RACING DRIVER

Luigi Taveri

1929 - 2018

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Luigi Taveri (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a Swiss professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1954 to 1966. Taveri is notable for being a three-time 125cc road racing world champion. Although he specialised in the smaller engined machines, Taveri is the only competitor to have scored points in six Grand Prix classes: 50cc, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and Sidecars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Taveri is the 171st most popular racing driver (up from 198th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 326th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Luigi Taveri ranks 171 out of 1,080. Before him are Raymond Sommer, Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Louis Rosier, Johnny Cecotto, and Manfred Winkelhock. After him are Stuart Lewis-Evans, Guy Edwards, Luigi Villoresi, Derek Warwick, Karl Kling, and Jerry Unser Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Luigi Taveri ranks 219. Before him are Andrew Bertie, François Cheng, Karl Koller, Christoph von Dohnányi, Link Wray, and Eric Carle. After him are Lee Hazlewood, Ronald Golias, Ronnie Biggs, Hal Ashby, Maarten Schmidt, and Fazil Iskander. Among people deceased in 2018, Luigi Taveri ranks 170. Before him are Ola Ullsten, Karl Lehmann, Per Kirkeby, Morgan Tsvangirai, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, and Ahron Daum. After him are Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Robert Indiana, Zhores Medvedev, Moshé Mizrahi, Károly Palotai, and Choi Eun-hee.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Luigi Taveri ranks 307 out of 1,015. Before him are Flavio Cotti (1939), Vincent Perez (1964), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Georges Cottier (1922), and Domenico Trezzini (1670). After him are Adolf Wölfli (1864), Felix Manz (1498), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), Christoph Blocher (1940), Adrian Frutiger (1928), and Henry, Duke of Parma (1873).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Switzerland

Among racing drivers born in Switzerland, Luigi Taveri ranks 3. Before him are Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Jo Siffert (1936). After him are Marc Surer (1951), Silvio Moser (1941), Mick Schumacher (1999), Romain Grosjean (1986), Heinz Schiller (1930), Max de Terra (1918), Loris Kessel (1950), Toni Branca (1916), and Jo Vonlanthen (1942).

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