He passed away in his home near Maranello (the world famous town of the Ferrari factory) on 29.05.2006. I had forgotten that he had raced on the isle of Man (but not on the Mountain circuit). He had a few known motorcycle racing career in South America where he went to live after his retirement from the world championship scene. But he came back - other few know thing - in Europe to race at the first "200 Miglia" at Imola in 1972 (that was won by the brave english rider Paul Smart). He practiced on a Moto Guzzi V7 but (*if* I'm remembering right) decided to not start due to the lack of power of his machine.