Marco Lucchinelli

Marco Lucchinelli (born 26 June 1954) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer and television sports presenter.

[3] He then took 5 Grand Prix victories aboard the Roberto Gallina backed Suzuki, battling Randy Mamola to the final race of the season before winning the 500cc World Championship.

In 1982, Lucchinelli accepted a job offer from Honda to race their new three-cylinder NS500 alongside Freddie Spencer and Takazumi Katayama.

He would have a lackluster season in which Franco Uncini would win the championship for the Roberto Gallina-Suzuki team for which Lucchinelli had won the title the previous year.

However, he briefly returned from retirement in 1998, entering the 1000 km Monza, and the opening race of the International Sports Racing Series (ISRS), driving for Centenari; he didn't start the 1000 km Monza,[6] and finished sixth overall (second in the CN class) in the opening round of the ISRS.

Lucchinelli (n.11) ahead of Kenny Roberts at the 1978 Nations GP at the Mugello circuit