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Ángel Nieto

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{{Short description|Spanish motorcycle racer (1947–2017)}}

{{family name hatnote|Nieto|Roldán|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| image= Ángel Nieto 1972b.jpg

| image_size = 240px

| birth_date={{birth-date|25 January 1947}}

| birth_place =Zamora, Spain

| death_date= {{death date and age|2017|8|3|1947|1|25|df=y}}

| death_place= Ibiza, Spain

|caption = Ángel Nieto in 1972

|name = Ángel Nieto

|nationality = Spanish

|GP Active years = 1964 – 1986

|GP Teams = Derbi, Morbidelli, Kreidler, Bultaco, Minarelli, Garelli

|GP Race Starts = 186

|GP Championships = 50 cc – 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975–1977{{Clear}} 125 cc – 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981–1984

|GP Race Wins = 90

|GP Podiums = 139

|GP Total Points = 1,782

|GP Poles = 16

|GP Fastest laps = 63

|GP First race = 1964 50 cc Spanish Grand Prix

|GP First win = 1969 50 cc German Grand Prix

|GP Last win = 1985 80 cc French Grand Prix

|GP Last race = 1986 80 cc Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix

}}

Ángel Nieto Roldán (25 January 1947 – 3 August 2017) was a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was one of the most accomplished motorcycle racers in the history of the sport, winning 13 World Championships and 90 Grand Prix victories in a racing career that spanned twenty-three years from 1964 to 1986, mainly engaged in 50cc, 80cc and 125cc respectively.50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix (1st edition). Hazelton Publishing Ltd, 1999. {{ISBN|1-874557-83-7}}{{cite web|url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2017/08/03/remembering-angel-nieto/175384|title=Remembering Angel Nieto|website=Motogp.com}} His total of 90 Grand Prix victories ranks him third only to the 122 by Giacomo Agostini, and the 115 for Valentino Rossi.[http://www.motogp.com/en/MotoGP+Legends/Angel+Nieto Ángel Nieto career statistics at MotoGP.com] In 2011, Nieto was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.{{cite web |url=http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Distinctions/FIM-Legends.pdf |title=FIM Legends |publisher=fim-live.com |accessdate=29 April 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002111452/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Distinctions/FIM-Legends.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Motorcycle racing career

Nieto specialized in racing small displacement bikes such as in the 50 cc, 80 cc and 125 cc classes but many fellow racers, including former world champion Barry Sheene consider him among the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. Though he was never successful at the world level racing in the larger displacements, he won Spanish National Championships in the 50 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc and 750 cc classes. He retired in 1986 at the age of 39 with a total of 90 Grand Prix victories and 13 World Championships. Due to his triskaidekaphobia, he preferred to refer to his championship tally as "12+1".{{cite web |last1=Gadd |first1=Mick |title=Angel Nieto dead: Motorsport family in mourning over 13-time world champion |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/angel-nieto-dead-motorsport-mourning-10925878 |website=mirror |accessdate=8 October 2018 |date=3 August 2017}}

File:50cc race. Angel Nieto (winnaar), Bestanddeelnr 924-6817.jpg

Later he operated a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team with two riders – his son, Ángel Nieto Jr. and Emilio Alzamora, who won the 125 cc title. He commentated on Grand Prix races for Spanish television. There is an Ángel Nieto museum in Madrid that displays some of his trophies and racing memorabilia. The FIM named him a Grand Prix "Legend" in 2000.[http://www.motogp.com/en/MotoGP+Legends MotoGP Legends at MotoGP.com] Nieto attended the 2008 French Grand Prix at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit on 18 May 2008, dressed to ride with a special shirt congratulating Valentino Rossi for equalling Nieto's 90 wins. Nieto mounted Rossi's bike, and Rossi as a passenger held a flag aloft with "90 + 90", as they took a victory lap.[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g98CzzQoSrauMqLjifgt_qyQz5zA Rossi wins French MotoGP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520151328/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g98CzzQoSrauMqLjifgt_qyQz5zA |date=20 May 2011 }}, AFP, 19 May 2008

