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Born | Pesaro, Italy | 14 March 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graziano Rossi (born 14 March 1954 in Pesaro) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the father of 9 times motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi.
He began racing in the World Championship in 1977 riding a Suzuki in the 500cc class. He had his best year in 1979 when he earned three victories and five podiums in the 250 class aboard a Morbidelli, finishing third in points. [1] He then raced in Touring cars from 1989 to 1993. [2]
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1977 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN – | AUT – | GER – | NAT 13 | FRA – | NED – | BEL – | SWE – | FIN – | CZE – | GBR – | 0 | — | 0 | ||
1978 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN – | ESP – | AUT – | FRA 6 | NAT – | NED – | BEL – | SWE – | FIN 9 | GBR – | GER – | 7 | 16th | 0 | ||
1979 | 250cc | Morbidelli | VEN – | GER – | NAT – | ESP 3 | YUG 1 | NED 1 | BEL – | SWE 1 | FIN – | GBR – | CZE 2 | FRA – | 67 | 3rd | 3 | |
500cc | Suzuki | VEN – | AUT – | GER – | NAT 9 | ESP – | YUG – | NED 12 | BEL – | SWE – | FIN – | GBR – | FRA – | 2 | 31st | 0 | ||
1980 | 500cc | Suzuki | NAT 3 | ESP NC | FRA 4 | NED 2 | BEL NC | FIN NC | GBR 4 | GER – | 38 | 5th | 0 | |||||
1981 | 500cc | Suzuki | AUT – | GER – | NAT – | FRA – | YUG – | NED – | BEL – | RSM – | GBR 11 | FIN – | SWE 11 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
1982 | 500cc | Yamaha | ARG 13 | AUT 14 | FRA – | ESP – | NAT – | NED 13 | BEL – | YUG – | GBR – | SWE – | RSM 11 | GER – | 0 | — | 0 |
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