Andrew Pitt

Andrew Pitt (February 19, 1976, in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian motorcycle racer. Andrew Pitt finished second in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1999 and moved to the Supersport World Championship in 2000, where he became world champion on Kawasaki in 2001. In 2003, he transitioned to the Motorcycle World Championship for a less successful year as part of Kawasaki's MotoGP project. He earned the first championship points for his team and ended the season in 26th place in the championship standings. After another year in the Supersport class, he finished seventh in his first Superbike World Championship season in 2005 on Yamaha. In 2006, Pitt achieved his first victory in this class at Misano and secured fifth place in the championship. However, he lost his position at Yamaha to Troy Corser after the season ended. In the 2007 season, Pitt competed as a rider for the new Ilmor SRT X³ in MotoGP.