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Cancer claims Fabrizio Pirovano at 56

Trev by Trev
June 14, 2016
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Cancer claims Fabrizio Pirovano at 56

World Superbike Championship pioneer Fabrizio Pirovano has passed away at the age of 56.

‘Piro’ from Biassono in Lombardy, Italy, lost his battle against an incurable tumour on June the 12th.

He was one of the original protagonists of the newly-formed WSBK Championship in 1988, when he finished as runner-up, racing to several top-five positions was runner-up again in 1990.

Giorgio Barbier, Pirelli Moto Sports Activities Director

“Fabrizio Pirovano has represented the best values of the Superbike World Championship since its dawn. He was much loved as a rider because he was an example of sports determination, honesty, fairness and an enthusiasm as contagious as his smile. We are all part of a wandering community, but those living and working in this circus are united by something more than a profession. We rejoice for both victories and successes of many people who are working behind the results. We enjoy each other’s successes; we suffer the pains that affect this fragile community of men and women. No matter how long you are not part of it: there is always a coffee for old friends who return to visit us. This Sunday we will be with you, Fabrizio, at Misano, like we did so many other times”.

Fabrizio Pirovano
Fabrizio Pirovano – 1990

With several race wins and more-than 37 podium positions to his name in the class; it was a record that put him in the all-time top-10 for starts, points and podiums.

As well as winning the hotly-contested Italian Superbike Championship on four occasions, Fabrizio moved to the Open Championship in 1996, winning several races and remained there in the series that became the Supersport World Series in 1997; and in 1998 he took the title with five wins and finished in the top 10 in the four other seasons he contested.

He was semi-retired since 2006 but won a one-off race in the Suzuki GSX-R Cup at Misano in June that year.

Fabrizio Pirovano - Photo Gold & Goose
Fabrizio Pirovano – Photo Gold & Goose

Pirovano, who earned the title ‘The King of Monza’, will be remembered by all who met him, raced alongside him – and especially all in the Suzuki family – as one of the greatest riders of his time.

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