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1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 21st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 4 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Yugoslavian Grand Prix on 14 September.

Season summary

Giacomo Agostini on an MV Agusta continued to dominate the larger classes, once again winning the 350 and 500 classes against little factory-mounted opposition. The 250 class saw a tight three-way battle go down to the last race with Benelli's Kel Carruthers coming out on top against Kent Andersson and Santiago Herrero. Carruther's win would mark the last time a four-stroke machine would win the 250 championship. Kawasaki claimed their first world title with Dave Simmonds winning the 125 class. Spain's Angel Nieto won his first world championship for Derbi. It would be the first of many for the Spaniard. Former 125 world champion Bill Ivy was killed in a crash when his Jawa seized during practice for the East German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. When Godfrey Nash rode a Norton Manx to victory at the Yugoslavian Grand Prix at the Opatija Circuit, it would mark the last time that a 500cc Grand Prix race was won on a single-cylinder machine.

1969 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
4 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	NLD Aalt Toersen	NLD Cees van Dongen	ESP Santiago Herrero	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini		Report
11 May	FRG West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	NLD Aalt Toersen	GBR Dave Simmonds	SWE Kent Andersson	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
18 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Le Mans Bugatti	NLD Aalt Toersen	FRA Jean Auréal	ESP Santiago Herrero		ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Fath / Kalauch	Report
13 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain		GBR Dave Simmonds	AUS Kel Carruthers	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
28 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	AUS Barry Smith	GBR Dave Simmonds	ITA Renzo Pasolini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Fath / Kalauch	Report
6 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	AUS Barry Smith	GBR Dave Simmonds	ESP Santiago Herrero		ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Fath / Kalauch	Report
13 July	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	ESP Angel Nieto	GBR Dave Simmonds	ITA Renzo Pasolini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini		Report
20 July	CSK Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit	NLD Paul Lodewijkx	GBR Dave Simmonds	ITA Renzo Pasolini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini		Report
3 August	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		GBR Dave Simmonds	SWE Kent Andersson	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
16 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	ESP Angel Nieto		AUS Kel Carruthers	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
7 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Imola	NLD Paul Lodewijkx	GBR Dave Simmonds	GBR Phil Read	GBR Phil Read	ITA Alberto Pagani		Report
14 September	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija Circuit	NLD Paul Lodewijkx	FRG Dieter Braun	AUS Kel Carruthers	ITA Silvio Grassetti	GBR Godfrey Nash		Report

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP
ESP	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	TCH
TCH	FIN
FIN	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	YUG
YUG	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	=	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	=	49	50	51	=	53	=	55	=	57	58	=	=	=	62	63	=	=	=	=	68	69	=	=	72	73	74	=	=	77	78	=	80	81	=	=	84	=	=	=	=	89	=	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	CZE
