Giacommo Agostini
Italian motorcycle racer · Italy · On the map · Athletes · Born 1942 · age 84
Giacomo Agostini is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championships from 1963 to 1977, most prominently as a member of the MV Agusta factory racing team.
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Agostini (3) pursued by Jim Redman (2) during the 1966 500cc Dutch TT.
Agostini (1) and Mike Hailwood (2) dueling during the 1967 500cc Dutch TT.
Mike Hailwood (L) and Agostini at the 1967 Dutch TT
Jarno Saarinen in 1970.
Agostini at the 1972 Dutch TT.
Agostini (3) riding a Yamaha YZR500 to victory in the 1974 Dutch TT.
Agostini on the 350cc MV Agusta during practice for the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.Awards
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Agostini was the preeminent motorcycle racer of the late 1960s and early 1970s, amassing 122 Grand Prix victories and 15 World Championships, the most by any competitor in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. He won seven consecutive 500cc World Championships with MV Agusta between 1966 and 1972, plus seven consecutive 350cc world championships between 1968 and 1974. Agostini was also a ten-time winner of the Isle of Man TT.
