1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 19th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 15 October.

Season summary[]

A seminal year in motorcycle Grand Prix history as well as the end of an era with Honda making the decision to withdraw its racing program from competition.^[1] Nevertheless, Honda would go out with a bang, with Mike Hailwood taking the 250 cc and 350 cc crowns and coming within a whisker of dethroning Giacomo Agostini for the 500 cc title.

Honda decided to concentrate on the larger classes leaving Suzuki to dominate the 50 cc class with Anscheidt again the champion.^[1] The improved Yamahas took the 125 cc class with Bill Ivy finishing ahead of teammate Phil Read.

In the 250 cc class, Read would battle Hailwood mightily for the title. They both finished the season with 50 points but Hailwood took the title because he had five wins to Read's four.^[1] In the 350 cc class, Hailwood had an easier time, taking six wins and claiming the crown by mid-season.

The 500 title fight would be one for the ages with Agostini and Hailwood swapping wins back and forth including a legendary duel at the Isle of Man TT.^[1] The chase went down to the last race in Canada. Hailwood won there to tie Agostini on points. Each rider had five wins so it came down to second places- Agostini taking the title with three seconds to Hailwood's two.^[1]

With Honda's pullout, Hailwood left motorcycle racing to take up a car racing career. He left with a blaze of glory, winning three classes in one day at the Dutch TT as well as three classes in one week at the Isle of Man TT.

1967 Grand Prix season calendar[]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	30 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Bill Ivy	Phil Read			/
2	7 May	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Yoshimi Katayama	Ralph Bryans	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Enders /
3	21 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Yoshimi Katayama	Bill Ivy	Bill Ivy			Enders /
4	16 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Stuart Graham	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	/ Horst Schneider	Report
5	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Yoshimi Katayama	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Enders /
6	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Hans-Georg Anscheidt		Bill Ivy		Giacomo Agostini	Enders /
7	16 July	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini
8	23 July	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood
9	6 August	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		Stuart Graham	Mike Hailwood		Giacomo Agostini	Enders /
10	19 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		Bill Ivy	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Mike Hailwood
11	3 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Ralph Bryans	Giacomo Agostini	/ Nelson
12	30 September	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport		Bill Ivy	Mike Hailwood		Mike Hailwood		Report
13	15 October	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	Mitsuo Itoh	Bill Ivy	Ralph Bryans	Mike Hailwood

Standings[]

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of six in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of five races were counted.

500cc final standings[]

