Career

Adriano Sisti takes his first steps in the world of engines at an early age.

A 7-year-old father gives him a Malaguti Grizzly 50cc (he tries with a kart without success because as soon as Adriano sells a mini bike he realizes he is in love with two wheels) with which he starts training behind the house and in a circuit near his home.

At the age of 11, the first first race in town disputed his Polini-powered mini-motorcycle (racing) Vittorazi, getting the podium there. Give him a succession of presences in city competitions and training his small circuits. Because of the family he is forced to take a look away from racing for a few years, a period in which the passion softens and gives even more voice to the personal desire, to become a professional driver. If you connect your mountain roads with your scooter, every day without ever losing sight of your goal, arriving thanks to your uncle back on track, this time with an Aprilia 125 sports production with that if you train on the track.

At 19, in 2007, it is part of your first race at the racetrack. He made his debut in the Italian Cup in the 600 stock category on board a CBR 600 RR with no experience, no tests. 42nd part in girglia and in the race of debut if square after a ninth rhyme post. His season ends Misano Adriatico, when, due to the deadline, he exceeds the budget available to Danni.

In 2008 I participated in the national Polini Motori Spa trophy aboard a Piaggio SP 70cc zip tire by Claudio Nordera's team. Funny vice Italian champion in the year of debut then gives a private structure. In the same year he also participated in joker eats at other championships for scooters such as the Malossi Spa and the Stage6 championship, obtaining numerous podiums. If he presents a character to the world scooter, he undoubtedly resigns who will take the decision in this discipline. He never stops hoping to return to compete in higher categories, in speed bikes.

In 2009, history repeats itself. Adriano sisti, due to some technical problem remedied in the race during the season and, also thanks to some fall in the race, he is reconfirmed vice Italian 70cc champion. He also obtains numerous podiums in other championships in which he participates sporadically as a wild card. In the Stage6 cup championship, in an amazing race, where the best official teams are lined up, he constantly fights for the podium, after having printed the second time in qualifying starting in the front row. In that event one of the most significant photos of his scooters career is taken. it is perhaps the only driver able to "derail" a 2t 70cc scooter for more than 30 m in a row on acceleration, demonstrating how much of it it must take to stay in the group of official vehicles, equipped with a completely different evolutionary package and technical.

Also in 2009, Sisti was chosen by Polini Motori © Spa to appear on the cover of their international catalog. In addition, the Cartiera Paolo Pigna ©, also in 2009, markets a line of school and office products, distributed throughout the world, with Adriano Sisti as testimonial, using his images on diaries, notebooks, notepads, etc.

In the two-year period 2010-2012, Team changes, joining together with the Minimoto Roma team in the newborn 100cc category. He succeeds privately in seizing the success in the first race on the Corridionia (MC) circuit against the official Polini motori Spa scooters. During the seasons, victories and retreats alternate with breakdowns and falls that do not allow him to win the title of champion. In 2012, Adriano Sisti, during the EICMA motorcycle show (Milan), signed the agreement with the Italian manufacturer TCR, pledging to participate in the Italian Polini 100 Big Open championship on board the motorized Zip SP with TCR components, followed by same Cristofolini Racing internal Team. It is also committed to continuing the development of the Yamaha Jog RR 100, a prototype made by the internal team to compete against the now unchallenged Zip. In the first race he immediately succeeded, on the Latina circuit. Adriano Sisti has been imposing an unbeatable pace for his opponents since Friday, taking home with his new Team full booty: fastest lap, 2nd place in qualifying, victory in race 1, victory in race two and overall victory of the race. In the second race on the Airola (BN) circuit Adriano Sisti, in first position is forced to retire due to the failure of his engine that from that moment, until the end of the season, does not want to help him in winning the title.

In 2013, Adriano Sisti, engaged in physical preparation for the season, is the victim of a serious accident on a motocross bike. A non-perfect landing after a double jump, due to a non-communicated change, entails the fracture of the dorsal vertebrae D10-D11-D12. Risk of paralysis of the lower limbs which does not move for about twenty days, due to the detachment of a fragment. A long year of rehabilitation followed for a large part in bed wearing a bust.

In 2014, after a difficult winter of reflections, Adriano decides to return to racing despite the risks to which he is exposed, driven also by the many Italian fans and fans who would like to see him again in the race. Do it again by signing an agreement with the Vale Racing Team of Bergamo, the Cristofolini Team's satellite stable. Compete in the 100cc Italian Big Open Championship. He manages to win in the Latina race and this victory has a different flavor, especially given the past period.

In 2015 the relationship between Sisti and the Vale Racing Team continues, collecting podiums and constant presence in the top five ranking positions. He also participates in other wild card championships, winning victories in the SSBK championship (Pomposa), and in the national CNV trophy.

In 2016, after a single day of testing on a TM 450 Supermoto, he is convinced, together with the Birba Racing team, to take part in the race of the International Supermoto in the Onroad class, an event which also includes famous names and legends of world motorcycling as Max Biaggi, Davide Giugliano, etc. To his great astonishment, at the beginning Sisti signs the third time in qualifying, in a full grid, with a bike about 5 years older than those lined up on the grid, finishing just 3 tenths of a second from Max Biaggi's pole position. The inexperience (an hour and a half of tests in total in this new discipline) and the excitement in the race make him commit an error in the start of race 1, where he places himself in eighth place. In race two, due to the malfunction of the rear tire heater, Adriano is the victim of a spectacular and violent high side during the first lap, while he is approaching the leading group.

