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.

Mattia Carpanese
Born (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 38)
Padova, Italy
NationalityItalian
Career history
2007Workington Comets
2008Birmingham Brummies
Individual honours
2004, 2005Italian Under-21 Champion
2006, 2007, 2008
2010, 2011, 2014
Italian National Champion

Career edit

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 edit

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 edit

World Championships edit

European Championships edit

See also edit

References and notes edit

  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.