Robin Fitton

{{short description|British motorcycle racer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

|name = Edwin Robin Fitton

|nationality = British

|birth_date = 1928

|death_date = 02 {{death year and age|1970|1928|5}}

|death_place = Adenau, West Germany

|GP Active years = 1964 – 1965, 1967 – 1969

|GP Teams =

|GP Race Starts = 9

|GP Championships =

|GP Race Wins = 0

|GP Podiums = 1

|GP Total Points = 37

|GP Poles = 0

|GP Fastest laps = 0

|GP First race = 1964 500cc Ulster Grand Prix

|GP First win =

|GP Last win =

|GP Last race = 1969 500cc Ulster Grand Prix

}}

Edwin Robin Fitton (1928 in Leeds – 2 May 1970 in Adenau ) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Leeds, West Yorkshire.{{cite web |last1=Hewitt |first1=Sam |title=Men Who Mattered: Rob Fitton |url=https://www.classicmotorcycle.co.uk/men-who-mattered-rob-fitton/ |access-date=2 November 2023 |date=31 May 2019}} His best season was in 1968 when he finished the year in fourth place in the 500cc world championship.[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Rob+Fitton Robin Fitton career statistics at MotoGP.com]

Fitton was killed at the Nürburgring during practice for the 1970 West German Grand Prix.{{cite news |title=Carruthers and Agostini Capture Motorcycle Races |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/04/archives/carruthers-and-agostini-capture-motorcycle-races.html |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1970}}[http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=778 Robin Fitton career profile at Motorsport Memorial]