Alex Fiorio He has died at the age of 61 after months of fighting stomach cancer. The one who was the team director Benetton Playlife Racing Team, in the extinct 125 cc category, with the pilots Azuma, Giansanti and Bianco, with whom he won the constructors’ title in 2000, he says goodbye prematurely, leaving a great void among all those who at some point were able to know him directly.
Alex Fiorio and his passion for the world of motors
Although he dedicated a few years to the world of two wheels, as the visible head of a team in the eighth-liter category within the Motorcycle World Championship, Fiorio will always be remembered for his time in the world of Rallying, as stated on the official website of the FIA World Rally Championship. Furthermore, this passion for everything that had wheels and an engine came from his birth.
“Born on March 10, 1965, Fiorio was the son of the famous Lancia team boss, Cesare Fiorio, who later became sports director of the Ferrari Formula 1 team.”our colleagues explain. “Alex built his own reputation behind the wheel, making his WRC debut with Jolly Club in the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally at the wheel of a Fiat Uno Turbo.”
Without a doubt, his great sporting moment would come in 1987, proclaiming himself winner of the World Production Rally Championship driving a legendary Lancia Delta HF Integrale with his co-driver Luigi Pirollo. Later in the WRC, “Alex finished second behind Miki Biasion in 1989, and throughout his career he achieved nine podiums, with six second places and three third places”they comment.
In recent years, Fiorio founded the Fiorio Cup, of which there have already been five editions, which has had a great impact at the national level within the world of rallying. From SMN we can only join in the condolences expressed to the family by the most recognized media in the sector, as well as all those who at some point shared part of their life and passion with Alex.
