1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
{{Short description|Sports season}}
{{Motorsport season
|series = Grand Prix motorcycle racing
|title = F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
|link = Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
|year = 1966
}}
The 1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 18th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 17 October.
Season summary
Honda stepped up their racing program with a new four-cylinder 500cc bike, as well as bikes in the four smaller classes. Despite Honda's increased efforts, Suzuki would claim the 50cc title with Hans-Georg Anscheidt winning the championship from Honda's Luigi Taveri at the last race of the season in Japan. Yamaha would battle Honda all season for the 125 crown, each factory taking five wins, with Honda's Taveri taking the title from Yamaha's Bill Ivy.
Mike Hailwood, having left the MV Agusta team to ride for Honda, stormed to the 250 crown, winning the first eight races of the season, as Phil Read struggled with Yamaha's new v-four race bike. Hailwood would make it a double when he also claimed the 350 class ahead of MV Agusta's Giacomo Agostini. Honda's plan was for Jim Redman to lead their 500 class campaign before he retired. All started well with Redman winning the first two races of the year however, Honda's hopes were dashed when he crashed in the rain in Belgium and broke his wrist. This gave Agostini the championship lead, which he held despite Hailwood taking three of the last six races. Honda took some consolation by winning all five constructor's titles for a clean sweep.
1966 Grand Prix season calendar
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| Round
! Date ! Grand Prix ! Circuit ! 50cc winner ! 125cc winner ! 250cc winner ! 350cc winner ! 500cc winner ! Sidecars 500cc winner ! Report |
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| 1
| 8 May | {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Spanish Grand Prix | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | | | Report |
| 2
| 22 May | {{flagicon|FRG}} West German Grand Prix | {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Georg Anscheidt | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Jim Redman | {{flagicon|CHE}} {{flagicon|GBR}} Scheidegger / Robinson | Report |
| 3
| 29 May | {{flagicon|FRA}} French Grand Prix | | | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | {{flagicon|CHE}} {{flagicon|GBR}} Scheidegger / Robinson | Report |
| 4
| 25 June | {{flagicon|NLD}} Dutch TT | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Jim Redman | {{flagicon|CHE}} {{flagicon|GBR}} Scheidegger / Robinson | Report |
| 5
| 3 July | {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Grand Prix | | | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | {{flagicon|CHE}} {{flagicon|GBR}} Scheidegger / Robinson | Report |
| 6
| 17 July | {{flagicon|DDR}} East German Grand Prix | | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | {{flagicon|CSK}} Frantisek Stastny | | Report |
| 7
| 24 July | {{flagicon|CSK}} Czechoslovak Grand Prix | | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | Report |
| 8
| 7 August | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finnish Grand Prix | | {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Read | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | | Report |
| 9
| 20 August | {{flagicon|NIR}} Ulster Grand Prix | | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|NZL}} Ginger Molloy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | Report |
| 10
| 2 September | {{flagicon|IOM}} Isle of Man TT | {{flagicon|NIR}} Ralph Bryans | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|CHE}} {{flagicon|GBR}} Scheidegger / Robinson | Report |
| 11
| 11 September | {{flagicon|ITA}} Nations Grand Prix | Monza | {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Georg Anscheidt | {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | | Report |
| 12
| 17 October | {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese Grand Prix | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshimi Katayama | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Hasegawa | {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Read | | | Report |
Standings
=Scoring system=
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of four were counted on 50cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, best of six in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of three races were counted.
