Enrico Lorenzetti

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Enrico Lorenzetti
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Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Italian
Active years 1949 - 1957
Team(s) Moto Guzzi
Grands Prix 28
Championships 250cc - 1952
Wins 7
Podium finishes    21
Pole positions N/A
Fastest laps N/A
First Grand Prix 1949 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
First win 1951 250cc Nations Grand Prix
Last win 1953 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 1957 250cc Nations Grand Prix


Enrico Lorenzetti (born January 4, 1911 - 1989) was an Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed in the 1940s and 1950s.

He competed in the 1949 season riding a 500cc Moto Guzzi and finished eighth overall with 7 points behind Johnny Lockett. In 1952, he won the 250cc World Championship for Moto Guzzi.


Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Year Class Classification Machine Victories
1949 500cc 8th Moto Guzzi 0
1951 250cc 4th Moto Guzzi 1
1951 500cc 8th Moto Guzzi 0
1952 250cc 1st Moto Guzzi 2
1953 250cc 4th Moto Guzzi 2
1953 350cc 2nd Moto Guzzi 2
1954 350cc 5th Moto Guzzi 0
1955 250cc 12th Moto Guzzi 0
1955 350cc 12th Moto Guzzi 0
1956 250cc 3rd Moto Guzzi 0
1957 250cc 9th Moto Guzzi 0


250 cc Motorcycle World Champions
(1949) Bruno Ruffo · (1950) Dario Ambrosini · (1951) Bruno Ruffo · (1952) Enrico Lorenzetti · (1953, 54) Werner Haas · (1955) Hermann Paul Müller · (1956) Carlo Ubbiali · (1957) Cecil Sandford · (1958) Tarquinio Provini · (1959, 60) Carlo Ubbiali · (1961) Mike Hailwood · (1962, 63) Jim Redman · (1964, 65) Phil Read · (1966, 67) Mike Hailwood · (1968) Phil Read · (1969) Kel Carruthers · (1970) Rodney Gould · (1971) Phil Read · (1972) Jarno Saarinen · (1973) Dieter Braun · (1974, 75, 76) Walter Villa · (1977) Mario Lega · (1978, 79) Kork Ballington · (1980, 81) Anton Mang · (1982) Jean-Louis Tournadre · (1983) Carlos Lavado · (1984) Christian Sarron · (1985) Freddie Spencer · (1986) Carlos Lavado · (1987) Anton Mang · (1988, 89) Sito Pons · (1990) John Kocinski · (1991, 92) Luca Cadalora · (1993) Tetsuya Harada · (1994, 95, 96, 97) Max Biaggi · (1998) Loris Capirossi · (1999) Valentino Rossi · (2000) Olivier Jacque · (2001) Daijiro Kato · (2002) Marco Melandri · (2003) Manuel Poggiali · (2004, 05) Dani Pedrosa · (2006, 07) Jorge Lorenzo