Ricardo Tormo
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| Ricardo Tormo | |
 Ricardo Tormo |
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| Nationality |  Spanish |
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| Grand Prix motorcycle racing career | |
| Active years | 1973 - 1984 |
| Teams | Bultaco, Derbi, Kreidler |
| Grands Prix | 62 |
| Championships | 50cc - 1978, 1981 |
| Wins | 19 |
| Podium finishes | 36 |
| Pole positions | 23 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| First Grand Prix | 1973 50cc Spanish Grand Prix |
| First win | 1977 50cc Swedish Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1983 50cc San Marino Grand Prix |
| Last Grand Prix | 1984 80cc Nations Grand Prix |
Ricardo Tormo (September 7, 1952 - December 28, 1998) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.
Tormo won the 1978 FIM 50cc world championship as a member of the Bultaco factory racing team. He repeated as 50cc world champion in 1981 on a privately backed Bultaco. He was also a three-time 50cc Spanish national champion and a four-time 125cc national champion.
During the 1984 season, Tormo suffered severe leg injuries in a crash that occurred while he was test riding a motorcycle in an industrial park near the Derbi motorcycle factory in Barcelona. His serious injuries ended his racing career.
Tormo died from leukemia in 1998. In his honor, the racetrack in Valencia was re-named the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo.
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