Michele Pirro
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Michele Pio Pirro (born 5 July 1986)
He has also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and the Supersport World Championship.
Career
125cc World Championship (2003–2006)
He began his Grand Prix career as a wild card in the 2003 Italian Grand Prix in the 125cc class, on an Aprilia motorcycle. After winning the European 125cc Championship in 2004,[5] in 2005 he participated as a full-time rider in the same class with Malaguti, scoring 3 points in the Chinese Grand Prix and finishing the season in 33rd place. In 2006, he continued to race in the 125 class on an Aprilia – and later a Honda – without scoring points.
National racing (2007–2008)
In 2007 and 2008 he won the Italian National Championship (CIV) in the Superstock class on a Yamaha YZF-R1.
Supersport World Championship (2009–2010)
In 2009 he participated in the Supersport World Championship on a Yamaha, ending in 11th place. In the same year he won the Italian Supersport Championship.[6] The following year he switched to Honda and finished in 5th place, with a victory in the Italian round at Imola. He also made a one-off appearance in the Moto2 World Championship at the Aragon Grand Prix, finishing 14th.
Moto2 & MotoGP World Championship (2011–2012)
Pirro returned to Grand Prix racing in 2011 in Moto2 with Team Gresini. He obtained a victory, in the season finale at Valencia, just two weeks after Gresini's MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli was killed in a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
His MotoGP career began in 2012 with Gresini on a FTR motorcycle, with a best placement of fifth at the Valencian Grand Prix, ending the season in 15th place with 43 points.
Ducati Test Rider (2013–present)
Since 2013, Pirro has been the official test rider of team Ducati. He has participated in races every year, either as a wildcard entry or as a substitute for injured riders, obtaining his overall best MotoGP result of 4th at the 2018 Valencian season finale.
During the 2013 season he participated in ten total races (3 as a wildcard and 7 as a substitute for the injured
In 2015 and 2016 he continued to be the official
He continued to participate in MotoGP as Ducati's wild card rider in
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2003 | 125cc | Aprilia | RCGM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2004 | 125cc | Aprilia | RCGM Team F.M.I. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Rauch Bravo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2005 | 125cc | Malaguti | Malaguti Reparto Corse | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33rd |
2006 | 125cc | Aprilia | WTR Blauer USA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Honda | Humangest Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2010 | Moto2 | Moriwaki
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Gresini Racing Moto2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38th |
2011 | Moto2 | Moriwaki
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Gresini Racing Moto2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 9th |
2012
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MotoGP | FTR | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 15th |
2013 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13th |
Ignite Pramac Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
2014 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19th |
2015 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21st |
2016 | MotoGP | Ducati | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th |
Ducati Team
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
Avintia Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
2017 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23rd |
2018 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22nd |
2019 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Team
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22nd |
2020 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pramac Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23rd |
2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pramac Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd |
Ducati Lenovo Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | Aruba.it Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | Ducati Lenovo Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5* | 27th* |
Aruba.it Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | ||||
Total | 115 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 323 |
By class
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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125cc | 2003–2006 | 2003 Italy | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Moto2 | 2010–2011 | 2010 Aragon | 2011 Great Britain | 2011 Valencia | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
MotoGP | 2012–present | 2012 Qatar | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 0 | ||
Total | 2012–present | 115 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 323 | 0 |
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)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
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2009 | Yamaha | AUS 12 |
QAT 11 |
SPA 7 |
NED 10 |
ITA 7 |
RSA 9 |
USA 8 |
SMR Ret |
GBR 15 |
CZE Ret |
GER Ret |
ITA 11 |
FRA 10 |
POR 6 |
11th | 70 |
2010 | Honda | AUS Ret |
POR 3 |
SPA 11 |
NED Ret |
ITA 4 |
RSA 4 |
USA 5 |
SMR Ret |
CZE Ret |
GBR | GER 8 |
ITA 1 |
FRA 8 |
5th | 99 |
Superbike 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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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 | R1 | R2 | ||||
2013 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA
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ITA
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GBR | GBR | POR | POR | ITA
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ITA
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RUS | RUS | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | TUR | TUR | USA
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USA
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FRA 6 |
FRA Ret |
SPA | SPA | 26th | 10 |
2015 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | THA
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THA
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SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA
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ITA
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GBR | GBR | POR | POR | ITA 8 |
ITA 8 |
USA
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USA
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MAL | MAL | SPA 6 |
SPA 7 |
FRA | FRA | QAT
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QAT
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21st | 35 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | ||||
2019 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | AUS | THA
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THA
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THA
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SPA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | NED | ITA
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ITA
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ITA
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SPA | SPA | SPA | ITA Ret |
ITA 8 |
ITA 8 |
GBR | GBR | GBR | USA
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USA
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USA
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POR | POR | POR | FRA | FRA | FRA | ARG | ARG | ARG | QAT
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QAT
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QAT
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24th | 10 |
References
- ^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Motociclismo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Ministero dell'Interno. 12 July 2011. p. 5. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ Michele Pirro wild card with Pramac at Mugello ruetir.com, 25 May, 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021
- ^ Michele Pirro will make a wildcard participation at Misano motorcyclesports.net. Retrieved 30 September 2021
- ^ "Pirro confirmed by Malaguti". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Pirro è campione 2009". motosprint.corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Motosprint. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Pirro to substitute for Crutchlow in Argentina". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Ducati's Pirro hospitalised after horror practice crash". motorsport.com. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "SBK, ELF CIV: podio e titolo italiano per Michele Pirro". gpone.com (in Italian). GPone. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Gugliemetti, Riccardo (12 Aug 2020). "MotoGP, Michele Pirro reckons Dovizioso and Ducati are not out of the title race yet". GPOne.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2020.
External links
- Michele Pirro at MotoGP.com
- Michele Pirro at WorldSBK.com
- Michele Pirro at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Michele Pirro at AS.com (in Spanish)