Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

fact although he topped th e scorers on his GP debut in Spai n in 19i3,- _ he did no t win the GP. At th at time th e overa ll placin gs were still decided on th e Ol ym p ic system of adding mota pl acin gs toðer with elapsed tim e to decide n es between rid ers wh o tied on the lowest points total. Pom eroy went 1·4 for 23 cha m p ionsh ip poi nt s th at Apri l da y a t Sabadell , but Hans Maisch (22 points from 2-3) ha d the better time. Jim finall y too k an overa ll wi n two years later in Belgium . . Not unti l 1984 was the Am erican system of decid ing the overall on c hamp io n ship points w i t h the second moto p lacings to sp lit ties p ut into effect. I Alt hough Swedes Rolf Tibb lin I and Gunnar j oha nsso n were th e first riders to share a G P win when they co uld no t even be sp lit on ti me to o ne-tenth of a seco nd a t the 1962 I - Du tch 500, th e mos t re markab le Russian champ Guenady Moiseev resu lt in the 36-year h istor y of th e collected 14 250cc GP w ins. G Ps goe s to Germans Rolf Dieffenbach and Fri tz Kobele. At Sabadell in Spain in Apri l 1980, . th e early years of the 250cc contest Dieffenbach earned on e more cham,a nd th e hal ycon days of seventies, pionship point from first a nd third and sadly the curr ent crop of Germ an mota pl acings than Kobele fro m two riders appear unl ikely to add to the seconds, but under the then FIM 31 wins which sees the Bundesre pu bru les, that was a tie on four point s. ; li k languis hing in ninth pl ace in Dieffenbach led his H onda teamma te the nationa l standings. o ver th e line by 2.29 seconds in th e H einz Kin igad n er a part, o n ly firs t mot o, whi le th e defici t in the Mathias Sch ned l has scored a win for second mo to was- right, 2.29 seconds Austria and that was in th e ill-fat ed in favor of Kob ele. Even to one 750cc series of the sixties which h un dred th of a second on electroni c a ttra cted few ta p ri ders. timin g eq uipment th ey cou ld not be And Switzerl and? Not a single win sepa ra ted! Most Germa n G P wins came in to da te. One day perhaps! ' • 00 00 O'l ~ . i Andre Malherbe is the second winningest GP winner ever. He currently has 41 GP wins to his cred it; Joel Robert has the most with 50. Thorpe a nd Aberg have scored II each wh ile Kinigadn er and Min gels have just seven each. If a nyone is ever to challe nge the Robert record of 50 wi ns , the n it must surely be Davey Strij bos who has registered 14 wins in four seaso ns a nd is still only 20 years of ag e. Best American on the list is, not sur pr is i ng ly , Brad La ckey. T h e Cal iforn ian 's seven win s were scored in just th ree cou ntries an d o n four trac ks. It is believed that J im Pomeroy was America's first winner, but in Grand Prix winners: 1 (Six or more victories) Joel Robert . • . . . •. •... Belg ium . . ....••. • . 50 (all 250 class) Andre Ma lherbe .. . Belgium ... 41 (27500. two 250 & 12 125) Roger DeCoster . •• • •• Belgium .. • . • •37 (36 500 & one 250) Torsten Hallman • . . . . . . . • . •Sweden .. • . • . • . • . •37 (all 250) Heikki Mikkola .. •. •.• Finland ••• . • • •34 (26 500 & eight 250) Jeff Smith • .• .•• • . .• GB . •.•.• • • .• 30 (2 3 500 & seven 250) Gaston Rah ier • . • •••• Belg ium ...• . .. 29 (on e 250 & 28 125) Paul Friedric hs • • • • • • Germany • .• .•• 29 (2 8 500 & one 250) Rolf Tibblin • . . .• . • . Sweden 29 (2 2 500 & seven 250) Georges Jobe . . ... .• • Belgium ...••... 28 (10 500 & 18 250) Sten Lundin " • . . . • .• S ~eden 28 (24 500 & four 750) Erik Geboers . ..• Belgium •••• 27 (five 500. five 250 & 17 1 2 5) Harry Everts • . • .•.• Belgium • ••• • . •25 (eight 250 & 17 1 ~5) Hakan Carlqvist ' . Sweden : 20 (14 500 & six 250) Dave Bickers • ..... .... GB .. •.•... •. 1 8 (two 500 & 16 250) Bill Nilsson • . . . • . • . . . • .