Chas Mortimer

Charles 'Chas' Mortimer (born 14 April 1949 in Shere, Surrey, UK) is an English former motorcycle short-circuit road racer and race-school instructor who also entered Grands Prix.^[1] He remains the only rider to have won FIM Grand Prix races in the 125, 250, 350, 500 and 750 world championship classes.^[2]

Family Connections

Mortimer is the son of Charles Mortimer Senior, a former motorcycle road racer and proprietor of the Charles Mortimer Race School based at at Brands Hatch race circuit, Kent.

At 18 years of age in 1967, Mortimer was one of the school's instructors, with Paul Smart being another. Both were competitive riders sponsored by Charles senior, riding from a stable of machines consisting of RDS Greeves 250s, a Bultaco 125 and an Aermacchi 350.^[3]

Brother Robin Mortimer had a long career in motor sport. When he died in 2007, he was manager of RPM Motorsports with his son Alex as driver in GT class.^[4]

Racing career

Mortimer began racing in 1965 on a Greeves Silverstone as used by the race school.^[5] He competed for most of his career as a privateer riding Yamaha motorcycles. When Mortimer won the 1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix on a Yamaha, it marked the first 500cc Grand Prix victory for the Japanese manufacturer.^[2] He had his best Grand Prix season in 1973 when he finished second to Kent Andersson in the 125cc world championship.^[1] Mortimer also competed successfully at the Isle of Man TT, with eight victories at the event.^[6]^[7] In 1976, he won the Macau Grand Prix.

As of 2013 he is running a transportation company specialising in transportation of motorcycles.^[5]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results^[1]^[7]

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	125cc	Villa	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 6		NAT -	YUG -		5	32nd	0
1969	250cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 9	ULS 5	NAT -	YUG -		8	22nd	0
1970	125cc	Villa	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 6	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -		NAT -	ESP -		5	31st	0
	250cc	Yamaha	GER 3	FRA -	YUG 7	IOM 4	NED -	BEL 8	DDR -	CZE 6	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		30	6th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER 3		YUG 8	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE 10	FIN 10	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		15	15th	0
1971	125cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER 7	IOM 1	NED 5	BEL 5	DDR -	CZE 7	SWE -	FIN 6		NAT -	ESP 2		48	5th	1
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM NC	NED 5	BEL 5	DDR 7	CZE 4	SWE -	FIN 4	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 3		42	8th	0
1972	125cc	Yamaha	GER 2	FRA 2	AUT -	NAT 2	IOM 1	YUG 2	NED -	BEL 2	DDR 2	CZE 2	SWE 3	FIN -	ESP 2	87	3rd	1
	250cc	Yamaha	GER 7	FRA -	AUT 5	NAT -	IOM 14	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 4	18	14th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	YUG -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	0	-	0
	500cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 5	BEL -	DDR 5	CZE -	SWE 8	FIN -	ESP 1	42	6th	1
1973	125cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 3	BEL 3	CZE 2	SWE 3	FIN 5	ESP 1		75	2nd	1
	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 7	AUT 3	GER -		IOM -	YUG 5	NED 5	BEL 7	CZE -	SWE 10	FIN -	ESP 3		40	6th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -		IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 4		8	24th	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT -	IOM 3	NED 6	BEL -	SWE 4	FIN -	CZE 8	YUG 1	ESP -		41	6th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT 2	NAT 5	IOM NC	NED -		SWE 6	FIN -		YUG -	ESP 5		29	5th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 8	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE 10				4	28th	0
1975	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 7	ESP 4		GER -	NAT -	YUG -	IOM 1	NED -	BEL 7	SWE 10	FIN -	CZE 8	YUG 2	46	6th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT -	GER 7	NAT 8	YUG -	IOM 2	NED 9			FIN -	CZE -	YUG 3	31	6th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -		AUT -	GER -	NAT -		IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 4	CZE 6		23	11th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 12		NAT 4	YUG 5	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	SWE 5	FIN -	CZE -	GER 10	ESP 12		31	7th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT 8	NAT -	YUG 2	IOM 1	NED 3			FIN 4	CZE 4	GER -	ESP Ret		54	3rd	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 13	AUT -	NAT -		IOM NC	NED -	BEL 7	SWE 3	FIN -	CZE 9	GER 9			16	14th	0
1977	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 13	SWE 6	FIN 15	CZE -	GBR -		5	27th	0
1977	350cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT 10	ESP 14	FRA -	YUG -	NED 12		SWE -	FIN 12	CZE -	GBR -		1	36th	0
1978	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	ESP 10	FRA 7	NAT -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 8	FIN -	GBR -	GER 7	CZE -	YUG -		12	18th	0
1979	250cc	Yamaha	VEN 9	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 2	SWE -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	FRA -		14	13th	0
1984	250cc	Yamaha	RSA 23	NAT -	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -		0	-	0

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chas Mortimer career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Oxley, Mat (February 2012). "All I ever wanted to do was race". Classic Bike (385): 78–84. ISSN 0142-890X. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
↑ Motor Cycle, 3 August 1967. p.1072/75. 'School for Road Racers'. "The instructors are now Charles II and Paul Smart, both of whom, rather confusingly, are also under Charles Mortimer I's sponsorship as riders in their own right." Accessed 2013-08-09
↑ The Telegraph online. Retrieved 2013-06-22
↑ 5.0 5.1 Chas Mortimer, official site. Retrieved 2013-06-22
↑ "Chas Mortimer profile". iomtt.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Chas Mortimer Isle of Man TT results". iomtt.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

External links

Chas Mortimer Motorcycle Transportation

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hideo Kanaya	Macau Motorcyle Grand Prix Winner 1976	Succeeded by Mick Grant

Persondata
Name	Mortimer, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	English Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Date of birth	14 April 1949
Place of birth	Shere, Surrey
Date of death
Place of death

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