1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1967 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 19th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 15 October.

Season summary

A seminal year in motorcycle Grand Prix history as well as the end of an era with Honda making the decision to withdraw its racing program from competition. Nevertheless, Honda would go out with a bang, with Mike Hailwood taking the 250 cc and 350 cc crowns and coming within a whisker of dethroning Giacomo Agostini for the 500 cc title.

Honda decided to concentrate on the larger classes leaving Suzuki to dominate the 50 cc class with Anscheidt again the champion. The improved Yamahas took the 125 cc class with Bill Ivy finishing ahead of team-mate Phil Read.

In the 250 cc class, Read would battle Hailwood mightily for the title. They both finished the season with 50 points but Hailwood took the title because he had five wins to Read's four. In the 350 cc class, Hailwood had an easier time, taking six wins and claiming the crown by mid-season.

The 500 title fight would be one for the ages with Agostini and Hailwood swapping wins back and forth including a legendary duel at the Isle of Man TT. The chase went down to the last race in Canada. Hailwood won there to tie Agostini on points. Each rider had five wins so it came down to second places- Agostini taking the title with three seconds to Hailwood's two.

With Honda's pullout, Hailwood left motorcycle racing to take up a car racing career. He left with a blaze of glory, winning three classes in one day at the Dutch TT as well as three classes in one week at the Isle of Man TT.

