Cees Doorakkers

Cees Doorakkers
Cees Doorakkers
	Cees Doorakkers at the 1993 U.S. Grand Prix
Nationality	Dutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1984 - 1995
First race	1984 250cc Dutch TT
Last race	1995 500cc Dutch TT

Last updated November 10, 2022

Cornelis Martinus Anthinius Maria Doorakkers (born 2 March 1963 in Gilze, Netherlands) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Cees Doorakker was the 250cc Dutch champion in 1984 and 1986. In 1986 he also reached the championship in the 500cc class. Doorakkers raced in the Grand Prix road race world championship between 1984 and 1995. Being a privateer without factory supported machines, he scored only a few points, his best result being a seventh place at the Yugoslavian Grand Prix in Rijeka in 1990. That season he reached a total of 39 points, 16th in the final ranking.^[1]

In 1991 he finished the season ranked as the top privateer, ranking 14th overall (40 points). Later years were plagued by lack of money, inferior equipment and bad luck, like the jamming of his new engine in the first race of the season in Australia.

In 1995 Doorakkers decided to retire from Grand Prix motorcycle racing. In 1996 Doorakkers drove 125cc go karts (with transmission) for the Dutch championship and ended up 5th. Later on he began motorcycle racing again with titles in the BOTT-class and Supermono ; at the same time he raced in the Alfa Challenge with Alfa Romeo 156 and 147.

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	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts
1984	250cc	Yamaha	RSA	NAT	SPA	AUT	GER	FRA	YUG	NED 17	BEL	GBR	SWE	RSM				NC	0
1985	250cc	Honda	RSA	SPA DNQ	GER 28	NAT	AUT	YUG WD	NED DNQ	BEL DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR	SWE	RSM				NC	0
1986	250cc	Honda	SPA	NAT	GER DNQ	AUT	YUG	NED 17	BEL 19	FRA	GBR DNQ	SWE	RSM					NC	0
1987	250cc	Honda	JPN	SPA	GER	NAT	AUT	YUG	NED 22	FRA	GBR DNQ	SWE DNQ	CZE	RSM	POR	BRA	ARG	NC	0
1988	500cc	Honda	JPN	USA	SPA	EXP	NAT	GER	AUT	NED Ret	BEL 15	YUG	FRA	GBR	SWE	CZE	BRA	37th	1
1989	500cc	Honda	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED 15	BEL 13	FRA 25	GBR Ret	SWE	CZE Ret	BRA	43rd	2.5
1990	500cc	Honda	JPN	USA	SPA 13	NAT 14	GER 10	AUT 14	YUG 7	NED 13	BEL 15	FRA 12	GBR 15	SWE 12	CZE 16	HUN 16	AUS 12	16th	39
1991	500cc	Honda	JPN 22	AUS 14	USA 14	SPA 13	ITA 12	GER 11	AUT DNQ	EUR 13	NED 13	FRA 12	GBR 14	RSM 13	CZE 13	VDM Ret	MAL 10	14th	40
1992	500cc	Harris Yamaha	JPN DNQ	AUS 17	MAL 12	SPA 17	ITA 19	EUR Ret	GER 19	NED 12	HUN 17	FRA 13	GBR 15	BRA 22	RSA Ret			NC	0
1993	500cc	Harris Yamaha	AUS 21	MAL 19	JPN 23	SPA 16	AUT Ret	GER 20	NED 21	EUR 14	RSM Ret	GBR 19	CZE Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	FIM 21		37th	2
1994	500cc	Harris Yamaha	AUS 25	MAL 19	JPN Ret	SPA 19	AUT Ret	GER 18	NED 18	ITA 21	FRA Ret	GBR 21	CZE 20	USA 20	ARG 18	EUR 19		NC	0
1995	500cc	Harris Yamaha	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	GER	ITA	NED Ret	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR			NC	0

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References

↑ Cees Doorakkers career statistics at MotoGP.com

Achievements

5th and 6th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)
2 times beste privateer World Championship GP road race (1991: 14th; 1990: 16th)
2 times Dutch champion 250cc
Dutch champion 500cc
5 times Dutch champion

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[1] Cees Doorakkers career statistics at MotoGP.com

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