Dave Simmonds

Dave Simmonds
Nationality	British
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1963 - 1972 First race 1963 50cc 1965 Isle of Man TT Last race 1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix First win 1969 125cc West German Grand Prix Last win 1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix Team(s) Kawasaki Championships 125cc - 1969 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 56 11 22 N/A 6 373

Dave Simmonds (25 October 1939 in London – October 23, 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 -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED 2	BEL 2	DDR 4	CZE 3	FIN 1		NAT -	ESP -		57	4th	1
	500cc	Kawasaki	GER -	FRA -	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

1. ^ Dave Simmonds career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. ^ Dave Simmonds Isle of Man TT results at iomtt.com
3. ^ Walker, Mick (2002). Mick Walker's Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles. Redline Books. ISBN 9780953131181. http://books.google.com/books?id=fpoF0PMZEjEC&pg=PA85. Retrieved 2011-08-28. 

Preceded by Phil Read

125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1969

Succeeded by Dieter Braun

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Name	Simmonds, Dave
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Date of birth	25 October 1939
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Date of death	October 23, 1972
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