# Pierfrancesco Chili

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Italian motorcycle racer

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Pierfrancesco Chili Chili in 2009 Nationality Italian Born (1964-06-20) 20 June 1964 (age 62) Bologna, Italy 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 20 June 1964 in [Bologna](/source/Bologna), Italy) is a former [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) racer who competed in the [Superbike World Championship](/source/Superbike_World_Championship) and the 250 cc and 500 cc classes in [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing). In September 2020 he confirmed he was suffering from [Parkinson's disease](/source/Parkinson's_disease).[1]

In the World Superbike championship he had a record number of starts, as well as 10 poles and 17 wins. He retired at the end of the [2006](/source/2006_Superbike_World_Championship) season. Chili also won the 125cc European Championship in 1985.

## 500 cc

Chili spent several years on a [Gallina](/source/Roberto_Gallina) HB [Honda](/source/Honda), with some works backing. He won the [1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix](/source/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](/source/1989_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season).

## 250 cc

Chili stepped down to 250s, finishing 3rd overall in [1992](/source/1992_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season).[2]

## Superbike World Championship

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

Results in [1998](/source/1998_Superbike_World_Championship) on a factory [Ducati](/source/Ducati) were an improvement - Chili won five races to come fourth place overall, his best ever finish.[3] However, at [Assen](/source/TT_Circuit_Assen) he battled too hard with [Carl Fogarty](/source/Carl_Fogarty) (also on a factory-backed bike, although a separate team), falling on the final lap, and was sacked at the end of the year. In [1999](/source/1999_Superbike_World_Championship) he raced for [Suzuki](/source/Suzuki), coming sixth with two more wins. His first win came in race two at the [A1-Ring](/source/A1-Ring), after crashing while leading the first race.

In [2000](/source/2000_Superbike_World_Championship), Chili repeated the ten podiums and fourth place overall of [1998](/source/1998_Superbike_World_Championship), although with only a single win as [Colin Edwards](/source/Colin_Edwards) dominated. Over the next two years, he made the podium just three times, coming seventh and eighth in the series. Although he was only seventh again, [2003](/source/2003_Superbike_World_Championship) represented something of a resurgence for a rider nearing forty years of age; with five third places and one win. The year [2004](/source/2004_Superbike_World_Championship) was even better for the PSG-1 [Ducati](/source/Ducati) team, fifth overall with another nine podiums. In [2005](/source/2005_Superbike_World_Championship), he moved to the [Klaffi Honda](/source/Klaus_Klaffenb%C3%B6ck) team with rookie [Max Neukirchner](/source/Max_Neukirchner), coming tenth overall. [2006](/source/2006_Superbike_World_Championship) was ruined by a broken pelvis, which caused him to miss several races.[4] Following his retirement he became team manager of the Guandalini Racing team in World Superbikes for the 2009 season[5]

## Career statistics

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing

#### Races by year

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 Pos. Pts 1984 125cc MBA NAT SPA GER FRA NED GBR SWE RSM Ret NC 0 1985 125cc MBA SPA GER NAT AUT NED BEL FRA GBR SWE RSM Ret NC 0 1986 500cc Suzuki SPA 14 NAT 7 GER 16 AUT 9 YUG Ret NED BEL 6 FRA Ret GBR DNS SWE RSM 10th 11 1987 500cc Honda JPN 4 SPA 11 GER 6 NAT 7 AUT 10 YUG 6 NED 9 FRA 2 GBR 12 SWE Ret CZE 9 RSM Ret POR 7 BRA 9 ARG 9 8th 47 1988 500cc Honda JPN 14 USA Ret SPA 7 EXP DNS NAT 6 GER 6 AUT 5 NED 6 BEL 8 YUG 11 FRA 8 GBR 8 SWE 9 CZE 4 BRA 7 9th 110 1989 500cc Honda JPN Ret AUS Ret USA 7 SPA 6 NAT 1 GER 4 AUT 6 YUG 9 NED 5 BEL 6 FRA 6 GBR 9 SWE 7 CZE 5 BRA Ret 6th 122 1990 500cc Honda JPN 7 USA 3 SPA 5 NAT Ret GER Ret AUT 4 YUG Ret NED 8 BEL DNS FRA GBR SWE CZE HUN AUS 9 11th 63 1991 250cc Aprilia JPN 17 AUS 6 USA Ret SPA 5 ITA 3 GER Ret AUT 4 EUR Ret NED 1 FRA 4 GBR DNS RSM 8 CZE Ret VDM 7 MAL 8 7th 107 1992 250cc Aprilia JPN 5 AUS Ret MAL 3 SPA 6 ITA Ret EUR 6 GER 1 NED 1 HUN Ret FRA 2 GBR 1 BRA Ret RSA 3 3rd 119 1993 250cc Yamaha AUS 10 MAL 9 JPN 7 SPA 12 AUT 8 GER 7 NED 8 EUR Ret RSM 8 GBR 4 CZE 8 ITA 8 USA 6 FIM 8 10th 106 1995 500cc Cagiva AUS MAL JPN SPA GER ITA 10 NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR 27th 6

