1975 represented a changing of the guard in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, both for riders as well as machines. Giacomo Agostini would claim his final 500cc World Championship aboard a Yamahatwo-stroke machine.[1] This would also mark the first time a two-stroke machine had won the premier division.[1]
Angel Nieto claimed his fourth world title for Kreidler in the 50cc class.[1] In the 125cc division, the Morbidellis of Pileri and Bianchi dominated, finishing first and second in six of the ten events.[1] Despite Michel Rougerie scoring more points, his Harley-Davidson teammate Walter Villa would take the 250cc title because of the "best of six finishes" rule.[1] Nineteen-year-old newcomer Johnny Cecotto made an impressive debut at the season opening French Grand Prix where, he won the 250cc and 350cc races.[2] He went on to claim the 350cc title, becoming the youngest-ever FIM World Champion at the time.[1]
In the premier division, MV Agusta with Phil Read aboard, refused to go down easily. The Championship was not resolved until the tenth and final round in Czechoslovakia, when Agostini emerged triumphant to claim his fifteenth world title and the first in the premier 500cc class for a two-stroke motorcycle.[1]Barry Sheene would also serve notice that he was an up and comer with victories at Assen and Sweden. The writing was on the wall for four-stroke machinery as eight of the top ten riders in the points standings were aboard two-stroke machines.[1]
Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race. Only the best of five races were counted on 50cc and Sidecars championships, while in the 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, the best of six races were counted.
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1975, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, 1975, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, previous, 1974, next, 19761975, world, champions500cc, giacomo, agostini, yamaha, 350cc, johnny, cecotto, yamaha, 250cc, walter, villa, aermacchi, harley, davidson, 1. 1975 F I M Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous 1974 Next 19761975 World Champions500cc Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 350cc Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 250cc Walter Villa Aermacchi Harley Davidson 125cc Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 50cc Angel Nieto Kreidler The 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 27th F I M Road Racing World Championship season Giacomo Agostini became the 1975 500cc world champion Contents 1 Season summary 2 1975 Grand Prix season calendar 3 Participants 3 1 500cc participants 4 Final standings 4 1 Scoring system 4 2 500cc standings 4 3 350cc standings 4 4 250cc standings 4 5 125cc standings 4 6 50cc standings 5 References 6 External linksSeason summary edit1975 represented a changing of the guard in Grand Prix motorcycle racing both for riders as well as machines Giacomo Agostini would claim his final 500cc World Championship aboard a Yamaha two stroke machine 1 This would also mark the first time a two stroke machine had won the premier division 1 Angel Nieto claimed his fourth world title for Kreidler in the 50cc class 1 In the 125cc division the Morbidellis of Pileri and Bianchi dominated finishing first and second in six of the ten events 1 Despite Michel Rougerie scoring more points his Harley Davidson teammate Walter Villa would take the 250cc title