Paolo Pileri
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Motorcycle Grand Prix Career | |
Nationality | Italian |
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Active years | 1973 - 1979 |
Team(s) | Morbidelli |
Grands Prix | 33 |
Championships | 125cc - 1975 |
Wins | 8 |
Podium finishes | 20 |
Pole positions | 5 |
Fastest laps | 5 |
First Grand Prix | 1973 125cc Austrian Grand Prix |
First win | 1975 125cc Spanish Grand Prix |
Last win | 1978 250cc Belgian Grand Prix |
Last Grand Prix | 1979 350cc French Grand Prix |
Paolo Pileri (born in Terni, Umbria, July 31, 1944 – dead February 12, 2007) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He won the FIM 125cc world championship in 1975 as a member of the Morbidelli factory racing team. After retired he managed Loris Capirossi and discovered Valentino Rossi.