Luigi Taveri
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![]() Luigi Taveri, c. 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Horgen, Zürich, Switzerland | 19 September 1929||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 March 2018 | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luigi Taveri (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a Swiss professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1] He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1954 to 1966. Taveri is notable for being a three-time 125cc road racing world champion. Although he specialised in the smaller engined machines, Taveri is the only competitor to have scored points in six Grand Prix classes: 50cc, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and Sidecars.[2] In 2016, he was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.[2]
Racing career
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Taveri made his world championship debut in the 1954 season, racing in the 500 cc class on a Norton motorcycle. In 1955, he took his first win in the 125 cc race at the Spanish Grand Prix. He took one more win in 1955, in the 250 cc class at the Dutch TT.
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He participated in the Isle of Man TT on several occasions from 1955 to 1966 with three victories and several second places amongst his results.[3][4]
During his career he rode for MV Agusta, and became a works rider for Ducati, MZ, Kreidler and in 1961 for Honda. His final Grand Prix victory at the 1966 125cc Italian Grand Prix came 11 years and 133 days after his first win, marking one of the longest winning careers in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing history.[2] Over his racing career Taveri had 30 victories and 89 podiums in all classes, including three Isle of Man TT victories.[2] After retiring from competition, he continued in the sport by demonstrating historic machines.
Taveri died on 1 March 2018 of complications from a stroke at the age of 88.[5]
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1954 | 250cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA - |
IOM - |
ULS - |
NED - |
GER - |
SUI 4 |
NAT - |
3 | 13th | 0 | ||||||
500cc | Norton | FRA 4 |
IOM - |
ULS - |
BEL - |
NED 8 |
GER - |
SUI - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
3 | 17th | 0 | |||||
Sidecar | Norton | IOM - |
ULS - |
BEL - |
GER - |
SUI 6 |
NAT - |
1 | 10th | 0 | ||||||||
1955 | 125cc | MV Agusta | ESP 1 |
FRA 2 |
IOM 2 |
GER 2 |
NED - |
NAT - |
26 | 2nd | 1 | |||||||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
GER 4 |
NED 1 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
11 | 4th | 1 | |||||||||
1956 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT 4 |
12 | 3rd | 0 | |||||||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL 2 |
GER 2 |
ULS 1 |
NAT 4 |
26 | 2nd | 1 | ||||||||
1957 | 125cc | MV Agusta | GER 5 |
IOM 3 |
NED 3 |
BEL 2 |
ULS 1 |
NAT 3 |
22 | 2nd | 1 | |||||||
250cc | MV Agusta | GER 5 |
IOM 2 |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
8 | 7th | 0 | ||||||||
1958 | 125cc | Ducati | IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL 6 |
GER - |
SWE 2 |
ULS 2 |
NAT 5 |
20 | 3rd | 0 | ||||||
350cc | Norton | IOM - |
NED 6 |
BEL - |
GER - |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
1 | 15th | 0 | |||||||
1959 | 125cc | MZ | IOM 2 |
14 | 4th | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ducati | GER - |
NED - |
BEL 3 |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT 3 |
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250cc | MZ | IOM - |
GER - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT 5 |
2 | 13th | 0 | |||||||
1960 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM 3 |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS 5 |
NAT - |
6 | 6th | 0 | ||||||||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM 8 |
NED 3 |
BEL 3 |
GER 5 |
ULS 6 |
NAT - |
11 | 3rd | 0 | ||||||||
1961 | 125cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER 5 |
FRA 5 |
IOM 2 |
NED - |
BEL 1 |
DDR NC |
ULS 6 |
NAT 3 |
SWE 1 |
ARG - |
30 | 3rd | 2 | ||
250cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
SWE 2 |
ARG - |
6 | 10th | 0 | |||
1962 | 50cc | Honda | ESP 3 |
FRA 3 |
IOM 2 |
NED 9 |
BEL 3 |
GER 4 |
DDR 4 |
NAT 6 |
FIN 1 |
ARG - |
29 | 3rd | 1 | |||
125cc | Honda | ESP 3 |
FRA 4 |
IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 1 |
GER 1 |
ULS 1 |
DDR 1 |
NAT 2 |
FIN 2 |
ARG - |
48 | 1st | 6 | |||
250cc | Honda | ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL 3 |
GER - |
ULS 3 |
DDR - |
NAT NC |
ARG - |
8 | 8th | 0 | ||||
1963 | 50cc | Honda | ESP - |
GER - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FIN - |
ARG - |
JPN 1 |
8 | 8th | 1 | ||||
125cc | Honda | ESP 1 |
GER 4 |
FRA 3 |
IOM 4 |
NED 3 |
BEL 3 |
ULS 3 |
DDR 4 |
FIN 2 |
NAT 1 |
ARG NC |
JPN NC |
38 | 2nd | 2 | ||
250cc | Honda | ESP 5 |
GER NC |
IOM NC |
NED NC |
BEL 4 |
ULS NC |
DDR 5 |
NAT 3 |
ARG - |
JPN 5 |
13 | 5th | 0 | ||||
350cc | Honda | GER - |
IOM - |
NED 3 |
ULS 3 |
DDR 2 |
FIN 5 |
NAT NC |
16 | 3rd | 0 | |||||||
1964 | 50cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP 6 |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
FIN 3 |
JPN - |
5 | 7th | 0 | ||||
125cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP 1 |
FRA 1 |
IOM 1 |
NED - |
GER 2 |
DDR 2 |
ULS 2 |
FIN 1 |
NAT 1 |
JPN 2 |
46 | 1st | 5 | |||
250cc | Honda | USA - |
ESP NC |
FRA 2 |
IOM NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER 6 |
DDR - |
ULS NC |
NAT 6 |
JPN 4 |
11 | 6th | 0 | |||
1965 | 50cc | Honda | USA - |
GER 2 |
ESP 4 |
FRA 2 |
IOM 1 |
NED 3 |
BEL 3 |
JPN 1 |
32 | 2nd | 2 | |||||
125cc | Honda | USA - |
GER NC |
ESP NC |
FRA NC |
IOM 2 |
NED 5 |
DDR - |
CZE - |
ULS - |
FIN - |
NAT - |
JPN 2 |
14 | 5th | 0 | ||
1966 | 50cc | Honda | ESP 1 |
GER 4 |
NED 1 |
IOM 2 |
NAT 3 |
JPN - |
26 | 3rd | 2 | |||||||
125cc | Honda | ESP 2 |
GER 1 |
NED 2 |
DDR 1 |
CZE 1 |
FIN 2 |
ULS 1 |
IOM 8 |
NAT 1 |
JPN - |
46 | 1st | 5 |
References
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- ^ a b "Luigi Taveri career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "FIM Legends". fim-awards.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ TT Career Summary iomtt.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018
- ^ Isle of Man TT, detailed race results iomtt.com, Retrieved 11 March 2018
- ^ Luigi Taveri: adieu grand petit homme (in French)
- 1929 births
- 2018 deaths
- Swiss motorcycle racers
- 500cc World Championship riders
- 350cc World Championship riders
- 250cc World Championship riders
- 125cc World Championship riders
- 50cc World Championship riders
- Isle of Man TT riders
- Swiss-Italian people
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- People from Horgen
- Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich
- 125cc World Riders' Champions