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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)

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

1. "Sbk.Com | Rider". Worldsbk.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
2. "World Superbike 2006 - Round Two - Phillip Island". Mcnews.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
3. "Motorcycle Racing Online - World and domestic Superbike Champions". Sportnetwork.net. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
4. "1990-2005 Supersport Winners / World Championship Superbike Series". Europark.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
5. "2001 World Supersport 600 - Race Results". Website.loineone.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
6. "Cancer claims Fabrizio Pirovano at 56". 14 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

• 1960 births
• 2016 deaths
• Sportspeople from the Province of Monza e Brianza
• Italian motorcycle racers
• Superbike World Championship riders
• Supersport World Championship riders
• Deaths from cancer in Lombardy