[2] He switched to the Superbike World Championship in 1995 on a private Ducati, taking a win at Monza and 3 further podiums, as well as the fastest lap in four races, en route to eighth overall.

Results in 1998 on a factory Ducati were an improvement - Chili won five races to come fourth place overall, his best ever finish.

[3] However, at Assen he battled too hard with Carl Fogarty (also on a factory-backed bike, although a separate team), falling on the final lap, and was sacked at the end of the year.

In 2000 he repeated the ten podiums and fourth place overall of 1998, although with only a single win as Colin Edwards dominated.

Although he was only seventh again, 2003 represented something of a resurgence for a rider nearing forty years of age; with five third places and one win.