Roberto Colombo (motorcyclist)
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Casatenovo, Italy | January 5, 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | July 6, 1957 Francorchamps, Belgium | (aged 30)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roberto Colombo (January 5, 1927, in Casatenovo - July 6, 1957, in Francorchamps) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the MV Agusta factory racing team. His best seasons were 1956 and 1957 when he finished fourth in the 250cc world championship. Colombo was killed during practice for the 1957 Belgian Grand Prix.[1][2]
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1952 | 250cc | NSU | SUI - |
IOM - |
NED - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT 5 |
ESP - |
2 | 16th | 0 | |
1954 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
ULS - |
NED - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP 2 |
6 | 9th | 0 | ||
250cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA - |
IOM - |
ULS - |
NED - |
GER - |
SUI 5 |
NAT 4 |
5 | 8th | 0 | ||
1955 | 350cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA 3 |
IOM - |
GER - |
BEL 5 |
NED - |
ULS - |
NAT 6 |
7 | 10th | 0 | |
1956 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | - | 0 | ||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM 2 |
NED 4 |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
9 | 4th | 0 | |||
350cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT 3 |
4 | 11th | 0 | |||
1957 | 125cc | MV Agusta | GER 3 |
IOM 6 |
NED 2 |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
11 | 5th | 0 | ||
250cc | MV Agusta | GER 2 |
IOM 3 |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
10 | 4th | 0 |
References
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1957 deaths
- People from the Province of Lecco
- Italian motorcycle racers
- 125cc World Championship riders
- 250cc World Championship riders
- 350cc World Championship riders
- Isle of Man TT riders
- Motorcycle racers killed while racing
- Sport deaths in Belgium
- European motorcycle racing biography stubs
- Italian sportspeople stubs