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Iván Palazzese

{{Short description|Venezuelan motorcycle racer}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

|image =Iván Palazzese.jpg

|caption =

|name = Iván Palazzese

|nationality = {{flagicon|Venezuela|1930}} Venezuelan

|birth_date = {{birth date|1962|1|2|df=y}}

|birth_place = Alba Adriatica, Italy

|death_date = {{death date and age|1989|5|28|1962|1|2|df=y}}

|death_place = Hockenheim, Germany

|GP Active years = 1977 - 1989

|GP Teams = Morbidelli, Yamaha, Aprilia

|GP Race Starts = 69

|GP Championships =

|GP Race Wins = 2

|GP Podiums = 9

|GP Total Points = 239

|GP Poles = 1

|GP Fastest laps = 2

|GP First race = 1977 125cc Venezuelan Grand Prix

|GP First win = 1982 125cc Swedish Grand Prix

|GP Last win = 1982 125cc Finnish Grand Prix

|GP Last race = 1989 250cc German Grand Prix

}}

Iván Palazzese (2 January 1962 – 28 May 1989) was an Italian born Venezuelan professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix road racing world championships from 1977 to 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Ivan+Palazzese |title=Ivan Palazzese |publisher=MotoGP.com |access-date=7 December 2010 }} In 1977, he became the youngest person at the time to stand on a Grand Prix podium, when he finished third behind Angel Nieto and Anton Mang at the 125cc Venezuelan Grand Prix at the age of 15.50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. (1999)(1st Ed). Hazelton Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN|1-874557-83-7}}

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Motorcycle racing career

Palazzese was born in Alba Adriatica in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=1470 |title=Iván Palazzese at Motorsport Memorial |publisher=motorsportmemorial.org |access-date=7 December 2010 }} His family emigrated to Venezuela when he was a child and he became a Venezuelan citizen. Palazzese began his racing career as a teenager, riding a Morbidelli 125 at the San Carlos Circuit.

He returned to Europe to compete in the Grand Prix world championships as a member of the Venemotos Yamaha racing team alongside his teammates, Johnny Cecotto and Carlos Lavado. Palazzese had his best year in 1982 when he won two 125cc Grands Prix and finished the season in third place, behind Angel Nieto and Eugenio Lazzarini. At the 1983 Dutch TT, Lavado and Palazzese finished in first and second place marking the first time that Venezuelan riders had claimed the top two places in a world championship Grand Prix race.{{Citation |first=Peter | last=Clifford |year=1983 |title=Motocourse 1983-1984 |publisher =Hazleton Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-905138-26-0 |quote=Anyway, it was the first one-two Grand Prix for Venezuela.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/NED/250cc |title=1983 250cc Dutch TT results |publisher=MotoGP.com |access-date=16 October 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001942/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/NED/250cc |url-status=dead }}

Palazzese was killed in a racing accident at the 1989 German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring. He was closely following Andreas Preining when the latter's motorcycle engine seized and abruptly slowed, causing Palazzese to collide with Preining and subsequently crash. While Palazzese was picking himself up off the ground, he was struck by riders Bruno Bonhuil and Fabio Barchitta who both crashed. It was fellow rider Virginio Ferrari who stopped his bike and first came to Palazzese's aid, but Palazzese was already dead having sustained massive chest injuries.{{cite news |title=Motorcycling |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kTNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4849,2582140 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=May 29, 1989 |page=19}} He was 27 years old.

There is a monument erected in his honor in the Italian city of Alba Adriatica, where Palazzese was born.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Source:

Points system from 1968 to 1987

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Position

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| width=20| 7

| width=20| 8

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| width=20| 10

Points

| 15

| 12

| 10

| 8

| 6

| 5

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

Points system from 1988 to 1992

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Position

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| width=20| 2

| width=20| 3

| width=20| 4

| width=20| 5

| width=20| 6

| width=20| 7

| width=20| 8

| width=20| 9

| width=20| 10

| width=20| 11

| width=20| 12

| width=20| 13

| width=20| 14

| width=20| 15

Points

| 20

| 17

| 15

| 13

| 11

| 10

| 9

| 8

| 7

| 6

| 5

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

! Year

! Class

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! Points

! Rank

! Wins

1977

! 125cc

! Morbidelli

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VEN
3

| AUT
-

| GER
-

| NAT
-

| ESP
-

| FRA
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| SWE
-

| FIN
-

| GBR
-

|

|

|

| 10

! 16th

| 0

1980

! 125cc

! Morbidelli

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

| FRA
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| FIN
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
8

| GER
-

|

|

|

|

|

| 28

! 7th

| 0

1981

! 125cc

! Morbidelli

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG
RET

| AUT
-

| GER
-

| NAT
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
7

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
5

|

|style="background:#efcfff;"| RSM
RET

| GBR
-

| FIN
-

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SWE
3

| CZE
-

|

| 37

! 7th

| 0

1982

! 125cc

! Morbidelli

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG
5

|style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT
RET

| FRA
-

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP
RET

| NAT
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL
RET

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE
2

|

|

|

| 75

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

| 2

1983

! 250cc

! Venemotos Yamaha

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
8

|style="background:#efcfff;"| GER
RET

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
18

|style="background:#efcfff;"| YUG
RET

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
16

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
15

|

|

|

|

| 20

! 13th

| 0

1984

! 250cc

! Venemotos Yamaha

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
8

|style="background:#efcfff;"| NAT
RET

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP
RET

| AUT
-

|style="background:#efcfff;"| GER
RET

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| FRA
DNQ

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
20

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
4

|style="background:#fff;"| GBR
DNS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
16

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSM
12

|

|

|

| 16

! 15th

| 0

1985

! 250cc

! Venemotos Yamaha

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA
14

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
17

|style="background:#efcfff;"| GER
RET

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAT
16

|style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT
RET

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| FRA
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

| RSM
-

|

|

|

| 0

! -

| 0

1986

! 250cc

! Rotax

| ESP
-

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAT
20

| GER
-

| AUT
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| FRA
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

| RSM
-

|

|

|

|

| 0

! -

| 0

1987

! 250cc

! F.M.V. Yamaha

| JPN
-

| ESP
-

| GER
-

| NAT
-

| AUT
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
10

| NED
-

| FRA
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSM
12

| POR
-

| BRA
-

| ARG
-

| 16

! 9th

| 0

1988

! 250cc

! Team Manoca-Yamaha

| JPN
-

| USA
-

| ESP
-

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EXP
21

| NAT
-

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
13

| BEL
-

| YUG
-

| FRA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CZE
17

| BRA
-

| 25

! 18th

| 0

1989

! 250cc

! Aprilia

| JPN
-

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS
18

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
7

| GER
-

| AUT
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| FRA
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

| CZE
-

| BRA
-

| 19

! 22nd

| 0

References

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Category:1962 births

Category:1989 deaths

Category:Venezuelan motorcycle racers

Category:Venezuelan people of Italian descent

Category:125cc World Championship riders

Category:250cc World Championship riders

Category:Italian emigrants to Venezuela

Category:Motorcycle racers who died while racing

Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Teramo

Category:Sport deaths in Germany

Category:Filmed deaths in motorsport