Virginio Ferrari
Virginio Ferrari ( * October 19, 1952 in Pellegrino Parmense ) is a former Italian motorcycle racer. His biggest success in 1987 was winning the TT F1 World Championship at Bimota.
- 3.1 External links
- 3.2 Notes and references
Career
Virginio Ferrari slipped at the age of 18 years rather accidentally into the world of motorcycle racing. A friend took him to a motorcycle club in Milan, because he wanted to make his pilot's license there.
He began his career at the race of 500 km from Modena in 1973 and another long distance race, which he also won. Among them were the Trophy Moto 1000 on the Misano circuit on a 1975 Laverda 750 SFC. Together with Marco Lucchinelli, Franco Uncini and Graziano Rossi, he was the star in the 1970s and 1980s, the so-called blue patrol. From 1975 to 1985, Ferrari were in the 500cc class of the Motorcycle World Championship of Paton, Suzuki, Yamaha and Cagiva. His first podium finish, a third place was in 1976 during the Grand Prix of Nations at Mugello behind Barry Sheene and Phil Read. In 1978, he won two Italian championships in the 500 cc class and Suzuki in the 750 cc class on Yamaha. In this year he produced his first Grand Prix win was the Grand Prix of Germany. In the 1979 season he became vice world champion in the 500cc class at Suzuki. Behind Kenny Roberts Sr., and he won his second Grand Prix at the Dutch TT in Assen.
In 1985, he won the Italian F1 Championship on a Ducati. In the 1986 season he drove a Honda NSR250 in the team of Takazumi Katayama and finished at the end of the 1986 season the 14th. 1987 and 1989 he also drove in the 250 cc class of the motorcycle world championship, but no points. In those two years he drove a Honda and a Gazzaniga. 1987 was his most successful year when he was on Bimota YB4 R Formula TT F1 World Champion. With his three wins at the Hungaroring, in Assen and Hockenheim he became world champion in front of Joey Dunlop and Paul Iddon. In the 250 cc class at the Grand Prix of Germany at the Hockenheim Ring in the Motorcycle World Championship 1989, he tried in vain to save the life of Ivan Palazzese to. In 1988 and from 1991 to 1994 he drove in the Superbike World Championship, but without success.
After retiring as a driver, he began his career as a manager with the team Ducati Corse and Bimota the Superbike World Championship. He was director of the team, including Carl Fogarty, Giancarlo Falappa, Mauro Lucchiari, John Kocinski, Neil Hodgson, Pierfrancesco Chili, Troy Corser, Freddie Spencer and Anthony Gobert. In 2007, he managed the Kawasaki PSG -1 team in the Superbike World Championship.
In the 2014 season he takes over the Moto3 team Italia as sports director as a replacement for the fatally injured Doriano Romboni.
Virginio Ferrari now lives in Monaco and has his own racing team VFRacing. Overall, he won ten podiums, including two Grand Prix wins and six second and two third places and one pole position.
Statistics
Title
More victories
For long distance races and race Inter won Virginio Ferrari more wins.