1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season explained

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. 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	Report
1	30 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Bill Ivy	Phil Read			Auerbacher / Dein	Report
2	7 May	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Yoshimi Katayama	Ralph Bryans	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
3	21 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Yoshimi Katayama	Bill Ivy	Bill Ivy			Enders / Engelhardt	Report
4	16 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Stuart Graham	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Schauzu / Horst Schneider	Report
5	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Yoshimi Katayama	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
6	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Hans-Georg Anscheidt		Bill Ivy		Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
7	16 July	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini		Report
8	23 July	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood		Report
9	6 August	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		Stuart Graham	Mike Hailwood		Giacomo Agostini	Enders / Engelhardt	Report
10	19 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		Bill Ivy	Mike Hailwood	Giacomo Agostini	Mike Hailwood		Report
11	3 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza		Bill Ivy	Phil Read	Ralph Bryans	Giacomo Agostini	Auerbacher / Nelson	Report
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			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.

500cc final standings

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

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	K. Mimuro		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	Tim Coopey		Canada	Yamaha	6	0
10	Thomas Heuschkel		East Germany	MZ	5	0
10	Walter Scheimann	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	R. Schmalze		West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
8	José Busquet		Spain	Derbi	4	0
8	Benjamin Grau		Spain	Derbi	4	0
8	Hiroyuki Kawasaki		Japan	Suzuki	4	0
8	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Suzuki	4	0

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