What is Luigi Taveri?
[[File:Luigi Taveri.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Taveri in August 2006]] '''Luigi Taveri''' (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[motorcycle]] [[Road racing|road racer]]. He was born in [[Horgen]], Switzerland. He was three times [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|world champion]] in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix road racing championship]], in [[1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1962]], [[1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1964]], and [[1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1966]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Luigi+Taveri |title=Luigi Taveri career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=2018-03-01 |archive-date=2012-05-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526104015/http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Luigi+Taveri |url-status=dead }}</ref> Taveri made his world championship debut in the [[1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1954 season]]. He participated in the [[Isle of Man TT]] on several occasions from 1955 to 1966 with three victories and several second placing amongst his results.<ref>[http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Riders.aspx?ride_id=1721]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} iomtt.com ''Luigi Taveri biography'' (retrieved 7 November 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=1721 Isle of Man TT Luigi Taveri results]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> During his career he rode for [[MV Agusta]], and became a works rider for [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]], [[MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk|MZ]], [[Kreidler]] and in 1961 for [[Honda]]. Taveri died on 1 March 2018 in [[Zurich]] of complications from a [[stroke]] at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.lematin.ch/sports/moto-gp/Luigi-Taveri-adieu-grand-petit-homme/story/17160995 Luigi Taveri: adieu grand petit homme] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20180303080324/https://www.lematin.ch/sports/moto-gp/Luigi-Taveri-adieu