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Name | Giacomo Agostini |
Caption | Agostini at the 2010 Dutch TT, where he rode a Yamaha YZR500 and a Yamaha YZR-M1. |
Nationality | IT Italian |
Birth Date | 16 June 1942(age 74) |
Birth Place | Brescia, Lombardy |
GP Active Years | 1964 - 1977 |
GP Teams | MV Agusta, Yamaha, Suzuki |
GP Championships | 350cc - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 500cc - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975 |
GP Race Starts | 186 |
GP Race Wins | 122 |
GP Podiums | 159 |
GP Total Points | 1493 |
GP Poles | 9 |
GP Fastest Laps | 117 |
GP First Win | 1965 350cc German Grand Prix |
GP Last Win | 1976 500cc German Grand Prix |
GP First Race | 1964 250cc German Grand Prix |
GP Last Race | 1977 500cc British Grand Prix |
TT Contested | 8 (1965 - 1972) |
TT Wins | 10 |
TT First Win | 1966 Junior TT |
TT Last Win | 1972 Senior TT |
TT Podiums | 13 |
| Active years | 1979-1980 | Races | 23 | Championships | 0 | Wins | 0 | Podium finishes | 7 | Career points | 41 | Pole positions | 0 | Fastest laps | 0 | BF1 Years | 1979-1980 |
BF1 Races | 23 |
BF1 Championships | 0 |
BF1 Wins | 0 |
BF1 Podiums | 7 |
BF1 Points | 41 |
BF1 Poles | 0 |
BF1 Fastest Laps | 0 |
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Giacomo Agostini (born 16 June 1942 in Brescia, Lombardy) is an Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Nicknamed Ago, he is the all-time leader in victories in motorcycle Grand Prix history, with 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championships titles. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500cc class, the rest in the 350cc class.
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