### Superbike World Championship

#### Races by year

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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 1995 Ducati GER 15 GER 9 SMR 4 SMR 4 GBR Ret GBR 2 ITA Ret ITA 1 SPA 4 SPA 2 AUT 11 AUT Ret USA Ret USA Ret EUR 6 EUR Ret JPN 15 JPN Ret NED Ret NED DNS INA Ret INA 3 AUS 6 AUS 10 8th 160 1996 Ducati SMR 3 SMR 3 GBR 4 GBR 5 GER Ret GER Ret ITA 4 ITA 1 CZE 8 CZE 10 USA Ret USA 7 EUR 1 EUR 2 INA 4 INA Ret JPN Ret JPN DNS NED 2 NED 4 SPA Ret SPA Ret AUS 8 AUS 9 6th 223 1997 Ducati AUS Ret AUS DNS SMR 1 SMR Ret GBR Ret GBR 2 GER 5 GER 7 ITA 7 ITA 1 USA Ret USA 6 EUR 1 EUR Ret AUT 4 AUT Ret NED 3 NED 2 SPA 5 SPA 7 JPN 10 JPN Ret INA Ret INA Ret 7th 209 1998 Ducati AUS 4 AUS Ret GBR 3 GBR 5 ITA 5 ITA 3 SPA 1 SPA 5 GER 3 GER 1 SMR Ret SMR Ret RSA 1 RSA 1 USA 7 USA 4 EUR 9 EUR 6 AUT 2 AUT 3 NED 1 NED Ret JPN 12 JPN 23 4th 293.5 1999 Suzuki RSA 7 RSA 8 AUS Ret AUS 13 GBR Ret GBR 5 SPA 5 SPA 5 ITA 3 ITA 3 GER Ret GER 5 SMR 4 SMR 6 USA 7 USA 3 EUR 3 EUR Ret AUT Ret AUT 1 NED 4 NED 6 GER Ret GER 1 JPN 7 JPN 7 6th 251 2000 Suzuki RSA 5 RSA 2 AUS Ret AUS 3 JPN 3 JPN Ret GBR 2 GBR 3 ITA 1 ITA 2 GER Ret GER 3 SMR Ret SMR Ret SPA Ret SPA 9 USA 5 USA 6 EUR 8 EUR 3 NED Ret NED Ret GER 6 GER 6 GBR 10 GBR 2 4th 258 2001 Suzuki SPA 7 SPA 7 RSA 6 RSA 8 AUS 7 AUS C JPN 8 JPN 8 ITA 14 ITA 5 GBR 2 GBR 1 GER 4 GER 5 SMR 12 SMR 10 USA Ret USA Ret EUR 4 EUR 4 GER 6 GER 6 NED 4 NED 4 ITA Ret ITA 9 7th 232 2002 Ducati SPA 9 SPA Ret AUS Ret AUS Ret RSA DNS RSA DNS JPN JPN ITA 4 ITA Ret GBR 4 GBR 11 GER 6 GER 6 SMR 6 SMR 7 USA 12 USA 7 GBR 8 GBR 7 GER 5 GER 7 NED 5 NED 2 ITA 7 ITA Ret 8th 167 2003 Ducati SPA Ret SPA Ret AUS Ret AUS 3 JPN Ret JPN 3 ITA 5 ITA 3 GER 2 GER 11 GBR 7 GBR 7 SMR Ret SMR 3 USA 1 USA Ret GBR 9 GBR 7 NED 3 NED 5 ITA 5 ITA Ret FRA Ret FRA Ret 7th 197 2004 Ducati SPA 2 SPA 4 AUS 9 AUS 3 SMR 3 SMR 1 ITA Ret ITA Ret GER 3 GER Ret GBR 3 GBR Ret USA 2 USA 5 EUR Ret EUR 2 NED 2 NED 4 ITA 7 ITA Ret FRA 6 FRA 5 5th 243 2005 Honda QAT Ret QAT 5 AUS DNS AUS DNS SPA 7 SPA 10 ITA 7 ITA 7 EUR 5 EUR 5 SMR 7 SMR 5 CZE 5 CZE 5 GBR Ret GBR 13 NED 10 NED 14 GER Ret GER 10 ITA Ret ITA C FRA Ret FRA 10 10th 131 2006 Honda QAT 8 QAT Ret AUS 16 AUS 14 SPA SPA ITA ITA EUR EUR SMR 20 SMR Ret CZE 10 CZE Ret GBR Ret GBR Ret NED Ret NED Ret GER Ret GER Ret ITA 16 ITA 18 FRA Ret FRA 15 22nd 17