CZE	FIN
FIN	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	YUG
YUG	Pts
ITA Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		DNS	105 (150)
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Librenti / Linto	4	6	6		6	4		2	Ret		7	Ret	47
GBR Godfrey Nash	Norton	5	9	5		7	Ret		9	3		Ret	1	45
GBR Billie Nelson	Paton		Ret	2		9	Ret	2	7	2		Ret		42
GBR Alan Barnett	Kirby-Metisse				2	3	3				Ret			32
GBR Steve Ellis	Linto	Ret		8		Ret		3		8			3	26
GBR Ron Chandler	Seeley-Matchless		10		6	8	5				6	6		25
ITA Gilberto Milani	Aermacchi		7			4						2	Ret	24
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton		5	Ret		16	6				4			19
NIR Brian Steenson	Seeley-Matchless				Ret						2	5		18
AUS John Dodds	Linto / Seeley-URS		4			Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret		3	Ret	18
AUS Terry Dennehy	Honda					Ret		5		7		4	Ret	18
AUS Jack Findlay	Linto / Aermacchi / Matchless	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret		Ret	Ret	16
ITA Alberto Pagani	Linto		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			1		15
GBR Lewis Young	Matchless						12			5		13	4	14
AUT Karl Auer	Matchless			3		10	9	Ret				Ret	Ret	13
FIN Pentti Lehtelä	Matchless							8		6		14	6	13
ITA Angelo Bergamonti	Paton	2	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret		Ret					12
GBR Percy Tait	Triumph			Ret		Ret	2				Ret	Ret	Ret	12
DEU Karl Hoppe	Metisse-URS / Seeley-URS		2			Ret		Ret		Ret				12
ITA Franco Trabalzini	Paton / Norton							Ret				Ret	2	12
GBR Peter Williams	Matchless					2								12
CZE Bohumil Stasa	ČZ					12			3		9			12
GBR Tom Dickie	Seeley-Matchless				3	14	10		Ret					11
GBR Dan Shorey	Seeley / Matchless		12	9		13	8		5	Ret		Ret		11
Wales Malcolm Uphill	Norton				Ret						3			10
NZL Ginger Molloy	Bultaco	3												10
NLD Teo Louwes	Norton			4		Ret	13					9		10
SCO John-Tom Findlay	Norton				5						7			10
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton		Ret	10		15	7		6					10
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Matchless									4		10	Ret	9
AUT Werner Bergold	Matchless							4	10					9
ITA Silvano Bertarelli	Paton / Aermacchi					Ret			4				Ret	8
GBR Derek Woodman	Seeley-Matchless				4									8
FRA André-Luc Appietto	Paton			7		Ret		Ret	8					7
NZL Keith Turner	Linto	Ret		Ret		11		Ret		Ret		Ret	5	6
GBR Barry Scully	Norton										5	Ret		6
AUS Phil O'Brien	Matchless				20			6	11	Ret		11		5
DEU Günter Fischer	Matchless	6							Ret					5
GBR Maurice Hawthorne	Linto / Matchless		Ret				Ret	7		Ret		Ret	10	5
DEU Paul Eickelberg	Norton		Ret				11						7	4
GBR Steve Jolly	Seeley-Matchless				7						11			4
CHE Gilbert Argo	Matchless	7												4
AUS Kel Carruthers	Aermacchi	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		Ret							3
ITA Emanuelle Maugliani	Norton							Ret				Ret	8	3
GBR John Williams	Matchless-Metisse / Metisse				Ret						8			3
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Seeley-Matchless											8		3
Wales Selwyn Griffiths	Matchless				8									3
AUS Ross Hannan	Norton				31			11					9	2
SWE Jack Lindh	Seeley-Matchless							9		Ret				2
GBR Peter Darvill	Norton				9									2
FIN Osmo Hansen	Matchless									9				2
Estonian SSR Endel Kiisa	Vostok							10	Ret					1
GBR Steve Spencer	Metisse / Norton				10			Ret						1
GBR Alan Lawton	Norton										10			1
AUT Wolfgang Stropek	MV Agusta									10				1
DEU Heinrich Rosenbusch	Norton / Linto		14										11	0
Wales Brian Adams	Norton				11									0
FRA Jean-Claude Costeux	Aermacchi			11										0
SWE Ake Dahli	Kawasaki									11				0
DEU Ferdinand Kaczor	BMW		11											0
SWE Bo Granath	Husqvarna / Seeley	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	12	12	Ret				0
