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Gustav Havel (27 August 1930 - 30 December 1967) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former Czechoslovakia. Havel began his Grand Prix career in 1961 with Jawa. He enjoyed his best season in 1961 when he finished the season in third place in the 350cc world championship behind Gary Hocking and his Jawa teammate, František Šťastný. [1]
He died during a motorcycle crash in 1967. [2]
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350cc | Jawa | GER 2 | IOM 27 | NED 8 | DDR 4 | ULS - | NAT 3 | SWE 2 | 19 | 3rd | 0 | ||||||
| 1962 | 350cc | Jawa | IOM Ret | NED - | ULS 5 | DDR 4 | NAT 5 | FIN - | 7 | 7th | 0 | |||||||
| 500cc | Jawa | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | ULS Ret | DDR - | NAT - | FIN - | ARG - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||
| 1963 | 350cc | Jawa | GER 4 | IOM - | NED 6 | ULS - | DDR 4 | FIN - | NAT - | 7 | 5th | 0 | ||||||
| 1964 | 350cc | Jawa | IOM Ret | NED - | GER - | DDR 2 | ULS 3 | FIN - | NAT - | JPN - | 10 | 5th | 0 | |||||
| 500cc | Jawa | USA - | IOM - | NED Ret | BEL - | GER Ret | DDR 7 | ULS Ret | FIN - | NAT Ret | 0 | - | 0 | |||||
| 1965 | 350cc | Jawa | GER 3 | IOM Ret | NED - | DDR 3 | CZE - | ULS 3 | FIN - | NAT - | JPN - | 12 | 7th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Jawa | USA - | GER - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE Ret | ULS 7 | FIN Ret | NAT - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
| 1966 | 350cc | Jawa | GER 5 | FRA - | NED 5 | DDR 3 | CZE - | FIN Ret | ULS 4 | IOM Ret | NAT 6 | JPN - | 12 | 5th | 0 | |||
| 500cc | Jawa | GER Ret- | NED 11 | BEL - | DDR 14 | CZE 11 | FIN Ret | ULS 9 | IOM - | NAT Ret | 17 | 4th | 0 | |||||
| 1967 | 350 cc | Jawa | GER - | IOM - | NED Ret | DDR - | CZE 4 | ULS - | NAT - | JPN - | 3 | 13th | 0 | |||||
| 500 cc | Jawa | GER - | IOM - | NED - | BEL - | DDR - | CZE Ret | FIN - | ULS - | NAT - | CAN - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
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