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Pierfrancesco Chili

Pierfrancesco Chili
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Nationality Italian
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years 1986 - 1995
First race 1986 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last race 1995 500cc Italian Grand Prix
First win 1989 500cc Nations Grand Prix
Last win 1992 250cc British Grand Prix
Team(s) Suzuki, Honda, Aprilia, Yamaha, Cagiva
Championships 0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
102 5 11 5 4 691
Superbike World Championship
Active years 1995 - 2006
Manufacturers Ducati, Suzuki, Honda
2006 championship position 22nd
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
276 17 61 10 29 2381,5

Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili, (born June 20, 1964 in Bologna, Italy) is a motorcycle racer who has raced in the Superbike World Championship and the 250cc and 500cc classes in Grand Prix. In World Superbike he had a record number of starts, as well as 10 poles and 17 wins. He retired at the end of the 2006 season. Chili also won the 125cc European Championship in 1985

Chili spent several years on a Gallina HB Honda, with some works backing. He won the 1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix when most of the top riders didn't race due to the track being too slippery due to rain, but was generally upper-midfield at best. His best championship finish was 6th in 1989.

He stepped down to 250s, finishing 3rd overall in 1992.

He switched to the Superbike World Championship in 1995 on a private Ducati, taking a win at Monza and 3 further podiums, as well as the fastest lap in four races, en route to eighth overall. Curiously, in each of 1995-1997 he won race two at Monza after crashing in race one. In 1996 he took two wins as well as his first two poles, coming sixth in the championship. He was seventh-placed in 1997, taking three wins and three poles but only three more podiums.


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