Roberto Colombo (motorcyclist)
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Casatenovo, Italy | 5 January 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 July 1957 Francorchamps, Belgium | (aged 30)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roberto Colombo (5 January 1927 in Casatenovo – 6 July 1957 in Francorchamps) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the MV Agusta factory racing team. His best seasons were 1956 and 1957 when he finished fourth in the 250cc world championship. Colombo was killed during practice for the 1957 Belgian Grand Prix.[1][2]
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1952 | 250cc | NSU | SUI - |
IOM - |
NED - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT 5 |
ESP - |
2 | 16th | 0 | |
1954 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
ULS - |
NED - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP 2 |
6 | 9th | 0 | ||
250cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA - |
IOM - |
ULS - |
NED - |
GER - |
SUI 5 |
NAT 4 |
5 | 8th | 0 | ||
1955 | 350cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA 3 |
IOM - |
GER - |
BEL 5 |
NED - |
ULS - |
NAT 6 |
7 | 10th | 0 | |
1956 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | - | 0 | ||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM 2 |
NED 4 |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
9 | 4th | 0 | |||
350cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT 3 |
4 | 11th | 0 | |||
1957 | 125cc | MV Agusta | GER 3 |
IOM 6 |
NED 2 |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
11 | 5th | 0 | ||
250cc | MV Agusta | GER 2 |
IOM 3 |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
10 | 4th | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Colombo career profile at Motorsport Memorial
- ^ "Classic Motorcycling Memorial Tribute". Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ Roberto Colombo career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ Roberto Colombo Isle of Man TT statistics
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1957 deaths
- Sportspeople from the Province of Lecco
- Italian motorcycle racers
- 125cc World Championship riders
- 250cc World Championship riders
- 350cc World Championship riders
- Isle of Man TT riders
- Motorcycle racers who died while racing
- Sport deaths in Belgium
- European motorcycle racing biography stubs
- Italian sportspeople stubs