Bruno Kneubühler
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Bruno Kneubühler (born 3 December 1946) is a
50 cc to 500cc.[1]
Motorcycle racing career
In his first Grand Prix season in
factory racing team of Giacomo Agostini and Alberto Pagani.[1] He also won the season-ending 350cc Spanish Grand Prix held on the Montjuich street circuit, finishing ahead of Renzo Pasolini and János Drapál.[2]
A year later, he showed his versatility at the
Angel Nieto
in the 125cc class.
While he never won a championship, he finished in second place three times, winning 5 Grand Prix races and scoring 33 podium results.[1] He retired in 1989 at the age of 43. His lengthy Grand Prix career saw him compete against many champions from Giacomo Agostini to Mick Doohan. Kneubühler is now back in Classic racing with a Yamaha TZ 350 participating in the International Classic Grand Prix series in races such as 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
Points system from 1969 to 1987:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1988 to 1991:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1972 | 350cc | Yamaha | GER - |
FRA 8 |
AUT - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
YUG 5 |
NED 9 |
DDR 8 |
CZE 4 |
SWE 9 |
FIN 4 |
ESP 1 |
45 | 6th | 1 | |||
500cc | Yamaha | GER - |
FRA 4 |
AUT 8 |
NAT 5 |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED 3 |
BEL 3 |
DDR 4 |
CZE 3 |
SWE 7 |
FIN - |
ESP 4 |
54 | 3rd | 0 | |||
1973 | 50cc | Kreidler | GER - |
NAT 2 |
YUG - |
NED 1 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 2 |
ESP 2 |
51 | 2nd | 1 | ||||||||
250cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
AUT - |
GER - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
CZE 8 |
SWE 4 |
FIN 6 |
ESP 2 |
28 | 9th | 0 | |||||
350cc | Harley Davidson
|
FRA 8 |
AUT 10 |
GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
5 | 33rd | 0 | ||||||||||
Yamaha | NED 10 |
CZE - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
ESP - |
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500cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
AUT 9 |
GER - |
IOM - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
CZE 3 |
SWE - |
FIN 3 |
ESP 2 |
34 | 6th | 0 | |||||
1974 | 125cc | Yamaha | FRA 2 |
GER - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED 1 |
BEL 3 |
SWE 3 |
CZE 5 |
YUG 6 |
ESP 3 |
63 | 2nd | 1 | ||||
250cc | Yamaha | GER - |
NAT 2 |
IOM - |
NED 2 |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN 8 |
CZE 4 |
YUG - |
ESP 4 |
43 | 5th | 0 | ||||||
350cc | Yamaha | FRA 6 |
GER - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED - |
SWE - |
FIN 2 |
YUG - |
ESP - |
17 | 12th | 0 | ||||||
1975 | 125cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
ESP 3 |
AUT 6 |
GER 6 |
NAT 6 |
NED 3 |
BEL 8 |
SWE 6 |
CZE 4 |
YUG - |
43 | 6th | 0 | |||||
250cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
ESP - |
GER 7 |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED 4 |
BEL 4 |
SWE - |
FIN - |
CZE 9 |
YUG - |
22 | 9th | 0 | |||||
350cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
ESP - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED - |
FIN 4 |
CZE - |
YUG - |
8 | 20th | 0 | ||||||
1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
NAT 6 |
YUG 6 |
IOM - |
NED 8 |
BEL - |
SWE 7 |
FIN - |
CZE 5 |
GER 5 |
ESP - |
29 | 8th | 0 | ||||
350cc | Yamaha | FRA - |
AUT - |
NAT - |
YUG 4 |
IOM - |
NED 4 |
FIN 5 |
CZE - |
GER 9 |
ESP 5 |
28 | 7th | 0 | ||||||
1977 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP 10 |
FRA 6 |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
CZE - |
GBR - |
6 | 26th | 0 | |||
350cc | Yamaha | VEN - |
GER - |
NAT 5 |
ESP 4 |
FRA 3 |
YUG - |
NED - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
CZE - |
GBR - |
24 | 11th | 0 | |||||
1978 | 500cc | Suzuki | VEN - |
ESP - |
AUT 10 |
FRA - |
NAT - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN 10 |
GBR - |
GER - |
2 | 29th | 0 | ||||
1979 | 125cc | MBA | VEN - |
AUT 10 |
GER - |
NAT 4 |
ESP - |
YUG 5 |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR 9 |
CZE 6 |
FRA 4 |
36 | 9th | 0 | ||
1980 | 125cc | MBA | NAT 3 |
ESP 3 |
FRA - |
YUG 4 |
NED 7 |
BEL 8 |
FIN 4 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 4 |
GER 6 |
68 | 4th | 0 | |||||
1981 | 250cc | Rotax | ARG - |
GER 8 |
NAT - |
FRA - |
ESP - |
NED - |
BEL - |
RSM - |
GBR - |
FIN 9 |
SWE - |
CZE - |
5 | 27th | 0 | |||
1982 | 125cc | MBA | ARG - |
AUT - |
FRA - |
ESP 7 |
NAT 7 |
NED - |
BEL - |
YUG - |
GBR 9 |
SWE 7 |
FIN - |
CZE 7 |
RSM - |
GER - |
18 | 15th | 0 | |
1983 | 125cc | MBA | FRA 7 |
NAT 5 |
GER 4 |
ESP 5 |
AUT NC |
YUG 1 |
NED 3 |
BEL NC |
GBR 2 |
SWE 1 |
RSM NC |
76 | 2nd | 2 | ||||
1984 | 125cc | MBA | NAT 6 |
ESP 9 |
GER 9 |
FRA 5 |
NED 7 |
GBR 4 |
SWE NC |
RSM NC |
27 | 10th | 0 | |||||||
1985 | 125cc | LCR | ESP 6 |
GER 7 |
NAT 4 |
AUT 5 |
NED 6 |
BEL 2 |
FRA 3 |
GBR NC |
SWE NC |
RSM 4 |
58 | 5th | 0 | |||||
1986 | 125cc | MBA | ESP - |
NAT - |
GER 4 |
AUT 3 |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
FRA 4 |
GBR - |
SWE 4 |
RSM 4 |
BWU 5 |
54 | 5th | 0 | ||||
1987 | 500cc | Honda | JPN - |
ESP 18 |
GER 11 |
NAT 14 |
AUT NC |
YUG 15 |
NED 21 |
FRA NC |
GBR 17 |
SWE 14 |
CZE NC |
RSM 15 |
POR 11 |
BRA - |
ARG - |
0 | - | 0 |
1988 | 500cc | Honda | JPN - |
USA - |
ESP 15 |
EXP 14 |
NAT 19 |
GER 25 |
AUT 12 |
NED 17 |
BEL 25 |
YUG 15 |
FRA NC |
GBR NC |
SWE 20 |
CZE 15 |
BRA NC |
9 | 22nd | 0 |
1989 | 500cc | Honda | JPN - |
AUS - |
USA 14 |
ESP 16 |
NAT DNS |
GER 15 |
AUT 15 |
YUG 16 |
NED 16 |
BEL 17 |
FRA 17 |
GBR 18 |
SWE 14 |
CZE 18 |
BRA - |
6 | 34th | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bruno Kneubühler career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ "1973 350cc Spanish Grand Prix". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "1974 250cc Dutch TT". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2010.