Libero Liberati
Libero Liberati | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Liberati racing in 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-09-20)20 September 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 March 1962(1962-03-05) (aged 35) Terni, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Libero Liberati (20 September 1926 – 5 March 1962) was an Italian motorcycle racer and the 1957 500cc Grand Prix World Champion.[1]
Liberati was born in Terni. He became famous in his country, winning the Italian championship in 1948. Two years later Moto Guzzi called him to race in the 500cc World Championship, where he took part in a single race. The same happened the following year with Gilera. Liberati scored his first points in the World Championship in 1953, and his first race victory came in 1956 in the 350cc class.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gilera%27s_Liberati_and_Duke_at_1956_Nations_GP.jpg/220px-Gilera%27s_Liberati_and_Duke_at_1956_Nations_GP.jpg)
In 1957, Liberati won the 500cc World Championship, scoring a total of four victories.[1] He also won a race in the 350cc class. However, at the end of the season, a dispute with the Gilera factory left him without a ride. Two years later Moto Morini gave him the opportunity to race again, this time in the 250cc class.
On 5 March 1962, Liberati died from an accident, after he slipped on the wet road, violently hitting his head, during a training session on the Strada statale 209 Valnerina [it].
Motorcycle Grand Prix results[1]
Points system from 1950 to 1968 | |
---|---|
Position | Points |
1 | 8 |
2 | 6 |
3 | 4 |
4 | 3 |
5 | 2 |
6 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | Rank | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | 500cc | Gilera | SUI 7 | IOM - | NED 8 | BEL - | GER - | ULS - | NAT 8 | ESP - | 0 | — | 0 | |
1953 | 500cc | Gilera | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | GER - | FRA - | ULS - | SUI - | NAT 3 | ESP - | 4 | 12th | 0 |
1955 | 500cc | Gilera | ESP - | FRA 2 | IOM - | GER - | BEL - | NED - | ULS - | NAT - | 6 | 7th | 0 | |
1956 | 350cc | Gilera | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | GER - | ULS - | NAT 1 | 8 | 7th | 1 | |||
500cc | Gilera | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | GER - | ULS - | NAT 2 | 6 | 8th | 0 | ||||
1957 | 350cc | Gilera | GER 1 | IOM - | NED 3 | BEL 2 | ULS 3 | NAT 3 | 22 | 2nd | 1 | |||
500cc | Gilera | GER 1 | IOM - | NED 2 | BEL 1 | ULS 1 | NAT 1 | 32 | 1st | 4 | ||||
1959 | 250cc | Moto Morini | IOM - | GER 4 | NED - | BEL - | SWE - | ULS - | NAT - | 3 | 12th | 0 |
References
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- ^ a b c d Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com
Preceded by | 500cc Motorcycle World Champion 1957 | Succeeded by |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This Italian biographical article related to motorcycle racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e