Virginio Ferrari

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Virginio Ferrari
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Active years 1976 - 1989
Team(s) Suzuki
Grands Prix 54
Championships 0
Wins 2
Podium finishes    10
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 3
First Grand Prix 1976 500cc Nations Grand Prix
First win 1978 500cc West German Grand Prix
Last win 1979 500cc Dutch TT
Last Grand Prix 1989 350cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

Virginio Ferrari (born October 19, 1952) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He finished second to Kenny Roberts in the 1979 500cc world championship. He also contested a few World Superbike races in the late 80s, and ran the Ducati team which took Carl Fogarty to the 1994 and 1995 World Superbike titles. 1998 was his last year running a factory team - Davide Tardozzi took Fogarty to the title and his team took over for 1999 (winning the title again).