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| Position
! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd ! 4th ! 5th ! 6th |
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| Points
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==500cc final standings==
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Rider !valign="middle"| Machine ! GER ! HOL ! BEL ! DDR ! TCH ! FIN ! ULS ! MAN ! NAC !valign="middle"| Pts |
| 1
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | 36 (54) |
|---|
| 2
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | Honda |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 30 |
| 3
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Findlay |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | 20 (21) |
| 4
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Frantisek Stastny | |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 17 |
| 5
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Jim Redman | Honda |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | 16 |
| 6
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Gyula Marsovszky |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | 13 |
| 7
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Ahearn | Norton |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 13 |
| 8
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Graham |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | 11 |
| 9
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Williams | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | 7 |
| 10
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Conn | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 6 |
| 11
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ron Chandler | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 6 |
| 12
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Cooper | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 3 |
| 13
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Fred Stevens |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | 3 |
| 14
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Blanchard | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | | 3 |
| 15
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Young |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 3 |
| 16
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Malcolm Stanton | Norton | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 2 |
| 17
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Walter Scheimann | Norton |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | 2 |
| 18
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mawby | Norton | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | 2 |
| 19
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Edy Lenz |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | 2 |
| 20
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Dodds | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 1 |
| 21
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Hinton | Norton | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | 1 |
| 22
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dan Shorey | Norton |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 19 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| 23
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Bo Granath | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | | | | 0 |
| 24
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Lee | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 17 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | 0 |
| 25
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Joe Dunphy | Norton | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 26
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Wales}} Selwyn Griffiths | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 27
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Billie Nelson | Norton |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 28
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Billy McCosh | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | | 0 |
| 29
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Gustav Havel |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| 30
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Canoui | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | 0 |
| 31
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Agne Carlsson | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | | | | 0 |
| 32
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Carruthers | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| 33
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Len Atlee | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 21 | | 0 |
| 34
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Billy Andersson | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | | 0 |
| 35
|align="left"| {{flagicon|HUN}} György Kurucz | Norton | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 36
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Dardanello | Norton | | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 | 0 |
| =
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Fitton | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 | | | 0 |
| 38
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Maurice Hawthorne | Norton | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 18 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | 0 |
| 39
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} David Lloyd | Norton | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 20 | | 0 |
| 40
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Vasco Loro | Norton | | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | 0 |
| 41
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Pentti Lehtelä | Norton | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | | | | 0 |
| 42
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Saunders | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 20 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 43
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Karl Hoppe |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| 44
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} George Fogarty | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | | 0 |
| 45
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roly Capner | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | | 0 |
| =
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Barry Scully | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | | | 0 |
| 47
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Godfrey Nash | Norton | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| =
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Charlie Sanby | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | | 0 |
| 49
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Rudi Thalhammer |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| =
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Ernst Weiss | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 51
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Sheppard | Norton | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 52
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Roger Beaumont | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 17 | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 53
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Neville Landrebe | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 17 | | 0 |
| 54
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dennis Gallagher | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 18 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 55
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tom Gill | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 19 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 56
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Ray Breingan | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 21 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| 57
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Stuart Morin | Norton | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 22 | | 0 |
| 58
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Terence Taylor | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 22 | | | 0 |
| 59
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Brian Taggart | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 23 | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Carl Ward | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 23 | | 0 |
| 61
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Byron Black | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 24 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 28 | | 0 |
| 62
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dave Williams | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 24 | | 0 |
| 63
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Steve Jolly | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 25 | | 0 |
| 64
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Darvill | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 26 | | 0 |
| 65
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dave Duncan | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 27 | | 0 |
| 66
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Les Kempster | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 29 | | 0 |
| 67
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jim Ashton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 30 | | 0 |
| 68
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Laurence Povey | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 31 | | 0 |
| 69
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry Reynolds | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 32 | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Ian Burne | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Griff Jenkins | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Denty | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Owen Howard | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Minter |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Johnny Wales | Norton | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} Stan Adams | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Hartmut Allner | BMW |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kent Andersson | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Barbaroux | Norton | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Bisbey | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Brown | Norton | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Rex Butcher | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Hans-Otto Butenuth | BMW |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Kel Carlsson | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Conway Chivers | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Guy Cooremans | Norton | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Davy Crawford | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dave Croxford | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Dennis | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianfranco Domeniconi | Norton | | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Vincent Duckett | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Duff | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Fritjof Eccarius |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Steve Ellis | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Ray Flack | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshio Fujii | Norton | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Robert Graham | AJS | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Billie Guthrie | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Albert Haddock | Triumph | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Trevor Holdsworth | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hunter | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Johnson | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Jones | BSA | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Jimmy Jones | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Kay | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Reay Mackay | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony McGurk | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Michael McStay | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Helmut Morgenstern | Norton |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Albert Moule | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Frank Mumford | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Tauno Nurmi | Norton | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Bert Oosterhuis | Norton | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Perrone | Bianchi | | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Prange | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Norman Price | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Read | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Robert Reid | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jouko Ryhänen | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Rutter | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alf Shaw | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Simmonds | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Lars Skjelfoss | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Smith | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Hans Sommerhalder | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Adrian Spooner | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|Wales}} Malcolm Uphill | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Walmsley | Norton | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ron Wilson | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} Tony Wood | Norton | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | 0 |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Woodman | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| -
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Benedetto Zambotti | Norton | | | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | 0 |
| valign="top"
!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Rider !valign="middle"| Bike ! GER ! HOL ! BEL ! DDR ! CZE ! FIN ! ULS ! MAN ! NAC !valign="middle"| Pts |
|valign="top"|
{{Motorsport driver results legend}}
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
|}
=350cc Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Points ! Wins |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | Honda | 48 | 6 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giacomo Agostini | | Italy | 42 | 3 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Renzo Pasolini | | Italy | 17 | 0 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|CSK}} Frantisek Stastny | | Jawa | 13 | 0 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|CSK}} Gustav Havel | | Jawa | 12 | 0 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Pagani | | Italy | 11 | 0 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|DDR}} Heinz Rosner | | MZ | 10 | 0 |
| 8
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Read | | Yamaha | 8 | 1 |
| 9
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Ahearn | | Norton | 8 | 0 |
| 10
| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Bruce Beale | | Rhodesia | Honda | 7 | 0 |
| 11
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tarquinio Provini | | Italy | Benelli | 6 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Williams | | AJS | 6 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | | Yamaha | 6 | 0 |
| 14
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvio Grassetti | | Italy | Bianchi | 6 | 0 |
| 15
| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Jim Redman | | Rhodesia | Honda | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Robb | | Bultaco | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Conn | | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| 18
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gilberto Milani | | Italy | 3 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Graham | | AJS | 3 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Carruthers | | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Byron Black | | Honda | 3 | 0 |
| 22
| {{flagicon|CSK}} Frantisek Bocek | | Jawa | 3 | 0 |
| 23
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dave Simmonds | | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kenzo Muromachi | | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 25
| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Blanchard | | AJS | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Joe Dunphy | | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kent Andersson | | Sweden | 1 | 0 |
=250cc Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Points ! Wins |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | Honda | 56 | 10 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Read | | Yamaha | 34 | 0 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Jim Redman | | Rhodesia | Honda | 20 | 0 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Woodman | | MZ | 18 | 0 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Graham | | Honda | 15 | 0 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|DDR}} Heinz Rosner | | MZ | 15 | 0 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Findlay | | Bultaco | 14 | 0 |
| 8
| {{flagicon|CSK}} Frantisek Stastny | | Jawa | 11 | 0 |
| 9
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Duff | | Canada | Yamaha | 9 | 0 |
| 10
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Ginger Molloy | | Bultaco | 8 | 1 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Hasegawa | | Japan | Yamaha | 8 | 1 |
| 12
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Gyula Marsovsky | | Bultaco | 8 | 0 |
| 13
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | | Yamaha | 5 | 0 |
| 14
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Renzo Pasolini | | Italy | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Cass | | Bultaco | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Inchley | | Villiers | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Pagani | | Italy | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiyasu Motohashi | | Japan | Yamaha | 4 | 0 |
| 19
| {{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Bruce Beale | | Rhodesia | Honda | 4 | 0 |
| 20
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kent Andersson | | Sweden | 4 | 0 |
| 21
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Selwyn Griffiths | | 3 | 0 |
| 22
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Robb | | Bultaco | 3 | 0 |
| 23
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Anderson | | Yamaha | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jim Curry | | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 25
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Günter Beer | | Honda | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Daniel Lhéraud | | France | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Len Atlee | | Cotton | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Smith | | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Visenzi | | Italy | 1 | 0 |
=125cc Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Points ! Wins |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | | Honda | 46 | 5 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Ivy | | Yamaha | 40 | 4 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ralph Bryans | | Honda | 32 | 0 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Read | | Yamaha | 29 | 1 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Hugh Anderson | | Suzuki | 15 | 0 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshimi Katayama | | Japan | Suzuki | 14 | 0 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Frank Perris | | Suzuki | 10 | 0 |
| 8
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiyasu Motohashi | | Japan | Yamaha | 5 | 0 |
| 9
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Duff | | Canada | Yamaha | 4 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mitsuo Itoh | | Japan | Suzuki | 4 | 0 |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Robb | | Yamaha | 3 | 0 |
| 12
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Villa | | Italy | Montesa | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Georg Anscheidt | | Suzuki | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Williams | | EMC | 2 | 0 |
| 15
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Medrano | | Spain | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Herbert Mann | | MZ | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood | | Honda | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|DDR}} Friedhelm Kohlar | | MZ | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|DDR}} Hartmut Bischoff | | MZ | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Walter Scheimann | | Honda | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuharu Yuzawa | | Japan | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |
=50cc Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Points ! Wins |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Georg Anscheidt | | Suzuki | 28 | 2 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ralph Bryans | | Honda | 26 | 1 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | | Honda | 26 | 2 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Hugh Anderson | | Suzuki | 16 | 0 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshimi Katayama | | Japan | Suzuki | 10 | 1 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Smith | | Derbi | 3 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Ernst Degner | | Suzuki | 3 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mitsuo Itoh | | Japan | Suzuki | 3 | 0 |
| 9
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Angel Nieto | | Spain | Derbi | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Oswald Dittrich | | Kreidler | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Gleed | | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Robb | | 2 | 0 |
| 13
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Cees van Dongen | | Kreidler | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Isao Morishita | | Japan | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dave Simmonds | | Honda | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|CHE}} André Roth | | Derbi | 1 | 0 |
| =
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Findlay | | 1 | 0 |
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. {{ISBN|2-940125-32-5}}
- {{cite web | title = The Official MotoGP website | url = http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1966/NAT/500cc/World+Standing | access-date = 2010-07-06}}
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