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1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

Sports season

The 1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 19th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 April, with the Spanish Grand Prix, and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 15 October.

Season summary

1967 marked a seminal year in motorcycle Grand Prix history as well as the end of an era, with Honda making the decision to withdraw its racing program from competition. Nevertheless, Honda would go out with a bang, with Mike Hailwood taking the 250 cc and 350 cc crowns and coming within a whisker of dethroning Giacomo Agostini for the 500 cc title.

Honda decided to concentrate on the larger classes leaving Suzuki to dominate the 50 cc class with Anscheidt again the champion. The improved Yamahas took the 125 cc class with Bill Ivy finishing ahead of teammate Phil Read.

In the 250 cc class, Read would battle Hailwood mightily for the title. They both finished the season with 50 points but Hailwood took the title because he had five wins to Read's four. In the 350 cc class, Hailwood had an easier time, taking six wins and claiming the crown by mid-season.

The 500 title fight would be one for the ages with Agostini and Hailwood swapping wins back and forth including a legendary duel at the Isle of Man TT. The chase went down to the last race in Canada. Hailwood won there to tie Agostini on points. Each rider had five wins so it came down to second places — Agostini taking the title with three seconds to Hailwood's two.

With Honda's pullout, Hailwood left motorcycle racing to take up a car racing career. He left with a blaze of glory, winning three classes in one day at the Dutch TT as well as three classes in one week at the Isle of Man TT.

1967 Grand Prix season calendar

RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit50cc winner125cc winner250cc winner350cc winner500cc winnerSidecars 500cc winnerReport12345678910111213
30 AprilESP Spanish Grand PrixMontjuïc circuitFRG Hans-Georg AnscheidtGBR Bill IvyGBR Phil ReadDEU Auerbacher / Dein[Report](1967-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
7 MayFRG West German Grand PrixHockenheimringFRG Hans-Georg AnscheidtJPN Yoshimi KatayamaNIR Ralph BryansGBR Mike HailwoodITA Giacomo AgostiniDEU Enders / Engelhardt[Report](1967-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
21 MayFRA French Grand PrixCharade CircuitJPN Yoshimi KatayamaGBR Bill IvyGBR Bill IvyDEU Enders / Engelhardt[Report](1967-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
16 JuneIOM Isle of Man TTSnaefell MountainGBR Stuart GrahamGBR Phil ReadGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike HailwoodDEU Schauzu / Horst Schneider[Report](1967-isle-of-man-tt)
24 JuneNLD Dutch TTTT Circuit AssenJPN Yoshimi KatayamaGBR Phil ReadGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike HailwoodDEU Enders / Engelhardt[Report](1967-dutch-tt)
2 JulyBEL Belgian Grand PrixSpa-FrancorchampsFRG Hans-Georg AnscheidtGBR Bill IvyITA Giacomo AgostiniDEU Enders / Engelhardt[Report](1967-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
16 JulyDDR East German Grand PrixSachsenringGBR Bill IvyGBR Phil ReadGBR Mike HailwoodITA Giacomo Agostini[Report](1967-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
23 JulyCSK Czechoslovak Grand PrixMasaryk CircuitGBR Bill IvyGBR Phil ReadGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike Hailwood[Report](1967-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
6 AugustFIN Finnish Grand PrixImatra CircuitGBR Stuart GrahamGBR Mike HailwoodITA Giacomo AgostiniDEU Enders / Engelhardt[Report](1967-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
19 AugustNIR Ulster Grand PrixDundrod CircuitGBR Bill IvyGBR Mike HailwoodITA Giacomo AgostiniGBR Mike Hailwood[Report](1967-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
3 SeptemberITA Nations Grand PrixMonzaGBR Bill IvyGBR Phil ReadNIR Ralph BryansITA Giacomo AgostiniDEU GBR Auerbacher / Nelson[Report](1967-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
30 SeptemberCAN Canadian Grand PrixMosportGBR Bill IvyGBR Mike HailwoodGBR Mike Hailwood[Report](1967-canadian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
15 OctoberJPN Japanese Grand PrixFuji SpeedwayJPN Mitsuo ItohGBR Bill IvyNIR Ralph BryansGBR Mike Hailwood[Report](1967-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of six in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of five races were counted.