ITA Vittorio Brambilla	Paton											12		0
GBR Vincent Duckett	Matchless				12									0
NIR Jimmy Johnston	Matchless										12			0
FRA Patrick Lefevre	Norton			12										0
FRA René Guilli	Matchless								12					0
SCO Charlie Dobson	Matchless				Ret						13			0
GBR Malcom Moffatt	Matchless				13									0
FRA Jean-Pierre Naudon	Matchless			13										0
DEU Armand Nerger	Honda		13											0
DEU Hans-Otto Butenuth	BMW				14	15								0
SWE Billy Andersson	Crescent / Monark				Ret		14			Ret				0
NIR Campbell Gorman	Matchless										14			0
SWE Lasse Johansson	HM								14					0
FRA Thierry Tchernine	Velocette			14										0
GBR Ken Kay	Norton / Aermacchi				Ret						15			0
GBR Jim Curry	Aermacchi						15							0
GBR Keith Heckles	Norton				15									0
GBR Chris Neve	Matchless				Ret						16			0
GBR Geoff Barry	Matchless				16									0
DEU Rupert Bauer	BMW		16											0
BEL Serge Jamsin	Norton						16							0
BEL Guy Cooremans	Norton						17							0
NLD Henk Kist	Honda					17								0
GBR Albert Spooner	Norton				17									0
DEU Rolf Thiemig	Norton		17											0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton										17			0
GBR Brian Moses	Norton				18									0
DEU Willi Bertsch	Honda		18											0
SCO William Kane	Matchless				19									0
GBR Dave Foulkes	Norton				21									0
GBR Dennis Trollope	Norton				22									0
GBR Brian Edwards	Kettle-Norton				23									0
GBR Jim Ashton	Matchless				24									0
NZL Ray Breingan	Norton				25									0
GBR Adrian Cooper	Harrow-Suzuki				26									0
NIR Robert Reid	Norton				27									0
GBR Harry Reynolds	Matchless				28									0
GBR Derek Filler	Norton				29									0
GBR Ray Knight	Hughes-Triumph				30									0
GBR Paul Smart	Higley-Norton / Seeley				Ret	Ret				Ret				0
RHO Gordon Keith	Velocette / Yamaha				Ret			Ret						0
ITA Giuseppe Mandolini	Moto Guzzi / Paton											Ret	Ret	0
Estonian SSR Jüri Randla	Vostok							Ret	Ret					0
NIR Tommy Robb	Ryan-Norton				Ret						Ret			0
GBR A. Allen	Velocette				Ret									0
GBR Mick Andrew	Kuhn-Seeley				Ret									0
GBR Raymond Ashcroft	Matchless				Ret									0
GBR George Barnacle	Triumph				Ret									0
GBR Ronald Baylie	Triumph				Ret									0
AUT Rudolf Bergsleithner	Matchless								Ret					0
GBR Roy Bisbey	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Bob Biscardine	Norton				Ret									0
GBR John Blanchard	Seeley										Ret			0
SCO Gerald Borland	JD Special				Ret									0
GBR John Burguess	Norton	Ret												0
GBR Rex Butcher	Oakley-Matchless				Ret									0
GBR Roly Capner	Matchless				Ret									0
SWE Kurt-Ivan Carlsson	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Doug Cash	Norton				Ret									0
CAN Bert Clark	Matchless				Ret									0
GBR Roger Corbett	Cornett-Norton Domiracer				Ret									0
GBR Paul Cott	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Walter Dawson	Norton				Ret									0
ITA Gianfranco Domeniconi	Norton												Ret	0
GBR Harry Evans	CRD				Ret									0
GBR Bill Fulton	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Ron Fursman	Norton				Ret									0
SCO Denis Gallagher	Matchless				Ret									0
AUS Tom Gill	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Tony Godfrey	Coleshill-Seeley				Ret									0
SCO Robert Graham	Matchless				Ret									0
GBR Bob Heath	Norton				Ret									0
DEU Gerhard Heukerott	Norton								Ret					0
DEU Albert Hund	Norton		Ret											0
GBR Tony Jefferies	Triumph				Ret									0
GBR Leslie Kempster	LGK-Norton				Ret									0
HUN György Kurucz	Norton		Ret											0
DEU Otto Labitzke	BMW		Ret											0
SCO Cliff Lawson	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Alan Lawton	Norton				Ret									0
AUT Edy Lenz	Matchless						Ret							0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton												Ret	0
