Arciso Artesiani

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Arciso Artesiani (born January 22, 1922 in Marzabotto ; † March 16, 2005 ) was an Italian motorcycle racing and automobile driver .

Career

Arciso Artesiani started between 1949 and 1951 in the 500 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship . He made his debut on Gilera with second place behind Leslie Graham at the Swiss Grand Prix in 1949. In the three other races of the season in which he competed, the Italian drove on the podium, which gave him third place in the overall standings behind Graham and his Compatriot Nello Pagani brought in.

In 1950 and 1951 , Artesiani competed in a total of three half-liter Grand Prix for MV Agusta and took two third places. In 1951, he also won the 500 cm class of the prestigious road race Milano – Taranto in an MV Agusta 500 Quattro R19 .

With his brother Medardo, Arciso Artesiani founded a motorcycle dealership in 1949 that still exists today. Artesiani died of a heart attack on March 16, 2005 .

statistics

successes

  • 1949 - 500 cm³ World Championship third on Gilera

In the motorcycle world championship

season class Result machine Podiums
1949 500 cc 3. Gilera 4th
1950 500 cc 8th. MV Agusta 1
1951 500 cc 13. MV Agusta 1

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF
1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
8th

Web links

  • Arciso Artesiani on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MV AGUSTA - Museum - Series machines. www.classic-motorrad.de, accessed on January 18, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Vincent Glon: Milan - Naples et Milan - Tarente. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on January 18, 2010 (French).
  3. ↑ F.elli Artesiani - Storia. artesianimoto.com, accessed January 18, 2010 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Artesiani, Arciso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Marzabotto
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2005