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August 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM. Manx Grand Prix. A motorbike racer has died following injuries he sustained during a qualifying session for the 2024 Manx Grand Prix, organizers confirmed Sunday. Irish ...
Eight Grand Prix motorcycle racing champions have died while racing or practicing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing: Dario Ambrosini in 1951, Leslie Graham in 1953, Rupert Hollaus in 1954, Tom Phillis in 1962, Bill Ivy in 1969, Jarno Saarinen in 1973, Daijiro Kato in 2003, and Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Hollaus is often credited as the only rider ...
Anthony Gobert. Anthony Stephen Gobert (5 March 1975 – 17 January 2024) was an Australian professional motorcycle road racer, nicknamed The Go Show. [1] He was a rider of immense promise and talent who had his career derailed by a personal struggle with alcohol and drug abuse. [2] Winning the final leg of the 1994 season at Phillip Island, he ...
John "Hopper" Hopkins (born May 22, 1983) [citation needed] is a former motorcycle road racer based in the United States. During 2017 he raced in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale for Moto Rapido Racing, [1] but suffered injuries from a crash at the season-finale race meeting in October, meaning he could not participate during 2018.
Courtesy of Paseo Tuerca/Instagram Motorbike racer Lorenzo Somaschini died on Monday, June 17, following a fatal crash during a practice round at the Honda Junior Cup in Brazil. SuperBike Brazil ...
Fabio Quartararo. Fabio Alain Quartararo[1] (pronounced [kwartaˈraːro]; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in the premier class' history.
Jason Dupasquier (French pronunciation: [dʒɛzɔn dypaskje]; 7 September 2001 – 30 May 2021) was a Swiss motorcycle rider who competed in the Moto3 class in the motorcycle world championship until his death after a crash during qualifying at the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix. [1][2] He was the son of Motocross rider Philippe Dupasquier. [3]
Giacomo Agostini. Giacomo Agostini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo aɡoˈstiːni]; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. [1] Nicknamed Ago, he amassed 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championship titles. [2] Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 cc class, the rest in the 350 cc class. [2]