Luigi Taveri

Taveri made his world championship debut in the 1954 season, racing in the 500 cc class on an Norton motorcycle. In 1955, he took his first win in the 125 cc race at the Spanish Grand Prix. He took one more win in 1955, in the 250 cc class at the Dutch TT. He participated in the Isle of Man TT on several occasions from 1955 to 1966 with three victories and several second placing amongst his results.^[2]^[3]

During his career he rode for MV Agusta, and became a works rider for Ducati, MZ, Kreidler and in 1961 for Honda.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results^[4]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1954	250cc	Moto Guzzi	FRA -	IOM -	ULS -		NED -	GER -	SUI 4	NAT -						3	13	0
1954	500cc	Norton	FRA 4	IOM -	ULS -	BEL -	NED 8	GER -	SUI -	NAT -	ESP -					3	17	0
1955	125cc	MV Agusta	ESP 1	FRA 2	IOM 2	GER 2	NED -		NAT -							26	2nd	1
1955	250cc	MV Agusta			IOM -	GER 4	NED 1	ULS -	NAT -							11	4th	1
1956	125cc	MV Agusta	IOM -	NED 2	BEL 4	GER -	ULS -	NAT 4								12	3rd	0
1956	250cc	MV Agusta	IOM -	NED 2	BEL 2	GER 2	ULS 1	NAT 4								26	2nd	1
1957	125cc	MV Agusta	GER 5	IOM 3	NED 3	BEL 2	ULS 1	NAT 3								22	2nd	1
1957	250cc	MV Agusta	GER 5	IOM 2	NED -	BEL -	ULS -	NAT -								8	7th	0
1958	125cc	Ducati	IOM -	NED 2	BEL 6	GER -	SWE 2	ULS 2	NAT 5							20	3rd	0
1958	350cc	Norton	IOM -	NED 6	BEL -	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -							1	15th	0
1959	125cc	MZ	IOM 2													14	4th	0
	125cc	Ducati		GER -	NED -	BEL 3	SWE -	ULS -	NAT 3							14	4th	0
	250cc	MZ	IOM -	GER -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT 5							2	13th	0
1960	125cc	MV Agusta	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -		ULS 5	NAT -								6	6th	0
1960	250cc	MV Agusta	IOM 8	NED 3	BEL 3	GER 5	ULS 6	NAT -								11	3rd	0
1961	125cc	Honda	ESP -	GER 5	FRA 5	IOM 2	NED -	BEL 1	DDR NC	ULS 6	NAT 3	SWE 1	ARG -			30	3rd	2
1961	250cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE 2	ARG -			6	10th	0
1962	50cc	Honda	ESP 3	FRA 3	IOM 2	NED 9	BEL 3	GER 4		DDR 4	NAT 6	FIN 1	ARG -			29	3rd	1
	125cc	Honda	ESP 3	FRA 4	IOM 1	NED 1	BEL 1	GER 1	ULS 1	DDR 1	NAT 2	FIN 2	ARG -			48	1st	6
	250cc	Honda	ESP -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 3	GER -	ULS 3	DDR -	NAT NC		ARG -			8	8th	0
1963	50cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -			FIN -		ARG -	JPN 1		8	8th	1
	125cc	Honda	ESP 1	GER 4	FRA 3	IOM 4	NED 3	BEL 3	ULS 3	DDR 4	FIN 2	NAT 1	ARG NC	JPN NC		38	2nd	2
	250cc	Honda	ESP 5	GER NC		IOM NC	NED NC	BEL 4	ULS NC	DDR 5		NAT 3	ARG -	JPN 5		13	5th	0
	350cc	Honda		GER -		IOM -	NED 3		ULS 3	DDR 2	FIN 5	NAT NC				16	3rd	0
1964	50cc	Honda	USA -	ESP 6	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -			FIN 3		JPN -		5	7th	0
	125cc	Honda	USA -	ESP 1	FRA 1	IOM 1	NED -		GER 2	DDR 2	ULS 2	FIN 1	NAT 1	JPN 2		46	1st	5
	250cc	Honda	USA -	ESP NC	FRA 2	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER 6	DDR -	ULS NC		NAT 6	JPN 4		11	6th	0
1965	50cc	Honda	USA -	GER 2	ESP 4	FRA 2	IOM 1	NED 3	BEL 3						JPN 1	32	2nd	2
1965	125cc	Honda	USA -	GER NC	ESP NC	FRA NC	IOM 2	NED 5		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN 2	14	5th	0
1966	50cc	Honda	ESP 1	GER 4	NED 1					IOM 2	NAT 3	JPN -				26	3rd	2
1966	125cc	Honda	ESP 2	GER 1	NED 2	DDR 1	CZE 1	FIN 2	ULS 1	IOM 8	NAT 1	JPN -				46	1st	5

References

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125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – N. Pagani

1950 – B. Ruffo
1951 – C. Ubbiali
1952 – C. Sandford
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – R. Hollaus
1955 – C. Ubbiali
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – T. Provini
1958 – C. Ubbiali
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – T. Phillis
1962 – L. Taveri
1963 – H. Anderson
1964 – L. Taveri
1965 – H. Anderson
1966 – L. Taveri
1967 – B. Ivy
1968 – P. Read
1969 – D. Simmonds

1970 – D. Braun
1971 – Á. Nieto
1972 – Á. Nieto
1973 – K. Andersson
1974 – K. Andersson
1975 – P. Pileri
1976 – P. Bianchi
1977 – P. Bianchi
1978 – E. Lazzarini
1979 – Á. Nieto

1980 – P. Bianchi
1981 – Á. Nieto
1982 – Á. Nieto
1983 – Á. Nieto
1984 – Á. Nieto
1985 – F. Gresini
1986 – L. Cadalora
1987 – F. Gresini
1988 – J. Martínez
1989 – À. Crivillé

1990 – L. Capirossi
1991 – L. Capirossi
1992 – A. Gramigni
1993 – D. Raudies
1994 – K. Sakata
1995 – H. Aoki
1996 – H. Aoki
1997 – V. Rossi
1998 – K. Sakata
1999 – E. Alzamora

2000 – R. Locatelli
2001 – M. Poggiali
2002 – A. Vincent
2003 – D. Pedrosa
2004 – A. Dovizioso
2005 – T. Lüthi
2006 – Á. Bautista
2007 – G. Talmácsi
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol
2012 – S. Cortese
2013 – M. Viñales
2014 – Á. Márquez
2015 – D. Kent
2016 – B. Binder

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Luigi Taveri

Motorcycle Grand Prix results[4]

References

Motorcycle Grand Prix results^[4]