1967 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	30 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Bill Ivy	Phil Read			Auerbacher / Dein	Report
2	7 May	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Yoshimi Katayama	Ralph Bryans	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
3	21 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Yoshimi Katayama	Bill Ivy	Bill Ivy			Enders / Engelhardt	Report
4	12–16 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Stuart Graham	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Schauzu / Horst Schneider	Report
5	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Yoshimi Katayama	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
6	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Hans-Georg Anscheidt		Bill Ivy		Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
7	16 July	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini		Report
8	23 July	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood		Report
9	6 August	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		Stuart Graham	Mike Hailwood		Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
10	19 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		Bill Ivy	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Mike Hailwood		Report
11	3 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Ralph Bryans	Giacomo Agostini	Auerbacher / Nelson	Report
12	30 September	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport		Bill Ivy	Mike Hailwood		Mike Hailwood		Report
13	15 October	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	Mitsuo Itoh	Bill Ivy	Ralph Bryans	Mike Hailwood			Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of six in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of five races were counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos Rider Bike GER MAN HOL BEL DDR CZE FIN ULS NAC CAN Pts 1 Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 1 20 1 2 46 (58) 2 Mike Hailwood Honda Ret 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 1 46 (52) 3 John Hartle Matchless / Kirby-Metisse 6 2 5 2 2 6 22 4 Peter Williams Matchless 2 2 3 Ret 16 5 Jack Findlay Matchless / Norton 3 DNS 4 3 DNS 3 9 15 6 Fred Stevens Hannah-Paton Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 Ret 11 7 John Cooper Norton 16 4 Ret 12 Ret 3 6 8 8 Gyula Marsovszky Matchless Ret 14 5 5 10 4 Ret 7 7 7 9 Billie Nelson Norton 5 9 11 7 8 3 Ret 6 10 Steve Spencer Norton 3 9 13 5 Ret 6 11 Mike Duff Matchless 8 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 12 Angelo Bergamonti Hannah-Paton Ret 11 3 4 13 John Dodds Norton Ret 10 8 4 6 9 Ret 4 = Dan Shorey Norton Ret 4 9 6 10 Ret 8 4 15 Robin Fitton Norton 4 7 Ret 3 16 Bo Granath Matchless 15 17 14 12 Ret 4 15 3 17 John Blanchard Seeley-Matchless / Seeley-URS Ret 33 Ret 4 3 18 Ivor Lloyd Matchless 4 3 19 Rodney Gould Norton Ret 5 11 Ret 8 2 20 Giuseppe Mandolini Moto Guzzi 5 2 = Andreas Georgeades Velocette 5 2 22 Chris Conn Norton 7 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 23 Derek Minter Norton Ret 7 6 1 24 Griff Jenkins Norton 6 13 1 25 Maurice Hawthorne Norton Ret 6 1 26 Johnny Rockett Norton 6 1 27 Lewis Young Metisse / Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 7 0 28 Tom Dickie Matchless 7 0 = Dave Lloyd Triton 7 0 = Frantisek Srna Jawa 7 0 31 Kel Carruthers Metisse / Norton / Matchless Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 14 Ret 0 32 Billy McCosch Matchless 8 10 0 33 Keith Turner Matchless 24 13 8 0 34 Manuel Radbord Honda 8 0 35 Ron Chandler Matchless Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 0 34 Hartmut Allner BMW 9 0 = Thomas de Mange Matchless 9 0 = Dave Degens Matchless 9 0 38 Derek Lee Matchless 10 12 Ret 12 12 0 39 Walter Scheimann Norton 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 0 40 Jack Saunders Matchless 14 10 0 41 Karl Hoppe Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 0 42 Malcolm Stanton Norton Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 43 Jean Lysight Triumph 10 0 44 Rex Butcher Norton 11 11 0 45 Hannu Kuparinen Matchless 15 11 0 46 Godfrey Nash Norton Ret 11 Ret 0 47 Denis Gallagher Matchless Ret 11 0 48 Bob MacLean Norton 11 0 = Armand Nerger Honda 11 0 50 Henry Hanje Triumph 12 0 51 Oliver Howe Norton Ret 12 16 0 52 Barry Randle Norton 12 0 = Dietmar Völmle Norton 12 0 54 Ernst Weiss Matchless 18 13 0 55 Fritjof Eccarius Matchless 13 Ret 0 = Bill Smith Matchless 13 Ret 0 57 Cecil Crawford Norton 13 0 = David Shepard Norton 13 0 59 György Kurucz Matchless / Norton 14 14 0 60 Guy Cooremans Norton 15 0 = Errol Cowan Matchless 15 0 = Pat Hewartson Norton 15 0 = Charlie Sanby Norton 15 0 64 Gordon Keith Norton 21 16 Ret 0 65 Bob Steele Matchless Ret 16 0 66 Tony McGurk Matchless 16 0 67 Gianfranco Domeniconi Norton 17 0 = Steve Jolly Matchless 17 0 = Ron Wilson Norton 17 0 70 Bert Oosterhuis Norton 18 0 = Brian Walmsley Norton 18 0 = Benedetto Zambotti Norton 18 0 73 Ken Kay Matchless-Metisse Ret 19 0 74 Bernie Lund Matchless 19 0 = Emanuele Maugliani Norton 19 0 76 Norman Price Norton 20 0 77 Roy Reid Norton 28 21 0 78 Ian Burne Norton 22 Ret 0 79 Harry Turner Norton 22 0 80 Billy Andersson Matchless 23 0 81 Lee Atlee Norton 25 Ret 0 82 Doug Cash Norton 26 0 83 Ray Knight Triumph 27 0 84 Colin Thompson Norton 29 0 85 Albert Moule Norton 30 0 86 Chris Neve Matchless 31 0 87 Ian Ablett BSA 32 0 88 David Johnson Norton 34 0 89 Albert Haddock Triton 35 0 90 Hugh Evans MV Agusta 36 0 91 Melvyn Rice Vincent HRD 37 0 - Joe Dunphy Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Edy Lenz Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Eric Hinton Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Tom Gill Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Malcolm Uphill Norton Ret Ret 0 - Stuart Morin Norton Ret Ret 0 - Jim Ashton Matchless Ret 0 - Nishan Baronian BSA Ret 0 - Roger Beaumont Triumph Ret 0 - Godfrey Benson Norton Ret 0 - Karoly Berek Norton Ret 0 - Bob Biscardine Triton Ret 0 - Ray Breingan Norton Ret 0 - Dave Brown Norton Ret 0 - Heiner Butz Bianchi Ret 0 - Paolo Campanelli Matchless Ret 0 - Alan Capstick BSA Ret 0 - Agne Carlsson Matchless Ret 0 - Bert Clark Matchless-Metisse Ret 0 - Dave Croxford Matchless Ret 0 - Dave Cunningham Triumph Ret 0 - Peter Darvill Norton Ret 0 - Peter-John Davis Norton Ret 0 - Bruce Dent Norton Ret 0 - Herbert Denzler Aermacchi Ret 0 - Vincent Duckett Matchless Ret 0 - Yvon Duhamel Matchless Ret 0 - Jim Evans Norton Ret 0 - Kurt Fischer Vincent HRD Ret 0 - Robert Fisher Triumph Ret 0 - Dave Foulkes Norton Ret 0 - Tony Godfrey Norton Ret 0 - Ron Grant Honda Ret 0 - Selwyn Griffiths Matchless Ret 0 - Billie Guthrie Norton Ret 0 - Don Haddow Honda Ret 0 - Gustav Havel Jawa Ret 0 - Vic Hilton Norton Ret 0 - Derek Jones BSA Ret 0 - Peter Kellond Norton Ret 0 - Les Kempster Norton Ret 0 - Ken King Norton Ret 0 - Ed LaBelle Norton Ret 0 - Joseph Lama Matchless Ret 0 - Alan Lawton Norton Ret 0 - Pentti Lehtelä Norton Ret 0 - Kurt Liebmann BMW OL Special Ret 0 - Jack Lindh Matchless Ret 0 - Marty Lunde Norton Ret 0 - Mike Manley Honda Ret 0 - Fraser McAninch Norton Ret 0 - Ian McGregor Norton Ret 0 - Guido Miele Gilera Ret 0 - Stephen Millard Matchless Ret 0 - Frank Mumford Norton Ret 0 - Garth Neveling Norton Ret 0 - Renzo Pasolini Benelli Ret 0 - Alan Peck Norton Ret 0 - Graham Penny Honda Ret 0 - Giovanni Perrone Bianchi Ret 0 - Laurence Povey Norton Ret 0 - Alan Prange Matchless Ret 0 - Tom Read Norton Ret 0 - Harry Reynolds Matchless-Metisse Ret 0 - Peter Richards Norton Ret 0 - Tony Rutter Norton Ret 0 - Jouko Ryhänen Matchless Ret 0 - Brian Sapsford Norton Ret 0 - Barry Scully Norton Ret 0 - Adrian Shelley Norton Ret 0 - Eric-Morley Shepherd Norton Ret 0 - John Simmonds Norton Ret 0 - Fred Simone BMW Ret 0 - Vagn Stevnhoved Matchless Ret 0 - Jan Strijbis Norton Ret 0 - Percy Tait Triumph Ret 0 - John Taylor Matchless Ret 0 - Tom Walker Norton-BSA Ret 0 - William Walsh Norton Ret 0 - Carl Ward Norton Ret 0 - Lance Weil Matchless Ret 0 - Tony Wilmott Norton Ret 0 - Dave Williams BSA Ret 0 - Keith Williams Norton Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike GER MAN HOL BEL DDR CZE FIN ULS NAC CAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood	1	United Kingdom	Honda	40	6
2	Giacomo Agostini	2	Italy	MV Agusta	32	1
3	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	20	1
4	Heinz Rosner	7	East Germany	MZ	18	0
5	Derek Woodman		United Kingdom	MZ	14	0
6	Alberto Pagani	6	Italy	Aermacchi	11	0
7	Kel Carruthers	18	Australia	Aermacchi	9	0
8	Renzo Pasolini	3	Italy	Benelli	8	0
9	Silvio Grassetti	11	Italy	Benelli	6	0
10	K. Mimuro		Japan	Yamaha	4	0

