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Nationality | Venezuelan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alba Adriatica, Italy | 2 January 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 May 1989 Hockenheim, Germany | (aged 27)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iván Palazzese (2 January 1962 – 28 May 1989) was an Italian born Venezuelan professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix road racing world championships from 1977 to 1989.[1] In 1977, he became the youngest person at the time to stand on a Grand Prix podium, when he finished third behind Angel Nieto and Anton Mang at the 125cc Venezuelan Grand Prix at the age of 15.[2]
Motorcycle racing career
Palazzese was born in Alba Adriatica in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy.[3] His family emigrated to Venezuela when he was a child and he became a Venezuelan citizen.[3] Palazzese began his racing career as a teenager, riding a Morbidelli 125 at the San Carlos Circuit.
He returned to Europe to compete in the Grand Prix world championships as a member of the Venemotos Yamaha racing team alongside his teammates, Johnny Cecotto and Carlos Lavado.[3] Palazzese had his best year in 1982 when he won two 125cc Grands Prix and finished the season in third place, behind Angel Nieto and Eugenio Lazzarini.[1] At the 1983 Dutch TT, Lavado and Palazzese finished in first and second place marking the first time that Venezuelan riders had claimed the top two places in a world championship Grand Prix race.[4][5]
Palazzese was killed in a racing accident at the 1989 German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring.[3] He was closely following Andreas Preining when the latter's motorcycle engine seized and abruptly slowed, causing Palazzese to collide with Preining and subsequently crash.[3] While Palazzese was picking himself up off the ground, he was struck by riders Bruno Bonhuil and Fabio Barchitta who both crashed.[3] It was fellow rider Virginio Ferrari who stopped his bike and first came to Palazzese's aid, but Palazzese was already dead having sustained massive chest injuries.[3][6] He was 27 years old.
There is a monument erected in his honor in the Italian city of Alba Adriatica, where Palazzese was born.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
Source:[1]
Points system from 1968 to 1987
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1992
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | 125cc | Morbidelli | VEN 3 |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
FRA - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR - |
10 | 16th | 0 | |||
1980 | 125cc | Morbidelli | NAT 6 |
ESP 2 |
FRA - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FIN - |
GBR 4 |
CZE 8 |
GER - |
28 | 7th | 0 | |||||
1981 | 125cc | Morbidelli | ARG RET |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
FRA 7 |
ESP 2 |
YUG 6 |
NED 5 |
RSM RET |
GBR - |
FIN - |
SWE 3 |
CZE - |
37 | 7th | 0 | ||
1982 | 125cc | Morbidelli | ARG 5 |
AUT RET |
FRA - |
ESP RET |
NAT - |
NED 6 |
BEL RET |
YUG 5 |
GBR 5 |
SWE 1 |
FIN 1 |
CZE 2 |
75 | 3rd | 2 | |||
1983 | 250cc | Venemotos Yamaha | RSA 10 |
FRA 14 |
NAT 8 |
GER RET |
ESP 10 |
AUT 18 |
YUG RET |
NED 2 |
BEL 8 |
GBR 16 |
SWE 15 |
20 | 13th | 0 | ||||
1984 | 250cc | Venemotos Yamaha | RSA 8 |
NAT RET |
ESP RET |
AUT - |
GER RET |
FRA DNQ |
YUG 6 |
NED 20 |
BEL 4 |
GBR DNS |
SWE 16 |
RSM 12 |
16 | 15th | 0 | |||
1985 | 250cc | Venemotos Yamaha | RSA 14 |
ESP 17 |
GER RET |
NAT 16 |
AUT RET |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM - |
0 | - | 0 | |||
1986 | 250cc | Rotax | ESP - |
NAT 20 |
GER - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM - |
0 | - | 0 | ||||
1987 | 250cc | F.M.V. Yamaha | JPN - |
ESP - |
GER - |
NAT - |
AUT - |
YUG 10 |
NED - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE 8 |
RSM 12 |
POR - |
BRA - |
ARG - |
16 | 9th | 0 |
1988 | 250cc | Team Manoca-Yamaha | JPN - |
USA - |
ESP - |
EXP 21 |
NAT - |
GER - |
AUT 9 |
NED 13 |
BEL - |
YUG - |
FRA - |
GBR 11 |
SWE 6 |
CZE 17 |
BRA - |
25 | 18th | 0 |
1989 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN - |
AUS 18 |
USA 11 |
ESP 11 |
NAT 7 |
GER - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
BRA - |
19 | 22nd | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c "Ivan Palazzese". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. (1999)(1st Ed). Hazelton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ^ a b c d e f g "Iván Palazzese at Motorsport Memorial". motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Clifford, Peter (1983), Motocourse 1983-1984, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-905138-26-0,
Anyway, it was the first one-two Grand Prix for Venezuela.
- ^ "1983 250cc Dutch TT results". MotoGP.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Motorcycling". The Glasgow Herald. May 29, 1989. p. 19.
- 1962 births
- 1989 deaths
- Venezuelan motorcycle racers
- Venezuelan people of Italian descent
- 125cc World Championship riders
- 250cc World Championship riders
- Italian emigrants to Venezuela
- Motorcycle racers who died while racing
- Sportspeople from the Province of Teramo
- Sport deaths in Germany
- Filmed deaths in motorsport