Graziano Rossi

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. He then raced in Touring cars from 1989 to 1993.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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

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! 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 –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAT 13

| FRA –

| NED –

| BEL –

| SWE –

| FIN –

| CZE –

| GBR –

| 0

! —

| 0

! 1978

! 500cc

! Suzuki

| VEN –

| ESP –

| AUT –

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 6

| NAT –

| NED –

| BEL –

| SWE –

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN 9

| GBR –

| GER –

| 7

! 16th

| 0

! rowspan=2|1979

! 250cc

! Morbidelli

| VEN –

| GER –

| NAT –

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP 3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED 1

| BEL –

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE 1

| FIN –

| GBR –

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE 2

| FRA –

| 67

! 3rd

| 3

! 500cc

! Suzuki

| VEN –

| AUT –

| GER –

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT 9

| ESP –

| YUG –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED 12

| BEL –

| SWE –

| FIN –

| GBR –

| FRA –

| 2

! 31st

| 0

! 1980

! 500cc

! Suzuki

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAT 3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP NC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED 2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL NC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN NC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 4

| GER –

| 38

! 5th

| 0

! 1981

! 500cc

! Suzuki

| AUT –

| GER –

| NAT –

|| FRA –

| YUG –

| NED –

| BEL –

| RSM –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR 11

| FIN –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE 11

| 0

! —

| 0

! 1982

! 500cc

! Yamaha

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG 13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT 14

| FRA –

| ESP –

| NAT –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED 13

| BEL –

| YUG –

| GBR –

| SWE –

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSM 11

| GER –

| 0

! —

| 0