• Sweden . •. . . .... ... • 18 (all 500) KeesVan derVen .. Holland . . 16 (three 500. ~ine250 & f o ur 125) Dave Strijbos • . •....... •. • Holland ••• . • • •. • • . .. 15 (all 125) Guenady Moiseev I • •• • • • • • • • • USSR •. •. . • . •• • •14 (all 250) , Gerrit Wo lsink .• . • . ... . . . • Holland . •. . . • . • • . . . 14 (all 500) Sylvain Geboers . • .• .• .. .•. Belgium • .•. . . .. . . . 14 (all 250) M ichele Rinaldi . . •....• Italy 13 (one 250 & 12 T2 5 ) Jaromir Cizek . . .. . . . .• Czechoslovakia .. • • • • . •. 13 (all 250) Jacky Vimond .... .. ... . • • . France . . . •. • • • • •. •. 12 (all 250) Dave Thorpe .. • •• • ••• •. •.. . GB . ..•.• . .. .. . ... 11 (all 500) Bengt Aberg • . . . . . .... .. . Sweden • . ..•• • •• • .•• 11 (all 500) Torleif Hansen . . . .. . . .... •Sweden .... . •. . . ••. 11 (all 250) Les Archer •• .•.• .. . . . . .• . • GB ...... •. • • • • • • • . 10 (all 500) . Victor Arbekov .•. . . • USSR . . . . . • 10 (one 50 0 and nine 250) Sweden .• . . •. •.• . . 10 (all 250) Hakan Andersson Pe,kka Vehkonen Fin land . • . • . •9 (four 250 & five 1 25) Ake Jonsson Sweden . •. •.. . 9 (eig ht 500 & one 250) Rene Baeten • . . .•.. . .. .• . Belgium • • ••• .• . . . . . . 8 (all 500) Fritz Schneider BRD •• •• .•. 8 (on e 250 & seven 125 ) Neil Hudson GB 7 (all 2 5 0 ) M ark Ve lke neers Belg ium 7 (one 250 & six 125) Akira Watanabe .•....... •. • •Japan . •• ••.•.. . . •. 7 (all Gerard Rond . .......... • • Holland • .• . . • • . . . . . . 7 (all Heinz Kin igadner • • •.•• • Austria 7 (one 500 & six Brad Lackey .•... '• . . . • . • . • . USA • • •.. • •... ~ . : : . 7 (all Adolf We il • • . . . • . . Germany • • • •• •. •7 (three 500 & four Arne Kring . . •. .. .. • • • ••. Sweden . .•. . . .. . . . • . •7 (all Arthur Lampkin • • •••• • • . GB .•. . • .. .• 7 (one 500 & six Auguste M ingels •••• .. .. .. . Belgium ...•... •.. •7 (all Vlastimil Valek Czechoslovakia . . . . 7 (six 250 & one John Van den Berk : Holland •••• .• .• . .. 6 (all Danny La Porte . •............ USA • • • .• • • . . • • . . . 6 (all Vladimir Kav inov ... .. •.. • • • • USSR . .......... • 6 (all Andre Vromans . .. . . . • . •• •. Belg ium . .. . • . ... .. . 6 (all Graham Noyce .. • ...........•. GB • • • . . . • • .• . . . 6 (all 125) 125) 250) 500) 250) 500) 250) 500) 750) 125) 250) 250) 500) 500) (Other GP winners who were still active in the 1987 GP season) Corrado Maddii . • . • •• ••• • . • . • It aly ... . • .. .•.. ... 5 (all Massimo Contini • ... . .. . . .• . • Italy . ..... •. •. •.. 4 (all Gert Jan Van Doorn •• : .• .•••• Holland •.• . .. .• • . 4 (all Jeremy Whatley . .. .. . ...•... •GB • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (all ; Ita ly .. . • . . . . . .. . 3 (all Giuseppe Andreani Johnny O'Mara USA . , •• .. : . 3 (one 250 & two Jean-Michel Bayle France " .2 (both Jacky Martens • . .. • •. Belgium • . ..•. . 2 (one 500 & one Ricky Johnson USA ~ (one 500 & one 125) 125) 250) 250) 125) 125) 125) 250) 250) (One each) Ku rt Nicoll .. • • • . • • • • • . • • • • • • • GB . • .•.. ....... • . •. .. 500 Rob Herring ... •.. ..... •. •.... GB . . .. . . • : 250 A ndy Nicholls •• • . . . .• . ••. .• • •• GB .• ....• • .• .. •• .•. 250 Anders Eriksson .•... .... .. . .. Sweden • . . . . . . ... . . . . 250 Jo M a rt~ns .. ••. •. . • • . •...• Belgium ........ •. • • •. . . 250 M ich ele Fanton • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . Italy .. ..... ..... •. • •250 Rodney Sm ith •. .. •.• . .. . .. .. . . USA 250 Bob Hann ah . . . . . •. . .. . . . . . . . . USA 250 Ron Lech ien USA . .. . .• • •. •... ... • . 2 5 0 M icky Dy mond . •.... ...... .•.. USA ..••. . . . . . .. . . .. 125 Eric Kehoe . .. .. .. . .. . • • • . • • • USA .. . . •• . • . • . . • . . . . • 125 ·39

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