Dieter Braun

Dieter Braun
Nationality	German
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1968 - 1977 First race 1968 125cc West German Grand Prix Last race 1976 350cc German Grand Prix First win 1969 125cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix Last win 1976 250cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix Team(s) Suzuki, Yamaha Championships 125cc - 1970 250cc - 1973 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 112 14 49 0 9 904

Dieter Braun (born February 2, 1943 in Ulm, Germany) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He won the 1970 FIM 125cc World Championship for Suzuki. In 1973, he rode a Yamaha TZ250 to the 250cc FIM world championship.^[1]

Braun is remembered for an incident that occurred immediately after he won the 1971 East German Grand Prix. As the West German national anthem was being played during the winner's ceremony, the East German crowd began singing the words to the anthem. The East German government reacted by making the following year's East German Grand Prix an invitation only race, and in 1973, the race was stricken from the Grand Prix calendar.^[2]

Braun's career ended after a serious accident at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix at the Salzburgring.^[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
1968	125cc	MZ	GER 4	ESP -	IOM -	NED 5	DDR -	CZE 4	FIN -	ULS 5	NAT 6					11	7th	0
1969	125cc	Suzuki	ESP -	GER 2	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 2	DDR -	CZE 2	FIN 4		NAT -	YUG 1		59	2nd	1
	250cc	MZ	ESP 7	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED 6	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 6	FIN 5	ULS -	NAT -	YUG -		20	10th	0
1970	125cc	Suzuki	GER -	FRA 1	YUG 1	IOM 1	NED 1	BEL -	DDR 2	CZE 2	FIN -		NAT -	ESP 4		84	1st	4
	250cc	MZ	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED 4	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 8	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 4	ESP -		19	14th	0
	350cc	MZ	GER -		YUG -	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE 5	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 6	ESP 5		17	11th	0
1971	125cc	Suzuki	AUT 4													54	4th	0
		Maico		GER -	IOM -	NED 4	BEL 3	DDR 4	CZE -	SWE 4	FIN 2		NAT -	ESP -
	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED 3	BEL 3	DDR 1	CZE -	SWE -	FIN 3	ULS 3	NAT -	ESP -		58	5th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ULS 2	NAT -	ESP -		12	16th	0
1972	125cc	Maico	GER -	FRA -	AUT 7	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 6	DDR -	CZE 5	SWE -	FIN 3	ESP -	25	8th	0
	250cc	Maico	GER 2	FRA 9	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 4	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	22	12th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA 6	AUT -	NAT 8	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 4		DDR 3	CZE 3	SWE 9	FIN -	ESP -	54	4th	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER 4		IOM -	YUG 1	NED 1	BEL -	CZE 1	SWE 1	FIN 2	ESP -		80	1st	4
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT 6	GER -	NAT 7	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 5		CZE 5	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -		33	8th	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 2	SWE 5	FIN 3	CZE 3	YUG 3	ESP 3		58	2nd	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT 3	NAT -	IOM -	NED 2		SWE 4	FIN 3		YUG 3	ESP 2		62	2nd	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT 5	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 3	SWE -	FIN -	CZE 5				22	7th	0
1975	125cc	Morbidelli	FRA -	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -		NED -	BEL -	SWE -		CZE -	YUG 1		15	11th	1
	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -		GER 8	NAT 4	IOM -	NED 3	BEL 8	SWE 6	FIN 4	CZE 3	YUG 1		56	3rd	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP 5	AUT -	GER 2	NAT 4	IOM -	NED 1	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 5	CZE -	YUG -		47	4th	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT 6	GER 6	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 5	FIN -	CZE -	YUG -		16	13th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -		NAT -	YUG 1	IOM -	NED 9	BEL 7	SWE 2	FIN 6	CZE 7	GER 4	ESP -		42	6th	1
	350cc	Morbidelli	FRA -	AUT 5	NAT -	YUG -	IOM -	NED 9			FIN 2	CZE -	GER 8	ESP -		23	11th	0
	500cc	Suzuki	FRA 8	AUT -	NAT 9		IOM -	NED -	BEL 6	SWE -	FIN 6	CZE -	GER -			15	17th	0

References

1. ^ Dieter Braun career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. ^ 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix (1st edition). Hazelton Publishing Ltd, 1999. ISBN 1-874557-83-7
3. ^ Isle of Man TT.com News

Preceded by Dave Simmonds	125cc Motorcycle World Champion 1970	Succeeded by Angel Nieto
Preceded by Jarno Saarinen	250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1973	Succeeded by Walter Villa

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