Dave Simmonds

Dave Simmonds (25 October 1939 in London – 23 October 1972 in Rungis, France) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1969, he won the FIM 125 cc road racing world championship.^[1]^[2] The victory marked the first world championship for Kawasaki. In 1972, while attending a non-championship race at Rungis near Paris, Simmonds was killed in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in a caravan.^[3]

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
1963	50cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -			FIN -		ARG -	JPN -		0	-	0
1963	125cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 15	NED -	BEL -	ULS -	DDR -	FIN -	NAT -	ARG -	JPN -		0	-	0
1964	50cc	Tohatsu	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM 9	NED -	BEL -	GER -			FIN -		JPN -		0	-	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM 9	NED -		GER -	DDR -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	250cc	Greeves	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	DDR -	ULS -		NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
1965	50cc	Tohatsu	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -						JPN -	0	-	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
	250cc	Honda	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
	350cc	Honda		GER -			IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
1966	50cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -		NED -						IOM 6	NAT -	JPN -		1	13th	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -		NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	250cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	350cc	Honda		GER -	FRA -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS 5	IOM 8	NAT -	JPN -		2	23rd	0
1967	125cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA 5	IOM 4	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 3	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -	JPN -	3	14th	0
	250cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 4	NED 5	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -	JPN -	5	10th	0
	350cc	Kawasaki		GER -		IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -		ULS -	NAT -		JPN -	0	-	0
1968	125cc	Kawasaki	GER -	ESP -	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 4				3	14th	0
1968	350cc	Kawasaki	GER -		IOM NC	NED 6		DDR -	CZE -		ULS -	NAT -				1	18th	0
1969	125cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER 1	FRA 2	IOM 1	NED 1	BEL 1	DDR 1	CZE 1	FIN 1		NAT 1	YUG 2		90	1st	8
	250cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 9	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 8	YUG -		5	31st	0
	350cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER 10		IOM 17	NED -		DDR 9	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	YUG -		3	40th	0
1970	125cc	Kawasaki	GER -	FRA NC	YUG -	IOM NC	NED 2	BEL 2	DDR 4	CZE 3	FIN 1		NAT -	ESP -		57	4th	1
1970	500cc	Kawasaki	GER -	FRA 12	YUG 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 8		FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 9		10	20th	0
1971	125cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER 1	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 4	SWE 5	FIN 5		NAT 6	ESP 4		48	6th	1
	250cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 9	SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		2	42nd	0
	500cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED 3	BEL -	DDR -		SWE 6	FIN 2	ULS -	NAT 3	ESP 1		52	4th	1
1972	125cc	Kawasaki	GER 4	FRA 4	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 3	BEL 7	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN 5	ESP 4	44	6th	0
1972	500cc	Kawasaki	GER 4	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 4	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE 4	FIN 5	ESP 2	42	7th	0

References

↑ Dave Simmonds career statistics at MotoGP.com
↑ Dave Simmonds Isle of Man TT results at iomtt.com
↑ Walker, Mick (2002). Mick Walker's Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles. Redline Books. ISBN 978-0-9531311-8-1. Retrieved 2011-08-28.

Preceded by Phil Read	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1969	Succeeded by Dieter Braun

125cc/Moto3 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
2012 – S. Cortese
2013 – M. Viñales
2014 – Á. Márquez