Nello Pagani

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Nello Pagani (born Milan, October 11, 1911 - died Bresso, October 18, 2003) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He was known for his long career (from 1928 to 1955) and for becoming the first 125cc World Champion in 1949. Nello almost became a double Champion in that 1st year of the World Championship series. In the 500cc class he was officially 2nd. The series was run over 6 rounds with a riders best 3 scores to count. Englishman Les Graham on an AJS "Porcupine" twin, so called because of the spiky fins on the engine & cylinder barrel. However Pagani scored more overall points than Graham but lost the championship with 2 wins & a 3rd as his scores that counted whilst Graham had 2 wins & a second. In Formula One he participated in one Grand Prix, debuting on June 4, 1950. He scored no championship points, and came in seventh place. Incidenly the Motorcycle World Championships preceeded that for cars (Formula 1) by 1 year

[edit] Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Year	Class	Classification	Machine	Victories
1949	125cc	1st	Mondial	2
1949	500cc	2nd	Gilera	2
1950	500cc	4th	Gilera	0
1951	125cc	-	Mondial	0
1951	500cc	5th	Gilera	0
1952	500cc	8th	Gilera	0
1953	500cc	15th	Gilera	0
1954	500cc	-	MV Agusta	0
1955	500cc	20th	MV Agusta	0