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1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports 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 the Spanish Grand Prix, and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 15 October.

Season summary

1967 marked 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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
30 April	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Phil Read			DEU Auerbacher / Dein	Report
7 May	FRG West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	NIR Ralph Bryans	GBR Mike Hailwood	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
21 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Bill Ivy			DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
16 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	GBR Stuart Graham	GBR Phil Read	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Schauzu / Horst Schneider	Report
24 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	GBR Phil Read	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
2 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt		GBR Bill Ivy		ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
16 July	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Phil Read	GBR Mike Hailwood	ITA Giacomo Agostini		Report
23 July	CSK Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit		GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Phil Read	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
6 August	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		GBR Stuart Graham	GBR Mike Hailwood		ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU Enders / Engelhardt	Report
19 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Mike Hailwood	ITA Giacomo Agostini	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
3 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza		GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Phil Read	NIR Ralph Bryans	ITA Giacomo Agostini	DEU GBR Auerbacher / Nelson	Report
30 September	CAN Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport		GBR Bill Ivy	GBR Mike Hailwood		GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
15 October	JPN Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	JPN Mitsuo Itoh	GBR Bill Ivy	NIR Ralph Bryans	GBR Mike Hailwood			Report

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	TCH
TCH	FIN
FIN	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	CAN
CAN	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	=	15	16	17	18	19	20	=	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	=	=	31	32	33	34	35	34	=	=	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	=	50	51	52	=	54	55	=	57	=	59	60	=	=	=	64	65	66	67	=	=	70	=	=	73	74	=	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	GER
DEU	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	TCH
TCH	FIN
FIN	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	CAN
CAN	Pts
ITA Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	1	20	1	2	46 (58)
GBR Mike Hailwood	Honda	Ret	1	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	46 (52)
GBR John Hartle	Matchless / Kirby-Metisse		6			2	5	2	2	6		22
GBR Peter Williams	Matchless	2	2	3	Ret							16
AUS Jack Findlay	Matchless / Norton	3	DNS		4	3	DNS		3	9		15
GBR Fred Stevens	Hannah-Paton	Ret	5	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	11
GBR John Cooper	Norton	16	4	Ret	12	Ret	3		6			8
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Matchless	Ret	14	5	5	10	4	Ret	7	7		7
GBR Billie Nelson	Norton	5		9	11	7	8	3		Ret		6
GBR Steve Spencer	Norton		3			9	13		5	Ret		6
CAN Mike Duff	Matchless	8	Ret		Ret		Ret				3	4
ITA Angelo Bergamonti	Hannah-Paton		Ret	11						3		4
AUS John Dodds	Norton	Ret		10	8	4	6	9		Ret		4
GBR Dan Shorey	Norton		Ret	4	9	6	10		Ret	8		4
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton	4			7				Ret			3
SWE Bo Granath	Matchless	15		17	14	12	Ret	4	15			3
GBR John Blanchard	Seeley-Matchless / Seeley-URS	Ret	33		Ret				4			3
CAN Ivor Lloyd	Matchless										4	3
GBR Rodney Gould	Norton		Ret			5	11	Ret	8			2
ITA Giuseppe Mandolini	Moto Guzzi									5		2
ZAF Andreas Georgeades	Velocette										5	2
GBR Chris Conn	Norton	7	Ret	6	Ret	8	Ret		Ret	Ret		1
GBR Derek Minter	Norton	Ret		7	6							1
GBR Griff Jenkins	Norton	6		13								1
GBR Maurice Hawthorne	Norton			Ret				6				1
USA Johnny Rockett	Norton										6	1
GBR Lewis Young	Metisse / Matchless	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	14	7				0
GBR Tom Dickie	Matchless		7									0
CAN Dave Lloyd	Triton										7	0
CZE Frantisek Srna	Jawa						7					0
AUS Kel Carruthers	Metisse / Norton / Matchless	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14	Ret		0
NIR Billy McCosch	Matchless		8						10			0
NZL Keith Turner	Matchless		24			13		8				0
CAN Manuel Radbord	Honda										8	0
GBR Ron Chandler	Matchless	Ret	9	Ret	Ret		Ret					0
DEU Hartmut Allner	BMW	9										0
CAN Thomas de Mange	Matchless										9	0
GBR Dave Degens	Matchless								9			0
GBR Derek Lee	Matchless		10	12	Ret				12	12		0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton	10		Ret	13		12			Ret		0
AUS Jack Saunders	Matchless					14		10				0
DEU Karl Hoppe	Matchless	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret				10		0
AUS Malcolm Stanton	Norton	Ret	Ret		10	Ret				Ret		0
CAN Jean Lysight	Triumph										10	0
GBR Rex Butcher	Norton		11							11		0
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Matchless					15		11				0
GBR Godfrey Nash	Norton			Ret		11	Ret					0
GBR Denis Gallagher	Matchless		Ret						11			0
USA Bob MacLean	Norton										11	0
DEU Armand Nerger	Honda	11										0
CAN Henry Hanje	Triumph										12	0
CAN Oliver Howe	Norton			Ret				12		16		0
GBR Barry Randle	Norton		12									0
DEU Dietmar Völmle	Norton	12										0
CHE Ernst Weiss	Matchless								18	13		0
DEU Fritjof Eccarius	Matchless	13				Ret						0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless		13						Ret			0
NIR Cecil Crawford	Norton								13			0
