Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili, (born June 20, 1964 in Bologna, Italy, near the Imola race track) is a motorcycle racer who has raced in the Superbike World Championship and the 250cc and 500cc classes in Grand Prix. In World Superbike he had a record number of starts, as well as 10 poles and 17 wins. He retired at the end of the season. Chili also won the 125cc European Championship in 1985

500cc

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.

250cc

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

Superbike World Championship

He switched to the Superbike World Championship in 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 - he won race two at Monza after crashing in race one. In he took two wins as well as his first two poles, coming sixth in the championship. He was seventh-placed in , taking three wins and three poles but only three more podiums.

Results in 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 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 he repeated the ten podiums and fourth place overall of , 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, represented something of a resurgence for a rider nearing forty years of age; with five third places and one win. The year was even better for the PSG-1 Ducati team, fifth overall with another nine podiums. In he moved to the Klaffi Honda team with rookie Max Neukirchner, coming tenth overall. 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

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1986	500cc	HB-Suzuki	RG500	ESP 14	NAT 7	GER 16	AUT 9	YUG NC	NED -	BEL 6	FRA NC	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -					11	10th	0
1987	500cc	HB-Honda	NSR500	JPN 4	ESP 11	GER 6	NAT 7	AUT 10	YUG 6	NED 9	FRA 2	GBR 12	SWE NC	CZE 9	RSM NC	POR 7	BRA 9	ARG 9	47	8th	0
1988	500cc	HB-Honda	NSR500	JPN 14	USA NC	ESP 7	EXP -	NAT 6	GER 6	AUT 5	NED 6	BEL 8	YUG 11	FRA 8	GBR 8	SWE 9	CZE 4	BRA 7	110	9th	0
1989	500cc	HB-Honda	NSR500	JPN NC	AUS NC	USA 7	ESP 6	NAT 1	GER 4	AUT 6	YUG 9	NED 5	BEL 6	FRA 6	GBR 9	SWE 7	CZE 5	BRA NC	122	6th	1
1990	500cc	Rosset Elf-Honda	NSR500	JPN 7	USA 3	ESP 5	NAT NC	GER NC	AUT 4	YUG NC	NED 8	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	CZE -	HUN -	AUS 9	63	11th	0
1991	250cc	Iberna Valesi-Aprilia	RS250	JPN 17	AUS 6	USA NC	ESP 5	ITA 3	GER NC	AUT 4	EUR NC	NED 1	FRA 4	GBR -	RSM 8	CZE NC	VDM 7	MAL 8	107	7th	1
1992	250cc	Telkor Valesi-Aprilia	RS250	JPN 5	AUS NC	MAL 3	ESP 6	ITA NC	EUR 6	GER 1	NED 1	HUN NC	FRA 2	GBR 1	BRA NC	RSA 3			119	3rd	3
1993	250cc	Telkor Valesi-Yamaha	YZR250	AUS 10	MAL 9	JPN 7	ESP 12	AUT 8	GER 7	NED 8	EUR NC	RSM 8	GBR 4	CZE 8	ITA 8	USA 6	FIM 8		106	10th	0
1995	500cc	Cagiva	GP500	AUS -	MAL -	JPN -	ESP -	GER -	ITA 10	NED -	FRA -	GBR -	CZE -	BRA -	ARG -	EUR -			6	27th	0

References

External links

• FrankieChili.com - Official site
• Superbike racing statistics