20 May 1973(1973-05-20) (aged 34) Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years
1964–1973
First race
1964 350cc Nations Grand Prix
Last race
1973 250cc Nations Grand Prix
First win
1969 250cc Dutch TT
Last win
1972 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)
Aermacchi, Benelli
Championships
0
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
46
6
35
N/A
N/A
Renzo Pasolini (18 July 1938 – 20 May 1973), nicknamed "Paso", was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1964 to 1972.
Although he never won a world championship, Pasolini was a popular competitor due to his fearless and passionate riding style.[1] He was notable for racing with an open-face helmet and black horn-rimmed glasses at a time when most competitors had adopted full-face helmets.[1] Pasolini won five Grand Prix races during his career and narrowly lost the 1972 250cc world championship to Jarno Saarinen by a single point. He died along with Saarinen in an accident at the start of the 1973 Nations Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.
In 1985, Ducati presented at EICMA the Ducati Paso 750, named after Pasolini.
^ abWeeink, Frank; Burgers, Jan (2013), Continental Circus: The Races and the Places, the People and the Faces : Pictures and Stories from the Early Seventies, Mastix Press, ISBN 978-90-818639-5-7
RenzoPasolini (18 July 1938 – 20 May 1973), nicknamed "Paso", was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle...
race-winners, (Hideo Kanaya, Phil Read, Börje Jansson, and RenzoPasolini), however Saarinen led Pasolini in the championship points race due to his consistent...
but the season was overshadowed by the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini at the Italian round at Monza. The 500cc title runner-up, Kim Newcombe...
(1898–1946), painter and sculptor Marina Polazzi (1892–1965), opera soprano RenzoPasolini (1938–73), Grand Prix motorcycle racer Federico Fellini (1920–93), filmmaker...
on the first lap that resulted in the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini. The race meeting was ultimately cancelled. Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael...
futuro" (Our past has a great future). The name was in honor of racer RenzoPasolini, nicknamed "Paso," who died on 20 May 1973 in an accident at the Monza...
and poet Renzo Olivo (born 1992), Argentine tennis player Renzo Palmer (1929–1988), Italian film, television and stage actor RenzoPasolini (1938–1973)...
division, Saarinen would win a tight race in a season-long battle with RenzoPasolini and Rod Gould. Angel Nieto claimed a double, winning the 125cc and 50cc...
team placed third during the 1966 350 cc World Championship with racer RenzoPasolini and third again in 1968 with Kelvin Carruthers. The following year Carruthers...
star of the race for the Italian home crowd was RenzoPasolini on the Aermacchi-Harley-Davidson. Pasolini had a bad start and was tenth after the first...
track until two serious accidents resulted in five deaths, including RenzoPasolini and Jarno Saarinen, in 1973, and motorcycle racing did not return to...
was a bit tougher for Agostini in the 350 class as Kel Carruthers and RenzoPasolini on Benellis and Rod Gould on a factory Yamaha gave him a battle on more...
championship, all with MV Agusta. 1973: Deaths of Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini at the Italian round at Monza and cancelled. 1974: The Suzuki RG 500...
prominent figures associated with Rimini, including Amintore Galli, RenzoPasolini, and Federico Fellini. Porta Montanara. Built after Sulla's civil war...
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his fourteenth world title. Walter Villa took over for the deceased RenzoPasolini and won the 250cc crown giving Harley-Davidson the title after they...
racing season, in the aftermath of the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini at the Nations Grand Prix, several racing teams including Yamaha, Harley...
racing accident claimed the lives of world champion Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini. After the von Trips accident in 1961, the Monza Circuit had been lined...
Development of the machine continued during this time, including by RenzoPasolini and actor Steve McQueen, who was the US ambassador for Benelli. McQueen...
motorcycle Grand Prix it saw a double fatal accident for Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini in 1973 after a pile-up through the dauntingly fast Curva Grande, that...
1969 50cc Spanish Grand Prix 1970 50cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix ITA RenzoPasolini 6 1964–1973 1969 250cc Dutch TT 1972 250cc Spanish Grand Prix FRA Guy...
the 1972 Isle of Man TT along with the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and RenzoPasolini in 1973 highlighted the need for improved safety standards for motorcycle...
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