Dieter Braun

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German motorcycle racer

A.K.A.

ディター・ブラウン

From

Germany

Motorcycle racer Racecar driver

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Star sign

Aquarius

Birth

2 February 1943, Ulm, Germany

Age

81 years

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Biography

Dieter Braun (born 2 February 1943, Ulm) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He won the 1970 FIM 125cc World Championship for Suzuki. In 1973, he rode a Yamaha TZ250 to the 250cc FIM world championship.

Braun's victory at the 1970 Isle of Man TT was notable because he was one of only seven riders to have won an Isle of Man TT race in their first attempt. Due to the circuit's 37.7 mile length, it usually takes competitors two or three attempts before they learn its nuances. He is also known for an incident that occurred immediately after he won the 1971 East German Grand Prix. As the West German national anthem was being played during the winner's ceremony, the East German crowd began singing the words to the anthem. The East German government reacted by making the following year's East German Grand Prix an invitation only race, and in 1973, the race was stricken from the Grand Prix calendar.

Braun's career ended after a serious accident at the 1977 350cc Austrian Grand Prix at the Salzburgring.

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
1968	125cc	MZ	GER	ESP	IOM	NED	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT					11	7th	0
1969	125cc	Suzuki	ESP	GER	FRA	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN		NAT	YUG		59	2nd	1
1969	250cc	MZ	ESP	GER	FRA	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	YUG		20	10th	0
1970	125cc	Suzuki	GER	FRA	YUG	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN		NAT	ESP		84	1st	4
	250cc	MZ	GER	FRA	YUG	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	ESP		19	14th	0
	350cc	MZ	GER		YUG	IOM	NED		DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	ESP		17	11th	0
1971	125cc	Suzuki	AUT													54	4th	0
	125cc	Maico		GER	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN		NAT	ESP		54	4th	0
	250cc	Yamaha	AUT	GER	IOM	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	ULS	NAT	ESP		58	5th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	AUT	GER	IOM	NED		DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	ULS	NAT	ESP		12	16th	0
1972	125cc	Maico	GER	FRA	AUT	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	ESP	25	8th	0
	250cc	Maico	GER	FRA	AUT	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED	BEL	DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	ESP	22	12th	0
	350cc	Yamaha	GER	FRA	AUT	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED		DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	ESP	54	4th	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA	AUT	GER		IOM	YUG	NED	BEL	CZE	SWE	FIN	ESP		80	1st	4
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA	AUT	GER	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED		CZE	SWE	FIN	ESP		33	8th	0
1974	250cc	Yamaha		GER		NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	YUG	ESP		58	2nd	0
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA	GER	AUT	NAT	IOM	NED		SWE	FIN		YUG	ESP		62	2nd	0
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA	GER	AUT	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE				22	7th	0
1975	125cc	Morbidelli	FRA	ESP	AUT	GER	NAT		NED	BEL	SWE		CZE	YUG		15	11th	1
	250cc	Yamaha	FRA	ESP		GER	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	YUG		56	3rd	1
	350cc	Yamaha	FRA	ESP	AUT	GER	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	YUG		47	4th	1
	500cc	Yamaha	FRA	ESP	AUT	GER	NAT	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	YUG		16	13th	0
1976	250cc	Yamaha	FRA		NAT	YUG	IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	GER	ESP		42	6th	1
	350cc	Morbidelli	FRA	AUT	NAT	YUG	IOM	NED			FIN	CZE	GER	ESP		23	11th	0
	500cc	Suzuki	FRA	AUT	NAT		IOM	NED	BEL	SWE	FIN	CZE	GER			15	17th	0

Literature

Nöbel, Hendrik (2009), Dieter Braun : Weltmeister und Publikumsliebling (in German), Chemnitz: HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN 978-3-00-028612-4
Rönicke, Frank: Deutsche Motorrad-Welt- und Europameister - von Schorsch Meier bis Stefan Bradl. 1. Auflage, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-613-03410-5, p. 136–141

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