Andrea Dovizioso and Hans-Georg Anscheidt will be called MotoGP Legends in 2023 as Dorna, organizer of the competition, announced in a statement. Italian Dovizioso will enter the Hall of Fame at Mugello (June 9-11) and German Anscheidt will enter next week at Sachsenring (June 16-18).
Dovizioso won the 125cc World Championship in 2004, moved up to the 250cc class and made his MotoGP debut in 2008, with Honda’s satellite team Jir Team Scot taking his first podium in the premier class as a rookie, before moving to the official Repsol Honda where he took his first victory in the premier class in 2009 at Donington Park, and until his farewell to the golden wing he continued to add podiums every season. In 2012 he made his debut on Yamaha Tech3, where he again scored several podiums, before signing for the official Ducati team in 2013 where he would achieve the biggest victory of his career in MotoGP, his first victory in 2016 in Sepang. Then the victories and podiums will continue to fall and he will be runner-up three times in 2017, 2018 and 2019, the great rival of Marc Márquez.
His most recent victory came in his final season with Ducati, at the Austrian Grand Prix in 2020. After a brief sabbatical, including a stint as a test rider for Aprilia, Dovizioso returns to racing at the end of 2021 as a Petronas rider Yamaha. stopped after the Misano round in 2022 due to lack of competition.
“When they told me, I was very surprised. Reading the list of Legends it’s a nice feeling to know that my name is going to be added. I’ve had a long career, but I didn’t expect to be named Legend – don’t alone soon – but it’s a real honor”, declared ‘Dovi’.
The MotoGP Legends Club
Giacomo Agostini
Hugh Anderson
Cork Ballington
Max Biaggi
Alex Criville
Mick is there
Stefan Dorflinger
Geoff Duke
Wayne Gardner
mike hailwood
nicky hayden
Jorge Lorenzo
you are daijiro
Eddie Lawson
Marco Lucchinelli
Randy Mamola
Anton Mang
Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’
angel’s grandson
Dani Pedrosa
Wayne Rainey
Phil Read
Jim Redman
Kenny Roberts
Kenny Roberts Jr.
Valentino Rossi
Jarno Saarinen
kevin schwantz
Barry Sheen
Marco Simoncelli
Freddy Spencer
Casey Stoner
john surtees
Luigi Taveri
Carlo Ubbiali
Franco Uncini
The German Hans Georg Anscheidt He was born 87 years ago in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1935 and would go on to become one of the most successful 50cc riders in the first decade of the 50cc World Championship. He won his first title in 1966 and chained them until 1968, at which time he retired as champion.
“It is a great pleasure for me to become a MotoGP Legend. I did not expect this, because the 50cc category came years after the other categories of the World Championship started and has long since disappeared. I am very happy, and will ko I do my best to come to the Sachsenring with my son. I haven’t been to the paddock for a long time, so I’m excited to see the World Championship again. I know on TV that the races are very close! “, said Anscheid.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports assured that “We are very proud to induct Andrea and Hans-Georg into the MotoGP Hall of Fame. Two riders who achieved a lot, and two emblematic riders of the eras in which they competed. We are looking forward to welcoming them into the paddock that will be called Legends.”
“Andrea was already a World Champion early in his career and years later he continues to inspire us as an integral part of some of the greatest battles of the modern MotoGP era. It is a pleasure for us to watch him to compete and claim some of the hardest victories in MotoGP that I can remember. It is, without a doubt, a legend!”
“Hans-Georg’s success in the 50cc class, winning three titles in a row, is a special achievement achieved by very few. He holds an important place in history and has been a key figure in the second decade of Grand Prix racing , which we are all proud of. to name him a MotoGP Legend.”
Source: La Verdad
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