because of the best of six finishes rule 1 Nineteen year old newcomer Johnny Cecotto made an impressive debut at the season opening French Grand Prix where he won the 250cc and 350cc races 2 He went on to claim the 350cc title becoming the youngest ever FIM World Champion at the time 1 In the premier division MV Agusta with Phil Read aboard refused to go down easily The Championship was not resolved until the tenth and final round in Czechoslovakia when Agostini emerged triumphant to claim his fifteenth world title and the first in the premier 500cc class for a two stroke motorcycle 1 Barry Sheene would also serve notice that he was an up and comer with victories at Assen and Sweden The writing was on the wall for four stroke machinery as eight of the top ten riders in the points standings were aboard two stroke machines 1 1975 Grand Prix season calendar editRound Date Race Location 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Report 1 March 30 nbsp French Grand Prix Paul Ricard nbsp Kent Andersson nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 2 April 20 nbsp Spanish Grand Prix Jarama nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Walter Villa nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 3 May 4 nbsp Austrian Grand Prix Salzburgring nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Hideo Kanaya nbsp Hideo Kanaya Report 4 May 11 nbsp German Grand Prix Hockenheimring nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Walter Villa nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 5 May 18 nbsp Nations Grand Prix Imola nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Walter Villa nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 6 June 6 nbsp Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain nbsp Chas Mortimer nbsp Charlie Williams nbsp Mick Grant Report 7 June 28 nbsp Dutch TT Assen nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Walter Villa nbsp Dieter Braun nbsp Barry Sheene Report 8 July 6 nbsp Belgian Grand Prix Spa nbsp Julien van Zeebroeck nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Phil Read Report 9 July 20 nbsp Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp nbsp Eugenio Lazzarini nbsp Paolo Pileri nbsp Walter Villa nbsp Barry Sheene Report 10 July 27 nbsp Finnish Grand Prix Imatra nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Michel Rougerie nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 11 August 24 nbsp Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Brno nbsp Leif Gustafsson nbsp Michel Rougerie nbsp Otello Buscherini nbsp Phil Read Report 12 September 21 nbsp Yugoslavian Grand Prix Opatija nbsp Angel Nieto nbsp Dieter Braun nbsp Dieter Braun nbsp Pentti Korhonen ReportParticipants edit500cc participants edit Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds MV Agusta MV Agusta 012 nbsp Phil Read 1 4 6 8 10 24 nbsp Gianfranco Bonera 6 8 9 411820 nbsp Armando Toracca 1 2 Suzuki Suzuki 13658 nbsp Teuvo Lansivuori 1 3 6 9 10 Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 76912 nbsp Barry Sheene 6 8 901427 nbsp John Newbold 4 6 7 Yamaha Yamaha 248 nbsp Giacomo Agostini 1 4 6 10 32211 nbsp Hideo Kanaya 1 4 Arwidson 5227 nbsp Pentti Korhonen 8 51052 nbsp Jack Findlay 2 4 6 9 6 nbsp Charlie Williams 5 Suzuki 975 nbsp Stan Woods 3 4 Yamaha 1012726910 nbsp Karl Auer 1 2 6 10 Gerald Brown 10288 nbsp John Williams 5 8 Kawasaki GB Kawasaki 10298811 nbsp Mick Grant 5 Suzuki 18 nbsp Armando Toracca 4 Yamaha 192411 