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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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 350cc | Norton | IOM - | NED 6 | BEL - | GER - | SWE - | ULS - | NAT - | 1 | 15th | 0 | |||||||
| 1959 | 125cc | MZ | IOM 2 | 14 | 4th | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ducati | GER - | NED - | BEL 3 | SWE - | ULS - | NAT 3 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 125cc | Honda | ESP 2 | GER 1 | NED 2 | DDR 1 | CZE 1 | FIN 2 | ULS 1 | IOM 8 | NAT 1 | JPN - | 46 | 1st | 5 |