250cc final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood	1	United Kingdom	Honda	50	5
2	Phil Read	2	United Kingdom	Yamaha	50	4
3	Bill Ivy	13	United Kingdom	Yamaha	46	2
4	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	40	2
5	Derek Woodman	4	United Kingdom	MZ	18	0
6	Heinz Rosner	6	East Germany	MZ	13	0
7	Ginger Molloy	11	New Zealand	Bultaco	9	0
8	Gyula Marsovsky	12	Switzerland	Bultaco	8	0
9	Akiyasu Motohashi	8	Japan	Yamaha	6	0
10	Tommy Robb	22	United Kingdom	Bultaco	5	0
10	Dave Simmonds		United Kingdom	Kawasaki	5	0

125cc final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Bill Ivy	2	United Kingdom	Yamaha	56	8
2	Phil Read	4	United Kingdom	Yamaha	40	2
3	Stuart Graham		United Kingdom	Suzuki	38	1
4	Yoshimi Katayama	6	Japan	Suzuki	19	1
5	László Szabó		Hungary	MZ	13	0
6	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	12	West Germany	Suzuki	12	0
7	Dave Simmonds		United Kingdom	Kawasaki	9	0
8	Kel Carruthers		Australia	Honda	7	0
9	Tim Coopey		Canada	Yamaha	6	0
10	Thomas Heuschkel		East Germany	MZ	5	0
10	Walter Scheimann	15	West Germany	Honda	5	0

50cc final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	1	West Germany	Suzuki	30	3
2	Yoshimi Katayama	5	Japan	Suzuki	28	2
3	Stuart Graham		United Kingdom	Suzuki	22	1
4	Angel Nieto	6	Spain	Derbi	12	0
5	Barry Smith	8	Australia	Derbi	12	0
6	Mitsuo Itoh		Japan	Suzuki	8	1
7	R. Schmalze		West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
8	José Busquet		Spain	Derbi	4	0
8	Benjamin Grau		Spain	Derbi	4	0
8	Hiroyuko Kawasaki		Japan	Suzuki	4	0
8	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Suzuki	4	0

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5