nbsp Chas Mortimer 5 9 10 Hermetite Ltd 206312461415 nbsp Alex George 1 4 7 10 Harley Davidson 21 nbsp Michel Rougerie 1 Yamaha 23 nbsp Peter McKinley 1 26 nbsp Christian Leon 3 Konig 38102836 nbsp Horst Lahfeld 2 9 Yamaha 441227 nbsp Steve Ellis 9 Gauloises 4638 nbsp Olivier Chevallier 10 645110 nbsp Patrick Pons 1 48146 nbsp Dieter Braun 2 3 8 Konig Konig 69 nbsp Christian Leon 7 Yamaha 93 nbsp Thierry Tchernine 2 4 7 nbsp Billie Guthrie 5 nbsp Steve Tonkin 5 Source 3 Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement RiderFinal standings editScoring system edit Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race Only the best of five races were counted on 50cc and Sidecars championships while in the 125cc 250cc 350cc and 500cc championships the best of six 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 standings edit Pos Rider Bike FRA nbsp AUT nbsp GER nbsp NAC nbsp MAN nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp SWE nbsp FIN nbsp CZE nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret Ret 1 2 84 2 nbsp Phil Read MV Agusta 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 Ret 1 76 3 nbsp Hideo Kanaya Yamaha 2 1 4 3 45 4 nbsp Teuvo Lansivuori Suzuki Ret 2 3 5 2 Ret 40 5 nbsp John Williams Yamaha Ret Ret 2 7 5 3 Ret Ret 36 6 nbsp Barry Sheene Suzuki Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 30 7 nbsp Alex George Yamaha 9 9 8 6 Ret Ret 4 11 Ret 3 30 8 nbsp John Newbold Suzuki Ret 12 7 4 2 Ret 24 9 nbsp Armando Toracca MV Agusta 4 4 Ret 4 24 10 nbsp Jack Findlay Suzuki Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 3 9 3 Ret 23 11 nbsp Chas Mortimer Yamaha Ret DNS 3 Ret Ret 4 6 23 12 nbsp Karl Auer Yamaha 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 4 17 13 nbsp Dieter Braun Yamaha Ret 6 6 Ret 5 16 14 nbsp Mick Grant Kawasaki 1 15 15 nbsp Gianfranco Bonera MV Agusta 6 Ret 4 Ret 13 16 nbsp Stan Woods Suzuki Ret 5 5 12 17 nbsp Horst Lahfeld Konig Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 Ret 11 18 nbsp Christian Leon Konig 7 Ret Ret 5 9 19 nbsp Billie Guthrie Yamaha 4 8 20 nbsp Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Ret 14 5 6 21 nbsp Patrick Pons Yamaha 5 Ret 16 Ret Ret 6 22 nbsp Steve Tonkin Yamaha 5 6 23 nbsp Steve Ellis Yamaha 14 Ret Ret 16 5 6 24 nbsp Tierry Tchernine Yamaha 10 8 Ret 9 6 25 nbsp Pentti Korhonen Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 26 nbsp Pete McKinley Yamaha 6 5 27 nbsp Geoff Barry Yamsel Ret 6 5 28 nbsp Thierry Van Der Veken Yamaha 7 4 29 nbsp Charlie Williams Yamaha 11 Ret 7 18 Ret Ret 4 30 nbsp Michel Rougerie Harley Davidson 7 Ret Ret 4 31 nbsp Gerard Choukroun Yamaha 7 4 32 nbsp Marcel Ankone Suzuki 11 11 7 4 33 nbsp Alan North Harley Davidson Ret Ret 7 4 34 nbsp Edmar Ferreira Yamaha 8 Ret 3 35 nbsp Tom Herron Yamaha 8 21 Ret 14 3 36 nbsp Tony Rutter Yamaha 8 14 3 37 nbsp Francis Holleberg Yamaha 8 3 38 nbsp Hans Stadelmann Yamaha Ret 8 3 39 nbsp Johnny Bengtsson Yamaha 8 3 40 nbsp Hans Braumandl Yamaha 15 8 3 41 nbsp Bjorn Hasli Yamaha 17 9 2 42 nbsp Helmut Kassner Yamaha 13 13 13 9 11 Ret Ret 2 43 nbsp Borge W Nielsen Yamaha Ret 9 2 44 nbsp Bernard Fau Yamaha Ret 9 Ret 2 45 nbsp Adu Celso Yamaha 12 Ret 9 2 46 nbsp Seppo Kangasniemi Yamaha 10 1 47 nbsp Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 10 1 48 nbsp Kjell Solberg Yamaha 10 1 49 nbsp Jean Francois Balde Yamaha 10 1 50 nbsp Anssi Resko Yamaha 10 1 51 nbsp Peter Van Der Wal Yamaha 10 1 52 nbsp Rudolph Keller Yamaha DNS 10 