GBR Donald May	Petty-Norton				Ret									0
GBR Steve Murray	Matchless				Ret									0
ZAF Garth Neveling	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Nigel Palmer	Matchless-Metisse				Ret									0
GBR Terry Pallister	Norton				Ret									0
Wales Frank Perris	Suzuki				Ret									0
GBR Norman Price	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Barry Randle	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Tony Rutter	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Charlie Sanby	Wragg-Seeley				Ret									0
GBR Graham Sharp	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Roy Simmons	Triumph				Ret									0
GBR Bill Smith	Arter-Matchless				Ret									0
CZE Frantisek Srna	Jawa								Ret					0
CZE František Šťastný	Jawa						Ret							0
GBR Roger Stopford	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Brian Swales	Norton				Ret									0
GBR John Taylor	Matchless				Ret									0
NLD Mike van Aken	Bultaco					Ret								0
CHE Ernst Walther	Honda Drixton				Ret									0
IOM Fred Walton	Velocette-Metisse				Ret									0
GBR Carl Ward	Norton				Ret									0
USA Lance Weil	Norton				Ret									0
MLT John Wetherall	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Dave Williams	BSA				Ret									0
GBR Tony Wilmott	Norton				Ret									0
GBR Stan Woods	EWS				Ret									0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Italy	MV Agusta	90	8
2	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Yamaha / Jawa	47	1
3	ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Italy	Yamaha	45	0
4	DDR Heinz Rosner	East Germany	MZ	38	0
5	GBR Rodney Gould	United Kingdom	Yamaha	36	0
6	AUS Jack Findlay	Australia	Yamaha	34	0
7	AUS Kel Carruthers	Australia	Aermacchi	29	0
8	CSK Bohumil Stasa	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	27	0
9	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	26	0
10	GBR Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	Jawa	24	0
11	FIN Martti Pesonen	Finland	Yamaha	16	0
=	FRG Adolf Ohligschläger	West Germany	Yamaha	16	0
13	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	15	1
14	GBR Brian Steenson	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	12	0
=	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	12	0
=	NZL Ginger Molloy	New Zealand	Bultaco	12	0
17	GBR Lewis Young	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	11	0
18	GBR Cecil Crawford	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	10	0
=	FRG Walter Scheimann	West Germany	Yamaha	10	0
20	GBR Tom Dickie	United Kingdom	Seeley	8	0
=	FRG Karl Hoppe	West Germany	Yamaha	8	0
=	GBR Tony Rutter	United Kingdom	Yamaha	8	0
=	ITA Silvano Bertarelli	Italy	Aermacchi	8	0
24	GBR Terry Grotefeld	United Kingdom	Yamaha	6	0
25	CHE Herbert Denzler	Switzerland	Aermacchi	5	0
=	GBR Selwyn Griffiths	United Kingdom	AJS	5	0
=	USA Marty Lunde	United States	Yamaha	5	0
=	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	5	0
=	ITA Bruno Spaggiari	Italy	Ducati	5	0
30	GBR John Trevor Findlay	United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
=	GBR Billy McCosh	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	4	0
=	GBR Brian Smith	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	4	0
33	GBR Jerry Lancaster	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	3	0
=	CSK Karel Bojer	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	3	0
=	GBR Billy Guthrie	United Kingdom	Yamaha	3	0
=	GBR Cliff Carr	United Kingdom	Yamaha	3	0
=	GBR Billie Nelson	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	3	0
=	GBR Maurice Hawthorne	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	GBR Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	Kawasaki	3	0
=	GBR Jim Curry	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	3	0
