The 1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 25th F.I.M. 1973 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 350 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 50 cc Roadracing World Championship final standingsThe 250cc race was stopped, following an accident on the first lap that resulted in the deaths of 1973 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 350 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings1973 50 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings Riders rode through the blinding inferno at high speed, trying but mostly failing to avoid the fallen. Road Racing World Championship season. Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. He was famous for positioning his handlebars at an unusually steep angle, which he claimed helped him to control slides. Motorcycle racing changed forever at 3.17pm on May 20, 1973. There’s a picture of me coming out of the flames with Pasolini lying right across the road and I ran straight into him.“It was like what happened when Marco Simoncelli was killed (during the 2011 Malaysian GP), except there was no fire at Sepang. What we wanted was something that would gradually collapse to slow riders after they’d crashed, which meant good old hay bales. Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. Season summary. His skills inspired Kenny Roberts to do what he did: drag his knees and ride sideways.“I started hanging off at Ontario Motor Speedway in 1972,” recalls Roberts. If he had lived, would Phil Read have won the 1973 and 1974 500 world titles on the MV Agusta? Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Something had to be done to improve safety.“As long as tracks like Monza are used, the rider’s life isn’t worth more than that of a mouse in a mousetrap – nothing,” said Braun after that fateful day. For bike racers, however, the cold steel rails were every bit as dangerous as a dry-stone wall on the Isle of Man. The foundation of the Fédération … The race was held exclusively at Monza for the first 23 years of its existence. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Saarinen on his way to the 1972 250cc world championship The situation can never be perfect but it’s about as close as it can get.”A few weeks after Saarinen’s death, Yamaha published its own (rather hurried and lightweight) investigation into the Monza accident. From 1949 to 1990 the event was known by the Italian: Gran Premio Delle Nazioni (Nations Grand Prix). 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP InsightMotoGP rivals rock and roll when it comes to high-profile splits. 22 avril 1973. Saarinen and Pasolini were dead.And yet in spite of this scene of horror no warning flags were shown and the race wasn’t stopped. The start of the Monza multiple pile-up that claimed the lives of Saarinen and Pasolini So I watched Jarno – he leaned off the bike with his knee out, so I leaned off and all of a sudden I didn’t have that bad feeling.”Finnish ice racers like Saarinen made an earlier impact in GPs than American dirt trackers like Roberts and Freddie Spencer. Now, when someone like Hermann Tilke [creator of Sepang, Shanghai, Austin and other tracks] designs a new circuit, they incorporate what we want for bikes. Jim Pomeroy riding a privateer Bultaco, became the first American rider to win an … Jarno Saarinen was a genius, a game-changer and all set to become an all-time great.

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Although a flaky two-stroke caused the Monza pile-up the accident might not have proved fatal if the circuit hadn’t been ringed by Armco. 250MX. There were worse places than Monza – Salzburgring was the worst because the track was completely ringed by barriers.”In 1977 the Salzburgring was still encircled by Armco when a massive Monza-style pile-up left one rider dead and several seriously injured, including 1982 500 World Champion Franco Uncini, who is now MotoGP’s safety officer.Although safety didn’t improve overnight, perhaps Monza was the start of the long road towards today’s much safer circuits. But unnecessary and senseless danger can, and should be, eliminated as a duty to the competitors.” 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP InsightMotoGP rivals rock and roll when it comes to high-profile splits. It was one of the original rounds of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar. Many of the survivors kept racing, threading their way through the chaosFuel tanks were ruptured, sparks flew and a ball of fame engulfed the circuit, setting alight the hay bales uselessly lining the Armco. C'est la 39 e édition du Grand Prix moto de France et la 17 e édition comptant pour le championnat du monde.