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Eugenio Lazzarini (born 26 March 1945) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.
Lazzarini began his Grand Prix career in 1969 in the 250 class on a Benelli. He won his first Grand Prix at the 1973 Dutch TT on a Maico. He captured the FIM 1978 125cc world championship riding an MBA. He followed that up with two 50cc world championships in 1979 and 1980 riding a Kreidler. His riding career spanned 15 seasons. [1]
Points system from 1969 onwards:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1969 | 50cc | Derbi | ESP - | GER - | FRA - | NED 10 | BEL - | DDR 6 | CZE - | ULS - | NAT - | YUG - | 6 | 21st | 0 | ||||
250cc | Benelli | ESP - | GER - | FRA 7 | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | ULS - | NAT - | YUG - | 4 | 33rd | 0 | |||
1970 | 50cc | Morbidelli | GER 5 | FRA 8 | YUG - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | ULS - | NAT - | ESP - | 9 | 12th | 0 | ||||
125cc | Morbidelli | GER - | FRA 6 | YUG - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE - | FIN - | NAT - | ESP - | 5 | 31st | 0 | ||||
1971 | 125cc | Maico | AUT - | GER - | IOM - | NED - | BEL 9 | DDR - | CZE - | SWE - | FIN - | NAT 10 | ESP - | 3 | 32nd | 0 | |||
1972 | 125cc | Maico | GER - | FRA - | AUT 6 | NAT 5 | IOM - | YUG 4 | NED - | BEL 8 | DDR - | CZE - | SWE - | FIN - | ESP - | 22 | 11th | 0 | |
1973 | 125cc | Piovaticci | FRA 4 | NAT 3 | IOM - | YUG 4 | ESP 4 | 59 | 5th | 1 | |||||||||
Maico | AUT 5 | GER - | NED 1 | BEL - | CZE 7 | SWE 8 | FIN - | ||||||||||||
1974 | 125cc | Piovaticci | FRA - | GER - | AUT - | NAT 7 | NED - | BEL 6 | SWE - | CZE - | YUG - | ESP - | 9 | 20th | 0 | ||||
1975 | 50cc | Piovaticci | ESP 4 | GER 2 | NAT 2 | NED 3 | BEL 3 | SWE 1 | FIN 2 | YUG - | 61 | 2nd | 1 | ||||||
125cc | Piovaticci | FRA 4 | ESP 8 | AUT - | GER 10 | NAT 8 | NED - | BEL 5 | SWE 3 | CZE 3 | YUG 3 | 47 | 5th | 0 | |||||
1976 | 50cc | Morbidelli | FRA 8 | NAT 2 | YUG - | NED 4 | BEL 4 | SWE 3 | FIN 3 | GER - | ESP 3 | 53 | 4th | 0 | |||||
125cc | Morbidelli | AUT - | NAT 5 | YUG 8 | NED 8 | BEL 3 | SWE 2 | FIN 10 | GER - | ESP 8 | 26 | 7th | 0 | ||||||
1977 | 50cc | Kreidler | GER 2 | NAT 1 | ESP 2 | YUG - | NED 4 | BEL 1 | SWE 3 | 72 | 2nd | 2 | |||||||
125cc | Morbidelli | VEN - | AUT 1 | GER 2 | NAT 2 | ESP 2 | FRA 2 | YUG - | NED - | BEL 4 | SWE 3 | FIN 2 | GBR 2 | 105 | 2nd | 1 | |||
1978 | 50cc | Kreidler | ESP 1 | NAT - | NED 1 | BEL 2 | GER 3 | CZE - | YUG 2 | 64 | 2nd | 2 | |||||||
125cc | MBA | VEN 2 | ESP 1 | AUT 1 | FRA 2 | NAT 1 | NED 1 | BEL 6 | SWE - | FIN 2 | GBR 3 | GER 8 | YUG - | 114 | 1st | 4 | |||
1979 | 50cc | Kreidler | GER - | NAT 1 | ESP 1 | YUG 1 | NED 1 | BEL - | FRA 1 | 75 | 1st | 5 | |||||||
125cc | MBA | VEN - | AUT 5 | GER 6 | NAT 6 | ESP - | YUG - | NED - | BEL - | SWE 5 | FIN - | GBR - | CZE - | FRA - | 22 | 15th | 0 | ||
1980 | 50cc | Iprem | NAT 1 | ESP 1 | YUG 3 | NED 3 | BEL 2 | GER 2 | 74 | 1st | 2 | ||||||||
125cc | MBA | NAT - | ESP - | FRA 9 | YUG - | NED - | BEL - | FIN - | GBR 5 | CZE - | GER - | 8 | 17th | 0 | |||||
1981 | 125cc | Iprem | ARG - | AUT 4 | GER - | NAT - | FRA - | ESP - | YUG - | NED - | RSM - | GBR - | FIN - | SWE - | CZE - | 8 | 18th | 0 | |
1982 | 50cc | Garelli | ESP 2 | NAT 2 | NED - | YUG 1 | RSM 1 | GER 1 | 69 | 2nd | 3 | ||||||||
125cc | Garelli | ARG 8 | AUT - | FRA - | ESP 2 | NAT - | NED 2 | BEL 2 | YUG 1 | GBR 4 | SWE 2 | FIN 5 | CZE 1 | 95 | 2nd | 2 | |||
1983 | 50cc | Garelli | FRA 2 | NAT 1 | GER 2 | ESP 1 | YUG 1 | NED - | RSM - | 69 | 2nd | 3 | |||||||
125cc | Garelli | FRA NC | NAT 2 | GER 2 | ESP 2 | AUT 2 | YUG - | NED 7 | BEL 1 | GBR - | SWE - | RSM - | 67 | 3rd | 1 | ||||
1984 | 125cc | Garelli | NAT 3 | ESP 2 | GER 3 | FRA 2 | NED 2 | GBR NC | SWE 3 | RSM 2 | 78 | 2nd | 0 | ||||||
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