Pierfrancesco Chili

Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili, (born 20 June 1964 in Bologna, Italy) is a former motorcycle racer who competed in the Superbike World Championship and the 250 cc and 500 cc classes in Grand Prix. In September 2020 he confirmed he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Pierfrancesco Chili
Chili in 2009
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

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 season. Chili also won the 125cc European Championship in 1985.

500 cc

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.

250 cc

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

Superbike World Championship

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.

Results in 1998 on a factory Ducati were an improvement - Chili won five races to come fourth place overall, his best ever finish. However, at Assen he battled too hard with 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 he raced for Suzuki, coming sixth with two more wins. His first win came in race two at the A1-Ring, after crashing while leading the first race.

In 2000 he repeated the ten podiums and fourth place overall of 1998, although with only a single win as 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 represented something of a resurgence for a rider nearing forty years of age; with five third places and one win. The year 2004 was even better for the PSG-1 Ducati team, fifth overall with another nine podiums. In 2005 he moved to the Klaffi Honda team with rookie Max Neukirchner, coming tenth overall. 2006 was ruined by a broken pelvis, which caused him to miss several races. Following his retirement he became team manager of the Guandalini Racing team in World Superbikes for the 2009 season

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	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) (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

External links

• FrankieChili.com - Official site
• Superbike racing statistics