Giacomo Agostini

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Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini (1968)
Nation: ItalyItaly Italy
Motorcycle world championship
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
194 122 9 117
World title: 15th
World Cup points: 1493
Podiums: 159
According to class (es):
250 cc class
First start: 1964 German Grand Prix
Last start: Grand Prix of Nations 1964
Constructors
1964  Moto Morini
World Cup balance
Twelfth World Cup ( 1964 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
2 - - -
World Cup points: 6th
Podiums: -
350 cm³ class
First start: Isle of Man TT 1965
Last start: Czechoslovak Grand Prix 1977
Constructors
1965–1973, 1976  MV Agusta  • 1974–1975, 1977  Yamaha
World Cup balance
World Champion ( 1968 - 1974 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
75 54 3 48
World Cup points: 678
Podiums: 71
500 cc class
First start: Grand Prix of Germany 1965
Last start: Great Britain Grand Prix 1977
Constructors
1965–1973  MV Agusta  • 1974–1977  Yamaha
World Cup balance
World Champion ( 1966 - 1972 , 1975 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
117 68 6th 69
World Cup points: 809
Podiums: 88
Agostini 1976 at the Nürburgring
Giacomo Agostini in Monthlery (2003)

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

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
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

Daytona 200

200 miles from Imola

References

literature

  • Giacomo Agostini: Giacomo Agostini. Machines, women, competitors , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-404-2 .

Web links

Commons : Giacomo Agostini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://forix.autosport.com/8w/agostini.html