1975 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1975 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 May 1975 at the Salzburgring.

  1975 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 May 1975
Official name	Austrian Grand Prix/Grosser Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini Time 1:02.520 Fastest lap Rider Giacomo Agostini Time 1:21.780 Podium First Hideo Kanaya Second Teuvo Länsivuori Third Phil Read
350cc
Pole position Rider Hideo Kanaya Time Unknown Fastest lap Rider Hideo Kanaya Time 1:23.850 Podium First Hideo Kanaya Second Jon Ekerold Third Adu Celso-Santos
250cc
Pole position Rider None Time None Fastest lap Rider None Time None Podium First None Second None Third None
125cc
Pole position Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Time 1:31.020 Fastest lap Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Time 1:31.690 Podium First Paolo Pileri Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Henk van Kessel
50cc
Pole position Rider None Time None Fastest lap Rider None Time None Podium First None Second None Third None

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	59'53.440	15
2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	+11.620	12
3	Phil Read	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	+22.970	10
4	Armando Toracca		MV Agusta	+50.570	8
5	Horst Lahfeld		König	+1 lap	6
6	Dieter Braun	Mitsui Maschinen	Yamaha	+1 lap	5
7	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+1 lap	4
8	Tom Herron		Yamaha	+1 lap	3
9	Alex George		Yamaha	+1 lap	2
10	Thierry Tchernine		Yamaha	+1 lap	1
11	Charlie Williams		Yamaha	+1 lap
12	Reinhard Hiller		König	+1 lap
13	Helmut Kassner		Yamaha	+1 lap
14	Alfred Bajohr		König	+1 lap
15	Hans Braumandl		Yamaha	+1 lap
16	Boet van Dulmen		Yamaha	+1 lap
17	Frank Fellmann		König	+1 lap
18	Edmund Czihak		König	+1 lap
19	Max Wiener		Rotax	+1 lap
20	Peter Baláž		Yamaha	+1 lap
21	Walter Kaletsch		Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	Gary Scott		Harley-Davidson	Retired
Ret	Ernst Hiller		König	Retired
Ret	Michael Schmid	Racing Team NO	Rotax	Retired
Ret	John Newbold		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Stan Woods		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Adu Celso-Santos	Carvalho Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Chas Mortimer	Carvalho Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Franz Laimbock		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Hans Stadelmann		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jack Findlay		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	John Williams		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Patrick Pons	Equipe Sonauto BP Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Steve Ellis		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Víctor Palomo		Yamaha	Retired
DNS	Barry Sheene	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1975 - heden". www.jumpingjack.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25.
2. "1975 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
3. "Salzburgring". The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project.
4. "1975 Austrian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. May 10, 2018.
5. "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1975". www.motogp.com.

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