Boet van Dulmen

Boet van Dulmen (; 19 May 1948 – 16 September 2021) was a Dutch Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Together with Wil Hartog and Jack Middelburg, he was part of a contingent of Dutch riders who competed at the highest levels of Grand Prix racing in the late 1970s. Van Dulmen was known for his skill of riding in wet weather. In 1979, he won his only 500cc race at the Finnish Grand Prix.

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Wil Hartog (1) leads Van Dulmen (2) and Marcel Ankoné (17) during a race at the Zandvoort Circuit

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Boet van Dulmen (right) with Jack Middelburg (5) on the starting line at a race in Heeswijk in 1982

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1974	250cc	MZ	GER	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL 26	SWE	FIN Ret	CZE 27	YUG	SPA			NC	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA	GER	AUT	NAT	IOM	NED 12	SWE						NC	0
		MZ								FIN Ret	YUG	SPA
1975	250cc	MZ	FRA Ret	SPA		GER	NAT	IOM	NED DNS	BEL	SWE				NC	0
		Yamaha										FIN 12	CZE	YUG
	350cc	MZ	FRA 12	SPA					NED Ret						36th	3
		Yamaha			AUT 11	GER	NAT	IOM				FIN 8	CZE	YUG
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA		AUT 16	GER	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE		NC	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA		NAT	YUG	IOM	NED	BEL 14	SWE	FIN	CZE	GER	SPA 7	26th	4
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA Ret	AUT	NAT 8	YUG	IOM	NED Ret			FIN	CZE Ret	GER	SPA 8	25th	6
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 10	AUT 13	NAT Ret		IOM	NED Ret	BEL 13	SWE					25th	9
		Suzuki									FIN Ret	CZE 8	GER 6
1977	500cc	Suzuki	VEN	AUT Ret	GER 10	NAT 9	FRA 12	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE Ret	GBR Ret		27th	3
1978	500cc	Suzuki	VEN	SPA 11	AUT 8	FRA 21	NAT 9	NED 8	BEL Ret	SWE 11	FIN 7	GBR Ret	GER 8		13th	15
1979	500cc	Suzuki	VEN	AUT NC	GER Ret	NAT Ret	SPA 6	YUG 5	NED 4	BEL DNS	SWE 3	FIN 1	GBR 5	FRA Ret	6th	50
1980	500cc	Yamaha	NAT Ret	SPA 18	FRA 19	NED 4	BEL 9	FIN Ret	GBR 16	GER Ret					14th	10
1981	500cc	Yamaha	AUT 5	GER 4	NAT 4	FRA 8	YUG 7	NED 2	BEL 5	RSM Ret	GBR 6	FIN Ret	SWE 2		6th	64
1982	500cc	Suzuki	ARG 11	AUT 5	FRA DNS	SPA	NAT			YUG 11	GBR Ret	SWE 7	RSM Ret	GER 7	12th	23
		Yamaha						NED 6	BEL 7
1983	500cc	Suzuki	RSA Ret	FRA Ret	NAT Ret	GER 10	SPA 11	AUT 10	YUG 7	NED 8	BEL 9	GBR 8	SWE 12	RSM 8	11th	17
1984	500cc	Suzuki	RSA 7	NAT 7	SPA 5	AUT 8	GER 9	FRA Ret	YUG	NED	BEL Ret	GBR 19	SWE 7	RSM 9	8th	25
1985	500cc	Honda	RSA 18	SPA Ret	GER 10	NAT 13	AUT 8	YUG 14	NED 4	BEL 9	FRA Ret	GBR 7	SWE 14	RSM 17	10th	18
1986	500cc	Honda	SPA 15	NAT 6	GER 13	AUT 10	YUG 13	NED 12	BEL 9	FRA 14	GBR 12	SWE 13	RSM 18		12th	8

Death

Van Dulmen was killed in a road accident on 16 September 2021. He was hit by a delivery van while riding his bicycle and, despite surgical intervention, he died later in hospital.