Luca Scassa

Luca Scassa (born 23 August 1983) 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.

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

2004 - 7th, Superstock European Championship, Kawasaki ZX-10R 2005 - 7th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1 2006 - 3rd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta 2007 - 21st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta

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 IMO VAL1MIS VAL2 4th 58 2005 Stock 1000 Yamaha VAL MON IMOMIS1 MUGMIS2 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 VAL7 SMR6 MNZRet OSC16 SIL6 BRA7 NED10 IMO3 MAG7 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 VAL21 MNZRet SIL8 SMR7 BRN15 BRA2 NEDRet LAU2 IMO6 MAG6 7th 8 2006 MV Agusta VAL5 MNZ5 SIL4 SMR3 BRN2 BRA1 NED5 LAU5 IMO1 MAGRet 3rd 143 2007 MV Agusta DON VAL NED MNZ SILRet SMR BRN BRA LAU ITA MAG4 21st 13

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

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 PORRet POR27 NC 0 2009 Kawasaki AUS20 AUS20 QAT17 QAT20 SPA18 SPA24 NEDRet NED15 ITA23 ITA14 RSA17 RSARet USA19 USARet SMRRet SMR20 GBR19 GBR16 CZE16 CZERet GER16 GER14 ITA16 ITA18 FRA13 FRARet POR15 POR14 29th 11 2010 Ducati AUS AUS POR20 POR16 SPA14 SPA14 NED15 NED11 ITA16 ITA10 RSA11 RSA12 USA7 USA10 SMR11 SMR8 CZERet CZEDNS GBRDNS GBRDNS GER10 GER14 ITA13 ITA10 FRA10 FRA7 17th 85 2014 Kawasaki AUS AUS SPA16 SPA14 NED11 NED12 ITA13 ITA14 GBR GBR MAL MAL ITA ITA PORWD PORWD USA USA SPADNS SPADNS FRA FRA QAT QAT 24th 16 2015 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR ITAWD ITAWD USA USA MAL MAL SPA SPA FRA13 FRA9 QAT QAT 27th 10 2016 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL13 MAL17 GBRRet GBR17 ITA ITA USA USA GER15 GER11 FRA15 FRARet SPARet SPA16 QAT16 QAT16 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 AUS1 EUR1 NEDRet ITA2 SMREX SPARet CZE7 GBR12 GER4 ITARet FRA1 POR4 5th 134 Kawasaki AUS6 SPA3 NEDRet ITA8 GBR5 POR8 ITA6 RUSC GBR13 GER13 TUR11 FRA15 SPA 8th 75

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 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 MotoGP ART QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA INP CZE GBR RSM ARA17 MAL17 AUS16 JPNRet VAL18 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 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2012 Honda BHIRet BHIC THR8 THR6 OUL13 OULRet OUL17 SNERet SNERet KNO16 KNORet OULRet OULRet OULDNS BHGP14 BHGP16 CAD15 CAD17 DON11 DON8 ASS4 ASS11 SIL8 SIL6 BHGPRet BHGP15 BHGP14 15th 76