1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

[edit] Season summary

MV Agusta team-mates Phil Read and Giacomo Agostini battled it out for supremacy of the 500cc class but the season was overshadowed by the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini at the Italian round at Monza. The title runner-up, Kim Newcombe also died at a non-championship race at Silverstone late in the year. Agostini claimed his 13th championship in the 350cc class. In the 250cc class, West German Dieter Braun won the crown for Yamaha. Kent Andersson gave Yamaha another title in the 125cc class while Kreidler dominated the 50cc class after the Derbi factory pulled out of racing with Dutchman Jan de Vries taking the crown.

[edit] 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Report
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
4	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	Report
5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Kim Newcombe	König	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
8	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
9	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
10	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
11	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report

[edit] 1973 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Phil Read		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	84	4
2	Kim Newcombe	10	New Zealand	König	63	1
3	Giacomo Agostini	1	Italy	MV Agusta	57	3
4	Werner Giger		Switzerland	Yamaha	44	0
5	Jack Findlay	8	Australia	Suzuki	38	1
6	Bruno Kneubühler	3	Switzerland	Yamaha	34	0
7	Jarno Saarinen	4	Finland	Yamaha	30	2
8	Hideo Kanaya		Japan	Yamaha	22	0
9	Ernst Hiller		West Germany	König	19	0
10	Alex George		United Kingdom	Yamaha	19	0

[edit] 350 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	János Drapál	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Teuvo Lansivuori	Yamaha	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
5	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Tony Rutter	Yamaha	Report
6	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	János Drapál	Yamaha	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
8	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Teuvo Lansivuori	Yamaha	Report
9	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Teuvo Lansivuori	Yamaha	Report
10	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
11	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Adu Celso-Santos	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1973 350 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Giacomo Agostini	1	Italy	MV Agusta	84	4
2	Teuvo Länsivuori	7	Finland	Yamaha	77	3
3	Phil Read	5	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	56	0
4	John Dodds		Australia	Yamaha	49	0
5	Billie Nelson		United Kingdom	Yamaha	38	0
6	Kent Andersson		Sweden	Yamaha	38	0
7	Adu Celso-Santos		Brazil	Yamaha	33	1
8	Dieter Braun	8	West Germany	Yamaha	33	0
9	János Drapál		Hungary	Yamaha	30	2
10	Pentti Korhonen		Finland	Yamaha	25	0

[edit] 250 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Report
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Report
4	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Charlie Williams	Yamaha	Report
5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Teuvo Lansivuori	Yamaha	Report
8	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report
9	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report
10	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Teuvo Lansivuori	Yamaha	Report
11	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	John Dodds	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1973 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Dieter Braun		West Germany	Yamaha	80	4
2	Teuvo Länsivuori	5	Finland	Yamaha	64	2
3	John Dodds	6	Australia	Yamaha	58	1
4	Jarno Saarinen	1	Finland	Yamaha	45	3
5	Michel Rougerie		France	Harley-Davidson	45	0
6	Chas Mortimer		United Kingdom	Yamaha	40	0
7	Hideo Kanaya	11	Japan	Yamaha	36	0
8	Roberto Gallina		Italy	Yamaha	32	0
9	Bruno Kneubühler		Switzerland	Yamaha	28	0
10	Silvio Grassetti	4	Italy	Yamaha	21	0

[edit] 125 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
5	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Tommy Robb	Yamaha	Report
6	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Eugenio Lazzarini	Maico	Report
8	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Jos Schurgers	Bridgestone	Report
9	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Otello Buscherini	Malanca	Report
10	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Börje Jansson	Maico	Report
11	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Otello Buscherini	Malanca	Report
12	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1973 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Kent Andersson	2	Sweden	Yamaha	99	5
2	Chas Mortimer		United Kingdom	Yamaha	75	1
3	Jos Schurgers	9	Netherlands	Bridgestone	70	1
4	Börje Jansson	4	Sweden	Maico	64	1
5	Eugenio Lazzarini		Italy	Maico	59	1
6	Otello Buscherini		Italy	Malanca	51	2
7	Angel Nieto		Spain	Morbidelli	46	0
8	Rolf Minhoff	4	West Germany	Maico	42	0
9	Matti Salonen		Finland	Yamaha	32	0
10	Pentti Salonen		Finland	Yamaha	28	0

[edit] 50 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Theo Timmer	Jamathi	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Report
3	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Report
4	Dutch TT	Assen	Bruno Kneubühler	Kreidler	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Report
6	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Jan De Vries	Kreidler	Report
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Report

[edit] 1973 50 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jan de Vries	2	Netherlands	Kreidler	60	5
2	Bruno Kneubühler		Switzerland	Kreidler	51	1
3	Theo Timmer	3	Netherlands	Jamathi	47	1
4	Gerhard Thurow		West Germany	Kreidler	36	0
5	Henk van Kessel		Netherlands	Kreidler	27	0
6	Herbert Rittberger		West Germany	Kreidler	22	0
7	Ulrich Graf		Switzerland	Kreidler	21	0
8	Jan Huberts	8	Netherlands	Kreidler	21	0
9	Rudolf Kunz	9	West Germany	Kreidler	14	0
10	Wolfgang Gedlich		West Germany	Kreidler	13	0

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