Disappearance of Fabrizio Pirovano, former Supersport world champion
Italian rider Fabrizio Pirovano, one of the pioneers of World Superbike, passed away on Sunday at the age of 56 from cancer. "Piro lost his last battle", laments the Suzuki Racing team, paying tribute to him while at Yamaha, Eric de Seynes underlines that "the Yamaha family is in mourning today" following this "very …
Italian rider Fabrizio Pirovano, one of the pioneers of World Superbike, passed away on Sunday at the age of 56 from cancer. "Piro lost his last battle", laments the Suzuki Racing team, paying tribute to him while at Yamaha, Eric de Seynes underlines that "the Yamaha family is in mourning today" following this "very sad news".
After participating in the Bol d’Or 1987 on Bimota YB4, he joined the new Mondial Superbike the following year and played a total of 13 seasons of World Superbike and World Supersport, including six with Yamaha. "Quadruple winner of the Italian Superbike championship, he had finished several times in the top 5 in the world championship, signed a few victories and was on the podium more than 37 times", recalls Suzuki.
Born on February 1, 1960 in Biassono, Piro won several Open Championship races from 1996 – which would become World Supersport a year later – and pocketed the world title in 1998 with five victories over the Suzuki of the Alstare Corona team (read in particular our).
In semi-retirement for ten years, he had nevertheless won a race in the Suzuki GSX-R Cup at Misano in 2006 and pocketed the title of "King of Monza". The entire MNC team joins in the grief of his family and loved ones…
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