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{{Short description|Italian motorcycle racer (1926–1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
|image= Libero Liberati 1957.jpg
|caption       = Liberati racing in 1957
| name             = Libero Liberati 
| nationality      = Italian
|birth_date      = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|9|20}}
|death_date      = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|3|5|1926|9|20}}
|death_place     = [[Terni]], Italy
| GP Active years  = [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]]–[[1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1953]], [[1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1955]] – [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]], [[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]]
| GP Last season   = 
| GP Teams         = [[Gilera]], [[Moto Morini|Morini]]
| GP Championships = 500cc- [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]]
| GP Race Starts   = 15
| GP Race Wins     = 6
| GP Podiums       = 14
| GP Total Points  = 741
| GP Poles         = N/A
| GP Fastest laps  = 3
| GP First win     = [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]] 350cc Nations Grand Prix 
| GP Last win      = [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]] 500cc Nations Grand Prix
| GP First race    = [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] 500cc [[Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix|Swiss Grand Prix]] 
| GP Last race     = [[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]] 250cc [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|West German Grand Prix]] 
}}

'''Libero Liberati''' (20 September 1926 – 5 March 1962) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] former professional motorcycle [[road racing|road racer]]. He competed in the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] world championships from 1952 to 1959, most prominently as a member of the [[Gilera]] factory racing team where he won the {{MGP|1957}}  [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions by year|500cc world championships]].<ref name="Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com">[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Libero+Liberati Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

Liberati was born in [[Terni]]. He became famous in his country, winning the Italian championship in 1948. Two years later [[Moto Guzzi]] called him to race in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]], where he took part in a single race. The same happened the following year with Gilera. Liberati scored his first points in the World Championship in 1953, and his first race victory came in 1956 in the 350cc class.<ref name="Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com"/>
[[File:Gilera's Liberati and Duke at 1956 Nations GP.jpg|thumb|left|Gilera's Liberati (28) and [[Geoff Duke]] negotiate La Curva Grande at Monza during the 1956 Nations Grand Prix.]]
In [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]], Liberati won the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]], scoring a total of four victories.<ref name="Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com"/> He also won a race in the 350cc class. However, at the end of the season, a dispute with the Gilera factory left him without a ride. Two years later [[Moto Morini]] gave him the opportunity to race again, this time in the 250cc class.

On 5 March 1962, Liberati died from an accident, after he slipped on the wet road, violently hitting his head, during a training session on the {{ill|Strada statale 209 Valnerina|it}}.

==Motorcycle Grand Prix results==
Source:<ref name="Libero Liberati career statistics at MotoGP.com"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" |Points system from 1950 to 1968
|-
! '''Position'''
! width="20" | Points
|-
|1
|8
|-
|2
|6
|-
|3
|4
|-
|4
|3
|-
|5
|2
|-
|6
|1
|}

([[Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Class
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! Points
! Rank
! Wins
|-
| [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]]
| 500cc
| [[Gilera]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix|SUI]]<br /><small>7</small>
| [[1952 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1952 Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>8</small>
| [[1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1952 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>8</small>
| [[1952 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>-</small>
|
| 0
| —
| 0
|-
| [[1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1953]]
| 500cc
| [[Gilera]]
| [[1953 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix|SUI]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>3</small>
| [[Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>-</small>
| 4
| 12th
| 0
|-
| [[1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1955]]
| 500cc
| [[Gilera]]
| [[1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>2</small>
| [[1955 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1955 Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1955 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>-</small>
|
| 6
| 7th
| 0
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]]
| 350cc
| [[Gilera]]
| [[1956 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]''<br /><small>1</small>
|
|
|
| 8
| 7th
| 1
|-
| 500cc
| [[Gilera]]
| [[1956 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[1956 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>2</small>
|
|
|
| 6
| 8th
| 0
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]]
| 350cc
| [[Gilera]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>1</small>
| [[1957 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]''<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>3</small>
|
|
|
| 22
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd'''
| 1
|-
| 500cc
| [[Gilera]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>1</small>
| [[1957 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]''<br /><small>1</small>
|
|
|
| 32
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|1st]]'''
| 4
|-
| [[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]]
| 250cc
| [[Moto Morini]]
| [[1959 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br /><small>-</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>4</small>
| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]]<br /><small>-</small> 
| [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br /><small>-</small>
| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br /><small>-</small>
|
|
| 3
| 12th
| 0
|-
|}

== References ==
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{{Reflist}}

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{{s-bef|before = [[John Surtees]]}}
{{s-ttl|title  = [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc Motorcycle World Champion]]|years  = 1957}}
{{s-aft|after  = [[John Surtees]]}}
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{{500 cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions}}

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[[Category:Italian motorcycle racers]]
[[Category:500cc World Championship riders]]
[[Category:350cc World Championship riders]]
[[Category:250cc World Championship riders]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Terni]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Italy]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]


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