Personal life and death

Ángel Nieto had been living in Ibiza for many years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/moto-gp/2017/07/26/news/moto_incidente_per_l_ex_campione_nieto_condizioni_gravi-171681815/|title=Moto, incidente sul quad a Ibiza: condizioni gravi ma non critiche per l'ex campione Nieto|website=La Repubblica|date=26 July 2017|language=Italian|access-date=27 July 2017}} His two sons, Ángel Jr. and Pablo, both followed their father into motorcycle racing, as well as his nephew Fonsi Nieto.{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Angel+Nieto+Jr.|title=Ángel Nieto Jr.|website=motogp.com|access-date=5 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Pablo+Nieto|title=Pablo Nieto|website=motogp.com|access-date=5 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Fonsi+Nieto|title=Fonsi Nieto|website=motogp.com|access-date=5 August 2017}}

On 26 July 2017, Nieto was hit by a car while driving his quad bike in Ibiza. He was taken to a hospital with a head trauma where he was put into a medically-induced coma and underwent surgery; his condition had been called "serious but not critical".{{cite news|last1=Shea|first1=Julian|title=Former World Champion Angel Nieto Dies, Aged 70|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/08/03/sports/autoracing/03reuters-motor-motogp-nieto.html|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=New York Times|date=3 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/motorcycling-legend-nieto-in-serious-condition-after-crash-934668/?v=2&s=1&q=angel+nieto|title=Motorcycling legend Nieto in serious condition after crash|website=Motorsport.com|access-date=27 July 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803175608/https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/motorcycling-legend-nieto-in-serious-condition-after-crash-934668/?v=2&s=1&q=angel+nieto|url-status=dead}} On 3 August, his condition significantly worsened after being woken from his coma. He died the same day, aged 70.

Nieto on the big screen

A documentary called Ángel Nieto: 12+1, directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero, was released in 2005. The film covers his entire career and a wide array of competitors, cyclists inspired by him and reporters who covered his career contribute their opinions and impressions regarding his fight to achieve and sustain his goal of world champion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.20minutos.es/cine/cartelera/pelicula/27949/angel-nieto-121/|title=Angel Nieto: 12+1|website=20 minutos|access-date=4 August 2017}} The 1973 year, when Nieto raced with the 125 Morbidelli, is also recalled in the documentary Morbidelli – a story of men and fast motorcycles, released in 2014 and directed by Jeffrey Zani and Matthew Gonzales.{{Cite web|url=http://www.motorcycle.com/products/film-review-morbidelli-story-men-fast-motorcycles|title=Film Review: Morbidelli – A Story Of Men and Fast Motorcycles|website=motorcycle.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}

Honours

  • 1982: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Civil Merit.{{Cite web|url=http://elfarodeceuta.es/2017/08/06/los-moteros-ceuties-se-suman-al-homenaje-angel-nieto/|title = Los moteros ceutíes se suman al homenaje a Ángel Nieto|date = 5 August 2017}}
  • 1993: Knight Grand Cross in the Royal Order of Sports Merit.

In 2018, the Circuito de Jerez, which has hosted the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix since 1989, was officially renamed to Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto.

Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1964 to 1968:

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Points

| 8

| 6

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

Points system from 1969 onwards:

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Position

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| width=20| 4

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| width=20| 9

| width=20| 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

! Year

! Class

! Bike

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Points

! Rank

! Wins

1964

! 50cc

! Derbi

| USA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
5

| FRA
-

| IOM
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| GER
-

| FIN
-

| JPN
-

|

|

|

|

|

| 2

! 10th

| 0

1965

! 50cc

! Derbi

| USA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
5

| ESP
-

| FRA
-

| IOM
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| JPN
-

|

|

|

|

|

|

| 2

! 12th

| 0

1966

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
5

| GER
-

| NED
-

| IOM
-

| NAT
-

| JPN
-

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| 3

! 6th

| 0

1967

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
6

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
5

| IOM
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
4

| JPN
-

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| 12

! 4th

| 0

1968

! 50cc

! Derbi

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM
Ret

| NED
-

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| 10

! 4th

| 0

1969

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
2

| NED
-

| BEL
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DDR
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CZE
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ULS
1

| NAT
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| YUG
2

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|76

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|2

rowspan=2| 1970

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DDR
3

| CZE
-

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ULS
1

| NAT
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
4

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|87

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|5

125cc

! Derbi

| GER
-

| FRA
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| YUG
2

| IOM
-

| NED
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DDR
1

| CZE
-

| FIN
-

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|

| 72

! 2nd

| 4

rowspan=2| 1971

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DDR
1

| CZE
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAT
2

| ESP
-

|

|

|

| 69

! 2nd

| 3

125cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

| GER
-

| IOM
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

| BEL
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DDR
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CZE
1

| SWE
-

| FIN
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAT
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|87

