The former Italian driver Carlo Ubbiali , who conquered nine motorcycle world championships in the 1950s, has died at the age of 90 , MotoGP confirmed on Tuesday .
"MotoGP legend Carlo Ubbiali has sadly passed away at the age of 90. At the dawn of the Motorcycle World Championship, the award-winning Italian rider became the first competitor to successfully dominate the 125cc and 250cc categories" , indicated the organization on its official website.
The former driver from Bergamo was one of the participants in the first season of the Motorcycle World Cup in 1949. The following year, in 1950, he won his first Grand Prix at Ulster, and in 1951 he was proclaimed world champion for the first time with the factory. Italian Mondial in the 125cc category.
In 1953 he signed with MV Agusta , with which he ran until his retirement in 1960. He regained his 125cc title in 1955, a season in which he also participated in his first 250cc race; in 1956, he already became double 125cc and 250cc world champion in 1956, winning all races in the quarter-liter category and all but one in the 125cc category. Ubbiali added another 125cc wound in 1958, before ending his career with two new 125cc and 250cc doublets in 1959 and 1960.
"Had it not been for Honda's breakthrough and MV Agusta's policy of classifying riders solely as 500cc / 350cc or 250cc / 125cc competitors based on their height and weight, Ubbiali would have possibly added even more titles to his formidable However, he never questioned that policy of his team and retired without knowing if he could have been world champion in the queen category, "said motoGP.com.
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