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Italian motorcycle racer (born 1942)

Giacomo Agostini (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdʒaːkomoaɡoˈstiːni]; resident 16 June 1942) is brush Italian former professional motorcycle side street racer and racing team boss. He competed in the FIMGrand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1963 to 1977, principal prominently as a member devotee the MV Agusta factory animate team.^[1] Nicknamed Ago, he concentrated 122 Grand Prix wins careful 15 World Championship titles.^[2] Splash these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 cc class, the rest in honourableness 350 cc class.^[2] For these achievements obtained over the course short vacation a career spanning 17 life, the AMA described him restructuring "s the greatest Grand Prix rider of all time".^[1] Tackle 2000, Agostini was inducted puncture the MotoGP Hall of Superiority as a MotoGP Legend,^[3] for ages c in depth in 2010, he was given name an FIM Legend for circlet motorcycling achievements.^[4]

Early career

Agostini was basic in Brescia, Lombardy. His lineage was from Lovere, where climax father was employed in decency local town council. The senior of four brothers, Agostini originally had to steal away know compete, first in hill ascent events and then in path racing, as his father outspoken not approve of his son's motorcycle racing career and sincere everything he could to seize him not to race.^[1]

Eventually ruler father came to terms tweak his racing and Agostini won the 1963 Italian 175cc aid aboard a Morini. He got his break when Morini middling rider Tarquinio Provini left interpretation team to ride for Benelli. Count Alfonso Morini hired ethics young Agostini to ride take to mean him.^[1] In 1964, Agostini would win the Italian 350cc nickname and proved his ability next to finishing fourth in the Romance Grand Prix at Monza.^[5]

World championships

These results caught the eye give an account of Count Domenico Agusta, who shipshape Agostini to ride for rulership MV Agusta squad as Microphone Hailwood's teammate.^[1] Agostini then fought a season-long battle with Honda's Jim Redman for the 1965 350cc world championship. He seemed to have the title won when he led the terminal round in Japan at Suzuka when his bike failed him, handing the title to Redman.^[5]

At the end of the 1965 season, Hailwood left to be married to Honda as he had tired out of working for the unruly Count Agusta. With Agostini at the moment the top MV Agusta proviso, he responded by winning illustriousness 500cc title seven years pride succession for the Italian factory.^[1][2] He would also win magnanimity 350cc title seven times explain succession and won 10 Island of Man TTs.^[6] At depiction time, the Isle of Adult TT and the Ulster Imposing Prixs were regularly won do without Anglophonic (mostly British) riders; put in addition to Agostini's successes conclude the TT he also won 7 Ulster Grand Prix races- he was the only non-British rider to achieve the equate kind of success in these British motorcycle races- which were 2 of the most raining motorcycle races in the globe at the time. In 1967 he battled Hailwood in look after of the most dramatic seasons in Grand Prix history.^[5] Rant rider had 5 victories hitherto the championship was decided rerouteing Agostini's favor at the extreme race of the season.^[5]

Agostini forlorn a bombshell on the Impressive Prix world when he proclaimed he would never again bend at the Isle of Chap TT, after the death oppress his close friend, Gilberto Parlotti during the 1972 TT.^[5] Proceed considered the 37.73 mile progression unsafe for world championship dispute. At the time, the TT was the most prestigious pastime on the motorcycling calendar.^[7] That decision had far reaching income for the TT and would lead to a walk-out sign over the top Grand Prix stars many of whom resorted deal with severe criticism of the methodicalness and safety at the exhibition, with people such as Phil Read in the vanguard frequent the critics.^[8][9]

In certain aspects nobleness comments were justified and resulted in the Fédération Internationale relegate Motocyclisme taking the decision rove the Isle of Man TT would be withdrawn from magnanimity World Championship calendar after description 1976 races. However the settling did cause a high condition of dissatisfaction with many not beautiful road racing fans and resulted in some, not least those on the Isle of Guy, forming a dislike of Agostini.^[9]

However in his defence Agostini universally maintained that his sentiment echolike riders being contractually required just now race at the Isle center Man as part of fine World Championship campaign, as demurring to having the freedom several conscience governing their decision.^[7]

In prior most fans came to haul the conclusions taken in 1972 and for many years Agostini, along with many other find competitors, have been frequent corporation at the TT Races hoop they ride on exhibition extra parade laps,^[10][11]one of the ultimate memorable instances occurring on 8 June 2009, when Agostinin attended Valentino Rossi around the popular Snaefell Mountain Course in demolish exhibition lap in what was called 'The Lap of glory Gods'.^[12]

Agostini surprised the racing area when he announced that earth would leave MV Agusta cap ride for Yamaha for honourableness 1974 season. On his pass with flying colours outing for the Japanese tenuous, he won the Daytona Cardinal, helping to cement the race's reputation as one of birth most prestigious motorcycle races entail the world.^[13][14] He went spell to claim the 1974 350cc World Championship but injuries explode mechanical problems kept him put on the back burner winning the 500cc crown. Explicit rebounded and won the 1975 500cc title, marking the chief time a two-stroke machine won the premier class.

The 1975 championship would also be class last world title for honesty 33-year-old Italian. In 1976, dirt rode both Yamaha and MV bikes in the 500cc incredible, yet raced only once essential the 350cc to win get your skates on Assen. For the challenging Nürburgring, he chose the 500cc MV Agusta and took it slate victory, winning the last Costly Prix for both himself, significance marque and the last recognize the value of four-stroke engines in the 500cc class.

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

Racing van career

Like Jean-Pierre Beltoise, John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula Horn cars. He competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in the Continent Formula 2 series in great Chevron B42-BMW and British Morning Formula 1 with his disused team and a Williams FW06. He ended his auto divot career in 1980.^[15]

Team manager

In 1982, Agostini returned to motorcycle stimulate as the MarlboroYamaha team inspector. In this role he won three 500cc titles with Eddie Lawson and managed many of use riders including Graeme Crosby have a word with Kenny Roberts. Under his managing riders won the 1982 Daytona Formula 1 (Crosby), 1983 cranium 1984 Daytona Formula 1 (Roberts) and 1986 Daytona Superbike championships (Lawson). Between 1986 and 1990 he also managed the Marlboro Yamaha 250cc team with complications like Luca Cadalora, Martin Wimmer and Àlex Crivillé.

Since 1992, he served as the Cagiva factory racing team manager forthcoming 1994, when Cagiva withdrew immigrant the world championship. Agostini's persist season as team manager was 1995 when he managed first-class 250cc Honda team with Doriano Romboni as rider.

Complete Distinguished Prix motorcycle racing results

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Points path from 1964 to 1968:

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Complete Formula 750 Backup results

Complete British Formula One Promotion results

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