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6thPoints
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500cc final standings

PosRiderMachine[GER](1967-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU[MAN](1967-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM[HOL](1967-dutch-tt)
NLD[BEL](1967-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL[DDR](1967-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DDR[TCH](1967-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
TCH[FIN](1967-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN[ULS](1967-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
NIR[NAC](1967-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA[CAN](1967-canadian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CANPts12345678910111213=151617181920=22232425262728==313233343534==3839404142434445464748=505152=5455=57=5960===64656667==70==7374=76777879808182838485868788899091------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PosRiderBike[GER](1967-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU[MAN](1967-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR[HOL](1967-dutch-tt)
NLD[BEL](1967-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL[DDR](1967-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DDR[TCH](1967-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
TCH[FIN](1967-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN[ULS](1967-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Ulster[NAC](1967-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA[CAN](1967-canadian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CANPts
ITA Giacomo AgostiniMV Agusta*1*Ret2*1**1*2*1*2012**46** (58)
GBR Mike HailwoodHondaRet*1**1*2Ret*1*Ret*1**2**1***46** (52)
GBR John HartleMatchless / Kirby-Metisse625226**22**
GBR Peter WilliamsMatchless223Ret**16**
AUS Jack FindlayMatchless / Norton3DNS43DNS39**15**
GBR Fred StevensHannah-PatonRet5Ret3RetRet5Ret4Ret**11**
GBR John CooperNorton164Ret12Ret36**8**
CHE Gyula MarsovszkyMatchlessRet1455104Ret77**7**
GBR Billie NelsonNorton5911783Ret**6**
GBR Steve SpencerNorton39135Ret**6**
CAN Mike DuffMatchless8RetRetRet3**4**
ITA Angelo BergamontiHannah-PatonRet113**4**
AUS John DoddsNortonRet108469Ret**4**
GBR Dan ShoreyNortonRet49610Ret8**4**
GBR Robin FittonNorton47Ret**3**
SWE Bo GranathMatchless15171412Ret415**3**
GBR John BlanchardSeeley-Matchless / Seeley-URSRet33Ret4**3**
CAN Ivor LloydMatchless4**3**
GBR Rodney GouldNortonRet511Ret8**2**
ITA Giuseppe MandoliniMoto Guzzi5**2**
ZAF Andreas GeorgeadesVelocette5**2**
GBR Chris ConnNorton7Ret6Ret8RetRetRet**1**
GBR Derek MinterNortonRet76**1**
GBR Griff JenkinsNorton613**1**
GBR Maurice HawthorneNortonRet6**1**
USA Johnny RockettNorton6**1**
GBR Lewis YoungMetisse / MatchlessRetRetRetRet147**0**
GBR Tom DickieMatchless7**0**
CAN Dave LloydTriton7**0**
CZE Frantisek SrnaJawa7**0**
AUS Kel CarruthersMetisse / Norton / MatchlessRetRet8RetRet9Ret14Ret**0**
NIR Billy McCoschMatchless810**0**
NZL Keith TurnerMatchless24138**0**
CAN Manuel RadbordHonda8**0**
GBR Ron ChandlerMatchlessRet9RetRetRet**0**
DEU Hartmut AllnerBMW9**0**
CAN Thomas de MangeMatchless9**0**
GBR Dave DegensMatchless9**0**
GBR Derek LeeMatchless1012Ret1212**0**
DEU Walter ScheimannNorton10Ret1312Ret**0**
AUS Jack SaundersMatchless1410**0**
DEU Karl HoppeMatchlessRetRetRetRet10**0**
AUS Malcolm StantonNortonRetRet10RetRet**0**
CAN Jean LysightTriumph10**0**
GBR Rex ButcherNorton1111**0**
FIN Hannu KuparinenMatchless1511**0**
GBR Godfrey NashNortonRet11Ret**0**
GBR Denis GallagherMatchlessRet11**0**
USA Bob MacLeanNorton11**0**
DEU Armand NergerHonda11**0**
CAN Henry HanjeTriumph12**0**
CAN Oliver HoweNortonRet1216**0**
GBR Barry RandleNorton12**0**
DEU Dietmar VölmleNorton12**0**
CHE Ernst WeissMatchless1813**0**
DEU Fritjof EccariusMatchless13Ret**0**
GBR Bill SmithMatchless13Ret**0**
NIR Cecil CrawfordNorton13**0**
CAN David ShepardNorton13**0**
HUN György KuruczMatchless / Norton1414**0**
