Chas Mortimer

Chas Mortimer
Nationality	British
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1969 - 1979, 1984 First race 1969 Isle of Man TT 125cc Lightweight TT Last race 1984 250cc South African Grand Prix First win 1971 Isle of Man TT 125cc Lightweight TT Last win 1976 Isle of Man TT 350cc Junior TT Team(s) Yamaha Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 107 7 39 3 1 730

Charles 'Chas' Mortimer (born April 14, 1949 in Shere, Surrey, UK) is an English Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed as a works Yamaha rider with 8 wins at the Isle of Man TT races in his career.^[1][2] In 1972 he gave Yamaha its first ever victory in the (then 500cc) premier class at the Spanish Grand Prix, albeiit using an over-bored 350cc twin cylinder machine. He had his best Grand Prix season in 1973 when he finished second to Kent Andersson in the 125cc world championship.^[3] In 1976, he won the Macau Grand Prix.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

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
1969	125cc	Villa	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 6		NAT -	YUG -		5	32nd	0
	250cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 9	ULS 5	NAT -	YUG -		8	22nd	0
1970	125cc	Villa	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 6	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -		NAT -	ESP -		5	31st	0
	250cc	Yamaha	GER 3	FRA -	YUG 7	IOM 4	NED -	BEL 8	DDR -	CZE 6	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		30	6th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER 3		YUG 8	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE 10	FIN 10	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		15	15th	0
1971	125cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER 7	IOM 1	NED 5	BEL 5	DDR -	CZE 7	SWE -	FIN 6		NAT -	ESP 2		48	5th	1
	250cc	Yamaha	AUT -	GER -	IOM NC	NED 5	BEL 5	DDR 7	CZE 4	SWE -	FIN 4	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 3		42	8th	0
1972	125cc	Yamaha	GER 2	FRA 2	AUT -	NAT 2	IOM 1	YUG 2	NED -	BEL 2	DDR 2	CZE 2	SWE 3	FIN -	ESP 2	87	3rd	1
	250cc	Yamaha	GER 7	FRA -	AUT 5	NAT -	IOM 14	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 4	18	14th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	YUG -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP -	0	-	0
	500cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 5	BEL -	DDR 5	CZE -	SWE 8	FIN -	ESP 1	42	6th	1
1973	125cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 2	NED 3	BEL 3	CZE 2	SWE 3	FIN 5	ESP 1		75	2nd	1
	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 7	AUT 3	GER -		IOM -	YUG 5	NED 5	BEL 7	CZE -	SWE 10	FIN -	ESP 3		40	6th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER -		IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 4		8	24th	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER -		NAT -	IOM 3	NED 6	BEL -	SWE 4	FIN -	CZE 8	YUG 1	ESP -		41	6th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT 2	NAT 5	IOM NC	NED -		SWE 6	FIN -		YUG -	ESP 5		29	5th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA 8	GER -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE 10				4	28th	0
1975	250cc	Yamaha	FRA 7	ESP 4		GER -	NAT -	YUG -	IOM 1	NED -	BEL 7	SWE 10	FIN -	CZE 8	YUG 2	46	6th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT -	GER 7	NAT 8	YUG -	IOM 2	NED 9			FIN -	CZE -	YUG 3	31	6th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -		AUT -	GER -	NAT -		IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN 4	CZE 6		23	11th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -		NAT 4	YUG 5	IOM 3	NED -	BEL -	SWE 5	FIN -	CZE -	GER 10	ESP -		31	7th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT 8	NAT -	YUG 2	IOM 1	NED 3			FIN 4	CZE 4	GER -	ESP -		54	3rd	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -		IOM NC	NED -	BEL 7	SWE 3	FIN -	CZE 9	GER 9			16	14th	0
1977	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 6	FIN -	CZE -	GBR -		5	27th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	VEN -	GER -	NAT 10	ESP -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -		SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GBR -		1	36th	0
1978	250cc	Yamaha	VEN -	ESP 10	FRA 7	NAT -	NED -	BEL -	SWE 8	FIN -	GBR -	GER 7	CZE -	YUG -		12	18th	0
1979	250cc	Yamaha	VEN 9	GER -	NAT -	ESP -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 2	SWE -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	FRA -		14	13th	0
1984	250cc	Yamaha	RSA 23	NAT -	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -		0	-	0

External links

1. ^ TT database rider profile iomtt.com
2. ^ TT database TT results iomtt.com
3. ^ Chas Mortimer career statistics at MotoGP.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hideo Kanaya	Macau Motorcyle Grand Prix Winner 1976	Succeeded by Mick Grant

Persondata
Name	Mortimer, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	English Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Date of birth	April 14, 1949
Place of birth	Shere, Surrey
Date of death
Place of death