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Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili, (born June 20, 1964 in Bolognamarker, Italymarker, near the Imolamarker 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 Monzamarker 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 Monzamarker 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 Assenmarker 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-Ringmarker, 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
NEDmarker

-
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
NEDmarker

9
FRA

2
GBR

12
SWE

NC
CZEmarker

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


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