Bruno Ruffo
Bruno Ruffo (born December 9, 1920 in Verona ; † February 10, 2007 there ) was an Italian motorcycle racer .
Between 1949 and 1951 he won three world titles in the motorcycle world championship .
In 2003 Bruno Ruffo was awarded the title Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana by the then Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi .
Career
Bruno Ruffo began his motorcycle career in 1946. In 1949 he became the first world champion on Moto Guzzi in the 250 cm³ class of the newly created motorcycle world championship . In his first ever Grand Prix race, the Swiss Grand Prix on July 2, 1949 in Bremgarten , Ruffo was able to celebrate his first victory immediately. Overall, he achieved a victory, a second and a fourth place in only four races this year and secured the title from his compatriot Dario Ambrosini .
In the following season he started again in the 250cc class on Moto Guzzi and in the 125cc World Championship on Mondial . In the 250 cm³ class he did not succeed in defending his title, but in the 125 cm³ class he immediately won the world title.
In 1951 Bruno Ruffo competed for Moto Guzzi in the 250 cc and 500 cc classes. In the 250 cc he also confidently secured the title with two wins, a second and a third place out of five races, in the 500 cc he achieved 19th place in the overall standings with a fifth place in the only contested Grand Prix.
In 1952 Ruffo also competed for Moto Guzzi in the 250 cc class and was again one of the title contenders. At the Grand Prix of West Germany on the Solitude Ring , however, he fell so badly that he had to pause for the rest of the season. After another accident during training for the Tourist Trophy in 1953, he then decided to retire completely from racing.
Bruno Ruffo only contested 14 world championship races in his career, of which he won four, and made a total of ten podium finishes.
After the end of his career, Bruno Ruffo opened a successful motorcycle dealership in Verona, where he died on February 10, 2007 at the age of 86.
statistics
title
- 1949 - 250 cc world champion on Moto Guzzi
- 1949 - Italian 250cc champion on Moto Guzzi
- 1950 - 125 cm³ world champion on FB Mondial
- 1951 - 250 cc world champion on Moto Guzzi
- 1951 - Italian 250cc champion on Moto Guzzi
- 4 Grand Prix victories
In the motorcycle world championship
season | class | motorcycle | run | Victories | Podiums | Points | Result |
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1949 | 250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | World Champion |
1950 | 125 cc | FB Mondial | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17th | World Champion |
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 1 | - | 1 | 6th | 3. | |
1951 | 250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 4th | 2 | 4th | 22nd | World Champion |
500 cc | Moto Guzzi | 1 | - | - | 2 | 19th | |
1952 | 250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 2 | - | 1 | 7th | 6th |
total | 14th | 4th | 10 | 78 | 3 world titles |
References
Web links
- Bruno Ruffo on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Bruno Ruffo on the Isle of Man TT official website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Fleischer: Ex-world champion Bruno Ruffo has passed away. (No longer available online.) Www.motograndprix.de, archived from the original on February 28, 2007 ; Retrieved October 14, 2009 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruffo, Bruno |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2007 |
Place of death | Verona |