Nello Pagani

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Nello Pagani

Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1949 - 1955
Team(s)	Gilera, Mondial, MV Agusta
Grands Prix	22
Championships	1949 - 125cc
Wins	4
Podium finishes	11
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Grand Prix	1949 125cc Swiss Grand Prix
First win	1949 125cc Swiss Grand Prix
Last win	1949 500cc Nations Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1955 500cc Spanish Grand Prix

Nello Pagani
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1950
Team(s)	Scuderia Achille Varzi (Maserati)
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1950 Swiss Grand Prix
Last race	1950 Swiss Grand Prix

Cirillo "Nello" Pagani (October 11, 1911 - October 19, 2003) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He was born in Milan, Lombardy, and died in Bresso.

He is known for his long career (from 1928 to 1955) and for becoming the first 125cc World Champion in the inaugural 1949 campaign. He almost became a double Champion in that first year of the World Championship series. In the 500cc class he was officially runner-up. The series was run over six rounds with a rider's 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, was Pagani's main rival. Although Pagani scored more overall points than Graham, he lost the championship with two wins and a third place as his scores that counted, whilst Graham had two wins and a second.

Pagani's car racing exploits resulted in wins at the Grand Prix de Pau in 1947 and 1948, before his single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on June 4, 1950. He came in seventh place and scored no championship points. He also finished fourth in the Modena Grand Prix that year.

Incidentally, the Motorcycle World Championships preceded 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

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	WDC	Points
1950	Scuderia Achille Varzi	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati Straight-4	GBR	MON	500	SUI 7	BEL	FRA	ITA	-	0