Kent Andersson (motorcyclist)

Kent Andersson (born August 1, 1942 in Gothenburg, Sweden, died in Landvetter August 29, 2006) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.^[1]

Andersson rode in his first national championship races at the age of 19 in Sweden and Denmark on a Monark in the 250 cc class. He then rode a 250 cc Bultaco for the 1962 season. He proved himself to be a very talented and fast rider as long as his bikes didn't break down. With more reliable equipment, he began to win more often.

After winning the 250cc Swedish national championship in 1965, Andersson moved up to the world championships competing with Husqvarna bikes that he modified himself. He bought a Yamaha 250 cc production racer and began posting solid results. In 1969 he finished second in the 250 championship after a season-long battle with Santiago Herrero and eventual champion Kel Carruthers. These impressive results earned him a place on the Yamaha factory 250 cc racing team as Rod Gould's team-mate for the 1970 season, in which he finished third. Yamaha chose Andersson to help develop their TZ125 racebike for the 1971 season. He went on to claim the 1973 125cc World Championship. In 1974, he successfully defended his title by winning 5 out of 6 races, finishing 2nd in another.

Andersson retired after finishing 3rd in the 1975 season and took a position at Yamaha Europe's Developing and Constructing Dept. Among other projects, Andersson had an important role in developing the three-cylinder 350 cc bike that Takazumi Katayama rode to win the Grand Prix title in 1977.

Andersson continued racing in his later years just for fun at an amateur level in Sweden, but did so well that he won the Supermono National Championship in 1995 at the age of 53. In the recent years, he was a successful member of Ferry Brouwer's Dutch Yamaha Classic Racing Team. He often participated in classic exhibition races all over Europe. Andersson sometimes served as expert Road Racing commentator for Swedish Eurosport. Andersson died at the age of 64 in August 2006.^[2]

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
1966	250cc	Husqvarna	ESP 5	GER -	FRA -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 6	ULS -	IOM -	NAT -	JPN 6		4	20th	0
1966	350cc	Husqvarna		GER -	FRA -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM -	NAT -	JPN 6		1	25th	0
1968	125cc	MZ	GER 5	ESP -	IOM -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -				2	17th	0
1968	250cc	Yamaha	GER 3	ESP -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 6	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS 6	NAT -				6	8th	0
1969	125cc	Maico	ESP 2	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED 2	BEL 4	DDR 7	CZE -	FIN -		NAT -	YUG -		36	4th	0
1969	250cc	Yamaha	ESP 2	GER 1	FRA 3	IOM -	NED 7	BEL 4	DDR 4	CZE 7	FIN 1	ULS 2	NAT 3	YUG 3		84	2nd	2
1970	250cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	YUG 2	IOM -	NED -	BEL 5	DDR 3	CZE 2	FIN 2	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 1		67	3rd	1
1970	350cc	Yamaha	GER -		YUG -	IOM -	NED 5		DDR 5	CZE 3	FIN 2	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 3		44	4th	0
1971	125cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER 3	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE 3	FIN -		NAT 7	ESP 5		30	9th	0
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT 4	GER 5	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		14	14th	0
1972	50cc	Kreidler	GER -			NAT -		YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -		SWE -		ESP 3	10	12th	0
	125cc	Yamaha	GER 5	FRA -	AUT 3	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -	BEL 3	DDR 3	CZE 3	SWE 2	FIN 1	ESP 1	87	2nd	3
	250cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 3	NED -	BEL 7	DDR 5	CZE 10	SWE 4	FIN 3	ESP -	39	7th	0
1973	125cc	Yamaha	FRA 1	AUT 1	GER 1	NAT 1	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE 2	FIN 2	ESP -		99	1st	5
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 5	AUT 7	GER -	NAT 3	IOM -	YUG 4	NED 6		CZE -	SWE -	FIN 6	ESP -		38	6th	0
1974	125cc	Yamaha	FRA 1	GER -	AUT 1	NAT 2		NED 3	BEL 2	SWE 1		CZE 1	YUG 1	ESP 4		87	1st	5
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT 5	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 4	CZE 6	YUG -	ESP -		34	8th	1
1975	125cc	Yamaha	FRA 1	ESP 2	AUT 4	GER 3	NAT -	NED -	BEL 3	SWE 4	CZE 2	YUG 4				67	3rd	1

References

^ "Kent Andersson: Career". The Official MotoGP Website. http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Kent+Andersson. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
^ Yamaha's Kent Andersson Passes Away, by Tasha Cook, September 10, 2006, at www.londonbikers.com

125cc 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
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol

Persondata
Name	Andersson, Kent
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Date of birth	August 1, 1942
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Date of death	August 29, 2006
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