UNCINI: MR SERIOUS SPEAKS
“The most important person in my box was the one I looked at every time I returned to the pits. A glance and he understood everything. If I was satisfied or not. If I had a good feeling or not. If the last changes were an improvement or not.”
While he says these words, sitting in his studio in the quiet town of Recanati, central Italy, the 1982 500cc world champion Franco Uncini is thinking about Mario Ciamberlini – the man that supported him during his debut rides – and continued to be there when things got serious enough to earn good money and battle for the biggest of motorcycle racing prizes.
In 1979 the two were part of a private team with a family-style organisation: “My brother was the manager, my mom the cook, a couple of friends helped us as mechanics plus another guy from Rome.”
The results were encouraging: “I finished fifth in the final standings of the
