Paolo Pileri
Paolo Pileri (born July 31, 1944 in Terni ; † February 13, 2007 there ) was an Italian motorcycle racer and team manager.
Career
He made his debut in the motorcycle world championship in 1973 when he used a DRS in the class up to 125 cm³ without much success. In the second half of the season he switched to the class up to 250 cm³ and was able to achieve two fourth places with a privately used Yamaha .
The following year, Paolo Pileri was signed for the Morbidelli factory team and switched back to the eight-liter class, where he won the Grand Prix of Spain , Austria , Germany , the Grand Prix of Nations in Imola and the races in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1975 and in Sweden became the superior world champion in front of his teammate Pier Paolo Bianchi .
After third place in the world championship in 1976 (behind world champion Bianchi and the star of the small displacement classes at that time, the Spaniard Ángel Nieto ), Pileri moved back to the 250 cm³ class together with the Morbidelli team in 1977 , but the team had to struggle with teething problems in the larger class. At the Austrian Grand Prix in 1977, Pileri was involved in a mass accident in the 350cc race and had to take a break due to injury. His replacement at Morbidelli, compatriot Mario Lega , then won the 250 World Cup. In 1978 he celebrated his eighth and final Grand Prix victory in the quarter liter class at the Belgian Grand Prix. In 1979 the Italian ended his driving career.
In the mid-1980s, Paolo Pileri was again active as a team manager in motorcycle racing. With his protégé Loris Capirossi he won the world championship in the eight-liter class in 1990 and 1991, and in 1992 his driver Fausto Gresini was runner-up in the same class.
Pileri died of a heart attack on February 13, 2007 at the age of 62 .
successes
- 1975 - 125 cm³ world champion on Morbidelli
- 1978 - Italian 250cc champion on Morbidelli
- 8 Grand Prix victories
References
Web links
- Paolo Pileri on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Paolo Pileri. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on April 3, 2013 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vincent Glon: Les Championnats du Monde de Courses sur Route - L'année 1977. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on May 28, 2009 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pileri, Paolo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Terni |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2007 |
| Place of death | Terni |