BEL Guy CooremansNorton15**0**
ZAF Errol CowanMatchless15**0**
ZAF Pat HewartsonNorton15**0**
GBR Charlie SanbyNorton15**0**
RHO Gordon KeithNorton2116Ret**0**
GBR Bob SteeleMatchlessRet16**0**
GBR Tony McGurkMatchless16**0**
ITA Gianfranco DomeniconiNorton17**0**
GBR Steve JollyMatchless17**0**
AUS Ron WilsonNorton17**0**
NLD Bert OosterhuisNorton18**0**
GBR Brian WalmsleyNorton18**0**
ITA Benedetto ZambottiNorton18**0**
GBR Ken KayMatchless-MetisseRet19**0**
GBR Bernie LundMatchless19**0**
ITA Emanuele MauglianiNorton19**0**
GBR Norman PriceNorton20**0**
NIR Roy ReidNorton2821**0**
ZAF Ian BurneNorton22Ret**0**
NIR Harry TurnerNorton22**0**
SWE Billy AnderssonMatchless23**0**
AUS Lee AtleeNorton25Ret**0**
GBR Doug CashNorton26**0**
GBR Ray KnightTriumph27**0**
GBR Colin ThompsonNorton29**0**
GBR Albert MouleNorton30**0**
GBR Chris NeveMatchless31**0**
GBR Ian AblettBSA32**0**
AUS David JohnsonNorton34**0**
GBR Albert HaddockTriton35**0**
GBR Hugh EvansMV Agusta36**0**
GBR Melvyn RiceVincent HRD37**0**
GBR Joe DunphyNortonRetRetRetRetRet**0**
AUT Edy LenzMatchlessRetRetRetRet**0**
AUS Eric HintonNortonRetRetRet**0**
AUS Tom GillMatchlessRetRet**0**
Wales Malcolm UphillNortonRetRet**0**
CAN Stuart MorinNortonRetRet**0**
GBR Jim AshtonMatchlessRet**0**
USA Nishan BaronianBSARet**0**
CAN Roger BeaumontTriumphRet**0**
GBR Godfrey BensonNortonRet**0**
HUN Karoly BerekNortonRet**0**
GBR Bob BiscardineTritonRet**0**
NZL Ray BreinganNortonRet**0**
GBR Dave BrownNortonRet**0**
DEU Heiner ButzBianchiRet**0**
ITA Paolo CampanelliMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Alan CapstickBSARet**0**
SWE Agne CarlssonMatchlessRet**0**
CAN Bert ClarkMatchless-MetisseRet**0**
GBR Dave CroxfordMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Dave CunninghamTriumphRet**0**
GBR Peter DarvillNortonRet**0**
CAN Peter-John DavisNortonRet**0**
CAN Bruce DentNortonRet**0**
CHE Herbert DenzlerAermacchiRet**0**
GBR Vincent DuckettMatchlessRet**0**
CAN Yvon DuhamelMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Jim EvansNortonRet**0**
CAN Kurt FischerVincent HRDRet**0**
CAN Robert FisherTriumphRet**0**
GBR Dave FoulkesNortonRet**0**
GBR Tony GodfreyNortonRet**0**
USA Ron GrantHondaRet**0**
Wales Selwyn GriffithsMatchlessRet**0**
NIR Billie GuthrieNortonRet**0**
CAN Don HaddowHondaRet**0**
CZE Gustav HavelJawaRet**0**
GBR Vic HiltonNortonRet**0**
GBR Derek JonesBSARet**0**
CAN Peter KellondNortonRet**0**
GBR Les KempsterNortonRet**0**
CAN Ken KingNortonRet**0**
USA Ed LaBelleNortonRet**0**
CAN Joseph LamaMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Alan LawtonNortonRet**0**
FIN Pentti LehteläNortonRet**0**
USA Kurt LiebmannBMW OL SpecialRet**0**
SWE Jack LindhMatchlessRet**0**
USA Marty LundeNortonRet**0**
CAN Mike ManleyHondaRet**0**
CAN Fraser McAninchNortonRet**0**
NIR Ian McGregorNortonRet**0**
ITA Guido MieleGileraRet**0**
GBR Stephen MillardMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Frank MumfordNortonRet**0**
ZAF Garth NevelingNortonRet**0**
ITA Renzo PasoliniBenelliRet**0**
GBR Alan PeckNortonRet**0**
GBR Graham PennyHondaRet**0**
ITA Giovanni PerroneBianchiRet**0**
GBR Laurence PoveyNortonRet**0**
GBR Alan PrangeMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Tom ReadNortonRet**0**
GBR Harry ReynoldsMatchless-MetisseRet**0**
AUS Peter RichardsNortonRet**0**
GBR Tony RutterNortonRet**0**
FIN Jouko RyhänenMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Brian SapsfordNortonRet**0**
GBR Barry ScullyNortonRet**0**
CAN Adrian ShelleyNortonRet**0**
GBR Eric-Morley ShepherdNortonRet**0**
GBR John SimmondsNortonRet**0**
USA Fred SimoneBMWRet**0**
DNK Vagn StevnhovedMatchlessRet**0**
NLD Jan StrijbisNortonRet**0**
GBR Percy TaitTriumphRet**0**
GBR John TaylorMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Tom WalkerNorton-BSARet**0**
CAN William WalshNortonRet**0**
GBR Carl WardNortonRet**0**
USA Lance WeilMatchlessRet**0**
GBR Tony WilmottNortonRet**0**
GBR Dave WilliamsBSARet**0**
NZL Keith WilliamsNortonRet**0**

