The story
Malanca made their racing debut in 1968 with riders Walter Villa and Otello Buscherini winning six championships in the 50cc and 60cc classes. Buscherini also won twice in the 125 GP and died whilst competing for Malanca in the 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix. After the death of their champion racer Malanca withdrew from competitions appearing only twice more, once in 1978 with the JPS (John Player Special) colours and again in 1985 in the 250GP with Stefano Caracchi, with little success.
From Wikipedia’s article on Malanca, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3