1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

[edit] Season summary

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 Yamaha two-stroke machine. This would also mark the first time a two-stroke machine had won the premier division.

Angel Nieto claimed his fourth world title for Kreidler in the 50cc class. In the 125cc division, The Morbidellis of Pileri and Bianchi dominated, finishing first and second in six of the ten events. Despite Michel Rougerie scoring more points, his Harley-Davidson team-mate Walter Villa would take the 250cc title because of the "best of six finishes" rule. A young Venezuelan, Johnny Cecotto claimed the 350cc title, becoming the youngest-ever World Champion at the age of 19.

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 class for a two-stroke. 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.

[edit] 500cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
5	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
9	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
10	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report

[edit] 1975 500cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Giacomo Agostini	4	Italy	Yamaha	84	4
2	Phil Read	1	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	76	2
3	Hideo Kanaya		Japan	Yamaha	45	1
4	Teuvo Lansivuori	3	Finland	Suzuki	40	0
5	John Williams		United Kingdom	Yamaha	32	0
6	Barry Sheene	7	United Kingdom	Suzuki	30	2
7	Alex George		United Kingdom	Yamaha	30	0
8	John Newbold		United Kingdom	Suzuki	24	0
9	Armando Toracca		Italy	MV Agusta	24	0
10	Jack Findlay	5	Australia	Suzuki	23	0

[edit] 350cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	Report
3	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha	Report
4	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
6	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Charlie Williams	Yamaha	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report
8	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
9	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Otello Buscherini	Yamaha	Report
10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1975 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Johnny Cecotto	20	Venezuela	Yamaha	78	4
2	Giacomo Agostini	1	Italy	Yamaha	59	1
3	Pentti Korhonen	7	Finland	Yamaha	48	1
4	Dieter Braun		West Germany	Yamaha	47	1
5	Patrick Pons		France	Yamaha	32	0
6	Chas Mortimer	5	United Kingdom	Yamaha	31	0
7	Gerard Choukroun		France	Yamaha	28	0
8	Otello Buscherini		Italy	Yamaha	27	1
9	Tom Herron		United Kingdom	Yamaha	26	0
10	Hideo Kanaya		Japan	Yamaha	25	1

[edit] 250cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Report
5	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Report
9	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Michel Rougerie	Harley-Davidson	Report
10	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Michel Rougerie	Harley-Davidson	Report
11	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1975 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Walter Villa	1	Italy	Harley-Davidson	85	5
2	Michel Rougerie	9	France	Harley-Davidson	76	2
3	Dieter Braun	2	West Germany	Yamaha	56	1
4	Johnny Cecotto	19	Venezuela	Yamaha	54	2
5	Patrick Pons	3	France	Yamaha	48	0
6	Chas Mortimer		United Kingdom	Yamaha	46	0
7	Otello Buscherini		Italy	Yamaha	40	0
8	Leif Gustafsson		Sweden	Yamaha	33	0
9	Bruno Kneubühler	5	Switzerland	Yamaha	22	0
10	Tapio Virtanen		Finland	Yamaha	20	0

[edit] 125cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
3	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
4	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Report
9	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	Report
10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli	Report

[edit] 1975 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Paolo Pileri		Italy	Morbidelli	90	7
2	Pier Paolo Bianchi		Italy	Morbidelli	72	0
3	Kent Andersson	1	Sweden	Yamaha	67	1
4	Leif Gustafsson	8	Sweden	Yamaha	57	1
5	Eugenio Lazzarini		Italy	Piovaticci	47	0
6	Bruno Kneubühler	2	Switzerland	Yamaha	43	0
7	Henk van Kessel		Netherlands	Condor	38	0
8	Harald Bartol	7	Austria	Suzuki	21	0
9	Johan Zemzauer		Austria	Rotax	21	0
10	Pierluigi Conforti		Italy	Morbidelli	18	0

[edit] 50cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report
2	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report
3	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report
4	Dutch TT	Assen	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	Report
6	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Eugenio Lazzarini	Piovaticci	Report
7	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report
8	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Angel Nieto	Kreidler	Report

[edit] 1975 50cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Angel Nieto		Spain	Kreidler	75	6
2	Eugenio Lazzarini		Italy	Piovaticci	61	1
3	Julien van Zeebroeck		Belgium	Kreidler	43	1
4	Rudolf Kunz	5	West Germany	Kreidler	37	0
5	Herbert Rittberger	2	West Germany	Kreidler	31	0
6	Stefan Dörflinger	9	Switzerland	Kreidler	31	0
7	Nico Polane		Netherlands	Kreidler	28	0
8	Gerhard Thurow	4	West Germany	Kreidler	21	0
9	Hans Hummel		Austria	Kreidler	20	0
10	Claudio Lusuardi		Italy	Derbi	16	0

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