Virginio Ferrari

Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider


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Name = Virginio Ferrari
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = 1976 - 1989
Teams = Suzuki
Races = 54
Championships =
Wins = 2
Podiums = 10
Points =
Poles = 1
Fastest laps = 3
First race = 1976 500cc Nations Grand Prix
First win = 1978 500cc West German Grand Prix
Last win = 1979 500cc Dutch TT
Last race = 1989 250cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

Virginio Ferrari (born October 19, 1952) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in the 1979 500cc world championship, when he finished second to Kenny Roberts.

In 1986 Ferrari rode a 250 cc Honda NSR in a team run by Takazumi Katayama in the World Championship without much success, with just four top 10 results, his best, a 6th place in Silverstone. He finished 14th in the Championship. Ferrari won the 1987 TT F1 title aboard a Bimota YB4 EI. [ [http://corse.bimotausa.com/palmares.html bimota corse - bimota racing ] ] [ [http://www.lifeinitaly.com/motorcycle/bimota.asp Italy Italian Motorcycles: Bimota ] ] . His last Grand Prix season was in 1989, again in the 250 class, with the Italian made Gazzaniga, failing to score any points and finishing 28th in the Salzburgring and 27th in his last Grand Prix in Brno.

After his Grand Prix career, Ferrari switched to the Superbike World Championship in SBK|1988, riding for the Ducati factory racing team. He took over as the team manager until 1998, when Davide Tardozzi took the job. Currently, Ferrari manages the Kawasaki PSG-1 team in the World Superbike Championship.

References

* [http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Virginio+Ferrari Virginio Ferrari career statistics at MotoGP.com]