János Drapál

János Drapál (born February 3, 1948 – August 11, 1985) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest. He had little chance to race in the Grand Prix world championships during the Cold War, but still managed to win four Grand Prix races. Drapál had his best year in 1972 when he won the Yugoslavian Grand Prix and finished the year in seventh place in the 350cc world championship, riding a Yamaha.^[1] In 1973 he won two Grand Prix races but slipped to ninth place in the 350cc world championship. Drapál was killed in 1985 after a collision with a Czech track marshal during a 250cc race at the Piešťany airfield circuit in Czechoslovakia.^[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
1969	350cc	Aermacchi	ESP -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	YUG 9				2	42nd	0
1970	125cc	MZ	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	NAT 10	ESP -			1	52nd	0
1971	125cc	MZ	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 7	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -		NAT -	ESP -		4	24th	0
1971	250cc	Yamaha	AUT 5	GER 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 1	SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		26	9th	1
1972	250cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT 9	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 5	NED -	BEL -	DDR 4	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	16	16th	0
1972	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA 5	AUT 5	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE 7	FIN -	ESP 3	42	7th	1
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT 1	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 1	NED -		CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		30	9th	2
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	NAT -	YUG 9	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GER -	ESP -			2	30th	0
1977	125cc	Morbidelli	VEN -	AUT 7	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	GBR -		4	27th	0
1980	125cc	MBA	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE 6	GER -				5	23rd	0
1981	125cc	MBA	ARG -	AUT -	GER 7	NAT -	FRA -	ESP -	YUG -	NED -	RSM -	GBR -	FIN -	SWE -	CZE -	4	25th	0

References

Persondata
Name	Drapal, Janos
Alternative names
Short description	hungarian motorcycle racer
Date of birth	February 3, 1948
Place of birth
Date of death	August 11, 1985
Place of death

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