Dave Simmonds

Dave Simmonds
Nationality British
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1963 - 1972
First race1963 50cc 1965 Isle of Man TT
Last race1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win1969 125cc West German Grand Prix
Last win1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)Kawasaki
Championships125cc - 1969
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
56 11 22 N/A 6 373

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
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
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
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
500cc Kawasaki GER
4
FRA
-
AUT
-
NAT
-
IOM
-
YUG
-
NED
4
BEL
-
DDR
-
CZE
-
SWE
4
FIN
5
ESP
2
42 7th 0

References

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