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350cc final standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1GBR Mike Hailwood1United KingdomHonda406
2ITA Giacomo Agostini2ItalyMV Agusta321
3GBR Ralph BryansUnited KingdomHonda201
4DDR Heinz Rosner7East GermanyMZ180
5GBR Derek WoodmanUnited KingdomMZ140
6ITA Alberto Pagani6ItalyAermacchi110
7AUS Kel Carruthers18AustraliaAermacchi90
8ITA Renzo Pasolini3ItalyBenelli80
9ITA Silvio Grassetti11ItalyBenelli60
10JPN K. MimuroJapanYamaha40

250cc final standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1GBR Mike Hailwood1United KingdomHonda505
2GBR Phil Read2United KingdomYamaha504
3GBR Bill Ivy13United KingdomYamaha462
4GBR Ralph BryansUnited KingdomHonda402
5GBR Derek Woodman4United KingdomMZ180
6DDR Heinz Rosner6East GermanyMZ130
7NZL Ginger Molloy11New ZealandBultaco90
8CHE Gyula Marsovsky12SwitzerlandBultaco80
9JPN Akiyasu Motohashi8JapanYamaha60
10GBR Tommy Robb22United KingdomBultaco50
10GBR Dave SimmondsUnited KingdomKawasaki50

125cc final standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1GBR Bill Ivy2United KingdomYamaha568
2GBR Phil Read4United KingdomYamaha402
3GBR Stuart GrahamUnited KingdomSuzuki381
4JPN Yoshimi Katayama6JapanSuzuki191
5HUN László SzabóHungaryMZ130
6FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt12West GermanySuzuki120
7GBR Dave SimmondsUnited KingdomKawasaki90
8AUS Kel CarruthersAustraliaHonda70
9CAN Tim CoopeyCanadaYamaha60
10DDR Thomas HeuschkelEast GermanyMZ50
10FRG Walter Scheimann15West GermanyHonda50

50cc final standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt1West GermanySuzuki303
2JPN Yoshimi Katayama5JapanSuzuki282
3GBR Stuart GrahamUnited KingdomSuzuki221
4ESP Angel Nieto6SpainDerbi120
5AUS Barry Smith8AustraliaDerbi120
6JPN Mitsuo ItohJapanSuzuki81
7FRG R. SchmalzeWest GermanyKreidler60
8ESP José BusquetSpainDerbi40
8ESP Benjamin GrauSpainDerbi40
8JPN Hiroyuki KawasakiJapanSuzuki40
8GBR Tommy RobbUnited KingdomSuzuki40

References

  • Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

  1. (1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
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