Fabrizio Pirovano
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Fabrizio Pirovano (1 February 1960 – 12 June 2016) was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer from Biassono.
Motorcycle racing career[]
When the Superbike World Championship began in 1988, he was one of its first entrants, finishing as championship runner-up in 1988 and 1990, and in the top five four other times. He won 10 races and took 37 further podium finishes. He is in the championship's all-time top 10 for starts, points and podiums.[1][2] Curiously he never took a World Superbike pole position. He won the Italian Superbike title four times.[3]
By the mid-1990s, the World Superbike championship had more international stars (such as Troy Corser and Carl Fogarty) and Pirovano was less competitive. In 1995, a second-place finish at the season-opener at Hockenheim was his only podium, and he left the championship at the end of the year. He moved to the Open Championship for 1996, winning several races[4] and remained there as it became the Supersport World Championship in . He was champion with five wins in , and finished in the top 10 in the four other seasons he contested. In his best results were a pair of 5th places,[5] and this proved to be his last full season. He won a one-off race in the Suzuki GSX-R Cup at the Misano Circuit in June 2006. He died after losing a battle against an incurable tumour on 12 June 2016.[6]
Career statistics[]
Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]
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 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | 250cc | Yamaha | JPN | SPA | GER | NAT Ret |
AUT | YUG | NED | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | RSM | POR | BRA | ARG | NC | 0 |
Superbike World Championship[]
Races by year[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
1988 | Yamaha | GBR 8 |
GBR 4 |
HUN 5 |
HUN 6 |
GER 11 |
GER 8 |
AUT 2 |
AUT 7 |
JPN Ret |
JPN 10 |
FRA 1 |
FRA C |
POR 6 |
POR 6 |
AUS 6 |
AUS 7 |
NZL 2 |
NZL 13 |
2nd | 93.5 | ||||||||
1989 | Yamaha | GBR 1 |
GBR 18 |
HUN 3 |
HUN 2 |
CAN 6 |
CAN 5 |
USA 2 |
USA 4 |
AUT 5 |
AUT 2 |
FRA Ret |
FRA Ret |
JPN 7 |
JPN Ret |
GER 4 |
GER 6 |
ITA 3 |
ITA 4 |
AUS 3 |
AUS Ret |
NZL | NZL | 4th | 208 | ||||
1990 | Yamaha | SPA 6 |
SPA 8 |
GBR 5 |
GBR 5 |
HUN 3 |
HUN 8 |
GER 8 |
GER 5 |
CAN 3 |
CAN 5 |
USA 8 |
USA 6 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 3 |
JPN 4 |
JPN 4 |
FRA Ret |
FRA 2 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 1 |
MAL 1 |
MAL 1 |
AUS 2 |
AUS 5 |
NZL Ret |
NZL 4 |
2nd | 337 |
1991 | Yamaha | GBR 3 |
GBR 8 |
SPA 5 |
SPA 5 |
CAN | CAN | USA 5 |
USA 6 |
AUT Ret |
AUT 5 |
SMR 5 |
SMR 4 |
SWE 3 |
SWE Ret |
JPN 7 |
JPN 7 |
MAL 2 |
MAL 3 |
GER Ret |
GER 7 |
FRA 31 |
FRA 6 |
ITA Ret |
ITA 6 |
AUS | AUS | 5th | 195 |
1992 | Yamaha | SPA 3 |
SPA 4 |
GBR 2 |
GBR 5 |
GER Ret |
GER 6 |
BEL Ret |
BEL 3 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 3 |
AUT 4 |
AUT 6 |
ITA 5 |
ITA Ret |
MAL 2 |
MAL 6 |
JPN 3 |
JPN 3 |
NED 9 |
NED 8 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 1 |
AUS 12 |
AUS 6 |
NZL 5 |
NZL 5 |
5th | 278 |
1993 | Yamaha | IRL 17 |
IRL 3 |
GER 2 |
GER 5 |
SPA 4 |
SPA 7 |
SMR 3 |
SMR 11 |
AUT Ret |
AUT 18 |
CZE 4 |
CZE 4 |
SWE 3 |
SWE 4 |
MAL 3 |
MAL 3 |
JPN 7 |
JPN 5 |
NED Ret |
NED 4 |
ITA 3 |
ITA 3 |
GBR 4 |
GBR 6 |
POR 1 |
POR 3 |
4th | 290 |
1994 | Ducati | GBR 3 |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
GER 2 |
ITA Ret |
ITA 6 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 11 |
AUT 8 |
AUT Ret |
INA 16 |
INA Ret |
JPN 2 |
JPN Ret |
NED Ret |
NED 11 |
SMR 5 |
SMR 5 |
EUR Ret |
EUR 12 |
AUS 22 |
AUS 8 |
9th | 111 | ||||
1995 | Ducati | GER 2 |
GER 13 |
SMR 5 |
SMR 6 |
GBR 11 |
GBR 5 |
ITA 8 |
ITA 8 |
SPA 6 |
SPA 4 |
AUT 8 |
AUT 5 |
USA Ret |
USA 8 |
EUR 7 |
EUR 7 |
JPN 13 |
JPN DNS |
NED 10 |
NED Ret |
INA 5 |
INA 6 |
AUS Ret |
AUS 12 |
7th | 178 |
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 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ducati | SMR Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER 11 |
ITA 1 |
EUR 6 |
AUT 2 |
NED Ret |
GER Ret |
SPA 5 |
JPN 3 |
INA Ret |
8th | 87 | |
Suzuki | GBR 6 |
ITA 1 |
SPA 1 |
GER Ret |
SMR 1 |
RSA 3 |
USA Ret |
EUR 1 |
AUT 1 |
NED 2 |
1st | 171 | ||
1999 | Suzuki | RSA Ret |
GBR Ret |
SPA 5 |
ITA 5 |
GER 2 |
SMR 4 |
USA 5 |
EUR 8 |
AUT Ret |
NED | GER 6 |
7th | 84 |
Suzuki | AUS 9 |
JPN 7 |
GBR | ITA Ret |
GER 8 |
SMR 5 |
SPA 4 |
EUR 11 |
NED Ret |
GER Ret |
GBR 8 |
9th | 61 | |
Suzuki | SPA 9 |
AUS Ret |
JPN 7 |
ITA 8 |
GBR 9 |
GER Ret |
SMR Ret |
EUR 5 |
GER 7 |
NED 5 |
ITA 11 |
10th | 67 |
References[]
- ^ "Sbk.Com | Rider". Worldsbk.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "World Superbike 2006 - Round Two - Phillip Island". Mcnews.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - World and domestic Superbike Champions". Sportnetwork.net. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "1990-2005 Supersport Winners / World Championship Superbike Series". Europark.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "2001 World Supersport 600 - Race Results". Website.loineone.net. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Cancer claims Fabrizio Pirovano at 56". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- 1960 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from the Province of Monza e Brianza
- Italian motorcycle racers
- Superbike World Championship riders
- Supersport World Championship riders
- Deaths from cancer in Lombardy