Pos Rider Machine MAN CAN Pts 1 Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 1 20 1 2 46 (58) 2 Mike Hailwood Honda Ret 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 1 46 (52) 3 John Hartle Matchless / 6 2 5 2 2 6 22 4 Peter Williams Matchless 2 2 3 Ret 16 5 Jack Findlay Matchless / Norton 3 DNS 4 3 DNS 3 9 15 6 Fred Stevens Hannah-Paton Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 Ret 11 7 John Cooper Norton 16 4 Ret 12 Ret 3 6 8 8 Gyula Marsovszky Matchless Ret 14 5 5 10 4 Ret 7 7 7 9 Billie Nelson Norton 5 9 11 7 8 3 Ret 6 10 Norton 3 9 13 5 Ret 6 11 Mike Duff Matchless 8 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 12 Angelo Bergamonti Hannah-Paton Ret 11 3 4 13 John Dodds Norton Ret 10 8 4 6 9 Ret 4 = Dan Shorey Norton Ret 4 9 6 10 Ret 8 4 15 Robin Fitton Norton 4 7 Ret 3 16 Bo Granath Matchless 15 17 14 12 Ret 4 15 3 17 Seeley-Matchless / Seeley-URS Ret 33 Ret 4 3 18 Ivor Lloyd Matchless 4 3 19 Rodney Gould Norton Ret 5 11 Ret 8 2 20 Moto Guzzi 5 2 = Velocette 5 2 22 Chris Conn Norton 7 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 23 Derek Minter Norton Ret 7 6 1 24 Norton 6 13 1 25 Norton Ret 6 1 26 Norton 6 1 27 / Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 7 0 28 Matchless 7 0 = Triton 7 0 = Jawa 7 0 31 Kel Carruthers / Norton / Matchless Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 14 Ret 0 32 Matchless 8 10 0 33 Keith Turner Matchless 24 13 8 0 34 Honda 8 0 35 Ron Chandler Matchless Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 0 34 BMW 9 0 = Matchless 9 0 = Dave Degens Matchless 9 0 38 Matchless 10 12 Ret 12 12 0 39 Norton 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 0 40 Matchless 14 10 0 41 Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 0 42 Norton Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 43 Triumph 10 0 44 Norton 11 11 0 45 Matchless 15 11 0 46 Godfrey Nash Norton Ret 11 Ret 0 47 Matchless Ret 11 0 48 Norton 11 0 = Honda 11 0 50 Triumph 12 0 51 Norton Ret 12 16 0 52 Norton 12 0 = Norton 12 0 54 Matchless 18 13 0 55 Matchless 13 Ret 0 = Bill Smith Matchless 13 Ret 0 57 Norton 13 0 = Norton 13 0 59 Matchless / Norton 14 14 0 60 Norton 15 0 = Matchless 15 0 = Norton 15 0 = Norton 15 0 64 Norton 21 16 Ret 0 65 Matchless Ret 16 0 66 Matchless 16 0 67 Norton 17 0 = Matchless 17 0 = Norton 17 0 70 Norton 18 0 = Norton 18 0 = Norton 18 0 73 Ken Kay Matchless- Ret 19 0 74 Matchless 19 0 = Norton 19 0 76 Norton 20 0 77 Norton 28 21 0 78 Norton 22 Ret 0 79 Norton 22 0 80 Matchless 23 0 81 Norton 25 Ret 0 82 Norton 26 0 83 Triumph 27 0 84 Norton 29 0 85 Norton 30 0 86 Matchless 31 0 87 BSA 32 0 88 Norton 34 0 89 Triton 35 0 90 MV Agusta 36 0 91 Vincent HRD 37 0 - Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Malcolm Uphill Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Triumph Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Triton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Bianchi Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Matchless- Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Triumph Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Aermacchi Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Yvon Duhamel Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Vincent HRD Ret 0 - Triumph Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Ron Grant Honda Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Honda Ret 0 - Gustav Havel Jawa Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - BMW OL Special Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Honda Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Renzo Pasolini Benelli Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Honda Ret 0 - Bianchi Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless- Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Tony Rutter Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - BMW Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Percy Tait Triumph Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton-BSA Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike MAN CAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc final standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood	1	United Kingdom	Honda	40	6
2	Giacomo Agostini	2	Italy	MV Agusta	32	1
3	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	20	1
4	Heinz Rosner	7	East Germany	MZ	18	0
5	Derek Woodman		United Kingdom	MZ	14	0
6	Alberto Pagani	6	Italy	Aermacchi	11	0
7	Kel Carruthers	18	Australia	Aermacchi	9	0
8	Renzo Pasolini	3	Italy	Benelli	8	0
9	Silvio Grassetti	11	Italy	Benelli	6	0
10			Japan	Yamaha	4	0

250cc final standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood	1	United Kingdom	Honda	50	5
2	Phil Read	2	United Kingdom	Yamaha	50	4
3	Bill Ivy	13	United Kingdom	Yamaha	46	2
4	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	40	2
5	Derek Woodman	4	United Kingdom	MZ	18	0
6	Heinz Rosner	6	East Germany	MZ	13	0
7	Ginger Molloy	11	New Zealand	Bultaco	9	0
8	Gyula Marsovsky	12	Switzerland	Bultaco	8	0
9	Akiyasu Motohashi	8	Japan	Yamaha	6	0
10	Tommy Robb	22	United Kingdom	Bultaco	5	0
10	Dave Simmonds		United Kingdom	Kawasaki	5	0

125cc final standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Bill Ivy	2	United Kingdom	Yamaha	56	8
2	Phil Read	4	United Kingdom	Yamaha	40	2
3	Stuart Graham		United Kingdom	Suzuki	38	1
4	Yoshimi Katayama	6	Japan	Suzuki	19	1
5	László Szabó		Hungary	MZ	13	0
6	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	12	West Germany	Suzuki	12	0
7	Dave Simmonds		United Kingdom	Kawasaki	9	0
8	Kel Carruthers		Australia	Honda	7	0
9			Canada	Yamaha	6	0
10			East Germany	MZ	5	0
10		15	West Germany	Honda	5	0

50cc final standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	1	West Germany	Suzuki	30	3
2	Yoshimi Katayama	5	Japan	Suzuki	28	2
3	Stuart Graham		United Kingdom	Suzuki	22	1
4	Angel Nieto	6	Spain	Derbi	12	0
5	Barry Smith	8	Australia	Derbi	12	0
6	Mitsuo Itoh		Japan	Suzuki	8	1
7			West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
8			Spain	Derbi	4	0
8	Benjamin Grau		Spain	Derbi	4	0
8			Japan	Suzuki	4	0
8	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Suzuki	4	0

References[]

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.