42	FRG Günter Fischer	West Germany	Aermacchi	2	0
=	RHO Gordon Keith	Rhodesia	Yamaha	2	0
=	GBR Mike Hatherill	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	2	0
=	NLD Jan Kostwinder	Netherlands	Yamaha	2	0
=	GBR Robin Fitton	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	HUN János Drapál	Hungary	Aermacchi	2	0
48	GBR Godfrey Nash	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	GBR Roy Graham	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	NLD Leo Commu	Netherlands	Yamaha	1	0
=	CHE Ivar Sauter	Switzerland	Aermacchi	1	0
=	GBR Dave Degens	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Finland	Yamaha	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	AUS Kel Carruthers	Australia	Benelli	89	3
2	SWE Kent Andersson	Sweden	Yamaha	84	2
3	ESP Santiago Herrero	Spain	Ossa	83	3
4	ITA Renzo Pasolini	Italy	Benelli	45	3
5	SWE Börje Jansson	Sweden	Kawasaki	45	0
6	GBR Rodney Gould	United Kingdom	Yamaha	44	0
7	DDR Heinz Rosner	East Germany	MZ	28	0
8	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Suzuki	25	0
9	FRG Lothar John	West Germany	Yamaha	21	0
10	FRG Dieter Braun	West Germany	MZ	20	0
11	DDR Günter Bartusch	East Germany	MZ	18	0
=	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Yamaha	18	0
13	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	15	1
14	HUN László Szabó	Hungary	MZ	14	0
15	ITA Gilberto Parlotti	Italy	Benelli	12	0
=	GBR Mick Chatterton	United Kingdom	Yamaha	12	0
17	FIN Martti Pesonen	Finland	Yamaha	11	0
=	ITA Angelo Bergamonti	Italy	Aermacchi	11	0
19	FRG Klaus Huber	West Germany	Yamaha	10	0
=	GBR Ray McCullough	United Kingdom	Yamaha	10	0
21	FRA Jean Auréal	France	Yamaha	9	0
22	GBR Billy Guthrie	United Kingdom	Yamaha	8	0
=	GBR Chas Mortimer	United Kingdom	Yamaha	8	0
24	GBR Ian Richards	United Kingdom	Yamaha	7	0
25	ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Italy	Yamaha	6	0
=	FRG Toni Gruber	West Germany	Yamaha	6	0
=	GBR Frank Whiteway	United Kingdom	Suzuki	6	0
=	ITA Walter Villa	Italy	Villa	6	0
29	GBR Derek Chatterton	United Kingdom	Yamaha	5	0
=	AUS Eric Hinton	Australia	Yamaha	5	0
=	GBR Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	Kawasaki	5	0
=	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	5	0
33	FRG Reinhard Scholtis	West Germany	Kawasaki	4	0
=	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Italy	Benelli	4	0
=	GBR Stan Woods	United Kingdom	Yamaha	4	0
=	AUS Jack Findlay	Australia	Yamaha	4	0
=	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Finland	Yamaha	4	0
38	GBR Jerry Lancaster	United Kingdom	Yamaha	3	0
=	FRG Siegfried Lohmann	West Germany	Suzuki	3	0
=	ESP Carlos Giró-Vila	Spain	Ossa	3	0
=	FIN Teuvo Lansivuori	Finland	Yamaha	3	0
=	GBR Dick Pipes	United Kingdom	Yamaha	3	0
=	AUT Heinz Kriwanek	Austria	Rotax	3	0
=	FRA Christian Ravel	France	Yamaha	3	0
45	GBR Billie Nelson	United Kingdom	Yamaha	2	0
=	GBR John Ringwood	United Kingdom	Yamaha	2	0
=	NZL Keith Turner	New Zealand	Aermacchi	2	0
=	GBR Tony Rutter	United Kingdom	Yamaha	2	0
=	RHO Gordon Keith	Rhodesia	Yamaha	2	0
=	CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Switzerland	Yamaha	2	0
51	FIN Matti Salonen	Finland	Yamaha	1	0
=	CSK Karel Bojer	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0

125cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	Kawasaki	90	8
2	FRG Dieter Braun	West Germany	Suzuki	59	1
3	NLD Cees van Dongen	Netherlands	Suzuki	51	1
4	SWE Kent Andersson	Sweden	Maico / Yamaha	36	0
5	AUT Heinz Kriwanek	Austria	Rotax	33	0
6	NZL Ginger Molloy	New Zealand	Bultaco	29	0
7	POL Ryszard Mankiewicz	Poland	MZ	27	0
8	HUN László Szabó	Hungary	MZ	26	0
9	DDR Friedhelm Kohlar	East Germany	MZ	24	0
10	AUS Kel Carruthers	Australia	Aermacchi	20	0
11	ITA Walter Villa	Italy	Villa	18	0
12	ITA Silvano Bertarelli	Italy	Aermacchi	17	0
13	DDR Thomas Heuschkel	East Germany	MZ	16	0
