1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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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.[1] 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.[1] Carruther's win would mark the last time a four-stroke machine would win the 250 championship.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2]
1969 Grand Prix season calendar
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
350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Giacomo Agostini | Italy | MV Agusta | 90 | 8 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Yamaha / Jawa | 47 | 1 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Visenzi | Italy | Yamaha | 45 | 0 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 38 | 0 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Rodney Gould | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 36 | 0 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Jack Findlay | Australia | Yamaha | 34 | 0 | |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Kel Carruthers | Australia | Aermacchi | 29 | 0 | |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Bohumil Stasa | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 27 | 0 | |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 26 | 0 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Bill Ivy | United Kingdom | Jawa | 24 | 0 | |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Martti Pesonen | Finland | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Adolf Ohligschläger | West Germany | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Phil Read | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 15 | 1 | |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Brian Steenson | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 12 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 12 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Ginger Molloy | New Zealand | Bultaco | 12 | 0 | |
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Lewis Young | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 11 | 0 | |
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Cecil Crawford | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 10 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Walter Scheimann | West Germany | Yamaha | 10 | 0 | |
| 20 | Template:Flagicon Tom Dickie | United Kingdom | Seeley | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Karl Hoppe | West Germany | Yamaha | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Tony Rutter | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Silvano Bertarelli | Italy | Aermacchi | 8 | 0 | |
| 24 | Template:Flagicon Terry Grotefeld | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 6 | 0 | |
| 25 | Template:Flagicon Herbert Denzler | Switzerland | Aermacchi | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Selwyn Griffiths | United Kingdom | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Marty Lunde | United States | Yamaha | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Bruno Spaggiari | Italy | Ducati | 5 | 0 | |
| 30 | Template:Flagicon John Trevor Findlay | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Billy McCosh | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Brian Smith | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
| 33 | Template:Flagicon Jerry Lancaster | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Karel Bojer | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Billy Guthrie | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Cliff Carr | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Billie Nelson | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Maurice Hawthorne | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jim Curry | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 3 | 0 | |
| 42 | Template:Flagicon Günter Fischer | West Germany | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Gordon Keith | Rhodesia | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Mike Hatherill | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jan Kostwinder | Netherlands | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Robin Fitton | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon János Drapál | Hungary | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
| 48 | Template:Flagicon Godfrey Nash | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Roy Graham | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Leo Commu | Netherlands | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Ivar Sauter | Switzerland | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Dave Degens | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Hannu Kuparinen | Finland | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Kel Carruthers | Australia | Benelli | 89 | 3 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Kent Andersson | Sweden | Yamaha | 84 | 2 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Santiago Herrero | Spain | Ossa | 83 | 3 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Renzo Pasolini | Italy | Benelli | 45 | 3 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Börje Jansson | Sweden | Kawasaki | 45 | 0 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Rodney Gould | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 44 | 0 | |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 28 | 0 | |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 25 | 0 | |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Lothar John | West Germany | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Dieter Braun | West Germany | MZ | 20 | 0 | |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Günter Bartusch | East Germany | MZ | 18 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Yamaha | 18 | 0 | |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Phil Read | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 15 | 1 | |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon László Szabó | Hungary | MZ | 14 | 0 | |
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Gilberto Parlotti | Italy | Benelli | 12 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Mick Chatterton | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 12 | 0 | |
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Martti Pesonen | Finland | Yamaha | 11 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Angelo Bergamonti | Italy | Aermacchi | 11 | 0 | |
| 19 | Template:Flagicon Klaus Huber | West Germany | Yamaha | 10 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Ray McCullough | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 10 | 0 | |
| 21 | Template:Flagicon Jean Auréal | France | Yamaha | 9 | 0 | |
| 22 | Template:Flagicon Billy Guthrie | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Chas Mortimer | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 8 | 0 | |
| 24 | Template:Flagicon Ian Richards | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 7 | 0 | |
| 25 | Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Visenzi | Italy | Yamaha | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Toni Gruber | West Germany | Yamaha | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Frank Whiteway | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Walter Villa | Italy | Villa | 6 | 0 | |
| 29 | Template:Flagicon Derek Chatterton | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Eric Hinton | Australia | Yamaha | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 5 | 0 | |
| 33 | Template:Flagicon Reinhard Scholtis | West Germany | Kawasaki | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Eugenio Lazzarini | Italy | Benelli | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Stan Woods | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jack Findlay | Australia | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Pentti Korhonen | Finland | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
