Riccardo "Rocky" Agusta (21 October 1950 in
Milan
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– 10 January 2018
St. Moritz
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) was an Italian
race car
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driver and aristocrat. He was an heir to the
Agusta
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and
MV Agusta
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aviation and motorcycle firms, running the motorcycle racing team in the 1970s. He was responsible for funding the development of the
Venturi 400 into a racing car, entering one for himself in the
1993 24 Hours of Le Mans and four cars in the
1994 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove his own
Callaway Corvettes in the
BPR Global GT Series and the following
FIA GT Championship in the 1990s. He returned for two races in 2004 with the Nash-Saleen team. He drove a
Kremer K8 Spyder in the
1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, his last appearance in the race. He was also set to drive in the
Le Mans Endurance Series for the
Dallara-equipped Spinnaker team, but never raced. After his racing career, he lived in
South Africa
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, investing in the mining industry.
References
External links
FIA GT Championship - Driver biography - Rocky Agusta*
1950 births
2018 deaths
Racing drivers from Milan
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
FIA GT Championship drivers
Sports car racing team owners
Agusta aircraft
Agusta
MV Agusta
BPR Global GT Series
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Italian racing drivers