Graziano Rossi

{{Short description|Italian motorcycle racer (born 1954)}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Graziano Rossi | image = | caption = | nationality = Italian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Pesaro]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | GP Active years = [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]]–[[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] | GP Last season = | GP Teams = [[Morbidelli]], [[Suzuki]], [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] | GP Championships = | GP Race Starts = 20 | GP Race Wins = 3 | GP Podiums = 7 | GP Total Points = 114 | GP Poles = 1 | GP Fastest laps = 0 | GP First win = [[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] 250cc [[Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|Yugoslavian Grand Prix]] | GP Last win = [[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] 250cc [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|Swedish Grand Prix]] | GP First race = [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]] 500cc [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|Nations Grand Prix]] | GP Last race = [[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] 500cc [[San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]] }}

'''Graziano Rossi''' (born 14 March 1954 in [[Pesaro]]) is an Italian former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. He is the father of 9 times motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]] [[Valentino Rossi]].

He began racing in the World Championship in [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]] riding a [[Suzuki]] in the 500cc class. He had his best year in [[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] when he earned three victories and five podiums in the 250 class aboard a [[Morbidelli]], finishing third in points.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Graziano+Rossi |title=Graziano Rossi career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=2009-05-13 |archive-date=2020-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410070039/http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Graziano+Rossi |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then raced in Touring cars from 1989 to 1993.<ref>[https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/graziano-rossi/ driverdb profile]</ref>

==Motorcycle Grand Prix results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- | '''Position''' | width=20| 1 | width=20| 2 | width=20| 3 | width=20| 4 | width=20| 5 | width=20| 6 | width=20| 7 | width=20| 8 | width=20| 9 | width=20| 10 |- | '''Points''' | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |}

([[Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Class ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! Points ! Rank ! Wins |- ! [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]] ! 500cc ! [[Suzuki]] | [[1977 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] – | [[1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUT]] – | [[1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 13 | [[1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] – | [[1977 Dutch TT|NED]] – | [[1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – | [[1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] – | [[1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] – | [[1977 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]] – | [[1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] – | | | 0 ! — | 0 |- ! [[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]] ! 500cc ! [[Suzuki]] | [[1978 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] – | [[1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] – | [[1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUT]] – |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] 6 | [[1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] – | [[1978 Dutch TT|NED]] – | [[1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – | [[1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] – |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] 9 | [[1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] – | [[1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – | | | 7 ! 16th | 0 |- ! rowspan=2|[[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] ! 250cc ! [[Morbidelli]] | [[Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] – | | [[1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – | [[1979 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] – |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] 3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Dutch TT|NED]] 1 | [[1979 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] 1 | [[1979 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] – | [[1979 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] – |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]] 2 | [[1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] – | 67 ! 3rd | 3 |- ! 500cc ! [[Suzuki]] | [[1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] – | [[1979 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUT]] – | [[1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1979 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 9 | [[1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] – | [[1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1979 Dutch TT|NED]] 12 | [[1979 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – | [[1979 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] – | [[1979 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] – | [[1979 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] – | | [[1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] – | 2 ! 31st | 0 |- ! [[1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1980]] ! 500cc ! [[Suzuki]] |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] NC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1980 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1980 Dutch TT|NED]] 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] NC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1980 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]]''' NC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1980 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] 4 | [[1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – | | | | | | 38 ! 5th | 0 |- ! [[1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1981]] ! 500cc ! [[Suzuki]] | [[1981 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUT]] – | [[1981 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – | [[1981 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] – || [[1981 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] – | [[1981 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] – | [[1981 Dutch TT|NED]] – | [[1981 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – | [[1981 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|RSM]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1981 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] 11 | [[1981 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1981 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] 11 | | | 0 ! — | 0 |- ! [[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] ! 500cc ! [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1982 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1982 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUT]] 14 | [[1982 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] – | [[1982 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] – | [[1982 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1982 Dutch TT|NED]] 13 | [[1982 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] – | [[1982 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] – | [[1982 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] – | [[1982 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] – |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1982 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|RSM]] 11 | [[1982 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] – | | 0 ! — | 0 |}

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