Luca Scassa
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| Born | 23 August 1983 Arezzo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luca Scassa (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian former motorcycle racer and 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. In 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship, he rode for Italian based No Limits Motor Team in the Superstock category.
Career
Having competed between 2004 and 2007 in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, Scassa became Italian Superbike Champion in 2008 with the MV Agusta F4 R 312 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.
2009
In 2009, Scassa participated in the World Superbike Championship with a Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R. He finished his first full season in 29th place overall with 11 points, his best finish being 13th, in race 1 in the French Grand Prix held at Magny-Cours.
2010
On February 16, it was announced that Scassa would take part in the World Superbike 2010 championship with Ducati 1098R Team Supersonic Racing. 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 third and fourth metatarsal of his left foot. Even with these problems, he still managed to improve his results of the previous year, ranking in 17th place in the riders' championship with 85 points.
2011
For 2011, Scassa joined the Supersport World Championship riding a Yamaha YZF-R6 for Team ParkinGO, managing three wins during the season and finishing in fifth 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.
2012
For 2012, Scassa 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 fourth place at Assen was his best finish. He finished the season in 15th place with 76 points.
2013
For 2013, Scassa returned to the World Supersport championship riding the Kawasaki ZX-6R Kawasaki for team Intermoto Ponyexpres. 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. After finishing 17th in his first GP it was announced that Scassa would be replacing Abraham for the rest of the 2013 season.
Career statistics
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 | 6 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Stock 1000 | Kawasaki | MUG 1 |
IMO 24 |
VAL1 Ret |
MIS 2 |
VAL2 4 |
4th | 58 | |
| 2005 | Stock 1000 | Yamaha | VAL 5 |
MON 4 |
IMO Ret |
MIS1 5 |
MUG 3 |
MIS2 2 |
4th | 71 |
Superstock 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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kawasaki | VAL 7 |
SMR 6 |
MNZ Ret |
OSC 16 |
SIL 6 |
BRA 7 |
NED 10 |
IMO 3 |
MAG 7 |
7th | 69 |
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Yamaha | VAL 21 |
MNZ Ret |
SIL 8 |
SMR 7 |
BRN 15 |
BRA 2 |
NED Ret |
LAU 2 |
IMO 6 |
MAG 6 |
7th | 8 | |
| 2006 | MV Agusta | VAL 5 |
MNZ 5 |
SIL 4 |
SMR 3 |
BRN 2 |
BRA 1 |
NED 5 |
LAU 5 |
IMO 1 |
MAG Ret |
3rd | 143 | |
| 2007 | MV Agusta | DON |
VAL |
NED |
MNZ |
SIL Ret |
SMR |
BRN |
BRA |
LAU |
ITA |
MAG 4 |
21st | 13 |
MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | |||||
| 2007 | SuperBike | MV Agusta | DAY 23 |
BAR Ret |
BAR 12 |
FON 19 |
FON Ret |
INF 13 |
INF 11 |
RAM 11 |
RAM Ret |
MIL 11 |
MIL 10 |
LAG Ret |
OHI 11 |
OHI 12 |
VIR 12 |
VIR 7 |
RAT 8 |
RAT 12 |
LAG Ret |
15th | 262 |
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 |
British Superbike Championship
By year
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
| 2012 | Honda | BHI Ret |
BHI C |
THR 8 |
THR 6 |
OUL 13 |
OUL Ret |
OUL 17 |
SNE Ret |
SNE Ret |
KNO 16 |
KNO Ret |
OUL Ret |
OUL Ret |
OUL DNS |
BHGP 14 |
BHGP 16 |
CAD 15 |
CAD 17 |
DON 11 |
DON 8 |
ASS 4 |
ASS 11 |
SIL 8 |
SIL 6 |
BHGP Ret |
BHGP 15 |
BHGP 14 |
15th | 76 |
References
- 1 2 "Luca Scassa". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Hayden, Roger. "October 25, 2009 - WSBK and STK races - Portimao". TeamPedercini.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Read About Luca Scassa". Motorcycle-USA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Magny Cours Race 1 Results 2009". The Superbike World Championship Office Site. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "WSBK Entry List 2010". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Scassa injures foot after Brno fall". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Luca Scassa disqualified from Misano round". Twowheelsblog.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "British Superbikes - Assen 2012 Results" (PDF). Britishsuperbike.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Luca Scassa lands Intermoto Kawasaki ride". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Beer, Matt. "Luca Scassa to replace injured Karel Abraham at Aragon MotoGP". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Scassa to stay on grid for rest of 2013". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
External links
- Luca Scassa at MotoGP.com
- Luca Scassa at WorldSBK.com
- Luca Scassa at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
