Part 3 about the history of the fast Italian rider After his first world title in 1951, Ubbiali had extended the contract with FB-Mondial for the next season. In the previous year, all three teammates and compatriots who started with him in the World Cup had lost their lives on the racetrack. For 1952, the […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 2
Part 2 about the history of the first MV Agusta works rider After finishing fourth in the world championship for MV in the first year of the motorcycle world championship, Carlo switched to the reigning world champion manufacturer FB-Mondial. Despite the departure of world champion Nello Pagani to Gilera, Ubbiali had very strong competition in […]
Carlo Ubbiali story – part 1
The 9-time world champion of the first GP years from Italy Carlo Ubbiali was born on September 22nd, 1929 in Bergamo. The city is located northeast of Milan on the southern edge of the Alps. When World War II broke out, he was just ten years old. Carlo came into contact with motorcycles very early […]
“Petrus” story – part 5
1955 – the last season as a racing driver A new face had joined the IFA team this year. In addition to the two old masters Petruschke and Krumpholz, Horst Fügner in particular should impress this season, but Ernst Degner, who was new to IFA, also caused a sensation. Six years later he became a […]
The last of the Mohicans
HRC Honda defied the freak weather with Jerez Test The test result from HRC Honda in Jerez was surprisingly positive. Despite poor weather conditions, the new team led by Leon Camier with Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam carried out their test, which had been postponed by a week at the Circuito de Jerez. Kawasaki had […]
“Petrus” story – part 4
The former IFA (later MZ) – nightmare became a works driver After the IFA team had lost all too often to Petruschke and his ZPH, developed by engineer, designer and friend Daniel Zimmermann, in 1952, it became too much of a good thing for the GDR party officials. At the end of the season, “Petrus” […]
“Petrus” story – part 3
The most successful 125cc rider of the GDR in the early after war years After Petruschke made people sit up and take notice last year with two wins and a 2nd place, it was now a matter of confirming these successes in the 1952 season. With the rotary vane machine built under designer Daniel Zimmermann […]
On-off Journalism
About the digitization of journalism in everyday life & sports In the past, only the initiated, and today almost every child, knew how the basis of digitization works. Everything is reduced to a state of zero or one in the end. Even in the first corona lockdown, we were amazed at how many journalists worked […]
“Petrus” Story – Part 2
The strongest driver in the GDR in the early 1950s “Petrus” achieved its first successes in 1950 with his “ZPH” and its two-stroke engine with rotary valve from Daniel Zimmermann. In the following year, it was a matter of further improving the stability. The strongest challengers this season were IFA-DKW with the experienced driver Erhart […]
Narrow gauge test
Only Honda for 2 days in Jerez on the track As the Kawasaki Racing Team announced, the team based in the industrial area of Barcelona will now completely forego the January tests of this week. Originally they had rented the track for their drivers, as well as Honda and Ducati, from January 20th to 21st. […]