Michele Pirro

Michele Pirro
Pirro at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	5 July 1986 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Current team	Barni Racing Team
Bike number	51
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012–2016 Manufacturers FTR-Honda, Ducati Championships 0 2016 championship position 19th (36 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 46 0 0 0 0 165 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2011 Manufacturers Moriwaki Championships 0 2011 championship position 9th (84 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 18 1 2 1 0 86 125cc World Championship Active years 2003–2006 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia, Malaguti Championships 0 2006 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 29 0 0 0 0 3 Superbike World Championship Active years 2013, 2015 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2015 championship position 21st (35 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 45 Supersport World Championship Active years 2009–2010 Manufacturers Yamaha, Honda Championships 0 2010 championship position 5th (99 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 26 1 2 2 1 169

Michele Pio Pirro (born 5 July 1986)^[1] is a motorcycle racer from Italy, who currently races in the CIV Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale. He has also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and the Supersport World Championship.

Career

Early Grand Prix racing (2003–06)

He began his Grand Prix career as a wild card in the 2003 Italian Grand Prix in the 125cc class, on an Aprilia motorcycle. In 2005, he participated 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 (2007–08)

In 2007 and 2008 he won the Italian national championship (CIV) in the Superstock class on a Yamaha YZF-R1.

Supersport World Championship (2009–10)

In 2009 he participated in the Supersport World Championship on a Yamaha, ending in 11th place. 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.

Return to Grand Prix (2011–12)

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–)

Since 2013, Pirro has been the official test rider of team Ducati. He has participated in races every year, both as wild card and as a substitute for injured riders, obtaining a best result of 7th at the 2013 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.

During the 2013 season he participated in ten races as a wildcard and as a substitute for the injured Ben Spies, with a best result of seventh at the Italian Grand Prix, ending the season in thirteenth place with 56 points. In 2014, Pirro replaced the injured Cal Crutchlow in the Argentine Grand Prix^[2] and participated as a wild-card in five races.

In 2015 and 2016 he continued to be the official Ducati test rider, while also participating in the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV), which he won in 2015.

In 2015 he participated as a wild card in the Italian and San Marino MotoGP rounds. He also raced in the Italian round of the Superbike World Championship in Misano as a wild card, and in the Spanish GP as a substitute for the injured Davide Giugliano.

In 2016 he substituted the injured Danilo Petrucci for the Pramac Ducati team in Argentina, Texas and Jerez MotoGP races, and participated as a wild card for the Ducati factory team to the Italian GP at Mugello. He will substitute for the injured Loris Baz at the Catalan GP on an Avintia Ducati.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2003	125cc	Aprilia	RCGM	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RCGM Team F.M.I.	61	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	125cc	Malaguti	Malaguti Reparto Corse	15	14	0	0	0	0	3	33rd
2006	125cc	Honda	WTR Blauer USA	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	Gresini Racing Moto2	51	1	0	0	0	0	2	38th
2011	Moto2	Moriwaki	Gresini Racing Moto2	51	17	1	2	1	0	84	9th
2012	MotoGP	FTR-Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	51	18	0	0	0	0	43	15th
2013	MotoGP	Ducati	Ducati Test Team	51	10	0	0	0	0	56	13th
			Ignite Pramac Racing
2014	MotoGP	Ducati	Ducati Team	51	6	0	0	0	0	18	19th
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	Ducati Team	51	3	0	0	0	0	12	21st
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	51	9	0	0	0	0	36	19th
			Avintia Racing
Total					93	1	2	1	0	254

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2003–2006	2003 Italy			29	0	0	0	0	3	0
Moto2	2010–2011	2010 Aragon	2011 Britain	2011 Valencia	18	1	2	1	0	86	0
MotoGP	2012–2016	2012 Qatar			46	0	0	0	0	165	0

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2003	125cc	Aprilia	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA 29	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			NC	0
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA 19	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL 16			NC	0
2005	125cc	Malaguti	SPA Ret	POR 19	CHN 13	FRA Ret	ITA 19	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE Ret	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	QAT Ret	AUS Ret	TUR	VAL			33rd	3
2006	125cc	Honda	SPA	QAT 18	TUR Ret	CHN 25	FRA 23	ITA Ret	CAT 20	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER 23	CZE 19	MAL 24	AUS Ret	JPN	POR	VAL			NC	0
2010	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA 14	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL		38th	2
2011	Moto2	Moriwaki	QAT 8	SPA 9	POR 22	FRA 14	CAT 12	GBR 3	NED 17	ITA Ret	GER 10	CZE 18	IND 20	RSM 14	ARA Ret	JPN 13	AUS 14	MAL 7	VAL 1		9th	84
2012	MotoGP	FTR	QAT NC	SPA Ret	POR 14	FRA 14	CAT 14	GBR 13	NED 9	GER Ret	ITA DSQ	USA Ret	IND Ret	CZE 14	RSM 10	ARA 15	JPN 15	MAL 12	AUS 14	VAL 5	15th	43
2013	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	AME	SPA 11	FRA 8	ITA 7	CAT 10	NED 14	GER 10	USA	IND	CZE 12	GBR 12	RSM 10	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL 10	13th	56
2014	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	AME	ARG 17	SPA Ret	FRA	ITA 11	CAT 14	NED	GER	IND	CZE 12	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 9	19th	18
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA 8	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 12	21st	12
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT	ARG 12	AME 8	SPA 16	FRA	ITA 10	CAT 15	NED Ret	GER	AUT 12	CZE	GBR	RSM 7	ARA 12	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	19th	36

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
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

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos.	Pts
		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	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA 6	FRA Ret	SPA	SPA	26th	10
2015	Ducati	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	SMR 8	SMR 8	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA 6	SPA 7	FRA	FRA	QAT	QAT			21st	35

References

1. "Bollettino ufficiale del personale – Supplemento straordinario n. 1/18 bis" (PDF). img.poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Ministero dell'Interno. 12 July 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
2. "Pirro to substitute for Crutchlow in Argentina". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Profile on MotoGP.com
• Profile on WorldSBK.com