Fabrizio Pirovano
{{short description|Italian motorcycle racer}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| image =
|caption =
|name = Fabrizio Pirovano
|nationality = Italian
| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1988}}–{{SBK|1995}}
| SBK Manufacturers = Yamaha, Ducati
| SBK Championships =
| SBK Race Starts = 181
| SBK Race Wins = 10
| SBK Podiums = 47
| SBK Poles = 0
| SBK Fastest laps = 13
| SBK Total Points = 1678.5
| SBK Last season = 1995
| SBK Last position = 7th
| SS Active years = 1997–2001
| SS Championships = 1998
| SS Race Starts = 52
| SS Race Wins = 6
| SS Podiums = 11
| SS Poles = 1
| SS Fastest laps = 3
| SS Total Points = 470
}}
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 {{SBK|1988}}, he was one of its first entrants, finishing as championship runner-up in {{SBK|1988}} and {{SBK|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=11|title=Sbk.Com | Rider|publisher=Worldsbk.com|accessdate=2013-09-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529090424/http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=11|archivedate=2012-05-29}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/superbike/rnd11/preview_stats.htm |title=World Superbike 2006 - Round Two - Phillip Island |publisher=Mcnews.com.au |accessdate=2013-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205215251/http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/superbike/rnd11/preview_stats.htm |archivedate=2012-02-05 }} Curiously he never took a World Superbike pole position. He won the Italian Superbike title four times.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s180/st45645.htm |title=Motorcycle Racing Online - World and domestic Superbike Champions |publisher=Sportnetwork.net |date=2007-04-11 |accessdate=2013-09-01}}
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 {{SBK|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{{cite web|url=http://www.europark.com/ny-gpdat/ny-pw_ss.htm |title=1990-2005 Supersport Winners / World Championship Superbike Series |publisher=Europark.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-01}} and remained there as it became the Supersport World Championship in {{WorldSS|1997}}. He was champion with five wins in {{WorldSS|1998}}, and finished in the top 10 in the four other seasons he contested. In {{WorldSS|2001}} his best results were a pair of 5th places,{{cite web |url=http://website.lineone.net/~mouser/motorsport/2001/world-supersport600/wss600-2001-results.htm |title=2001 World Supersport 600 - Race Results |publisher=Website.loineone.net |accessdate=26 February 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185646/http://website.lineone.net/~mouser/motorsport/2001/world-supersport600/wss600-2001-results.htm |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcnews.com.au/cancer-claims-fabrizio-pirovano-at-56/|title=Cancer claims Fabrizio Pirovano at 56|date=14 June 2016 |accessdate=24 June 2016 }}
Career statistics
=Grand Prix motorcycle racing=
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1987
! 250cc ! Yamaha | JPN | SPA | GER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NAT | AUT | YUG | NED | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | RSM | POR | BRA | ARG ! NC ! 0 |
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=Superbike World Championship=
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year
!valign="middle" rowspan=2| Make !colspan=2| 1 !colspan=2| 2 !colspan=2| 3 !colspan=2| 4 !colspan=2| 5 !colspan=2| 6 !colspan=2| 7 !colspan=2| 8 !colspan=2| 9 !colspan=2| 10 !colspan=2| 11 !colspan=2| 12 !colspan=2| 13 !rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} !rowspan=2| 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 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL | | | | | | | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 93.5 |
1989
! Yamaha |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HUN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS | NZL | NZL | | | | ! 4th ! 208 |
1990
! Yamaha |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 337 |
1991
! Yamaha |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA | CAN | CAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SWE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA | AUS | AUS ! 5th ! 195 |
1992
! Yamaha |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL ! 5th ! 278 |
1993
! Yamaha |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IRL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POR ! 4th ! 290 |
1994
! Ducati |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS | | | | ! 9th ! 111 |
1995
! Ducati |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS | | ! 7th ! 178 |
=Supersport World Championship=
==Races by year==
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1997
! Ducati |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INA ! 8th ! 87 |
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1998
! Suzuki |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EUR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 171 |
1999
! Suzuki |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT | NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER ! 7th ! 84 |
2000
! Suzuki |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN | GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR ! 9th ! 61 |
2001
! Suzuki |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA ! 10th ! 67 |
References
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