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