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Leon Haslam
Leon Haslam * 31. Mai 1983 in London, England) ist ein britischer Motorradrennfahrer.
In der Saison 2009 geht er für das Team Stiggy Racing Honda auf einer Honda CBR1000RR in der Superbike-Weltmeisterschaftan den Start.
Er ist der Sohn von Ron Haslam, der u. a. dreimal TT-Weltmeister wurde und 106 Motorrad-Grands-Prix bestritt. In Anlehnung an seinen Vater, der wegen seiner oft sehr guten Starts den Spitznamen Rockt Ron erhielt, wird Leon Haslam Pocket Rocket genannt.
Karriere
Anfänge
The ‘Pocket Rocket’, 23-year-old Leon Haslam has been on the British scene for a decade, and was a world championship rider before turning 17. In his fourth Superbike year, he is therefore more experienced than most of his senior rivals and, as well as his abundant talent, can draw on the knowledge of father ‘Rocket’ Ron - a GP regular for eight years. Leon’s career to date has taken him to all levels of the sport on the world stage, and has seen him as an international podium finisher in Superbikes, and a frequent race winner in the same class back at home. The runner-up in 2006, he will be a definite contender in 2007
1991 Made schoolboy motocross début
1995 National Youth Motocross Champion
1996 National Youth Motocross Champion
1997 Gilera Scooter National Champion - 12 wins from 16 races; Honda CB500 Newcomers Cup - won the only race he entered, at the British GP meeting
1998 7th in British 125cc championship at age 15, with number 19 Honda RS125 for Honda Britain - won Knockhill, two fastest laps; 17th in 125cc Grand Prix début as wildcard at Donington Park, riding number 80
1999 5th in British 125cc championship, with number 19 Honda RS125 - four podiums, won Silverstone; British Under-23 125cc Champion; 4th in Spanish 125cc championship; 125cc GP wildcard at home - 19th riding with the number 72
2000 Italjet Moto / PRD Italjet, number 24 Italjet Leon embarked on his first year of 125cc Grands Prix at the age of 16, joining Italjet on their return to racing. The bike had plenty of technical issues, but a wet weather race in Catalunya allowed him to get into the points for the only time, with tenth, and this amounted to 27th in the final table He also took the same machine to 7th in the British 125cc championship, with three wins from four races in the series
2001 Shell Advance Honda, number 9 Honda For his second GP year, Leon moved straight to the 500cc class, with the V-twin NSR Honda. He had the pace to beat the other twin riders, but found the equivalent V4 machine more of a handful after team-mate Chris Walker was dropped. The answer was to go back to the twin again, recording 11th in Brazil to add to four other points scores. His total of 13 gave him 19th overall
2002 Cibertel Honda BQR, number 19 Honda A year in the 250s was not much easier for Leon, with his Honda not one of the more competitive machines out there. Even with a fall in the race, rain in Portugal allowed him to take his best result with seventh, and four other points results gave him 19 in total, for 18th in the table
2003 Renegade Ducati, number 91 Ducati Leon started the year for Renegade with the number 19 Ducati 749 in British Supersport, recording three fourths and second at Knockhill. When Superbike colleague Sean Emmett was dropped, Leon was promoted to the 998 for the last six rounds. He was a top eight regular, with a fourth at Cadwell Park and two fifths. His two half-seasons left him eleventh in both championships, and with 98 Superbike points Also raced at three events as a World Superbike wildcard, always qualifying on the third row, with a racing best of sixth twice, and scoring 35 points
2004 Renegade Ducati Koji, number 91 Ducati Leon had done well and was retained by his team as they moved into the World Superbike arena, with experienced Noriyuki Haga as team leader. The Englishman started by qualifying on the front row twice, but his bike then failed when leading in Australia on lap one. However, he had started out with a fifth place, and regular top fives followed across Europe, including two fourths and a third in Germany. 169 points gave him an excellent eighth overall with the 999 RS 04 machinery Also raced as a wildcard in the British series, also with number 91, taking his Pirelli-shod bike to victory in a rain-affected Brands Hatch meeting. 19th overall with three finishes from four rides
2005 Airwaves Ducati, number 91 Ducati Leon got one of the best bikes as he returned to British Superbikes with the re-formed GSE Racing team. Expected team leader James Haydon could not start the season through injury, and Haslam took over with pole position for the first event. He took the Ducati 999 F04’s first UK win at Oulton Park, defeating the HM Plant Hondas for the first time, but by then new team-mate Gregorio Lavilla had beaten him home several times. The Spaniard would record several victories, and Haslam came on strong in the second half of the season, winning twice more but also running back up as Lavilla won the crown. Nineteen times in the top five meant 350 points and fourth overall, and three poles helped him to be the year’s best qualifier
2006 Airwaves Ducati, number 91 Ducati For the longest time, Leon went without a win in the 2006 season - but he was on the podium fourteen times from his first sixteen starts. Then he came through in difficult conditions to decisively beat Karl Harris for victory at Croft, and was right into the championship hunt with second and first at the following Cadwell round. A crash then proved costly when leading at Silverstone, but again Leon had been the best qualifier on his 999 F06, and he finished second to Honda’s Ryuichi Kiyonari with a strong final round performance. Scored 458 points
Weblinks
- Offizielle Webseite (englisch)
- Biographie bei f1network.net (englisch)
- Haslams Statistik in der Superbike-WM (englisch)
- Haslams Statistik in der Motorrad-WM (englisch)
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FRANCISCI
Bruno Francisci (* in Rom; † 31. August 1989 ebenda) war ein italienischer Automobil- und Motorradrennfahrer.
