Luca Scassa

Luca Scassa
Scassa in 2009
Nationality	Italian
Born	23 August 1983 Arezzo, Italy
Current team	Ducati Test Rider
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2013 Manufacturers ART Championships 0 2013 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 5 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2008–2010, 2014 Manufacturers Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 57 0 0 0 0 112 Supersport World Championship Active years 2011, 2013 Manufacturers Yamaha, Kawasaki Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 21 3 5 2 1 208 British Superbike Championship Active years 2012 Manufacturers Honda 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 has competed in the Superbike World Championship, the MotoGP 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]

Racing 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 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

Year	Make	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	SMR	SMR	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	SMR WD	SMR WD	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA	SPA	FRA 13	FRA 9	QAT	QAT			27th	10

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Team	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	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2013	MotoGP	ART	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total			5	0	0	0	0	0

Races by year

(key)

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	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA 17	MAL 17	AUS 16	JPN Ret	VAL 18	NC	0

References

1. "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. 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. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
8. "British Superbikes - Assen 2012 Results" (PDF). Britishsuperbike.com. 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.

External links

• MotoGP.com rider profile
• WorldSBK.com rider profile