Ángel Nieto
Ángel Nieto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 January 1947 Zamora, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 August 2017 Ibiza, Spain | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ángel Nieto Roldán (25 January 1947 – 3 August 2017) was a
Motorcycle racing career
Nieto specialized in racing small displacement bikes such as in the
Later he operated a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team with two riders – his son,
Personal life and death
Ángel Nieto had been living in Ibiza for many years.[8] His two sons, Ángel Jr. and Pablo, both followed their father into motorcycle racing, as well as his nephew Fonsi Nieto.[9][10][11]
On 26 July 2017, Nieto was hit by a car while driving his
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.[14] 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.[15]
Honours
- 1982: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Civil Merit.[16]
- 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:
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 | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1964 | 50cc | Derbi | USA - |
ESP 5 |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
FIN - |
JPN - |
2 | 10th | 0 | |||||
1965 | 50cc | Derbi | USA - |
GER 5 |
ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
JPN - |
2 | 12th | 0 | ||||||
1966 | 50cc | Derbi | ESP 5 |
GER - |
NED - |
IOM - |
NAT - |
JPN - |
3 | 6th | 0 | ||||||||
1967 | 50cc | Derbi | ESP 6 |
GER - |
FRA 5 |
IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
JPN - |
12 | 4th | 0 | |||||||
1968 | 50cc | Derbi | GER - |
ESP 2 |
IOM Ret |
NED - |
BEL 3 |
10 | 4th | 0 | |||||||||
1969 | 50cc | Derbi | ESP 2 |
GER - |
FRA 2 |
NED - |
BEL - |
DDR 1 |
CZE 3 |
ULS 1 |
NAT - |
YUG 2 |
76 | 1st
|
2 | ||||
1970 | 50cc | Derbi | GER 1 |
FRA 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
DDR 3 |
CZE - |
ULS 1 |
NAT - |
ESP 4 |
87 | 1st
|
5 | ||||
125cc | Derbi | GER - |
FRA - |
YUG 2 |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL 1 |
DDR 1 |
CZE - |
FIN - |
NAT 1 |
ESP 1 |
72 | 2nd | 4 | ||||
1971 | 50cc | Derbi | AUT 2 |
GER 3 |
NED 1 |
BEL 3 |
DDR 1 |
CZE - |
SWE 1 |
NAT 2 |
ESP - |
69 | 2nd | 3 | |||||
125cc | Derbi | AUT 1 |
GER - |
IOM - |
NED 1 |
BEL - |
DDR 1 |
CZE 1 |
SWE - |
FIN - |
NAT 2 |
ESP 1 |
87 | 1st
|
5 | ||||
1972 | 50cc | Derbi | GER 2 |
NAT 2 |
YUG 2 |
NED 1 |
BEL 1 |
DDR - |
SWE - |
ESP 1 |
69 | 1st
|
3 | ||||||
125cc | Derbi | GER DNS |
FRA - |
AUT 1 |
NAT 1 |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED 1 |
BEL 1 |
DDR - |
CZE - |
SWE 1 |
FIN 2 |
ESP 3 |
97 | 1st
|
5 | ||
1973 | 125cc | Morbidelli | FRA - |
AUT 3 |
GER 2 |
NAT - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL 2 |
CZE - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ESP 2 |
46 | 7th | 0 | ||
1974 | 125cc | Derbi | FRA - |
GER - |
AUT 2 |
NAT 1 |
NED - |
BEL 1 |
SWE - |
CZE - |
YUG 2 |
ESP 5 |
60 | 3rd | 2 | ||||
1975 | 50cc | Kreidler | ESP 1 |
GER 1 |
NAT 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 2 |
FIN 1 |
YUG 1 |
75 | 1st
|
6 | ||||||
1976 | 50cc | Bultaco | FRA Ret |
NAT 1 |
YUG - |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 1 |
FIN - |
GER 1 |
ESP 1 |
85 | 1st
|
5 | |||||
125cc | Bultaco | AUT 4 |
NAT 3 |
YUG - |
NED 3 |
BEL 1 |
SWE 2 |
FIN - |
GER - |
ESP 2 |
67 | 2nd | 1 | ||||||
1977 | 50cc | Bultaco | GER 3 |
NAT 3 |
ESP 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 3 |
SWE 2 |
87 | 1st
|
3 | |||||||
125cc | Bultaco | VEN 1 |
AUT - |
GER 6 |
NAT 5 |
ESP - |
FRA - |
YUG 2 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 1 |
