Tarquinio Provini

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**Tarquinio Provini**
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1954 - 1966
Team(s)	Mondial, MV Agusta, Moto Morini, Benelli
Grands Prix	50
Championships	125cc - 1957 250cc - 1958
Wins	20
Podium finishes	39
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Grand Prix	1954 125cc Nations Grand Prix
First win	1954 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last win	1965 250cc Nations Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1966 350cc West German Grand Prix

Tarquinio Provini (born May 29, 1933 in Roveleto di Cadeo, Italy - January 6, 2005 in Bologna) was a World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was also a four-time Isle of Man TT winner and won 13 Italian national championships.

He was born the son of a garage owner and grew up around engines and machinery. He began riding motorcycles at the age of 10. He began racing in 1949 despite being too young by using his uncle's name on his racing license. In 1954, he won the Motogiro of Italy. He moved up to Grand Prix competition in the middle of the 1954 season and won the Spanish Grand Prix at the end of the year. He won the 1957 FIM 125cc World Championship riding for the Italian Mondial factory. In 1958, he won the 250cc World Championship for MV Agusta.

In 1966, he suffered a serious crash at the Isle of Man TT that broke his back. He would suffer paralyzing injuries and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He redirected his energies and cofounded the Protar company which specialized in making scale models outside of Bologna.

[edit] Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Year	Class	Classification	Machine	Victories
1954	125cc	4th	Mondial	1
1955	125cc	9th	Mondial	0
1956	125cc	4th	Mondial	0
1957	125cc	1st	Mondial	3
1957	250cc	2nd	Mondial	2
1958	125cc	4th	MV Agusta	0
1958	250cc	1st	MV Agusta	4
1959	125cc	2nd	MV Agusta	2
1959	250cc	2nd	MV Agusta	2
1960	250cc	9th	Moto Morini	0
1961	250cc	6th	Moto Morini	0
1962	250cc	5th	Moto Morini	0
1963	250cc	2nd	Moto Morini	4
1964	50 cc	13th	Kreidler	0
1964	250cc	5th	Benelli	1
1965	250cc	7th	Benelli	1
1964	350cc	13th	Benelli	0
1965	350cc	11th	Benelli	0