Documentary film, Paroni, of Jarno Saarinen from 1998. Saarinen is Grand Prix motorcycle road racing (now MotoGP) champion in the 250cc class from 1972. In this documentary Jarno’s family, friends and fellow riders like champions Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read, Barry Sheene and many more talk about Jarno and his influence to the sport.
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Owner of the video:
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Music in the video:
5:53-6:38 Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery - King Of The Road
19:30-20:26 Deep Purple - Lazy
24:09-26:34 Gerhard Narholz - Count The Lights of San Francisco
29:44-30:31 Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery - OGD (Road Song)
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JARNO KARL KEIMO SAARINEN aka PARONI
(11 December 1945 - 20 May 1973)
Born: Turku, Finland
Died: Monza, Italy
In the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing,
Statistics: 46 starts in four different classes, 1 championship (1972, 250cc), 15 wins, 32 podiums, 15 fastest laps & 459 points.
Classes ridden: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc & 50cc.
Manufacturers used: Yamaha (1970-1973) & Kreidler (1971)
Bikes ridden:
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- 500cc: Yamaha YZR500 0W20
- 350cc: Yamaha TR-2B & YZ634
- 250cc: Yamaha TD-2, TD-3, YZ635 & YZR250 0W17
- 50cc: Kreidler
Teams: Private-Yamaha (1970), Van Veen (1971), Arwidson (1971-1972) & Yamaha-Japan (1973)
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R.I.P.
Jarno