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Daryl Beattie Nationality Australian Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1989 - 1997 First race 1989 250cc Australian Grand Prix Last race 1997 500cc Australian Grand Prix First win 1993 500cc German Grand Prix Last win 1995 500cc German Grand Prix Team(s) Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 59 3 14 0 1 Daryl Beattie (born 26 September 1970 in Charleville, Queensland, Australia) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then teamed up with Wayne Gardner to win the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in Japan. His performance earned him a place on the Honda factory team alongside fellow Australian Mick Doohan for the 1993 season. He won his first Grand Prix that year at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring and finished the season in a promising third place behind Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey.[1] After the season he was inexplicably released by the Honda team. He had a lackluster season in 1994 on a Team Roberts Marlboro Yamaha. During the 1994 season at the French Le Mans circuit, he crashed and lost all the toes from one foot after his foot was caught between the chain and rear sprocket. He had his best year in 1995 with the Suzuki factory team, leading the championship for the first part of the season before his crash at Assen allowed Doohan to win the championship with Beattie finishing in second, 33 points behind Doohan.
Beattie's career took a blow in 1996 when he crashed in pre-season testing and suffered serious head injuries. He returned only to suffer another crash at the fourth race of the season in Spain. He then crashed again at the sixth round in France. He struggled through the 1997 season but never regained his previous form and announced his retirement from competitive racing at the end of the season.
In 2002 he took up V8 Supercar racing in Imrie Motor Sport's Holden Commodore VX at the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. He placed 25th at Queensland Raceway and DNF Bathurst. Beattie now works as a commentator on Australia's One HD.
Grand Prix career statistics
Points system from 1988 to 1992
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points system from 1993
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Class Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank Wins 1989 250cc Honda NSR250 JPN
-AUS
12USA
-ESP
-NAT
-GER
-AUT
-YUG
-NED
-BEL
-FRA
-GBR
-SWE
-CZE
-BRA
-4 35th 0 1990 250cc Honda NSR250 JPN
-USA
-ESP
-NAT
-GER
-AUT
-YUG
-NED
-BEL
-FRA
-GBR
-SWE
-CZE
-HUN
-AUS
413 22nd 0 1992 500cc Rothmans Honda NSR500 JPN
NCAUS
3MAL
6ESP
-ITA
-EUR
-GER
-NED
-HUN
-FRA
-GBR
-BRA
-RSA
-18 14th 0 1993 500cc Rothmans Honda NSR500 AUS
4MAL
2JPN
3ESP
6AUT
7GER
1NED
NCEUR
4RSM
6GBR
6CZE
6ITA
7USA
5FIM
2176 3rd 1 1994 500cc Marlboro Yamaha YZR500 AUS
NCMAL
10JPN
28ESP
NCAUT
8GER
NCNED
7ITA
6FRA
-GBR
-CZE
-USA
NCARG
NCEUR
544 13th 0 1995 500cc Lucky Strike Suzuki RGV500 AUS
2MAL
2JPN
1ESP
7GER
1ITA
2NED
-FRA
3GBR
2CZE
3BRA
4ARG
2EUR
5215 2nd 2 1996 500cc Lucky Strike Suzuki RGV500 MAL
-INA
-JPN
5ESP
NCITA
4FRA
-NED
-GER
-GBR
-AUT
-CZE
-IMO
-CAT
NCBRA
-AUS
-24 18th 0 1997 500cc Lucky Strike Suzuki RGV500 MAL
NCJPN
NCESP
12ITA
5AUT
11FRA
12NED
7IMO
13GER
12BRA
13GBR
6CZE
10CAT
17INA
12AUS
DNS63 11th 0 References
Categories:- 1970 births
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- People from Queensland
- Australian amputees
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- 250cc World Championship riders
- 500cc World Championship riders
- V8 Supercar drivers
- Motorsport announcers
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