1. Michele Pio Pirro was born on 5 July 1986 and is a motorcycle road racer from Italy, He was 2007 and 2008 the Italian CIV National Champion in the Superstock class and a test rider for Ducati factory racing in MotoGP and rides occasionally as a wildcard.
Michele Pirro has competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and the Supersport World Championship.
Michele Pirro began his Grand Prix career as a wild card in the 2003 Italian Grand Prix in the 125cc class, on an Aprilia motorcycle.
Michele Pirro made a one-off appearance in the Moto2 World Championship at the Aragon Grand Prix, finishing 14th.
Michele Pirro obtained a victory, in the season finale at Valencia, just two weeks after Gresini's MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli was killed in a crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Since 2013, Michele Pirro has been the official test rider of team Ducati.
Michele Pirro has participated in races every year, either as a wildcard entry or as a substitute for injured riders, obtaining his overall best MotoGP result of 4th at the 2018 Valencian season finale.
In 2014, Michele Pirro replaced the injured Cal Crutchlow in the Argentine Grand Prix and participated as a wild-card in five races.
Michele Pirro raced in the Italian round of the Superbike World Championship in Misano as a wild card, and in the Spanish GP as a substitute for the injured Davide Giugliano.
Michele Pirro continued to participate in MotoGP as Ducati's wild card rider in 2017 and 2018.
Michele Pirro made a further three wildcard entries in Italy, San Marino, and Valencia in 2019.
In 2020, Michele Pirro substituted the recovering Francesco Bagnaia at Pramac for the two races in Austria.