1 53 nbsp Les Kenny Yamaha 17 Ret 10 1 Pos Rider Bike FRA nbsp AUT nbsp GER nbsp NAC nbsp MAN nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp SWE nbsp FIN nbsp CZE nbsp Pts 350cc standings edit Pos Rider Bike FRA nbsp SPA nbsp AUT nbsp GER nbsp NAC nbsp MAN nbsp HOL nbsp FIN nbsp CZE nbsp YUG nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 1 2 Ret 1 1 5 1 Ret 78 2 nbsp Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 2 1 Ret Ret 2 4 2 Ret 59 3 nbsp Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 7 6 9 3 Ret 2 Ret 10 1 48 4 nbsp Dieter Braun Yamaha 5 Ret 2 4 1 5 Ret Ret 47 5 nbsp Patrick Pons Yamaha Ret Ret 5 3 Ret 3 5 32 6 nbsp Chas Mortimer Yamaha Ret Ret 7 8 2 9 Ret 3 31 7 nbsp Gerard Choukroun Yamaha 3 7 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 28 8 nbsp Otello Buscherini Yamaha 1 2 27 9 nbsp Tom Herron Yamaha 11 Ret Ret 3 Ret 4 4 26 10 nbsp Hideo Kanaya Yamaha Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 25 11 nbsp Victor Palomo Yamaha 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 22 12 nbsp Alex George Yamaha Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 9 6 Ret 20 13 nbsp Philippe Coulon Yamaha 17 4 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 14 nbsp Charlie Williams Yamaha Ret 1 Ret 15 15 nbsp Hans Stadelmann Yamaha 14 8 5 10 7 14 16 nbsp Jon Ekerold Yamaha 2 10 13 17 nbsp Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 12 18 nbsp Adu Celso Yamaha 9 3 12 19 nbsp Karl Auer Yamaha Ret 6 Ret 6 9 Ret 12 20 nbsp Jean Louis Guignabodet Yamaha 4 17 Ret 8 21 nbsp Bruno Kneubuhler Yamaha Ret 4 Ret 8 22 nbsp Steve Tonkin Yamaha 4 8 23 nbsp Christian Huguet Yamaha 5 6 24 nbsp Rudolf Kunz Yamaha 6 25 nbsp Derek Chatterton Yamaha 5 6 26 nbsp Billie Guthrie Yamaha 6 5 27 nbsp Anton Mang Schloegl Mang Zender 6 5 28 nbsp Jean Francois Balde Yamaha 6 Ret 17 13 5 29 nbsp Wil Hartog Yamaha 6 5 30 nbsp Bill Henderson Yamaha 14 6 5 31 nbsp Giovanni Proni Yamaha 6 5 32 nbsp Marco Lucchinelli Yamaha 7 4 33 nbsp Mario Lega Yamaha 7 4 34 nbsp Gerry Mateer Yamaha 7 4 35 nbsp Max Wiener Yamaha 10 8 4 36 nbsp Tony Rutter Yamaha 8 3 37 nbsp Walter Villa Harley Davidson 8 3 38 nbsp Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 8 3 39 nbsp Tapio Virtanen Yamaha 8 3 40 nbsp Geoff Barry Yamaha 8 3 41 nbsp Pete McKinley Yamaha 9 10 3 42 nbsp Les Kenny Yamaha 9 2 43 nbsp Noel Clegg Yamaha 9 2 44 nbsp Guido Mandracci Yamaha 9 2 45 nbsp Janos Reisz Yamaha 9 2 46 nbsp Titer Balaz Yamaha 10 1 47 nbsp John Dodds Yamaha 10 1 48 nbsp Martin Sharpe Yamaha 10 1 49 nbsp John Williams Dugdale 10 1 50 nbsp Kjell Solberg Yamaha 10 1 250cc standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Walter Villa 1 Italy Aermacchi Harley Davidson 85 5 2 nbsp Michel Rougerie 9 France Harley Davidson 76 2 3 nbsp Dieter Braun 2 West Germany Yamaha 56 1 4 nbsp Johnny Cecotto 19 Venezuela Yamaha 54 2 5 nbsp Patrick Pons 3 France Yamaha 48 0 6 nbsp Chas Mortimer United Kingdom Yamaha 46 0 7 nbsp Otello Buscherini Italy Yamaha 40 0 8 nbsp Leif Gustafsson Sweden Yamaha 33 0 9 nbsp Bruno Kneubuhler 5 Switzerland Yamaha 22 0 10 nbsp Tapio Virtanen Finland Yamaha 20 0 11 Victor Palomo 18 12 Harald Bartol 18 13 Tom Herron 16 14 John Williams 15 15 Derek Chatterton 12 16 Ikujiro Takai 12 17 Benjamin Grau 10 18 Alex George 9 19 John Dodds 9 20 Pentti Korhonen 9 21 Tony Rutter 8 22 Rolf Minhoff 8 23 Edmar Ferreira 8 24 Paolo Pileri 6 25 Yvon Duhamel 6 26 Mario Lega 5 27 Gerard Choukroun 5 28 Bill Henderson 