Mario Rinaldi

{{Short description|Italian motorcycle racer (born 1966)}}

Mario Rinaldi (born 17 March 1966) is an Italian enduro rider and a four-time World Enduro Champion.{{cite news|url=http://www.motosprint.it/offroad/enduro/2011/01/04-3780/Mario+Rinaldi+responsabile+FMI|title=Mario Rinaldi responsabile FMI|last=Agrati|first=Dario|date=4 January 2011|work=Motosprint|language=Italian|accessdate=17 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321120601/http://www.motosprint.it/offroad/enduro/2011/01/04-3780/Mario+Rinaldi+responsabile+FMI|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplRubriche/motori/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=245&ID_articolo=399&ID_sezione=532&sezione=m|title=Solo Dougie Lampkin (Beta) e Graham Jarvis (Sherco) al traguardo dell'Hell's Gate|last=Perfetti|first=Andrea|date=9 February 2010|work=La Stampa|language=Italian|accessdate=17 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041342/http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplRubriche/motori/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=245&ID_articolo=399&ID_sezione=532&sezione=m|archivedate=22 July 2011}} He is also a four-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Italy. Rinaldi won all his world championship titles with KTM; in 1992 and 1994 in the 350 cc class, and in 1997 and 2000 in the 400 cc class. He subsequently competed for Yamaha and Husaberg until retiring from the World Enduro Championship, and concentrating on the Italian national championship.

Career summary

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Season

! Series

! Class

! Team

! Wins

! Final placing

1991

| World Enduro Championship

| 350 cc

| KTM

| 1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

1992

| World Enduro Championship

| 350 cc

| KTM

| 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1993

| World Enduro Championship

| 350 cc

| KTM

| 1

| 4th

1994

| World Enduro Championship

| 350 cc

| KTM

| 6

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1995

| World Enduro Championship

| 350 cc

| KTM

| 4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

1996

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| KTM

| 5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

1997

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| KTM

| 8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1998

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| KTM

| 1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

1999

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| KTM

| 6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

2000

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| KTM

| 4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

2001

| World Enduro Championship

| 400 cc

| Yamaha

| 3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

2002

| World Enduro Championship

| 500 cc

| Yamaha

| 0

| 6th

2003

| World Enduro Championship

| 450 cc

| Yamaha

| 0

| 10th

2004

| World Enduro Championship

| E1

| Yamaha

| 0

| 7th

2005

| World Enduro Championship

| E3

| Husaberg

| 0

| 10th

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Season

! Location

! Class

! Team

! Final placing

1991

| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia

| World Trophy

| Italy

| 14th

1992

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Cessnock, Australia

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1994

| {{flagicon|United States}} Tulsa, United States

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1996

| {{flagicon|Finland}} Hämeenlinna, Finland

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

1997

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Brescia, Italy

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

1998

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Traralgon, Australia

| World Trophy

| Italy

| 4th

1999

| {{flagicon|Portugal}} Coimbra, Portugal

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

2000

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Granada, Spain

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

2001

| {{flagicon|France}} Brive-la-Gaillarde, France

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

2003

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Fortaleza, Brazil

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

2004

| {{flagicon|Poland}} Kielce, Poland

| World Trophy

| Italy

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

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