In the same year, Adriano Sisti signed a contract with the Alfa Romeo® car manufacturer (Fiat Chrysler Automobil group). Chosen by the group as managerial leader during the launch of the new Giulia Quadrifoglio verde and the Stelvio. During this experience Adriano, after having trained for months in the WCM (world class manufacturing) through a very formative course at a professional level, is divided into all the sectors and the phases of the car production process, managing groups of people, engineers and contributing to the realization of the projects before passing definitively in the premium area of the Plant, where it will become the Leader of the testing department, dividing itself between final analyzes on the cars and tests on the test circuit.

Also in 2016, Sisti participates in the Sic Supermoto day event, organized to commemorate the late Marco Simoncelli. His team includes actors from the TV series Squadra Antimafia. They finish the event on the podium by taking third place overall among riders from various speed championships. In December 2016, Adriano Sisti participates as a guest at the Ant8supporters charity event, organized in memory of Andrea Antonelli (600 world pilot who died in an accident during the Russian GP). All the drivers of the VR46® Academy are present at the event, including Andrea Migno, Franco Morbidelli, Luca Marini, and superbike riders like Randy Krummenacher, Lorenzo Savadori etc. As the event has value for a completely different purpose, during the event, in the various challenges on karts, Sisti after a fierce duel with Luca Marini, brother of Valentino Rossi and now engaged in the Moto2 world championship, wins the race also signing the best lap of the circuit.

In 2017, Sisti and Team Birba signed an agreement for participation in the International Supermoto Championship in the Onroad class. The season starts very well, even though Sisti was driving a motorcycle slightly behind in terms of development compared to the others, since the first race in Battipaglia (SA) Sisti imposes its own pace by setting a second time in qualifying just "31" thousandths from the Pole . In the race, Sisti is forced to run a wet race, with mixed mud asphalt, a ground he was not used to. Earn valuable points for the championship just started. In the second race at Ottobiano (PV), Sisti prints his first pole position on a wet track. Concludes the first run in first place getting his first victory in the Italy Internationals with a beautiful overtaking on the outside against Matteo Traversa, landlord (video below). In the second race Sisti is again fighting for the victory, missed due to a high overheating of the braking system that in the middle of the race forces him to raise the pace for a few laps. End the day with an absolute second place and the awareness of having come to compete at the top of the category. As soon as the race is over, Sisti receives a proposal from the special parts manufacturer Cobra PZ5, which invites him and his team to participate in the week following the first leg of the Supermoto world championship. Adriano He is enrolled in the European championship in the S4GP class realizing another dream, and reaching another goal. In the Italian GP Sisti is ranked second in qualifying. In race one there is a continuous succession of overtaking, with Sisti starting badly at the start and recovering from seventh to second, printing the lap record. In race two still a not happy start, which links Sisti to the ninth position. After a long battle in the traffic of the leading group he conquers the sixth place. Closes his first experience in the context of the world S1GP in fourth place overall. In the third race of the Italian Internationals on the Viterbo circuit, Sisti, after taking second place in the qualifying, starts very well, conquering the first position and keeping it until the last lap. An imperfect set-up from the middle of the race onwards makes him repeatedly lose grip on the rear tire. He is passed in the final closing in second place in race one. In the second heat Sisti, after a tight battle, manages to move to the first position, which he keeps until halfway through the race. Warned of a penalty against his pursuer, he manages well the arrival in second position, thus gaining his first absolute victory in the International series of Italy.

n the fourth race on the Latina circuit, Max Biaggi suffers a serious injury on Friday that requires rescue operations (he will not take part in the race due to the major physical problems remedied). Adriano Sisti feels the pressure of his home GP, which drives him to give his best during the start of the weekend. Take third place on the grid behind two outsiders from international speed championships. In race one Sisti starts very well, conquering the first position and accumulating a good advantage over his pursuers. Start from the middle of the race to suffer again the slipping of the rear tire which allows the pursuers to reach it. Closes the race in third position. In race two, Sisti is nervous, something is not working as it should. He finds himself in the rear, looking for an unbridled comeback. In the middle of the race, in seventh position, Sisti is involved in a rear-end collision caused by a driver who precedes him. Adriano coming from behind, fails to stop his TM at the bottom of the long straight, hitting an opponent in full, hitting the head on the ground in a violent way. During the race he does not immediately realize the conditions, and Adriano Sisti is transported by helicopter to the nearest hospital. The diagnosis underestimates the complications and Adriano Sisti, discharged from the hospital, replaces his clinical picture in a difficult rehabilitation process. Adriano Sisti retires from the championship not taking part in the last races. At the same time, he will end his collaboration with Alfa Romeo to devote himself to himself, and recover perfectly after the bad time he has just experienced. The only event that does not want to miss is the Sic Supermoto day 2017. Despite the poor conditions, it participates in the endurance in honor of Marco Simoncelli. In 2018, Sisti participates in the "Rally Italia Talent" program, organized by Aci Sport in collaboration with Abarth®, RDS®. "a big brother of the engines", able to select among a base of tens of thousands of pilots, the best Rally drivers in the National scene. Sisti, at his first experience in the rally field, overcomes all the regional selections arriving in the final touching the category victory.

In 2019, Sisti repeats the experience of Rally Italia Talent, which has grown in number of members including many professional rally drivers and car speed riders. Adriano goes back to the finals on the Adria circuit (RO), where he is accompanied by the navigator Gioele Vighi, and is the author of an excellent performance. Starting from the 36th position obtained in the first test on Friday, the two produce an exciting comeback that leads them to reach the sixth overall position of the National Rally. In the Saturday night test, the crew gets the absolute second place in all categories.