Vittoriano Guareschi was born on 19 June 1971 and is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer and racing team manager.
12 Facts About Vittoriano Guareschi
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Vittoriano Guareschi competed in the Supersport World Championship from 1996 to 1998 and in the Superbike World Championship from 1999 to 2000.
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Vittoriano Guareschi began his racing career in 1988 at the age of 17.
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Vittoriano Guareschi made his international racing debut in 1996, competing in the European Supersport Championship for the Italian Belgarda-Yamaha team.
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Vittoriano Guareschi secured three podium results and finished in fifth place in the championship.
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Vittoriano Guareschi repeated as runner-up in the 1998 Supersport World Championship, this time to Suzuki rider, Fabrizio Pirovano.
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Vittoriano Guareschi scored another podium result with a third place at Phillip Island in Australia, but dropped to twentieth in the season final standings.
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Vittoriano Guareschi joined the Ducati factory racing team in 2001, competing aboard a Ducati 748 in the Supersport World Championship and finishing the season in sixteenth place.
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Vittoriano Guareschi raced one final time, entering the Monza round of the 2004 Supersport World Championship, where he finished in eighth place.
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Vittoriano Guareschi continued in his role as Ducati's chief development rider until 5 November 2009, when he was named as team manager of the Ducati MotoGP team, succeeding the Honda-bound Livio Suppo.
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Vittoriano Guareschi left the team in September 2014 and returned to work at his family's Moto Guzzi concession in Parma.
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Together with his brother, Gianfranco Vittoriano Guareschi, he modified an Aprilia Tuareg 660 ridden by Jacopo Cerutti to win the 2024 Africa Eco Race.