Giacomo Agostini
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World title: | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup points: | 1493 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums: | 159 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giacomo "Ago" Agostini (born June 16, 1942 in Brescia , Lombardy , Italy ) is a former Italian motorcycle racer . He is considered to be one of the best motorcycle racing drivers in history and with 15 world championship titles is the most successful rider in the motorcycle world championship . Agostini temporarily took part in automobile races, but achieved no success there.
Career
Motorcycling
Agostini learned to ride a motorcycle as a teenager with a 50s parilla . In 1962 he made his first of at races: a 175- cc - Morini he accepted hillclimb part and 1963 Italian Bergmeister.
On September 15, 1963, Agostini entered the motorcycle world championship in Monza, Italy . He led the race until he had to retire due to a technical defect on his motorcycle. After this talent test he was able to choose his employer for the following season. He chose MV Agusta and won his first Grand Prix on April 24, 1965 in a race on the south loop of the Nürburgring ahead of Mike Hailwood . That year he became vice world champion in the classes up to 350 and 500 cm³ and in 1966 world champion in the 500 cc class .
Agostini won 15 world championship titles between 1966 and 1975 , seven in the 350 cm³ class and eight in the 500 cm³ class, including 13 titles for MV Agusta and two titles for Yamaha . In total, he finished on podium 159 times in his 186 races and celebrated 122 Grand Prix victories. This makes him the most successful motorcycle racer in history. After the 1977 season , in which Barry Sheene had beaten him in the fight for the title in the 500 cc class, Agostini ended his active career.
Automobile racing
A change to automobile racing in the following years brought little success. With the Italian team Trivellato Racing, Agostini took part in the Formula 2 European Championship in 1978 ; with his Chevron B42 - BMW , however, he was only able to qualify four times. With eighth place in the Eifel race on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring , he only managed to place in the top 10. In 1979 and 1980, Agostini got involved with his own racing team in the British Aurora AFX Formula 1 series . He used an old Williams FW06 here . Agostini did not take part in races of the Formula 1 World Championship, but in September 1979 he entered the Gran Premio Dino Ferrari in Imola , a Formula 1 race without world championship status , for which most of the works teams were registered. In training, Agostini reached place 10; so he started ahead of Bruno Giacomelli in the factory Alfa Romeo . Agostini finished tenth in the race; previously he was overtaken by the winner Niki Lauda .
Team manager
For the 1982 season Agostini returned as manager of the Yamaha Marlboro Agostini team in the motorcycle world championship. Under his leadership, the team won three championships in the 500cc class with Eddie Lawson . In the 250 cm³ class, Agostini worked with Luca Cadalora , Martin Wimmer and Àlex Crivillé . From 1992 to 1994 Agostini headed the Cagiva factory team , and in 1995 he finally led a Honda team with Doriano Romboni in the 250 cm³ class . Then Agostini ended his managerial work.
Private
Agostini is married with two children, an older daughter and a son, and lives in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. To this day, Agostini is a popular guest at various motorcycle events.
The special model F4 AGO from MV Agusta with the legendary number 1 was developed with his collaboration.
The American punk 'n' roll band Zeke dedicated the song “Viva Agostini!” From the album “Flat Tracker” to him as an homage.
statistics
title
Honors
- Induction into the MotoGP Hall of Fame
World title
- 1966 - 500 cm³ ( MV Agusta )
- 1967 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1968 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1969 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1970 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1971 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1972 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1973 - 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1974 - 350 cm³ ( Yamaha OW16 )
- 1975 - 500 cm³ ( Yamaha OW26 )
Italian championship title
- 1963 - 175 cm³ ( Moto Morini ) (Italian mountain champion)
- 1964 - 250 cm³ (Moto Morini)
- 1965 - 500 cm³ ( MV Agusta )
- 1966 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1968 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1969 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1970 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1971 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1972 - 500 cm³ and 350 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1973 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1974 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta)
- 1975 - 500 cm³ ( Yamaha )
- 1976 - 500 cm³ (Yamaha)
- 1977 - 500 cm³ (MV Agusta / Yamaha)
Isle of Man TT victories
year | class | machine | Average speed |
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1966 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 100.87 mph (162.33 km / h ) |
1968 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 101.63 mph (163.56 km / h) |
Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 104.78 mph (168.63 km / h) | |
1969 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 101.81 mph (163.85 km / h) |
Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 104.75 mph (168.58 km / h) | |
1970 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 101.77 mph (163.78 km / h) |
Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 101.52 mph (163.38 km / h) | |
1971 | Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 102.59 mph (165.1 km / h) |
1972 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 102.03 mph (164.2 km / h) |
Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 104.02 mph (167.4 km / h) |
Mallory Park Race of the Year
- 1966 - Mallory Park Race of the Year victory
- 1969 - Mallory Park Race of the Year victory
Daytona 200
- 1974 - Daytona 200 victory
200 miles from Imola
- 1974 - Imola 200 mile victory
References
literature
- Giacomo Agostini: Giacomo Agostini. Machines, women, competitors , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-404-2 .
Web links
- Official website
- Giacomo Agostini on the official website of the motorcycle world championship (English).
- Giacomo Agostini on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Giacomo Agostini ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Photos by Agostini at highsider.com
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Agostini, Giacomo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agostini, Ago (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brescia |