Renato Magi

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An MV Agusta 125 Bialbero works racing machine as driven by Magi at the Dutch TT 1950

Renato Magi (* 1913 in Senigallia ; † April 17, 1951 in Latina ) was an Italian motorcycle racer .

Career

Renato Magi came from Senigallia in the province of Ancona and lived in Como with his wife and three children after the Second World War . He began his career in the mid-1930s. Among other things, he won the hill climb Pontedecimo - Giovi on Gilera in 1936 and 1937 . When racing activities resumed after World War II, he drove for Morini .

In 1949 the FIM announced the first motorcycle world championship and Magi started for the factory team of the Bologna manufacturer in the 125 cm³ class. At the first ever eight-liter Grand Prix, the Swiss Grand Prix on July 3, 1949 in Bremgarten , he finished second behind FB Mondial pilot and compatriot Nello Pagani . At the Grand Prix of Nations in Monza , the third and final World Championship round of the season, he finished fourth behind Gianni Leoni (FB-Mondial) team-mate Umberto Masetti and Umberto Braga (FB-Mondial) and thus secured second place behind World Champion Pagani in the overall ranking of the 125 cm³ category.

For the 1950 season Magi switched to MV Agusta , for whom he was chief test driver , initially in the Italian championship and at the Dutch TT in Assen also in a 125cc World Championship. He also won the eight-liter category of the Milano – Taranto race , which ran on public roads from Milan to Taranto along the Italian peninsula . It took Magi a little more than 16 hours and 30 minutes for the approximately 1,300 km that were covered in one go.

Deadly accident

Renato Magi was killed on April 17, 1951 at the age of 38 as a result of an accident near Terracina , about 100 km southeast of Rome . The MV-Agusta team carried out record attempts on the Fettuccia di Terracina , a specially cordoned off, almost 15 km long, dead straight section of the “Via Appia” . Magi drove a 125cc machine and went on a Chilometro lanciato ( flying kilometers ) at 9:10 a.m. At around 180 km / h - possibly triggered by a gust of wind from the side  - he lost control of his machine, which then slid over the asphalt and caught fire. Magi was thrown into the air and hit a tree, seriously injuring his skull, as well as broken ribs and a broken leg . Magi was taken to the hospital in Latina by a police vehicle, where he died shortly after admission. MV Agusta then broke off the record runs.

References

Web links

  • Renato Magi on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
  • Renato Magi. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on July 14, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vincent Glon: Milan - Naples et Milan -Tarente. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on July 14, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Magi, Renato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Senigallia
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1951
Place of death Latina