| 38 | Template:Flagicon Jerry Lancaster | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Siegfried Lohmann | West Germany | Suzuki | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Carlos Giró-Vila | Spain | Ossa | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Teuvo Lansivuori | Finland | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Dick Pipes | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Heinz Kriwanek | Austria | Rotax | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Christian Ravel | France | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| 45 | Template:Flagicon Billie Nelson | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon John Ringwood | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Keith Turner | New Zealand | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Tony Rutter | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Gordon Keith | Rhodesia | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Gyula Marsovszky | Switzerland | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| 51 | Template:Flagicon Matti Salonen | Finland | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Karel Bojer | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 90 | 8 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Dieter Braun | West Germany | Suzuki | 59 | 1 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Cees van Dongen | Netherlands | Suzuki | 51 | 1 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Kent Andersson | Sweden | Maico / Yamaha | 36 | 0 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Heinz Kriwanek | Austria | Rotax | 33 | 0 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Ginger Molloy | New Zealand | Bultaco | 29 | 0 | |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Ryszard Mankiewicz | Poland | MZ | 27 | 0 | |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon László Szabó | Hungary | MZ | 26 | 0 | |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Friedhelm Kohlar | East Germany | MZ | 24 | 0 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Kel Carruthers | Australia | Aermacchi | 20 | 0 | |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Walter Villa | Italy | Villa | 18 | 0 | |
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Silvano Bertarelli | Italy | Aermacchi | 17 | 0 | |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Heuschkel | East Germany | MZ | 16 | 0 | |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Jean Auréal | France | Yamaha | 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Lothar John | West Germany | Yamaha | 14 | 0 | |
| 16 | Template:Flagicon Gunter Bartusch | East Germany | MZ | 12 | 0 | |
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Jan Huberts | Netherlands | MZ | 11 | 0 | |
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Barrie Dickinson | United Kingdom | Honda | 10 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Francesco Villa | Italy | Villa | 10 | 0 | |
| 20 | Template:Flagicon Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 9 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Siegfried Lohmann | West Germany | MZ | 9 | 0 | |
| 22 | Template:Flagicon Enrique Escuder | Spain | Bultaco | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jacques Roca | France | Derbi | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Steve Murray | United Kingdom | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
| 25 | Template:Flagicon John Dodds | Australia | Aermacchi | 7 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Barry Smith | Australia | Derbi | 7 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Mandolini | Italy | Villa | 7 | 0 | |
| 28 | Template:Flagicon Bruno Veigel | Switzerland | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jean-François Chaffin | France | Villa | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon John Kiddie | United Kingdom | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
| 32 | Template:Flagicon Pierre Viura | France | Maico | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Carl Ward | United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Chas Mortimer | United Kingdom | Villa | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Walter Scheimann | West Germany | Villa | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jerry Lancaster | United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
| 37 | Template:Flagicon Daniel Crivello | France | Maico | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon John Shacklady | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Bo Granath | Sweden | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Börje Jansson | Sweden | Maico | 4 | 0 | |
| 41 | Template:Flagicon Pertti Leinonen | Finland | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Charles Garner | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Herbert Denzler | Switzerland | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
| 44 | Template:Flagicon Ramón Galí | Spain | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jean Campiche | Switzerland | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jean-Loup Pasquier | Monaco | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Bob Coulter | Ireland | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Seppo Kangasniemi | Finland | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
| 49 | Template:Flagicon Jim Curry | United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Tom Loughridge | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Lous van Rijswijk, Jr | Netherlands | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Hartmut Bischoff | East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Eberhard Mahler | East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon János Reisz | Hungary | MZ | 1 | 0 |
50cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Angel Nieto | Spain | Derbi | 76 | 2 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Aalt Toersen | Netherlands | Kreidler | 75 | 3 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Barry Smith | Australia | Derbi | 69 | 2 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Jan de Vries | Netherlands | Kreidler | 64 | 0 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Paul Lodewijkx | Netherlands | Jamathi | 63 | 3 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Gilberto Parlotti | Italy | Tomos | 31 | 0 | |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Santiago Herrero | Spain | Derbi | 28 | 0 | |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Rudolf Kunz | West Germany | Kreidler | 26 | 0 | |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Ludwig Faßbender | West Germany | Kreidler | 25 | 0 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Martin Mijwaart | Netherlands | Jamathi | 18 | 0 | |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Cees van Dongen | Netherlands | Kreidler | 14 | 0 | |
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Jan Huberts | Netherlands | Kreidler | 12 | 0 | |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Janco Florjan-Stefe | Yugoslavia | Tomos | 11 | 0 | |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Frank Whiteway | United Kingdom | Crooks-Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Adrijan Bernetic | Yugoslavia | Tomos | 9 | 0 | |
| 16 | Template:Flagicon Werner Reinhard | West Germany | Reimo | 8 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Stuart Aspin | United Kingdom | Garelli | 8 | 0 | |
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Herbert Denzler | Switzerland | Kreidler | 7 | 0 | |
| 19 | Template:Flagicon Giovanni Lombardi | Italy | Guazzoni | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Luke Lawlor | United Kingdom | Derbi | 6 | 0 | |
| 21 | Template:Flagicon Jakob Unterladstätter | Austria | KTM | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jos Schurgers | Netherlands | Kreidler | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Frank Redfern | United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Silvano Bertarelli | Italy | Minarelli | 5 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Franco Ringhini | Italy | Morbidelli | 5 | 0 | |
| 27 | Template:Flagicon Jacques Roca | France | Derbi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Arthur Lawn | United Kingdom | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Jean-Loup Pasquier | Monaco | Derbi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Chris Walpole | United Kingdom | Garelli | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Luigi Rinaldo | Italy | Tomos | 3 | 0 | |
| 31 | Template:Flagicon Bruno Veigel | Switzerland | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Rudolf Schmälzle | West Germany | Kreidler | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon André Millard | France | Kreidler | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon John Lawley | United Kingdom | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Anton Kralj | Yugoslavia | Tomos | 2 | 0 | |
| 36 | Template:Flagicon Juan Bordons | Spain | Derbi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Gerhard Thurow | West Germany | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Charly Dubois | France | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Template:Flagicon Barrie Dickinson | United Kingdom | Garelli | 1 | 0 |
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