Dave Simmonds

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Dave Simmonds

Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	British
Active years	1965 - 1972
Team(s)	Kawasaki
Grands Prix	56
Championships	125cc - 1969
Wins	11
Podium finishes	22
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Grand Prix	1966 50 cc Dutch TT
First win	1969 125cc West German Grand Prix
Last win	1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix

Dave Simmonds (born 25 October 1939 in London, died October 23, 1972 in Rungis, France) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1969, he won the FIM 125 cc road racing World Championship. The victory marked the first world championship for Kawasaki. Simmonds was killed in 1972, in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in his caravan, while attending the French Grand Prix.

Preceded by Phil Read

125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1969

Succeeded by Dieter Braun

v • d • e 125 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - N. Pagani 1950 - B. Ruffo 1951 - C. Ubbiali 1952 - C. Sandford 1953 - W. Haas 1954 - R. Hollaus 1955 - C. Ubbiali 1956 - C. Ubbiali 1957 - T. Provini 1958 - C. Ubbiali 1959 - C. Ubbiali 1960 - C. Ubbiali 1961 - T. Phillis 1962 - L. Taveri 1963 - H. Anderson 1964 - L. Taveri 1965 - H. Anderson 1966 - L. Taveri 1967 - B. Ivy 1968 - P. Read 1969 - D. Simmonds 1970 - D. Braun 1971 - Á. Nieto 1972 - Á. Nieto 1973 - K. Andersson 1974 - K. Andersson 1975 - P. Pileri 1976 - P. Bianchi 1977 - P. Bianchi 1978 - E. Lazzarini 1979 - Á. Nieto 1980 - P. Bianchi 1981 - Á. Nieto 1982 - Á. Nieto 1983 - Á. Nieto 1984 - Á. Nieto 1985 - F. Gresini 1986 - L. Cadalora 1987 - F. Gresini 1988 - J. Martínez 1989 - À. Crivillé 1990 - L. Capirossi 1991 - L. Capirossi 1992 - A. Gramigni 1993 - D. Raudies 1994 - K. Sakata 1995 - H. Aoki 1996 - H. Aoki 1997 - V. Rossi 1998 - K. Sakata 1999 - E. Alzamora 2000 - R. Locatelli 2001 - M. Poggiali 2002 - A. Vincent 2003 - D. Pedrosa 2004 - A. Dovizioso 2005 - T. Lüthi 2006 - Á. Bautista 2007 - G. Talmácsi