It seems really yesterday. And are past 35 years since that May 20, 1973, date of the most sad and tragic history of motorcycling. At 15.31 a warm spring day sull’autodromo Monza down the hood of the tragedy and a big party turns into a terrible catastrophe. In one fell swoop, in a moment, because a frightening fall after the departure, the “big curve”, the motorcycling precipitates in the drama, losing Renzo Pasolini (35 years) and Jarno Saarinen (28 years), two of the strongest pilots and beloved of all time.

In the frightening tangle injured remain more or less seriously even Walter Villa, Fosco Giansanti, Kanaya, Mortimer, Jansson, Palomo. A total of 14 pilots involved in deadly carambola.

The Monza race of the fourth-liter neocampione constituted for the world and new astro Saarinen (on Yamaha) the latest confirmation of the first dell’investitura new title iridato (Jarno had in fact won the first three stages of Le Castellet, Salzburg, Hockeneheim) and the occhialuto Rimini the possibility of redemption, finally riding competitive and shiny Harley Davidson twin-cylinder water-cooled 2T.

It should also be recalled that the Finnish was expected in the race the day after the 250, 500, in large iridato duel with the combination of MV Agusta, Agostini and Read. And that Renzo had already disputed in the morning a splendid 350, appiedato three laps from the end by a galling (signal predestination?) Of its HD, having taken over the tread Agostini (MV Agusta) with a chase that had the mandate in ecstasy 100 thousand gathered for the GP of Italy.

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