Former Italian pilot Mirko Giansanti died after a long illness

Former Italian pilot Mirko Giasanti passed away this Monday after a long illness, as reported Yamaha Motor Europe and yamaha racingbrand with which he was linked as the team’s sports director GYTR GRT Yamaha of the Superbike World Championship and that he offers “his most sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Mirko Giansanti, who unfortunately passed away today after a long battle against a serious illness.

The statement stated that “Mirko faced this latest challenge with courage and dignity, the same qualities on which he shaped his career, first as a driver and then as the founder and Sports Director of the Giansanti Racing Team.”

“Mirko’s humanity, strength of spirit and determination is an inspiration to everyone on the GRT Yamaha team and to all the Yamaha Racing staff who had the privilege of knowing him,” the note added.

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During his years as a pilot in the Motorcycle World Championship, between 1996 and 2005 in displacements of 125cc and 250cc, Mirko giant He added 12 podiums -he escaped victory- and then moved to the Supersport World Championship. Hanging his helmet, he went to the other side of the wall as sports director of the GRT Yamaha squad in the Superbike World Championship founded with Filippo Conti and where this year the pilots Remy Gardner and Domi Aegerter in the R1. The Swiss are ninth in the table and the Australian is 12th.

Riders like Gino Rea, Lucas Mahias -he gave them the first SSP title in 2017-, Sandro Cortese, Marco Melandri -the first podiums in SBK- or Garrett Gerloff also passed through this private Yamaha structure.