FIN - |
GBR - |
80 | 3rd | 3 | |||
1978 | 50cc | Bultaco | ESP - |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER 2 |
CZE - |
YUG - |
12 | 11th | 0 | |||||||
125cc | Bultaco | VEN - |
ESP - |
AUT - |
FRA - |
NAT 7 |
NED - |
88 | 2nd | 4 | |||||||||
Minarelli
|
BEL 2 |
SWE 2 |
FIN 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
YUG 1 |
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1979 | 125cc | Minarelli
|
VEN 1 |
AUT 1 |
GER 1 |
NAT 1 |
ESP 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR 1 |
CZE - |
FRA - |
120 | 1st
|
8 | |
1980 | 125cc | Minarelli
|
NAT 5 |
ESP - |
FRA 1 |
YUG - |
NED 1 |
BEL 1 |
FIN 1 |
GBR - |
CZE - |
GER 2 |
78 | 3rd | 4 | ||||
1981 | 125cc | Minarelli
|
ARG 1 |
AUT 1 |
GER 1 |
NAT 4 |
FRA 1 |
ESP 1 |
YUG - |
NED 1 |
SM 2 |
GBR 1 |
FIN 1 |
SWE - |
CZE - |
140 | 1st
|
8 | |
250cc | Siroco-Rotax | ARG - |
GER 5 |
NAT - |
FRA - |
ESP - |
NED - |
BEL - |
RSM - |
GBR - |
FIN - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
6 | 23rd | 0 | |||
1982 | 125cc | Garelli | ARG 1 |
AUT 1 |
FRA - |
ESP 1 |
NAT 1 |
NED 1 |
BEL 5 |
YUG 3 |
GBR 1 |
SWE 6 |
FIN - |
CZE - |
111 | 1st
|
6 | ||
1983 | 125cc | Garelli | FRA NC |
NAT 1 |
GER 1 |
ESP 1 |
AUT 1 |
YUG 11 |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
GBR 1 |
SWE - |
RSM DNF |
102 | 1st
|
6 | |||
250cc | Yamaha | RSA - |
FRA - |
NAT - |
GER - |
ESP NC |
AUT NC |
YUG NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
0 | – | 0 | ||||
1984 | 125cc | Garelli | NAT 1 |
ESP 1 |
GER 1 |
FRA 1 |
NED 1 |
GBR 1 |
SWE - |
RSM DNF |
90 | 1st
|
6 | ||||||
250cc | Garelli | RSA - |
NAT NC |
ESP - |
AUT - |
GER - |
FRA - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM - |
0 | – | 0 | |||
1985 | 80cc | Derbi | ESP - |
GER - |
NAT - |
YUG - |
NED NC |
FRA 1 |
RSM NC |
15 | 9th | 1 | |||||||
1986 | 80cc | Derbi | ESP 2 |
NAT NC |
GER 4 |
AUT 8 |
YUG 4 |
NED 4 |
GBR NC |
SWE - |
RSM 5 |
BWU NC |
45 | 7th | 0 | ||||
125cc | Ducados | ESP - |
NAT 2 |
GER - |
AUT - |
NED 10 |
BEL - |
FRA 9 |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM - |
BWU - |
15 | 13th | 0 |
Source: [3]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ^ "Remembering Angel Nieto". Motogp.com.
- ^ a b Ángel Nieto career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ "FIM Legends" (PDF). fim-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Gadd, Mick (3 August 2017). "Angel Nieto dead: Motorsport family in mourning over 13-time world champion". mirror. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ MotoGP Legends at MotoGP.com
- ^ Rossi wins French MotoGP Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, 19 May 2008
- ^ "Moto, incidente sul quad a Ibiza: condizioni gravi ma non critiche per l'ex campione Nieto". La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Ángel Nieto Jr". motogp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Pablo Nieto". motogp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Fonsi Nieto". motogp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ a b Shea, Julian (3 August 2017). "Former World Champion Angel Nieto Dies, Aged 70". New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Motorcycling legend Nieto in serious condition after crash". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Angel Nieto: 12+1". 20 minutos. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Film Review: Morbidelli – A Story Of Men and Fast Motorcycles". motorcycle.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Los moteros ceutíes se suman al homenaje a Ángel Nieto". 5 August 2017.