Aldo Pigorini

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Aldo "Pigora" Pigorini (born October 3, 1907 in Novate Milanese , † July 26, 1937 in Rome ) was an Italian motorcycle racer .

Career

Aldo, known as "Pigora", Pigorini began his racing career at a young age at the side of his friend Giordano Aldrighetti . In 1929 he won the Circuito del Monferrato race on a 350 Nagas & Ray . In the years that followed, Pigorini piloted many different machines, including a Frera and a Velocette KTT MkIII, on which he competed in the XI. Circuito del Lario scored its first major victory on the Asso - Guello - Onno route on Lake Como .

For the following season, Pigorini was hired for the newly created motorcycle department of Scuderia Ferrari , which Enzo Ferrari operated with Bianchi, Norton and Rudge machines from 1932 to 1934 . Aldo Pigorini, together with his friend Aldrighetti, became the team's most successful driver. In 1932 he took second place in the silver vase rating at the 14th International Six-Day Tour in Merano with the Italian team and his colleagues Giordano Aldrighetti and Silvio Vailati .

In 1933 Aldo Pigorini won the IX on a 500 cm³ Bianchi . Raid Nord-Sud / II. Coppa Mussolini , the non-stop race from Milan to Naples . The Italian took about nine and a quarter hours in rainy weather conditions and won with an average speed of 96 km / h. In addition, he and Giordano Aldrighetti and Terzo Bandini on Bianchi came third in the Trophy classification of the 15th International Six-Day Race in Llandrindod Wells ( Wales ).

In 1934, Pigorini won nine out of ten races in the 350cc class of the Italian road championship on a Scuderia Rudge , including the prestigious 1st Italian Grand Prix at the Pista del Littorio in Rome, and was crowned Italian champion in this displacement category.

After the end of motorcycle sport activities at Ferrari at the end of the 1934 season, Aldo Pigorini switched to Moto Guzzi , where he became one of the first factory drivers in the history of the manufacturer. In his first season for the team from Mandello del Lario , Pigorini mainly competed in the 250 cc class. He won his second Italian championship and won inter alia in the races at the Autodromo della Mellaha in Libya Tripoli , the Parco Reale of Monza and the Circuito del Lario. Aldo Pigorini completed one of his biggest races at the Coppa del Mare on the famous Circuito di Montenero near Livorno , where the Coppa Ciano for automobiles was also held. The Italian won the 250cc class 6:28 minutes ahead of his team-mates Riccardo Brusi and Mario Ghersi . In the race he left all 350 cc drivers and most of the 500 cc field behind with his 250 cc machine.

Despite another 250 cc victory in Livorno, the 1936 season was less successful for Aldo Pigorini. After Moto Guzzi had developed a new two-cylinder for 1937 , Pigorini was again one of the top drivers. He finished second in the almost 1300 km long road race I. Milano-Taranto / VI. Coppa Mussolini from Milan to Taranto , then won the Circuito della Superba in Genoa and came second in the international race in Geneva ( Switzerland ).

Aldo Pigorini came to the Gran Premio Roma on July 25, 1937 as the leader in the quarter liter ranking of the Italian championship. In this last race of the season he got off to a bad start, but quickly caught up with the leading group and fought for the lead with Guglielmo Sandri for many laps . On the 60th lap, Pigorini lost control of his bike in the fast downhill section of Viale Parioli , was thrown from the motorcycle and hit the track. The following day he died of serious injuries at the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome at the age of 29.

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  1. ^ A b Vincent Glon: Il Circuito Del Lario ou TT Italy. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on February 10, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Vincent Glon: 1937–1940, Milano-Taranto (Milano-Taranto). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed February 10, 2014 (English).
  3. ↑ Vincent Glon: LIBYE. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed February 10, 2014 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Pigorini, Aldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pigora (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Novate Milanese
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1937
Place of death Rome