1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 26th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
MV Agusta and Phil Read claimed a second successive 500cc crown. It would be the Italian firm's last world championship and their seventeenth 500cc title in a row.[1] Giacomo Agostini switched to the two-stroke Yamahas but was troubled by injuries and mechanical troubles.[1] Suzuki started to get competitive with Barry Sheene and Jack Findlay on four cylinder two-strokes.[1] MV Agusta pulled out of the 350cc class giving Agostini a free run, taking his fourteenth world title.[1] Walter Villa won the 250cc crown giving Harley-Davidson the title after they bought the Aermacchi factory and renamed the bikes.[1] Kent Andersson won his second 125cc championship title in the 125cc class. Kreidler continued to dominate the 50cc class with Dutchman Henk Van Kessel winning the crown.[1]
Safety continued to be an issue with most riders boycotting the rainy German round at the improved Nürburgring Nordschleife as the track had not been fitted with straw bales, to accommodate automobile racing on the same day.[1] Thus, rather unknown German riders took all wins. It served as a focal point in the increasingly bitter debate about safety.[1]
Grands Prix
Final standings
1974 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Phil Read |
1 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 82 | 4 |
| 2 |  Franco Bonera |
Italy | MV Agusta | 69 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Teuvo Lansivuori |
Finland | Yamaha | 67 | 1 | |
| 4 | Giacomo Agostini |
3 | Italy | Yamaha | 47 | 2 |
| 5 |  Jack Findlay |
5 | Australia | Suzuki | 34 | 0 |
| 6 | Barry Sheene |
United Kingdom | Suzuki | 30 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Dieter Braun |
West Germany | Yamaha | 22 | 0 | |
| 8 | Pentti Korhonen |
Finland | Yamaha | 22 | 0 | |
| 9 | Billie Nelson |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |
| 10 | Charlie Williams |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 18 | 0 |
1974 350 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini |
1 | Italy | Yamaha | 75 | 5 |
| 2 | Dieter Braun |
8 | West Germany | Yamaha | 62 | 0 |
| 3 |  Patrick Pons |
France | Yamaha | 47 | 0 | |
| 4 | John Dodds |
4 | Australia | Yamaha | 31 | 1 |
| 5 | Chas Mortimer |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 29 | 0 | |
| 6 | Teuvo Lansivuori |
Finland | Yamaha | 27 | 1 | |
| 7 | Pentti Korhonen |
10 | Finland | Yamaha | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | Michel Rougerie |
France | Harley-Davidson | 25 | 0 | |
| 9 |  Víctor Palomo |
Spain | Yamaha | 24 | 1 | |
| 10 | Billie Nelson |
5 | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 21 | 0 |
1974 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Villa |
Italy | Harley-Davidson | 77 | 4 | |
| 2 | Dieter Braun |
1 | West Germany | Yamaha | 58 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrick Pons |
6 | France | Yamaha | 50 | 0 |
| 4 |  Takazumi Katayama |
Japan | Yamaha | 43 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Bruno Kneubühler |
9 | Switzerland | Yamaha | 43 | 0 |
| 6 | Chas Mortimer |
6 | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 41 | 1 |
| 7 | John Dodds |
3 | Australia | Yamaha | 38 | 1 |
| 8 |  Kent Andersson |
Sweden | Yamaha | 34 | 1 | |
| 9 | Michel Rougerie |
5 | France | Harley-Davidson | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | Mick Grant |
United Kingdom | Yamaha | 18 | 0 | |
| 10 | Pentti Korhonen |
4 | Finland | Yamaha | 18 | 0 |
1974 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent Andersson |
1 | Sweden | Yamaha | 87 | 5 |
| 2 | Bruno Kneubühler |
Switzerland | Yamaha | 63 | 1 | |
| 3 | Angel Nieto |
7 | Spain | Derbi | 60 | 2 |
| 4 | Otello Buscherini |
6 | Italy | Malanca | 60 | 0 |
| 5 |  Henk van Kessel |
Netherlands | Bridgestone | 30 | 0 | |
| 6 | Thierry Tchernine |
France | Yamaha | 25 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Harald Bartol |
Austria | Suzuki | 23 | 0 | |
| 8 | Leif Gustafsson |
4 | Sweden | Maico | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | Benjamin Grau |
Spain | Derbi | 21 | 1 | |
| 10 | Gert Bender |
West Germany | Bender | 20 | 0 |
1974 50 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henk van Kessel |
5 | Netherlands | Van Veen Kreidler | 90 | 6 |
| 2 | Herbert Rittberger |
West Germany | Kreidler | 65 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Julien van Zeebroeck |
Belgium | Kreidler | 59 | 1 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Thurow |
4 | West Germany | Kreidler | 57 | 1 |
| 5 | Rudolf Kunz |
9 | West Germany | Kreidler | 52 | 0 |
| 6 | Ulrich Graf |
7 | West Germany | Kreidler | 44 | 0 |
| 7 | Jan Bruins |
Netherlands | Jamathi | 27 | 0 | |
| 8 | Otello Buscherini |
8 | Italy | Malanca | 26 | 0 |
| 9 | Stefan Dörflinger |
Switzerland | Kreidler | 25 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jan Huberts |
8 | Netherlands | Van Veen Kreidler | 25 | 0 |
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1974/NAT/500cc/World+Standing. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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