1947 - Won Pau GP (Maserati) 1948 - Won Pau GP (Maserati) 1949 - 125cc World Motorbike Champion (Mondial), 2nd 500cc championship (MV Agusta) 1950 - 7th Swiss GP (Scuderia Achille Varzi - Maserati). 4th non-title Modena GP (Simca-Gordini) 1952 - 2nd Mille Miglia (Osca) 2003 - Died in a nursing home in Miazzina on Lake Maggiore, having suffered from bronchitis and pneumonia.