{"id":491910,"date":"2011-07-01T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33948"},"modified":"2024-12-01T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T23:32:35","slug":"two-wheels-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/two-wheels-four\/","title":{"rendered":"From Two Wheels to Four"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn\u2019t have the permission of my father to do so. I had to wait until I was eighteen and a half years old, mainly because my family was not involved in the motorcycle trade or racing. When I ask my father if I could race he said, \u201cYou\u2019re crazy, I don\u2019t want to sign any permission for you to race. I don\u2019t want to sign the death of my son.\u201d One day I was very lucky, we went to the lawyer who was a very good friend of our family. The lawyer looked at me and thought I looked unhappy and disappointed about something and asked why this was. I said, \u201cI want to race motorcycles, but my father won\u2019t let me.\u201d Thankfully, the lawyer convinced my father to allow me to race, although he thought I would be racing with sidecars not ordinary motorcycles.<\/p>\n

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Giacomo Agostini
Photo: Pete\u2008Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With some backing from a local motor-cycle company owned by Count Alfonso Morini, I was able to race; fortunately I was good and finished in 2nd place in my first race. Many people asked, \u201cWho is this new boy?\u201d After three races I won my first race. The regular rider, Tarquinio Provini, left Morini to ride for Benelli and I was given permission to race factory bikes instead of customer bikes. I was also offered a salary, which made me a professional racer. From there I was able to go on and win many championships all over the world. I was very happy because it was always my dream to race. I\u2019m best remembered for racing for the MV Augusta team, I spent nine years with them and won 13 World Championships with them. It was a very friendly team, and just like one big family, I called it my second family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n