British motorcycle Grand Prix British motorcycle Grand Prix The British motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. Before 1977, the only British round was the Isle of Man TT, which was part of the FIM championship from its inauguration in 1949 until 1976. The Isle of Man TT was the most prestigious event on the Grand Prix motorcycling calendar from 1949-1972. After the 1972 event, multiple world champion Giacomo Agostini dropped a bombshell on the motorsports world by stating he would never race at the Isle of Man TT again, stating the 37-mile (62
Riccardo Agostini Riccardo Agostini Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in Padua) is an Italian racing driver. Agostini began karting in 2000 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010 and finishing 12th in CIK-FIA European Championship. In 2010, Agostini graduated to single–seaters into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, stating with Prema Junior. He won feature Imola and finished the season eleventh. Agostini stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 but switched