Alberto Gandossi

Alberto Gandossi (born 31 January 1933) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1958 when he rode a Ducati to two Grand Prix victories and finished second to Carlo Ubbiali in the 125cc world championship.

Biography As for the World Championship competitions, he raced in the 1958 season in the 125 class riding a Ducati, winning two Grand Prix races and scoring a total of 28 points (25 after discarding his worst result; the rather complex rules stipulated that only the best four results were valid that year, so Gandossi had to discard one) and finishing second in the overall standings behind Carlo Ubbiali.

Two years later, he competed again in the same class riding an MZ and took third place in the Dutch TT.

But even before competing in the World Championship, Gandossi had gained experience as a Ducati rider in other famous races of the time, such as the Milan-Taranto, where he was class winner in 1956, and the Motogiro d'Italia, which he also won in his class that same year.