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Graziano Rossi (born 14 March 1954 in Pesaro) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the father of 9 times motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi.

He began racing in the World Championship in 1977 riding a Suzuki in the 500cc class. He had his best year in 1979 when he earned three victories and five podiums in the 250 class aboard a Morbidelli, finishing third in points.^[1] He then raced in Touring cars from 1989 to 1993.^[2]

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1977	500cc	Suzuki	VEN –	AUT –	GER –	NAT 13	FRA –	NED –	BEL –	SWE –	FIN –	CZE –	GBR –			0	—	0
1978	500cc	Suzuki	VEN –	ESP –	AUT –	FRA 6	NAT –	NED –	BEL –	SWE –	FIN 9	GBR –	GER –			7	16th	0
1979	250cc	Morbidelli	VEN –		GER –	NAT –	ESP 3	YUG 1	NED 1	BEL –	SWE 1	FIN –	GBR –	CZE 2	FRA –	67	3rd	3
1979	500cc	Suzuki	VEN –	AUT –	GER –	NAT 9	ESP –	YUG –	NED 12	BEL –	SWE –	FIN –	GBR –		FRA –	2	31st	0
1980	500cc	Suzuki	NAT 3	ESP NC	FRA 4	NED 2	BEL NC	FIN NC	GBR 4	GER –						38	5th	0
1981	500cc	Suzuki	AUT –	GER –	NAT –	FRA –	YUG –	NED –	BEL –	RSM –	GBR 11	FIN –	SWE 11			0	—	0
1982	500cc	Yamaha	ARG 13	AUT 14	FRA –	ESP –	NAT –	NED 13	BEL –	YUG –	GBR –	SWE –	RSM 11	GER –		0	—	0

References

^ "Graziano Rossi career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ driverdb profile

[1] "Graziano Rossi career statistics at MotoGP.com". Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[2] riverdb profile

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany

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