1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 18th competitive motorcycle season, with 12 Grands Prix and five classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc.
Contents |
[edit] Grands Prix
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Giacomo Agostini |
Italy | MV Agusta | 36 | 3 | |
| 2 |  Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | Honda | 30 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Jack Findlay |
Australia | Matchless | 20 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Frantisek Stastny |
Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 17 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Jim Redman |
Rhodesia | Honda | 16 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Gyula Marsovsky |
Switzerland | Matchless | 13 | 0 | |
| = | Jack Ahearn |
Australia | Norton | 13 | 0 | |
| 8 | Stuart Graham |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 11 | 0 | |
| 9 | Peter Williams |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 7 | 0 | |
| 10 | Chris Conn |
United Kingdom | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Ron Chandler |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lewis Young |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 3 | 0 | |
| = | John Cooper |
United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| = | John Blanchard |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Fred Stevens |
United Kingdom | Paton | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 |  Eduard Lenz |
Austria | Matchless | 2 | 0 | |
| = | John Mawby |
United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Malcolm Stanton |
Australia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = |  Walter Scheimann |
West Germany | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | John Dodds |
Australia | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Eric Hinton |
Australia | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 350cc Standings
[edit] 250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | Honda | 56 | 10 | |
| 2 | Phil Read |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 34 | 0 | |
| 3 | Jim Redman |
Rhodesia | Honda | 20 | 0 | |
| 4 | Derek Woodman |
United Kingdom | MZ | 18 | 0 | |
| 5 | Stuart Graham |
United Kingdom | Honda | 15 | 0 | |
| 6 |  Heinz Rosner |
East Germany | MZ | 15 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jack Findlay |
Australia | Bultaco | 14 | 0 | |
| 8 | Frantisek Stastny |
Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 11 | 0 | |
| 9 |  Mike Duff |
Canada | Yamaha | 9 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Ginger Molloy |
New Zealand | Bultaco | 8 | 1 | |
| = |  Hiroshi Hasegawa |
Japan | Yamaha | 8 | 1 | |
| 12 | Gyula Marsovsky |
Switzerland | Bultaco | 8 | 0 | |
| 13 | Bill Ivy |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 5 | 0 | |
| 14 | Renzo Pasolini |
Italy | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Kevin Cass |
Australia | Bultaco | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Peter Inchley |
United Kingdom | Villiers | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Alberto Pagani |
Italy | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Akiyasu Motohashi |
Japan | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
| 19 | Bruce Beale |
Rhodesia | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
| 20 |  Kent Andersson |
Sweden | Husqvarna | 4 | 0 | |
| 21 | Selwyn Griffiths |
United Kingdom | Royal Enfield | 3 | 0 | |
| 22 | Tommy Robb |
United Kingdom | Bultaco | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 | Chris Anderson |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Jim Curry |
United Kingdom | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| 25 | Günter Beer |
West Germany | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = |  Daniel Lhéraud |
France | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Len Atlee |
Australia | Cotton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Bill Smith |
United Kingdom | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Giuseppe Visenzi |
Italy | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Taveri |
Switzerland | Honda | 46 | 5 | |
| 2 | Bill Ivy |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 40 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ralph Bryans |
United Kingdom | Honda | 32 | 0 | |
| 4 | Phil Read |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 29 | 1 | |
| 5 | Hugh Anderson |
New Zealand | Suzuki | 15 | 0 | |
| 6 | Yoshimi Katayama |
Japan | Suzuki | 14 | 0 | |
| 7 | Frank Perris |
United Kingdom | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
| 8 | Akiyasu Motohashi |
Japan | Yamaha | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Mike Duff |
Canada | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Mitsuo Itoh |
Japan | Suzuki | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tommy Robb |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Francesco Villa |
Italy | Montesa | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Hans-Georg Anscheidt |
West Germany | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Peter Williams |
United Kingdom | EMC | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 |  José Medrano |
Spain | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Herbert Mann |
West Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Friedhelm Kohlar |
East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Hartmut Bischoff |
East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Walter Scheimann |
West Germany | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Yasuharu Yuzawa |
Japan | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 50cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt |
West Germany | Suzuki | 28 | 2 | |
| 2 | Ralph Bryans |
United Kingdom | Honda | 26 | 1 | |
| 3 | Luigi Taveri |
Switzerland | Honda | 26 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hugh Anderson |
New Zealand | Suzuki | 16 | 0 | |
| 5 | Yoshimi Katayama |
Japan | Suzuki | 10 | 1 | |
| 6 | Barry Smith |
Australia | Derbi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Ernst Degner |
West Germany | Suzuki | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Mitsuo Itoh |
Japan | Suzuki | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 |  Angel Nieto |
Spain | Derbi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Oswald Dittrich |
West Germany | Kreidler | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Brian Gleed |
United Kingdom | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Tommy Robb |
United Kingdom | Bridgestone | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 |  Cees van Dongen |
Netherlands | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Isao Morishita |
Japan | Bridgestone | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Dave Simmonds |
United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | André Roth |
Switzerland | Derbi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Jack Findlay |
Australia | Bridgestone | 1 | 0 |
