1975 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1975 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 1975 at the Hockenheimring.

  1975 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 12 races in the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 May 1975
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Teuvo Länsivuori Time 2:19.200 Fastest lap Rider Giacomo Agostini Time 2:16.800 Podium First Giacomo Agostini Second Phil Read Third Teuvo Länsivuori
350 cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini Time 2:24.900 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Johnny Cecotto Second Dieter Braun Third Pentti Korhonen
250 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Time 2:29.700 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Walter Villa Second Michel Rougerie Third Víctor Palomo
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Time 2:35.000 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Paolo Pileri Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Kent Andersson
50 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:57.300 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Julien Vanzeebroeck

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	46'32.100	15
2	Phil Read	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	+3.900	12
3	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	+28.300	10
4	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	+54.600	8
5	Stan Woods		Suzuki	+1'33.200	6
6	Dieter Braun	Mitsui Maschinen	Yamaha	+2'08.200	5
7	Christian Leon	König Motorenbau	König	+1 lap	4
8	Alex George		Yamaha	+1 lap	3
9	Adu Celso-Santos	Carvalho Racing	Yamaha	+1 lap	2
10	Jack Findlay		Yamaha	+1 lap	1
11	Marcel Ankoné	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	+1 lap
12	John Newbold		Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Helmut Kassner		Yamaha	+1 lap
14	Reinhard Hiller		König	+1 lap
15	Cliff Carr	Harris Everton Racing	Yamaha	+1 lap
16	Patrick Pons	Equipe Sonauto BP Gauloises	Yamaha	+1 lap
17	Florian Burki	Jacques Berlioz	Yamaha	+1 lap
18	Peter Schrotges		Yamaha	+1 lap
19	Edmund Czihak		König	+1 lap
20	Pekka Nurmi		Yamaha	+1 lap
21	Hans-Otto Butenuth		Yamaha	+1 lap
22	Walter Kaletsch		Yamaha	+1 lap
23	Egid Schwemmer		Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Horst Lahfeld		König	Retired
Ret	Steve Ellis		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Ernst Hiller		König	Retired
Ret	Michel Rougerie	AMF Harley-Davidson	Harley-Davidson	Retired
Ret	Armando Toracca		MV Agusta	Retired
Ret	Felix Harzenmoser	Munot Racing Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Peter McKinley		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Mimmo Cazzaniga		Harley-Davidson	Retired
Ret	Max Wiener		Rotax	Retired
Ret	John Cowie		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Ulrich Eickmeyer		König	Retired
Ret	Barry Sheene	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Les Kenny		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Charlie Williams		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Hans Rudi Keller		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau		Yamaha	Retired
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1975 - heden". archive.li. July 25, 2015.
2. "1975 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
3. "Hockenheimring". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
4. "1975 German MotoGP". Motor Sport Magazine. May 10, 2018.
5. "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1975". www.motogp.com.