5 29 Neil Tuxworth 4 30 Olivier Chevallier 3 31 Duilio Agostini 3 32 Helmut Kassner 3 33 Nico Van Der Zanden 3 34 Pete McKinley 3 35 Jean Louis Guignabodet 2 36 Eddie Roberts 2 37 Horst Lahfeld 2 38 Vincenzo Cascino 1 39 Philippe Bouzanne 1 40 Clive Horton 1 41 Jean Francois Balde 1 125cc standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Paolo Pileri Italy Morbidelli 90 7 2 nbsp Pier Paolo Bianchi Italy Morbidelli 72 0 3 nbsp Kent Andersson 1 Sweden Yamaha 67 1 4 nbsp Leif Gustafsson 8 Sweden Yamaha 57 1 5 nbsp Eugenio Lazzarini Italy Piovaticci 47 0 6 nbsp Bruno Kneubuhler 2 Switzerland Yamaha 43 0 7 nbsp Henk van Kessel Netherlands Condor 38 0 8 nbsp Harald Bartol 7 Austria Suzuki 21 0 9 nbsp Johan Zemzauer Austria Rotax 21 0 10 nbsp Pierluigi Conforti Italy Morbidelli 18 0 11 Dieter Braun 15 12 Hans Muller 14 13 Cees van Dongen 9 14 Peter Frohnmeyer 8 15 Jos Schurgers 6 16 Horst Seel 6 17 Maurice Maingret 5 18 Otello Buscherini 5 19 Matti Kinnunen 5 20 Oriol Fernandez 4 21 Gert Bender 4 22 Hans Hallberg 4 23 Matti Salonen 4 24 V Novella 2 25 R Cornelis 2 26 Alberto Ieva 2 27 J Lazo 2 28 J Svensson 2 29 Tierry Tchernine 2 30 R Thiele 2 31 Xaver Tschannen 1 32 P Van Niel 1 33 Ulrich Graf 1 34 Ivan Carlsson 1 35 Zbynek Havrda 1 36 Hans Hummel 1 37 M Arias 1 50cc standings edit Pos Rider Bike SPA nbsp GER nbsp NAC nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp SWE nbsp FIN nbsp YUG nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Angel Nieto Kreidler 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 75 2 nbsp Eugenio Lazzarini Piovaticci 4 2 2 3 3 1 2 Ret 61 3 nbsp Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 2 3 Ret 5 1 Ret 43 4 nbsp Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 9 5 6 7 3 2 37 5 nbsp Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 6 4 5 2 Ret 31 6 nbsp Stefan Dorflinger Kreidler 3 6 3 Ret 11 Ret 5 31 7 nbsp Nico Polane Kreidler 28 8 nbsp Gerhard Thurow Kreidler 21 9 nbsp Hans Hummel Kreidler 20 10 nbsp Claudio Lusuardi Derbi 16 11 nbsp Theo Timmer Jamathi 13 12 nbsp Henk van Kessel Kreidler 12 13 nbsp Aldo Pero Kreidler 10 14 nbsp Ulrich Graf Kreidler 10 15 nbsp Gerrit Strikker Kreidler 8 16 nbsp Cees Van Dongen Kreidler 8 17 nbsp Jan Huberts Kreidler 5 18 nbsp Rolf Blatter Kreidler 4 19 nbsp Ramon Gali Derbi 4 20 nbsp Walter Werner Kreidler 4 21 nbsp Jaime Alguersuari Sr Derbi 4 22 nbsp Theo Van Geffen D R M 3 23 nbsp Karl Gotesson Kreidler 3 24 nbsp Jan Bruins Kreidler 3 25 nbsp Robert Laver Kreidler 3 26 nbsp Cesare Guerrini Ringhini 2 27 nbsp Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 2 28 nbsp Joaquim Gali Derbi 1 29 nbsp Pierre Audry ABF 1 30 nbsp Germano Zanetti Kreidler 1 31 nbsp Gunter Schirnhofer Kreidler 1 Pos Rider Bike SPA nbsp GER nbsp NAC nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp SWE nbsp FIN nbsp YUG nbsp PtsReferences edit a b c d e f g h Noyes Dennis Scott Michael 1999 Motocourse 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix Hazleton Publishing Ltd ISBN 1 874557 83 7 Rider Statistics Johnny Cecotto MotoGP com Retrieved 2019 04 23 500cc Grand Prix entry lists for 1972 to 1975 Motorcycle Racing Online Bula Maurice amp Schertenleib Jean Claude 2001 Continental Circus 1949 2000 Chronosports S A ISBN 2 940125 32 5External links edit The Official MotoGP website Retrieved 2010 07 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season amp oldid 1181505615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
