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Revision as of 09:53, 8 April 2008
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career | |
Nationality | Italian |
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Active years | 1969 - 1972 |
Team(s) | Benelli, Derbi, Ducati, Morbidelli, Morini, Tomas |
Grands Prix | 19 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 4 |
Podium finishes | 12 |
Pole positions | N/A |
Fastest laps | N/A |
First Grand Prix | 125cc 1969 Spanish Grand Prix |
First Grand Prix win | 125cc 1970 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix |
Last Grand Prix win | 125cc 1972 French Grand Prix |
Last Grand Prix | 125cc 1972 Isle of Man TT |
Gilberto Parlotti (17 September 1940 - 9 June 1972) was born in Zero Branco, Treviso, Italy and was an Italian motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972 racing with Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tomas motor-cycles.
During the 1972 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, after winning the first two 125cc races of season in West Germany and France, Parlotti decided to race at the 1972 Isle of Man TT Races to take advantage of his main championship rival Angel Nieto's absence from the Isle of Man Mountain Course.[1] While lying in first place on the second lap during the 1972 125cc Ultra-Lightweight TT Race held in heavy rain, Gilberto Parlotti crashed his 125cc Morbidelli motor-cycle at the Verandah section on the A18 Mountain Road and died from his injuries.[2]
The death of Gilberto Parolotti helped bring about the end of the Isle of Man TT Races as a world championship event. After his death of his close friend, Giacomo Agostini announced he would never again race at the Isle of Man TT Races because he considered it unsafe to be part of the FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship. At the time, the Isle of Man TT was the most prestigious race on the world championship calendar. Other top riders joined his boycott of the event and by 1976, the event was dropped from the Grand Prix championship schedule. From 1973 any weather conditions that would not allow a rescue helicopter to take-off would lead to the race start being delayed or cancelled at any Isle of Man TT Race.[3]
Biography
FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix Results
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1969 | 125cc | Tomos | ESP 8 |
W.GER 6 |
FRA 8 |
IOM - |
NED 3 |
BEL 0 |
E.GER 2 |
CZE 4 |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
YUG - |
31 | 6th | 0 | |
1970 | 125cc | Morbidelli | W.GER - |
YUG - |
IOM - |
NED - |
E.GER - |
CZE 15 |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
15 | 11th | 1 | |||
1970 | 50cc | Tomos | W.GER 10 |
FRA - |
YUG - |
IOM - |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
E.GER - |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
15 | 9th | 0 | ||
1971 | 125cc | Morbidelli | AUT 12 |
W.GER 12 |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
E.GER - |
CZE - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ULS - |
NAT 15 |
ESP - |
39 | 8th | 1 | |
1971 | 50cc | Derbi | AUT - |
W.GER - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
E.GER - |
SWE - |
FIN 12 |
ULS - |
NAT 10 |
ESP - |
22 | 8th | 0 | ||
1972 | 125cc | Morbidelli | W.GER 15 |
FRA 15 |
AUT 12 |
NAT 10 |
IOM DNF |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
E.GER - |
CZE - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ESP - |
52 | 5th | 2 |