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili reveals he is living with Parkinson's Disease](https://www.visordown.com/news/general/racing-icon-frankie-chili-reveals-hes-living-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease) visordown.com, September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pierfrancesco Chili career statistics at MotoGP.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210210120412/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/profiles/Pierfrancesco+Chili). Archived from [the original](http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Pierfrancesco+Chili) on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2009-05-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Pierfrancesco Chili career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com](http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=9) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090609140429/http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=9) 2009-06-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Pierfrancesco Chili says no to Silverstone MOTOGP News:](http://www.inforally.sibiul.ro/motogp-news-4670-pierfrancesco_chili_says_no_to_silverstone.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Smrz to stay with Guandalini](http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154355/1/smrz_to_stay_with_guandalini_in_2010.html)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pierfrancesco Chili](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pierfrancesco_Chili).

- [FrankieChili.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20080229033928/http://www.frankiechili.com/) - Official site

- [Superbike racing statistics](https://web.archive.org/web/20070311162045/http://www.worldsbk.com/rider.php?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2006&p_Conduttore=9)

Sporting positions Preceded by Norbert Peschke 125 cc motorcycle European Champion 1985 Succeeded by Claudio Macciotta

v t e 125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle European Champions 1981 Pierluigi Aldrovandi 1982 Stefano Caracchi 1983 Willy Hupperich 1984 Norbert Peschke 1985 Pierfrancesco Chili 1986 Claudio Macciotta 1987 Adi Stadler 1988 Emilio Cuppini 1989 Gabriele Debbia 1990 Xavier Debón 1991 Oliver Koch 1992 Juan Borja 1993 Stefano Perugini 1994 Ivan Cremonini 1995 Lucio Cecchinello 1996 Jorge Martínez 1997 Arnaud Vincent 1998 Max Sabbatani 1999 Klaus Nöhles 2000 Diego Giugovaz 2001 Andrea Dovizioso 2002 Marco Simoncelli 2003 Mattia Angeloni 2004 Michele Pirro 2005 Michele Conti 2006 Philipp Eitzinger 2007 Alen Győrfi 2008 Lorenzo Savadori 2009 Marcel Schrötter 2010 Maverick Viñales 2011 Romano Fenati 2012 Matteo Ferrari 2013 Karel Hanika

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