Karriere
A robust and talented rider from Rome, Bruno Francisci was one of the greatest Italian road racers, his racing career spanned over twenty years, from the early years after the Second World War until the 60, when he moved to car races driving the small sportscar built by Berardo Taraschi. He scored six starts in the World Championship from 1949 to 1953, with a 3rd place in the 1950 Gran Premio delle Nazioni 250 cm3 class at Monza riding a Benelli, as best result.
In 1947 he won at Bremgarten, then he won several road races in street circuits as the Sanremo Ospedaletti, Piacenza, Arona, Tortoreto Lido and Mantova. Three times winner of the Milano-Taranto motorcycle race, at the time he was considered already unbeatable in the over 1300 kms marathon. His riding style was rough but efficacious, he prepared himself longtime before the race, testing the course several times. Then during the race Francisci always started slowly, increasing his speed enormously only in the second half, when the other competitors were worn-out. His first Milano-Taranto victory occurred in 1951, riding a Moto Guzzi 500 Condor Sport, then the following year he won on a Moto Guzzi 500 Dondolino and in 1955 he achieived his third win on a Gilera 500/4.
In an interview for magazine La Moto, issue February 1983 Bruno Francisci told an anecdote about the 1955 Milano-Taranto race: before the race he had sent his dress-suit to a hotel in Taranto. When he arrived to Taranto, having won the race, he suddenly went to the hotel to change for the podium ceremony and coming back to the finish-line, he found that Mario Preta who was in 2nd place overall on a Moto Morini 175 one hour behind him, was not here yet!
Bruno Francisci verstarb am 31. August 1989 im Policlinico-Krankenhaus in seiner Heimatstadt Rom nach langer Krankheit.
He was the uncle of Claudio Francisci, a racing driver who participated in Formula 3 and Formula 2 championships in the 70s and is still in activity in the Italian Prototipi Championship.
Weblinks
- Bruno Francisci bei motorsportmemorial.org (englisch)
Pessottino/Dutch TT in der Datenbank von MotoGP.com
Einzelnachweise
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SIMPSON
Jimmie H. Simpson (* 1898; † 1981)[1] war ein britischer Motorradrennfahrer.
Karriere
Isle of Man Debut Maker and breaker of a host of record laps, Jimmie Simpson almost invariably led his races from the start. In those races in which he finished he won them by big margins, but sadly Jim’s enterprising driving methods were just too demanding for the current machinery. This was especially the case in the Isle of Man where his consistent ill fortune earned him the title of ‘Unlucky Jim’.
His inaugural TT was in 1922 when he was entered on a 500 Scott. The York-shire based firm were keen supporters of the TT. but Simpson’s 1922 Scott experience lasted only half a lap when his fuel tank split.
The AJS Experience In 1923 he began an association with AJS, which continued until 1928 when he switched to Nortons. Jim’s first AJS outing in the 1923 Junior TT was typically Simpson; leading the race by over a minute before he retired following a race crash; his sole consolation was a record lap of 59mph. In between his racing activities Jim was employed by AJS as a motorcycle tester. His philosophy, in respect of his occupation was brutally simple; Bust them and you’ll find where their frailties lie; nurse them and you never will.
Simpson pursued the same attitude in his racing forays. Had he been prepared to show restraint it’s a fair assumption he would have gained less record laps and more Tourist Trophies. In a 13-year Island career he rode in 26 TTs and finished first in just one, the 1934 Lightweight. In only two years did he fail to score a place or set up fastest or record laps. He was the first rider to create lap records at 60, 70 and 80 mph. The biggest margin where a Simpson record lap beat the race average was in the 1924 Junior TT when Simpson’s AJS lapped at 64mph compared to Kenneth Twemlow’s winning New Imperial at 55mph. Predictably, Simpson failed to finish.
Norton Works Rider In 1929 he began a new career with Nortons, but Jim’s unerring bad luck coincided with a temporary slump in Norton’s fortunes. Charlie Dodson gave Sunbeam their last Island victory in the 1929 Senior, and in the 1930 TT series Rudge were on the crest of a wave and seemingly invincible. Simpson’s third placing prevented a Rudge 1-2-3 in a rain-soaked Senior TT.
But it was Rudge’s last Senior victory, and by 1931 Nortons had achieved a degree of reliability that completely dominated racing until well into the decade. Importantly for Simpson he was at last riding a machine that not even he could break. At the 1931 Senior TT Simpson made the the first 80mph lap, but sadly he failed to finish in a race won by team mate Tim Hunt. Simpson also recorded leader board finishes with a third in the 1932 Senior and second place In the 1933 Senior. In 1934 he made the decision to retire at the end of the season. Following a career highlighted by serious crashes, he realized he was fortunate to be nearing the end of it while still in one piece.
TT Success and Retirement As it happened, 1934 was memorable for Jimmie Simpson; a year in which his personal gremlins finally relented.Two runner-up finishes behind Jimmie Guthrie in the Junior and Senior T.T.s were most satisfying. But more importantly he finally won that elusive Trophy with a win and fastest lap in the 250 Lightweight; giving Rudge their final Isle of Man victory. A pleasing bonus to round off the season was a string of firsts in the 350 class of the Grands Prix of Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Ulster.
Nach dem Ende seiner aktiven Laufbahn blieb Jimmie Simpson dem Rennsport und der TT als Mitglied der Rennsportabteilung des Mineralölkonzerns Shell verbunden.
Erfolge
- 1924 – 350-cm³-Europameister auf A.J.S.
- 1926 – 500-cm³-Europameister auf A.J.S.
- 1927 – 350-cm³-Europameister auf A.J.S.
- 1933 – 350-cm³-Europameister auf Norton
- 1934 – 350-cm³-Europameister auf Norton
- 1 TT-Sieg
Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Vincent Glon: Les Championnats du Monde de Courses sur Route – L'année 1981. racingmemo.free.fr, abgerufen am 11. Mai 2010 (französisch).
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