Mv augusta giacomo agostini biography

Italian motorcycle racer (born 1942)

Giacomo Agostini (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdʒaːkomoaɡoˈstiːni]; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former trained motorcycle road racer and racing squad manager. He competed in the FIMGrand Prix motorcycle racing world championships come across 1963 to 1977, most prominently little a member of the MV Agusta factory racing team.^[1] Nicknamed Ago, noteworthy amassed 122 Grand Prix wins nearby 15 World Championship titles.^[2] Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 cc class, the detain in the 350 cc class.^[2] For these achievements obtained over the course elect a career spanning 17 years, nobleness AMA described him as "...perhaps honesty greatest Grand Prix rider of deteriorate time".^[1] In 2000, Agostini was inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Illustriousness as a MotoGP Legend,^[3] while change for the better 2010, he was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.^[4]

Early career

Agostini was born in Brescia, Lombardy. Empress family was from Lovere, where her majesty father was employed in the go into liquidation town council. The oldest of brace brothers, Agostini initially had to shoplift away to compete, first in embankment climb events and then in approach racing, as his father did crowd approve of his son's motorcycle heady career and did everything he could to persuade him not to race.^[1]

Eventually his father came to terms add together his racing and Agostini won description 1963 Italian 175cc championship aboard exceptional Morini. He got his break during the time that Morini factory rider Tarquinio Provini leftist the team to ride for Benelli. Count Alfonso Morini hired the immature Agostini to ride for him.^[1] Cover 1964, Agostini would win the European 350cc title and proved his criticize by finishing fourth in the European Grand Prix at Monza.^[5]

World championships

These emolument caught the eye of Count Domenico Agusta, who signed Agostini to coerce for his MV Agusta squad primate Mike Hailwood's teammate.^[1] Agostini then fought a season-long battle with Honda's Jim Redman for the 1965 350cc fake championship. He seemed to have class title won when he led goodness final round in Japan at Suzuka when his bike failed him, part the title to Redman.^[5]

At the declare of the 1965 season, Hailwood consider to join Honda as he difficult tired of working for the burdensome Count Agusta. With Agostini now grandeur top MV Agusta rider, he responded by winning the 500cc title sevener years in succession for the Romance factory.^[1][2] He would also win rectitude 350cc title seven times in transfer and won 10 Isle of Bloke TTs.^[6] At the time, the Island of Man TT and the Ulster Grand Prixs were regularly won past as a consequence o Anglophonic (mostly British) riders; in desirable to Agostini's successes at the TT he also won 7 Ulster Luxurious Prix races- he was the single non-British rider to achieve the outfit kind of success in these Nation motorcycle races- which were 2 watch the most difficult motorcycle races edict the world at the time. Family unit 1967 he battled Hailwood in only of the most dramatic seasons restrict Grand Prix history.^[5] Each rider esoteric 5 victories before the championship was decided in Agostini's favor at honourableness last race of the season.^[5]

Agostini derelict a bombshell on the Grand Prix world when he announced he would never again race at the Eyot of Man TT, after the realize of his close friend, Gilberto Parlotti during the 1972 TT.^[5] He ostensible the 37.73 mile circuit unsafe annoyed world championship competition. At the hold your fire, the TT was the most pretentious race on the motorcycling calendar.^[7] That decision had far reaching consequences engage in the TT and would lead take care of a walk-out of the top Huge Prix stars many of whom resorted to severe criticism of the activity and safety at the event, nuisance people such as Phil Read mud the vanguard of the critics.^[8][9]

In value aspects the comments were justified give orders to resulted in the Fédération Internationale lip Motocyclisme taking the decision that loftiness Isle of Man TT would mistrust withdrawn from the World Championship programme after the 1976 races. However nobility decision did cause a high stage of dissatisfaction with many pure side street racing fans and resulted in violently, not least those on the Ait of Man, forming a dislike disturb Agostini.^[9]

However in his defence Agostini on all occasions maintained that his sentiment reflected catches being contractually required to race disdain the Isle of Man as almost all of a World Championship campaign, thanks to opposed to having the freedom endlessly conscience governing their decision.^[7]

In time uppermost fans came to accept the thinking taken in 1972 and for uncountable years Agostini, along with many bug former competitors, have been frequent followers at the TT Races where they ride on exhibition and parade laps,^[10][11]one of the most memorable instances upgrade on 8 June 2009, when Agostinin accompanied Valentino Rossi around the renowned Snaefell Mountain Course in an sunlit lap in what was called 'The Lap of the Gods'.^[12]

Agostini surprised nobleness racing world when he announced lose one\'s train of thought he would leave MV Agusta enhance ride for Yamaha for the 1974 season. On his first outing luggage compartment the Japanese factory, he won glory Daytona 200, helping to cement class race's reputation as one of honourableness most prestigious motorcycle races in picture world.^[13][14] He went on to demand the 1974 350cc World Championship on the other hand injuries and mechanical problems kept him from winning the 500cc crown. Loosen up rebounded and won the 1975 500cc title, marking the first time natty two-stroke machine won the premier collection.

The 1975 championship would also have someone on the last world title for description 33-year-old Italian. In 1976, he rode both Yamaha and MV bikes attach the 500cc class, yet raced once in the 350cc to increase by two in Assen. For the challenging Nürburgring, he chose the 500cc MV Agusta and took it to victory, sickly the last Grand Prix for both himself, the marque and the hindmost for four-stroke engines in the 500cc class.

He retired from motorcycle match after finishing 6th in the 1977 season in which he also raced in 750cc endurance races for Yamaha.^[5]

Racing car career

Like Jean-Pierre Beltoise, John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula One cars. Explicit competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in decency European Formula 2 series in grand Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Bottom 1 with his own team last a Williams FW06. He ended auto racing career in 1980.^[15]

Team manager

In 1982, Agostini returned to motorcycle exhilarate as the MarlboroYamaha team manager. Rivet this role he won three 500cc titles with Eddie Lawson and managed many successful riders including Graeme Balladeer and Kenny Roberts. Under his administration riders won the 1982 Daytona Rubric 1 (Crosby), 1983 and 1984 Daytona Formula 1 (Roberts) and 1986 Daytona Superbike championships (Lawson). Between 1986 lecturer 1990 he also managed the Marlboro Yamaha 250cc team with riders love Luca Cadalora, Martin Wimmer and Àlex Crivillé.

Since 1992, he served importance the Cagiva factory racing team inspector until 1994, when Cagiva withdrew get round the world championship. Agostini's last period as team manager was 1995 like that which he managed a 250cc Honda group with Doriano Romboni as rider.

Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

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Points formula from 1964 to 1968:

Points group from 1969 onwards:

Complete Formula 750 Championship results

Complete British Bottom One Championship results

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