Jaime Alguersuari Tortajada (; also known as Jaime Alguersuari Sr., born April 2, 1950, in

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), is a

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former Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He is the father of Ex-

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driver

Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero (; born 23 March 1990), also known as Jaume Alguersuari (), and Squire is a Spanish DJ and retired racing driver best known for competing in Formula One between and , and for being the 2008 British Formula 3 ...

. He won the 250 cc category at the 1972

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at Le Mans on a Montesa. In 1975, he and his brother José Maria founded the ''Solo Moto'' magazine. Through his companies Alesport and RPM, he invented indoor trial and

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with events at the

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in Barcelona.Entrevista con Jaime Alguersuari
- Managing Sport In addition to motorcycling events, RPM has organized the

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, the

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, the Spanish stages of the

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, and the Superprestigio Dirt Track.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

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José María Alguersuari Biography

Racer article
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