Luigi Taveri

Swiss motorcycle rider

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Swiss motorcycle rider

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Switzerland

Motorcycle racer

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Gender

Male

Birth

19 September 1929, Horgen

Age

95 years

Star sign

Virgo

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Biography

Luigi Taveri (born 19 September 1929 in Horgen) is a Swiss former motorcycle road racer. He was three times world champion in the 125 cc class of the Grand Prix road racing championship, in 1962, 1964, and 1966.
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.
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

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

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