Giacomo Agostini
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Oct 26, 2026
NeilPANELIST
The other one I have here is mega cool.
LizaHOST
Yeah, but that one, that 122nd scale MV Agusta, 500cc world champion bike, is that an Agostini?
NeilPANELIST
Yes, Giacomo Agostini.
NeilPANELIST
Yeah,
LizaHOST
that's pretty nice for $10.
Jim McDowellHOST
He is the fifth person to win a championship with five rounds left to go.
Jim McDowellHOST
He joins a club that includes Mike Hailwood, Giacomo Agostini, Valentino Rossi and Mark Marquez is the only other people to ever win a title with five rounds left to go.
Richard JowettHOST
That is
Jim McDowellHOST
some elite company that he shares with.
10 MINS LATER
Jim McDowellHOST
To which, according to Matt Oxley's tweet, here comes MV Augusta running down the paddock, waving a contract at Kenny Roberts saying, ride our bike.
Jim McDowellHOST
To which somehow Yamaha said, I think if I get this right, Yamaha said, no, that isn't capable.
Jim McDowellHOST
So in the tweet was Kenny Roberts actually getting onto one of Giacomo Agostini's bikes, but it was just 50 years later, which I had no idea that about, that Kenny Roberts was... over on a 250 first i i no idea i always think of him as showing up as a rookie in 500s
Richard JowettHOST
in 76 i would have been around about then wouldn't it maybe 75 yeah i
Dwayne RussellHOST
Uh, give me some info, MotoGP and 500cc fans, especially the old ones.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Who's the greatest MotoGP 500cc rider of all time? Is it now Marc Marquez, or is that recency bias? Is it Valentino Rossi? Is it The Doctor, or is it Giacomo Agostini, who won 15 titles, eight in the 500cc Premier Class? I'd love to hear from you, um, because I'm heading to Phillip Island for the MotoGP in, well, Sunday week, essentially.
Dwayne RussellHOST
And I need to be able to throw out a few names, so help me out.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Um, and the open line, by the way, brought to us by Worraby Kia.
25 MINS LATER
Dwayne RussellHOST
Too good.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Phil from Paco." Thanks for that, Phil.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Um, "Giacomo Agostini, 100% the world's best.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Um, winning championships back then on engineering technology available with something that no one else could match, unlike anything in the modern era." Paul in Heidelberg, you wanna go to see South East Melbourne Phoenix on Saturday night?
Dwayne RussellHOST
Give me some info, MotoGP and 500cc fans, especially the old ones.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Who's the greatest MotoGP 500cc rider of all time? Is it now Marc Marquez or is that recency bias? Is it Valentino Rossi? Is it the Doctor? Or is it Giacomo Agostini who won 15 titles, 8 innings? in the 500cc Premier Class.
Dwayne RussellHOST
I'd love to hear from you because I'm heading to Phillip Island for the MotoGP in Sunday week, essentially.
Dwayne RussellHOST
And I need to be able to throw out a few names.
25 MINS LATER
Dwayne RussellHOST
Phil from Paco.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Thanks for that.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Phil, Giacomo Agostini, 100% the world's best, winning championships back then on engineering technology, available with something that no one else could match, unlike anything in the modern era.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Paul in Heidelberg, you want to go to see Southeast Melbourne Phoenix on Saturday night?
Luis OrtegaPANELIST
They're Big Red, man.
Luis OrtegaPANELIST
Like, that gray made them look too much like an, uh, a, Giacomo Agostini era MV Agusta.
Rex45HOST
Yeah, no, I definitely thought some Hondas were missing off the grid for a little bit [laughs]
Luis OrtegaPANELIST
I did, I did like, uh, I did like their suits though.