Mattia Carpanese

Mattia Carpanese

Born	(1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 39) Padova, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Career history
2007	Workington Comets
2008	Birmingham Brummies
Individual honours
2004, 2005	Italian Under-21 Champion
2006, 2007, 2008 2010, 2011, 2014	Italian National Champion

Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padova, Italy) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Italy.^[1] He is six times National champion of Italy.

Career

Carpanese rode in the United Kingdom for the Workington Comets during the 2007 Premier League,^[2] and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008.^[3]

Carpanese finished runner-up in the Italian Championship in 2005. He was selected as a wild card for the 2006 and 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix. He quit the Comets after a string of injuries on 30 August 2007.^[4]

On 20 April 2008 it was announced that Carpanese had been signed by Birmingham Brummies as a short term replacement for injured rider James Birkinshaw but was released after twenty eight days.^[5]

Speedway Grand Prix

2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /11	Italian SGP	16	2	(0,2,M,F,0)	9

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Honours

World Championships

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
  • 2005 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (1 point)
  • 2006 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (7 points)
  • 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2 (12 points)
  • 2009 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points)
  • 2010 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (11 points)
• Individual U-21 World Championship
  • 2006 - 13th place (5 points)

European Championships

• Individual European Championship
  • 2007 - 12th place in Qualifying Round 1 (4 points)
  • 2008 Final will be on 2008-08-23 (track reserve)
• European Pairs Championship
  • 2004 - 7th place in Semi-Final 1 (1 point)
  • 2007 - 7th place (0 points)
  • 2009 - 3rd place in Semi-Final

See also

• Italy national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References and notes

1. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
3. Bamford, Robert (2008). Methanol Press Speedway Yearbook 2008. Methanol Press. ISBN 978-0-9553103-5-5.
4. "Mattia leaves Workington". News and Star. 2007-08-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
5. "Brummies axe for carpanese". Birmingham Mail. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-09.