János Drapál

The native form of this personal name is Drapál János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Drapál (3 February 1948 – 11 August 1985) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest. He had little chance to race in the Grand Prix world championships during the Cold War, but still won four Grand Prix races. Drapál had his best year in 1971 when he won the Yugoslavian Grand Prix and finished the year in seventh place in the 350cc world championship, riding a Yamaha.^[1] In 1973 he won two Grand Prix races but slipped to ninth place in the 350cc world championship. Drapál was killed in 1985 after a collision with a Czech track marshal during a 250cc race at the Piešťany airfield circuit in Czechoslovakia.^[2]

János Drapál
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1948-02-03)3 February 1948 Budapest, Hungary
Died	11 August 1985(1985-08-11) (aged 37) Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1969 - 1973, 1976 - 1977, 1980 - 1981 First race 1969 350cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix Last race 1981 125cc West German Grand Prix First win 1971 250cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Last win 1973 350cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 4 5 0 2 204

Yamaha motorcycle of János Drapál.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; 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
1969	350cc	Aermacchi	ESP -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	YUG 9				2	42nd	0
1970	125cc	MZ	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	NAT 10	ESP -			1	52nd	0
1971	125cc	MZ	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 7	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -		NAT -	ESP -		4	24th	0
	250cc	Yamaha	AUT 5	GER 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 1	SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		26	9th	1
1972	250cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT 9	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 5	NED -	BEL -	DDR 4	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	16	16th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA 5	AUT 5	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE 7	FIN -	ESP 3	42	7th	1
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT 1	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -		CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		30	9th	2
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	NAT -	YUG 9	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -			2	30th	0
1977	125cc	Morbidelli	VEN -	AUT 7	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	GBR -		4	27th	0
1980	125cc	MBA	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE 6	GER -				5	23rd	0
1981	125cc	MBA	ARG -	AUT -	GER 7	NAT -	FRA -	ESP -	YUG -	NED -	RSM -	GBR -	FIN -	SWE -	CZE -	4	25th	0

References

1. János Drapál career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. Drapál memorial