CAN David Shepard	Norton										13	0
HUN György Kurucz	Matchless / Norton	14								14		0
BEL Guy Cooremans	Norton				15							0
ZAF Errol Cowan	Matchless			15								0
ZAF Pat Hewartson	Norton									15		0
GBR Charlie Sanby	Norton		15									0
RHO Gordon Keith	Norton		21	16					Ret			0
GBR Bob Steele	Matchless		Ret						16			0
GBR Tony McGurk	Matchless		16									0
ITA Gianfranco Domeniconi	Norton									17		0
GBR Steve Jolly	Matchless		17									0
AUS Ron Wilson	Norton								17			0
NLD Bert Oosterhuis	Norton			18								0
GBR Brian Walmsley	Norton		18									0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Norton									18		0
GBR Ken Kay	Matchless-Metisse		Ret						19			0
GBR Bernie Lund	Matchless		19									0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Norton									19		0
GBR Norman Price	Norton		20									0
NIR Roy Reid	Norton		28						21			0
ZAF Ian Burne	Norton		22		Ret							0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton								22			0
SWE Billy Andersson	Matchless		23									0
AUS Lee Atlee	Norton		25		Ret							0
GBR Doug Cash	Norton		26									0
GBR Ray Knight	Triumph		27									0
GBR Colin Thompson	Norton		29									0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		30									0
GBR Chris Neve	Matchless		31									0
GBR Ian Ablett	BSA		32									0
AUS David Johnson	Norton		34									0
GBR Albert Haddock	Triton		35									0
GBR Hugh Evans	MV Agusta		36									0
GBR Melvyn Rice	Vincent HRD		37									0
GBR Joe Dunphy	Norton	Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret		Ret			0
AUT Edy Lenz	Matchless	Ret		Ret	Ret					Ret		0
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton				Ret	Ret		Ret				0
AUS Tom Gill	Matchless		Ret						Ret			0
Wales Malcolm Uphill	Norton		Ret						Ret			0
CAN Stuart Morin	Norton	Ret				Ret						0
GBR Jim Ashton	Matchless		Ret									0
USA Nishan Baronian	BSA										Ret	0
CAN Roger Beaumont	Triumph										Ret	0
GBR Godfrey Benson	Norton		Ret									0
HUN Karoly Berek	Norton					Ret						0
GBR Bob Biscardine	Triton		Ret									0
NZL Ray Breingan	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Dave Brown	Norton		Ret									0
DEU Heiner Butz	Bianchi	Ret										0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Matchless									Ret		0
GBR Alan Capstick	BSA		Ret									0
SWE Agne Carlsson	Matchless						Ret					0
CAN Bert Clark	Matchless-Metisse		Ret									0
GBR Dave Croxford	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Dave Cunningham	Triumph										Ret	0
GBR Peter Darvill	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Peter-John Davis	Norton										Ret	0
CAN Bruce Dent	Norton										Ret	0
CHE Herbert Denzler	Aermacchi							Ret				0
GBR Vincent Duckett	Matchless		Ret									0
CAN Yvon Duhamel	Matchless										Ret	0
GBR Jim Evans	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Kurt Fischer	Vincent HRD										Ret	0
CAN Robert Fisher	Triumph										Ret	0
GBR Dave Foulkes	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Tony Godfrey	Norton								Ret			0
USA Ron Grant	Honda										Ret	0
Wales Selwyn Griffiths	Matchless		Ret									0
NIR Billie Guthrie	Norton								Ret			0
CAN Don Haddow	Honda										Ret	0
CZE Gustav Havel	Jawa						Ret					0
GBR Vic Hilton	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Derek Jones	BSA		Ret									0
CAN Peter Kellond	Norton										Ret	0
GBR Les Kempster	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Ken King	Norton										Ret	0
USA Ed LaBelle	Norton										Ret	0
CAN Joseph Lama	Matchless										Ret	0
GBR Alan Lawton	Norton		Ret									0
FIN Pentti Lehtelä	Norton							Ret				0
USA Kurt Liebmann	BMW OL Special										Ret	0
SWE Jack Lindh	Matchless								Ret			0
USA Marty Lunde	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Mike Manley	Honda										Ret	0
CAN Fraser McAninch	Norton										Ret	0
NIR Ian McGregor	Norton								Ret			0
ITA Guido Miele	Gilera									Ret		0
GBR Stephen Millard	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Frank Mumford	Norton							Ret				0
ZAF Garth Neveling	Norton		Ret									0
ITA Renzo Pasolini	Benelli		Ret									0
GBR Alan Peck	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Graham Penny	Honda		Ret									0
ITA Giovanni Perrone	Bianchi									Ret		0
GBR Laurence Povey	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Alan Prange	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Tom Read	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Harry Reynolds	Matchless-Metisse		Ret									0
AUS Peter Richards	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Tony Rutter	Norton		Ret									0
FIN Jouko Ryhänen	Matchless					Ret						0
GBR Brian Sapsford	Norton								Ret			0
GBR Barry Scully	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Adrian Shelley	Norton										Ret	0
GBR Eric-Morley Shepherd	Norton		Ret									0
GBR John Simmonds	Norton		Ret									0
USA Fred Simone	BMW										Ret	0
DNK Vagn Stevnhoved	Matchless				Ret							0
NLD Jan Strijbis	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Percy Tait	Triumph								Ret			0
GBR John Taylor	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Tom Walker	Norton-BSA		Ret									0
CAN William Walsh	Norton										Ret	0
GBR Carl Ward	Norton		Ret									0
USA Lance Weil	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Tony Wilmott	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Dave Williams	BSA		Ret									0
NZL Keith Williams	Norton		Ret									0

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350cc final standings

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

250cc final standings

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

125cc final standings

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

50cc final standings

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

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.

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