Gilberto Parlotti

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Gilberto Parlotti
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Active years 1969 - 1972
Team(s) Benelli, Derbi, Ducati, Morbidelli, Morini, Tomos
Grands Prix 19
Championships 0
Wins 4
Podium finishes    12
Pole positions N/A
Fastest laps N/A
First Grand Prix 125cc 1969 Spanish Grand Prix
First Grand Prix win 125cc 1970 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix win 125cc 1972 French Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 125cc 1972 Isle of Man TT


Gilberto Parlotti (17 September 1940 - 9 June 1972) was born in Zero Branco, Treviso, Italy and was an Italian motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972 racing with Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tomos motor-cycles.

During the 1972 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, after winning the first two 125cc races of season in West Germany and France, Parlotti decided to race at the 1972 Isle of Man TT Races to take advantage of his main championship rival Angel Nieto's absence from the Isle of Man Mountain Course.[1] While lying in first place on the second lap during the 1972 125cc Ultra-Lightweight TT Race held in heavy rain, Gilberto Parlotti crashed his 125cc Morbidelli motor-cycle at the Verandah section on the A18 Mountain Road and died from his injuries.[2]

The death of Gilberto Parolotti helped bring about the end of the Isle of Man TT Races as a world championship event. After his death of his close friend, Giacomo Agostini announced he would never again race at the Isle of Man TT Races because he considered it unsafe to be part of the FIM World Motor-Cycle Championship. At the time, the Isle of Man TT was the most prestigious race on the world championship calendar. Other top riders joined his boycott of the event and by 1976, the event was dropped from the Grand Prix championship schedule. From 1973 any weather conditions that would not allow a rescue helicopter to take-off would lead to the race start being delayed or cancelled at any Isle of Man TT Race.[3]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins
1969 50cc Tomos ESP
8		 W.GER
6		 FRA
8		 IOM
-		 NED
3		 BEL
0		 E.GER
2		 CZE
4		 FIN
-		 ULS
-		 NAT
-		 YUG
-		 31 6th 0
1970 125cc Morbidelli W.GER
-		 YUG
-		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 E.GER
-		 CZE
15		 FIN
-		 ULS
-		 NAT
-		 ESP
-		 15 11th 1
1970 50cc Tomos W.GER
10		 FRA
-		 YUG
-		 IOM
-		 NED
5		 BEL
-		 E.GER
-		 FIN
-		 ULS
-		 NAT
-		 ESP
-		 15 9th 0
1971 125cc Morbidelli AUT
12		 W.GER
12		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 E.GER
-		 CZE
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
-		 ULS
-		 NAT
15		 ESP
-		 39 8th 1
1971 50cc Derbi AUT
-		 W.GER
-		 IOM
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 E.GER
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
12		 ULS
-		 NAT
10		 ESP
-		 22 8th 0
1972 125cc Morbidelli W.GER
15		 FRA
15		 AUT
12		 NAT
10		 IOM
DNF		 YUG
-		 NED
-		 BEL
-		 E.GER
-		 CZE
-		 SWE
-		 FIN
-		 ESP
-		 52 5th 2

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Motocourse History of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races 1907-1989 by Nick Harris pp148 (1990)(1st Edition) Hazelton Publishing ISBN 0-905138-71-6
  2. ^ Mona's Hearld pp4 dated 13th June 1972
  3. ^ Italian Racing Motor-Cycles by Mick Walker pp147 (1999)(1st Edition) Redline Books ISBN 09531311-14

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