14	FRA Jean Auréal	France	Yamaha	15	1
15	FRG Lothar John	West Germany	Yamaha	14	0
16	DDR Gunter Bartusch	East Germany	MZ	12	0
17	NLD Jan Huberts	Netherlands	MZ	11	0
18	GBR Barrie Dickinson	United Kingdom	Honda	10	0
=	ITA Francesco Villa	Italy	Villa	10	0
20	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Bultaco	9	0
=	FRG Siegfried Lohmann	West Germany	MZ	9	0
22	ESP Enrique Escuder	Spain	Bultaco	8	0
=	FRA Jacques Roca	France	Derbi	8	0
=	GBR Steve Murray	United Kingdom	Honda	8	0
25	AUS John Dodds	Australia	Aermacchi	7	0
=	AUS Barry Smith	Australia	Derbi	7	0
=	ITA Giuseppe Mandolini	Italy	Villa	7	0
28	CHE Bruno Veigel	Switzerland	Honda	6	0
=	DDR Heinz Rosner	East Germany	MZ	6	0
=	FRA Jean-François Chaffin	France	Villa	6	0
=	GBR John Kiddie	United Kingdom	Honda	6	0
32	FRA Pierre Viura	France	Maico	5	0
=	GBR Carl Ward	United Kingdom	Honda	5	0
=	GBR Chas Mortimer	United Kingdom	Villa	5	0
=	FRG Walter Scheimann	West Germany	Villa	5	0
=	GBR Jerry Lancaster	United Kingdom	Honda	5	0
37	FRA Daniel Crivello	France	Maico	4	0
=	GBR John Shacklady	United Kingdom	Bultaco	4	0
=	SWE Bo Granath	Sweden	MZ	4	0
=	SWE Börje Jansson	Sweden	Maico	4	0
41	FIN Pertti Leinonen	Finland	Honda	3	0
=	GBR Charles Garner	United Kingdom	Bultaco	3	0
=	CHE Herbert Denzler	Switzerland	Honda	3	0
44	ESP Ramón Galí	Spain	Bultaco	2	0
=	CHE Jean Campiche	Switzerland	Honda	2	0
=	MCO Jean-Loup Pasquier	Monaco	Bultaco	2	0
=	IRL Bob Coulter	Ireland	Bultaco	2	0
=	FIN Seppo Kangasniemi	Finland	MZ	2	0
49	GBR Jim Curry	United Kingdom	Honda	1	0
=	GBR Tom Loughridge	United Kingdom	Bultaco	1	0
=	NLD Lous van Rijswijk, Jr	Netherlands	Yamaha	1	0
=	DDR Hartmut Bischoff	East Germany	MZ	1	0
=	DDR Eberhard Mahler	East Germany	MZ	1	0
=	HUN János Reisz	Hungary	MZ	1	0

50cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ESP Angel Nieto	Spain	Derbi	76	2
2	NLD Aalt Toersen	Netherlands	Kreidler	75	3
3	AUS Barry Smith	Australia	Derbi	69	2
4	NLD Jan de Vries	Netherlands	Kreidler	64	0
5	NLD Paul Lodewijkx	Netherlands	Jamathi	63	3
6	ITA Gilberto Parlotti	Italy	Tomos	31	0
7	ESP Santiago Herrero	Spain	Derbi	28	0
8	FRG Rudolf Kunz	West Germany	Kreidler	26	0
9	FRG Ludwig Faßbender	West Germany	Kreidler	25	0
10	NLD Martin Mijwaart	Netherlands	Jamathi	18	0
11	NLD Cees van Dongen	Netherlands	Kreidler	14	0
12	NLD Jan Huberts	Netherlands	Kreidler	12	0
13	Yugoslavia Janco Florjan-Stefe	Yugoslavia	Tomos	11	0
14	GBR Frank Whiteway	United Kingdom	Crooks-Suzuki	10	0
15	Yugoslavia Adrijan Bernetic	Yugoslavia	Tomos	9	0
16	FRG Werner Reinhard	West Germany	Reimo	8	0
=	GBR Stuart Aspin	United Kingdom	Garelli	8	0
18	CHE Herbert Denzler	Switzerland	Kreidler	7	0
19	ITA Giovanni Lombardi	Italy	Guazzoni	6	0
=	GBR Luke Lawlor	United Kingdom	Derbi	6	0
21	AUT Jakob Unterladstätter	Austria	KTM	5	0
=	NLD Jos Schurgers	Netherlands	Kreidler	5	0
=	GBR Frank Redfern	United Kingdom	Honda	5	0
=	ITA Silvano Bertarelli	Italy	Minarelli	5	0
=	ITA Franco Ringhini	Italy	Morbidelli	5	0
27	FRA Jacques Roca	France	Derbi	4	0
=	GBR Arthur Lawn	United Kingdom	Honda	4	0
=	MCO Jean-Loup Pasquier	Monaco	Derbi	4	0
=	GBR Chris Walpole	United Kingdom	Garelli	3	0
=	ITA Luigi Rinaldo	Italy	Tomos	3	0
31	CHE Bruno Veigel	Switzerland	Honda	2	0
=	FRG Rudolf Schmälzle	West Germany	Kreidler	2	0
=	FRA André Millard	France	Kreidler	2	0
=	GBR John Lawley	United Kingdom	Honda	2	0
=	Yugoslavia Anton Kralj	Yugoslavia	Tomos	2	0
36	ESP Juan Bordons	Spain	Derbi	1	0
=	FRG Gerhard Thurow	West Germany	Kreidler	1	0
=	FRA Charly Dubois	France	Kreidler	1	0
=	GBR Barrie Dickinson	United Kingdom	Garelli	1	0

References

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

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
(22 May 2003). "MotoGP Milestones". crash.net.

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