Fabrizio Pirovano


Fabrizio Pirovano was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer from Biassono.

Motorcycle racing career

When the Superbike World Championship began in, he was one of its first entrants, finishing as championship runner-up in and, 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. Curiously he never took a World Superbike pole position. He won the Italian Superbike title four times.
By the mid-1990s, the World Superbike championship had more international stars and Pirovano was less competitive. In, 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 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, 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.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

YearClassBike123456789101112131415Pts
1987250ccYamahaJPNSPAGERNAT
Ret		AUTYUGNEDFRAGBRSWECZERSMPORBRAARGNC0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

YearBike1234567891011Pts
1997DucatiSMR
Ret		GBR
Ret		GER
11		ITA
1		EUR
6		AUT
2		NED
Ret		GER
Ret		SPA
5		JPN
3		INA
Ret		8th87
1998SuzukiGBR
6		ITA
1		SPA
1		GER
Ret		SMR
1		RSA
3		USA
Ret		EUR
1		AUT
1		NED
2		1st171
1999SuzukiRSA
Ret		GBR
Ret		SPA
5		ITA
5		GER
2		SMR
4		USA
5		EUR
8		AUT
Ret		NEDGER
6		7th84
2000SuzukiAUS
9		JPN
7		GBRITA
Ret		GER
8		SMR
5		SPA
4		EUR
11		NED
Ret		GER
Ret		GBR
8		9th61
2001SuzukiSPA
9		AUS
Ret		JPN
7		ITA
8		GBR
9		GER
Ret		SMR
Ret		EUR
5		GER
7		NED
5		ITA
11		10th67