the Italian Superbike champion in 2008 riding a MV Agusta.[1] In 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship he rides for Italian based No Limits Motor Team in superstock category.

Career

Having competed between 2004 and 2007 in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, he became Italian Superbike champion in 2008 with the MV Agusta F4 312 R with team Unionbike Gimotorsports. In the same year he made his debut in the World Superbike Championship as a replacement rider for the DF Racing Team at the circuit of Portimão, scoring no points.[1]

2009

In 2009 he participated in the World Superbike Championship with a Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R.[2] He finished his first full season in twenty-ninth place overall with 11 points,[3] his best finish being thirteenth, in race 1 in the French Grand Prix held at Magny-Cours.[4]

2010

On February 16 it was announced that he would take part in the World Superbike 2010 championship with Ducati 1098R Team Supersonic Racing.[5] In the course of the season Scassa was forced to miss the first race in Australia at Phillip Island, and again in Silverstone because of a fall in race 1 at Brno which caused the fracture of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal of his left foot.[6] Even with these problems he still managed to improve his results of the previous year, ranking in seventeenth place in the riders' championship with 85 points.

2011

For 2011, he joined the Supersport World Championship riding a Yamaha YZF-R6 for Team ParkinGO, managing three wins during the season and finishing in 5th place in the standings; during the year he was forced to miss the weekend at Misano by disqualification for making an illegal test with a production bike on the same track. A few weeks earlier his 'Scassa Racing Experience School' was instructing riders at the Misano circuit using Yamaha R1's, and although not the same R6 motorcycle Scassa used in the championship, the rules of the WSS Championship clearly stated unless the team designated such track as a test circuit they could not use the facility.[7]

2012

For 2012, he joined the British Superbike Championship, racing a Honda CBR1000RR for the Padgetts Racing team. He had a season of ups and downs especially on the new, unfamiliar circuits, a 4th place at Assen was his best finish.[8] He finished the season in 15th place with 76 points.

2013

For 2013, he returned to the World Supersport championship riding the Kawasaki ZX-6R Kawasaki for team Intermoto Ponyexpres.[9] In September 2013 it was announced that Scassa would stand-in for an injured MotoGP rider Karel Abraham as part of the Cardion AB team for the Aragon race. This would be his first-ever ride for a MotoGP team.[10] After finishing 17th in his first GP it was announced that Scassa would be replacing Abraham for the rest of the 2013 season.[11]

Career statistics

Superbike World 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 12 13 14 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 Honda QAT QAT AUS AUS ESP ESP NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR EUR ITA ITA FRA FRA POR
Ret 		POR
27 		NC 0
2009 Kawasaki AUS
20 		AUS
20 		QAT
17 		QAT
20 		SPA
18 		SPA
24 		NED
Ret 		NED
15 		ITA
23 		ITA
14 		RSA
17 		RSA
Ret 		USA
19 		USA
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
20 		GBR
19 		GBR
16 		CZE
16 		CZE
Ret 		GER
16 		GER
14 		ITA
16 		ITA
18 		FRA
13 		FRA
Ret 		POR
15 		POR
14 		29th 11
2010 Ducati AUS AUS POR
20 		POR
16 		SPA
14 		SPA
14 		NED
15 		NED
11 		ITA
16 		ITA
10 		RSA
11 		RSA
12 		USA
7 		USA
10 		SMR
11 		SMR
8 		CZE
Ret 		CZE
DNS 		GBR
DNS 		GBR
DNS 		GER
10 		GER
14 		ITA
13 		ITA
10 		FRA
10 		FRA
7 		17th 85
2014 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA
16 		SPA
14 		NED
11 		NED
12 		ITA
13 		ITA
14 		GBR GBR MAL MAL ITA ITA POR
WD 		POR
WD 		USA USA SPA
DNS 		SPA
DNS 		FRA FRA QAT QAT 24th 16
2015 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITA
WD 		ITA
WD 		USA USA MAL MAL SPA SPA FRA
13 		FRA
9 		QAT QAT 27th 10
2016 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL
13 		MAL
17 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
17 		ITA ITA USA USA GER
15 		GER
11 		FRA
15 		FRA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
16 		QAT
16 		QAT
16 		24th 10

Supersport World 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 12 13 Pos Pts
2011 Yamaha AUS
1 		EUR
1 		NED
Ret 		ITA
2 		SMR
EX 		SPA
Ret 		CZE
7 		GBR
12 		GER
4 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
1 		POR
4 		5th 134
2013 Kawasaki AUS
6 		SPA
3 		NED
Ret 		ITA
8 		GBR
5 		POR
8 		ITA
6 		RUS
C 		GBR
13 		GER
13 		TUR
11 		FRA
15 		SPA 8th 75

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2013 MotoGP ART Cardion AB Motoracing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Total 5 0 0 0 0 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 Pos Pts
2013 MotoGP ART QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA INP CZE GBR RSM ARA
17 		MAL
17 		AUS
16 		JPN
Ret 		VAL
18 		NC 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Luca Scassa". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ Hayden, Roger. "October 25, 2009 - WSBK and STK races - Portimao". TeamPedercini.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Read About Luca Scassa". Motorcycle-USA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Magny Cours Race 1 Results 2009". The Superbike World Championship Office Site. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ^ "WSBK Entry List 2010". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Scassa injures foot after Brno fall". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Luca Scassa disqualified from Misano round". Twowheelsblog.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  8. ^ "British Superbikes - Assen 2012 Results" (PDF). Britishsuperbike.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Luca Scassa lands Intermoto Kawasaki ride". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  10. ^ Beer, Matt. "Luca Scassa to replace injured Karel Abraham at Aragon MotoGP". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Scassa to stay on grid for rest of 2013". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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