Fabrizio Pirovano
# Fabrizio Pirovano

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. 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 (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 and remained there as it became the Supersport World Championship in 1997. He was champion with five wins in 1998, and finished in the top 10 in the four other seasons he contested. In 2001 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**

(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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Make | 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 2000 | Suzuki | AUS 9 | JPN 7 | GBR | ITA Ret | GER 8 | SMR 5 | SPA 4 | EUR 11 | NED Ret | GER Ret | GBR 8 | 9th | 61 |
| 2001 | 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 |