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|5

rowspan=2| 1972

! 50cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAT
2

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| YUG
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

| DDR
-

|

| SWE
-

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|69

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|3

125cc

! Derbi

| GER
DNS

| FRA
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

| IOM
-

| YUG
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

| DDR
-

| CZE
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP
3

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|97

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|5

1973

! 125cc

! Morbidelli

| FRA
-

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

| NAT
-

| IOM
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

| CZE
-

| SWE
-

| FIN
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|

|

| 46

! 7th

| 0

1974

! 125cc

! Derbi

| FRA
-

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

| NED
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

| SWE
-

| CZE
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| YUG
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
5

|

|

|

|

| 60

! 3rd

| 2

1975

! 50cc

! Kreidler

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG
1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|75

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|6

rowspan=2|1976

! 50cc

! Bultaco

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
Ret

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

| YUG
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

| FIN
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|85

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|5

125cc

! Bultaco

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAT
3

| YUG
-

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE
2

| FIN
-

| GER
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|

|

|

|

| 67

! 2nd

| 1

rowspan=2|1977

! 50cc

! Bultaco

|

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAT
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE
2

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|87

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|3

125cc

! Bultaco

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VEN
1

| AUT
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
5

| ESP
-

| FRA
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| YUG
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

| FIN
-

| GBR
-

|

|

| 80

! 3rd

| 3

rowspan=3|1978

! 50cc

! Bultaco

|

| ESP
-

|

|

| NAT
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

| CZE
-

| YUG
-

|

| 12

! 11th

| 0

rowspan=2|125cc

! Bultaco

| VEN
-

| ESP
-

| AUT
-

| FRA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
7

| NED
-

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| rowspan=2|88

! rowspan=2|2nd

| rowspan=2|4

Minarelli

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG
1

|

1979

! 125cc

! Minarelli

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VEN
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YUG
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

| BEL
-

| SWE
-

| FIN
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

| CZE
-

| FRA
-

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|120

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|8

1980

! 125cc

! Minarelli

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
5

| ESP
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

| YUG
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

| GBR
-

| CZE
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|

|

|

|

| 78

! 3rd

| 4

rowspan=2|1981

! 125cc

! Minarelli

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ARG
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

| YUG
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SM
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

| SWE
-

| CZE
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|140

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|8

250cc

! Siroco-Rotax

| ARG
-

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
5

| NAT
-

| FRA
-

| ESP
-

|

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| RSM
-

| GBR
-

| FIN
-

| SWE
-

| CZE
-

| 6

! 23rd

| 0

1982

! 125cc

! Garelli

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ARG
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

| FRA
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| YUG
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
6

| FIN
-

| CZE
-

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|111

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|6

rowspan=2|1983

! 125cc

! Garelli

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
NC

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUT
1

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YUG
11

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

| SWE
-

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSM
DNF

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|102

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|6

250cc

! Yamaha

| RSA
-

| FRA
-

| NAT
-

| GER
-

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
NC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
NC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YUG
NC

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

|

|

|

| 0

! –

| 0

rowspan=2|1984

! 125cc

! Garelli

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NAT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NED
1

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

| SWE
-

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSM
DNF

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|90

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|6

250cc

! Garelli

| RSA
-

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NAT
NC

| ESP
-

| AUT
-

| GER
-

| FRA
-

| YUG
-

| NED
-

| BEL
-

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

| RSM
-

|

|

| 0

! –

| 0

1985

! 80cc

! Derbi

| ESP
-

| GER
-

| NAT
-

| YUG
-

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
NC

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSM
NC

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| 15

! 9th

| 1

rowspan=2|1986

! 80cc

! Derbi

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NAT
NC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
4

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
NC

| SWE
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSM
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BWU
NC

|

|

| 45

! 7th

| 0

125cc

! Ducados

| ESP
-

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAT
2

| GER
-

| AUT
-

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
10

| BEL
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
9

| GBR
-

| SWE
-

| RSM
-

| BWU
-

|

|

| 15

! 13th

| 0

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  • [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758685/ Ángel Nieto documentary film]

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