Guido Leoni
Guido Leoni ( * July 14, 1915 in Castellucchio (MN ), Italy, † May 6, 1951 in Ferrara, Italy ) was an Italian motorcycle racer.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 In the World Motorcycle Championship
- 3.1 External links
- 3.2 Notes and references
Career
Guido Leoni played in the inaugural season of the motorcycle world championship, in 1949, to Moto Guzzi two races in the 500 cc class. He finished in sixth place respectively at the Grands Prix of Switzerland and Belgium. In 1950, he won for the manufacturer of Mandello del Lario the title in the quarter-liter class of the Italian road championship and the half-liter victory at the endurance race Milano -Taranto.
In 1951, Guido Leoni went for FB Mondial, the machines at that time dominated the 125 cc category at the start. In April, he could Italians at the opening Grand Prix of the season, the Spanish Grand Prix in Montjuïc celebrate his first win in the Motorcycle World Championship ahead of his teammate Carlo Ubbiali.
Fatal Accident
Guido Leoni crashed on May 6, 1951 at the 125 cc race of belonging to the Italian championship race Circuito di Ferrara on the street circuit of Ferrara at a mass accident fatal. The accident was triggered by Antonio Ronchei, which established to safeguard the route straw bales touched in a quick left turn, rushed and lying in the middle of the runway remained, which led to a pileup. Guido Leoni ran his FB Mondial in the debris lying around, it came to fall and hurt himself so badly that he died on the spot.
Apart Leoni came in this accident and its experienced team-mate Raffaele Alberti died.
Only two and a half months later, the Moto Guzzi factory rider Gianni Leoni and Luigi Alberti suffered fatal in a tragic accident in practice for the Ulster Grand Prix. The drivers were not related or by marriage.