Dave Simmonds

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Intro

British motorcycle racer

Places

United Kingdom Great Britain

was

Motorcycle racer

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

25 October 1939 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

London

Death

23 October 1972 People who died on this day

Place of death

Rungis

Age

33 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Dave Simmonds (25 October 1939 in London – 23 October 1972 in Rungis, France) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1969, he won the FIM 125 cc road racing world championship. The victory marked the first world championship for Kawasaki. In 1972, while attending a non-championship race at Rungis near Paris, Simmonds was killed in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in a caravan.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1963	50cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -			FIN -		ARG -	JPN -		0	-	0
1963	125cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 15	NED -	BEL -	ULS -	DDR -	FIN -	NAT -	ARG -	JPN -		0	-	0
1964	50cc	Tohatsu	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM 9	NED -	BEL -	GER -			FIN -		JPN -		0	-	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM 9	NED -		GER -	DDR -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	250cc	Greeves	USA -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	DDR -	ULS -		NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
1965	50cc	Tohatsu	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -						JPN -	0	-	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
	250cc	Honda	USA -	GER -	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
	350cc	Honda		GER -			IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -	0	-	0
1966	50cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -		NED -						IOM 6	NAT -	JPN -		1	13th	0
	125cc	Tohatsu	ESP -	GER -		NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	250cc	Honda	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	IOM NC	NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
	350cc	Honda		GER -	FRA -	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS 5	IOM 8	NAT -	JPN -		2	23rd	0
1967	125cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA 5	IOM 4	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN 3	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -	JPN -	3	14th	0
	250cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 4	NED 5	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	CAN -	JPN -	5	10th	0
	350cc	Kawasaki		GER -		IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -		ULS -	NAT -		JPN -	0	-	0
1968	125cc	Kawasaki	GER -	ESP -	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 4				3	14th	0
1968	350cc	Kawasaki	GER -		IOM NC	NED 6		DDR -	CZE -		ULS -	NAT -				1	18th	0
1969	125cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER 1	FRA 2	IOM 1	NED 1	BEL 1	DDR 1	CZE 1	FIN 1		NAT 1	YUG 2		90	1st	8
	250cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 9	DDR -	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT 8	YUG -		5	31st	0
	350cc	Kawasaki	ESP -	GER 10		IOM 17	NED -		DDR 9	CZE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	YUG -		3	40th	0
1970	125cc	Kawasaki	GER -	FRA NC	YUG -	IOM NC	NED 2	BEL 2	DDR 4	CZE 3	FIN 1		NAT -	ESP -		57	4th	1
1970	500cc	Kawasaki	GER -	FRA 12	YUG 6	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR 8		FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 9		10	20th	0
1971	125cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER 1	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 4	SWE 5	FIN 5		NAT 6	ESP 4		48	6th	1
	250cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	CZE 9	SWE -	FIN -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP -		2	42nd	0
	500cc	Kawasaki	AUT -	GER -	IOM -	NED 3	BEL -	DDR -		SWE 6	FIN 2	ULS -	NAT 3	ESP 1		52	4th	1
1972	125cc	Kawasaki	GER 4	FRA 4	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 3	BEL 7	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN 5	ESP 4	44	6th	0
1972	500cc	Kawasaki	GER 4	FRA -	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 4	BEL -	DDR -	CZE -	SWE 4	FIN 5	ESP 2	42	7th	0