Paton PG500RC
Paton PG500RC
.This bike in the first year named PG 500 R (2000) uses the double beamaluminum frame and a swingarm "Paton LM Gianetti", while in the second yearnamed PG 500 RC passes to "Paton Cagiva V 594 in Anticorodal material", changingalso slightly livery, where the tank and the tail inspired by the Paton C10 / 5are no longer used, but a more rounded tank and a higher tail are used.
It also differs from the previous model also due to the absence of theradiator slits and the lower fairing, which is wider and laps both wheels, whilethe fairing is higher and more protective. In two years of participation he managed to collect only 1 point thanks to the15th place of Paolo Tessari at the 2000 German Grand Prix .
Giuseppe Pattoni's team made its first steps in motorcycle competition with ayoung Mike Hailwood in the saddle of modified 125 and 175cc machines, gaining aplace at the Tourist Trophy, before Paton stepped up its competition activity inthe 1960's with the development of their 350 and 500cc machines. A fourth place in 1966 Nations Championship and a second and third place theyear after in the same competition, helped bring the Paton name into theinternational arena, and the team narrowly missed out on their first GP win inSpain, with Angelo Bergamonti at the helm, when the bike suffered mechanicalfailure. The teams 350 and 500cc machines brought in Paton's golden period, and helpedestablish Pattoni as one of the best engineers in the business, as the teambattled against the untouchable Giacome Agostini on the MV Augusta. The 70's saw Pattoni's son Robert join the team, as they made the switch to atwo-stroke configuration, in order to challenge the emerging Japanesemanufacturers with their seemingly endless budgets. In 1997 IRTA dropped a bombshell when they judged the team not fast enough toparticipate in the World Championship1997 – ending the teams record of competingin every 500cc Grand Prix from 1967. Despite the death of his father in 1999, Roberto continued to develop the teamsracing motorbikes, but the team would score only one point in the 2000 WorldChampionship, as a wildcard entry, when Paolo Tessari finished fifteenth at theSachsenring on the teams PG500R machine.