Temporada 1971 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo
# Temporada 1971 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo

La temporada de 1971 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo fue la 23.º edición del Campeonato Mundial de Motociclismo.

## Desarrollo y resultados

Giacomo Agostini sumaría su décimo título mundial, por delante de Carlo Ubbiali y Mike Hailwood convirtiéndose en el piloto más laureado de la historia. Ángel Nieto tuvo opciones en 50cc y 125cc pero tan solo sumó el de 125cc, ya que en la cilindrada más pequeña tuvo que ceder ante Jan de Vries. Phil Read se adjudicó el título de 250 con la Yamaha de Eric Cheney.

Agostini ganó el título de 350 cc por cuarto año conecutivo pero un debutante finés Jarno Saarinen, ganó su primer Gran Premio en el que sería las carreras más fulgurantes de la historia. Agostini no tuvo problemas en 500cc, ganando las ocho primeras carreras de las once que constaba el calendario.

A destacar, la victoria de Jack Findlay en el Gran Premio del Úlster por ser la primera victorias de Suzuki en 500cc y también la primera en esta categoría con una moto de dos tiempos. Kawasaki consiguió su victoria en 500cc en el Gran Premio de España en el Jarama cuando Dave Simmonds por delante de Agostini. El Gran Premio de Austria entraba en el calendario disputándose en Salzburgring.

## Calendario y resultados

| Ronda | Fecha | Gran Premio | Circuito | Ganador 50cc | Ganador 125cc | Ganador 250cc | Ganador 350cc | Ganador 500cc |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 de mayo | Gran Premio de Austria | Salzburgring | Jan de Vries | Ángel Nieto | Silvio Grassetti | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 2 | 16 de mayo | Gran Premio de Alemania | Hockenheimring | Jan de Vries | Dave Simmonds | Phil Read | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 3 | 12 de junio | TT Isla de Man | Snaefell Mountain | | Chas Mortimer | Phil Read | Tony Jefferies | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 4 | 26 de junio | Gran Premio de los Países Bajos | Assen | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto | Phil Read | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 5 | 4 de julio | Gran Premio de Bélgica | Spa-Francorchamps | Jan de Vries | Barry Sheene | Silvio Grassetti | | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 6 | 11 de julio | Gran Premio de Alemania del Este | Sachsenring | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto | Dieter Braun | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 7 | 18 de julio | Gran Premio de Checoslovaquia | Brno | Barry Sheene | Ángel Nieto | János Drapál | Jarno Saarinen | | Artículo |
| 8 | 25 de julio | Gran Premio de Suecia | Anderstorp | Ángel Nieto | Barry Sheene | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 9 | 1 de agosto | Gran Premio de Finlandia | Imatra | | Barry Sheene | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 10 | 14 de agosto | Gran Premio del Úlster | Dundrod | | | Ray McCullough | Peter Williams | Jack Findlay | Artículo |
| 11 | 26 de septiembre | Gran Premio de las Naciones | Monza | Jan de Vries | Gilberto Parlotti | Gyula Marsovsky | Jarno Saarinen | Alberto Pagani | Artículo |
| 12 | 26 de septiembre | Gran Premio de España | Jarama | Jan de Vries | Ángel Nieto | Jarno Saarinen | Teuvo Länsivuori | Dave Simmonds | Artículo |

## Resultados

### 500cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | AUT | GER | MAN | HOL | BEL | DDR | SWE | FIN | ULS | NAC | ESP | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ret | | 90 (120) |
| 2 | Keith Turner | Coleman-Suzuki | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 58 (67) |
| 3 | Rob Bron | Suzuki | | 2 | | 2 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 2 | | | 57 |
| 4 | Dave Simmonds | Kawasaki | | Ret | | 3 | Ret | | 6 | 2 | | 3 | 1 | 52 |
| 5 | Jack Findlay | Suzuki / Jada | 4 | Ret | | Ret | 3 | | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 (51) |
| 6 | Eric Offenstadt | Kawasaki | 3 | Ret | | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Tommy Robb | Hurst-Seeley / Matchless | | 6 | 15 | 7 | Ret | | 3 | 9 | 3 | | | 31 |
| 8 | Alberto Pagani | LinTo / MV Agusta | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 7 | | 1 | | 29 |
| 9 | Kaarlo Koivuniemi | Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | 5 | 5 | Ret | | | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Ron Chandler | Kawasaki | | 3 | | Ret | 5 | | Ret | | 8 | Ret | | 19 |
| 11 | Frank Perris | Suzuki / Seeley / LinTo | | | 3 | | 7 | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | 14 |
| 12 | Lothar John | Yamaha | 5 | Ret | | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | | 7 | | 13 |
| 13 | Gianpiero Zubani | Kawasaki | Ret | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 12 |
| 14 | Peter Williams | Arter-Matchless | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 15 | Bosse Granath | Husqvarna | | | | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 6 | 10 | Ret | 12 |
| 16 | Billie Nelson | Paton | 6 | | | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |
| 17 | Ernst Hiller | Kawasaki | Ret | 11 | | Ret | Ret | 3 | | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Maurice Hawthorne | Kawasaki | Ret | 4 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 19 | Hans-Rudolf Brünger | Bultaco | | | | | | 4 | | | | | Ret | 8 |
| 20 | Benjamín Grau | Bultaco | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 8 |
| = | Selwyn Griffiths | Cowles-Matchless | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| = | Ulfe Nilsson | Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | 8 |
| = | Phil Read | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | 8 |
| = | Percy Tait | Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 8 |
| 25 | Kurt-Ivan Carlsson | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | | 11 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 9 | 7 |
| 26 | Jim Curry | Seeley-Matchless | | Ret | | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | 6 |
| 27 | Gerry Mateer | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 5 | | | 6 |
| = | Gordon Pantall | Padgett-Kawasaki | | | 5 | | | | | | Ret | | | 6 |
| 29 | Karl Auer | Matchless | Ret | Ret | | | | 6 | | | | Ret | | 5 |
| 30 | Matti Salonen | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 6 | | | | 5 |
| 31 | Roger Sutcliffe | Matchless | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 32 | Hans-Otto Butenuth | BMW | | 7 | 10 | Ret | | | | Ret | | | | 5 |
| 33 | Piet van der Wal | Kawasaki | | | | Ret | 9 | Ret | | | | 8 | | 5 |
| 34 | Peter Jones | Suzuki | | | 19 | | | | Ret | | | | 7 | 4 |
| 35 | Jean Campiche | Honda | | | | | | 7 | | | | Ret | | 4 |
| 36 | Tom Herron | Seeley | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | 4 |
| = | Morgan Radberg | Monark | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 4 |
| 38 | Kurt-Willy Bertsch | BMW | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | Joan Bordons | Bultaco | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 3 |
| = | Jerry Lancaster | Yamaha | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | Charlie Sanby | Seeley-Matchless | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 42 | Paul Eickelberg | Yamaha | | | | 9 | | | | 10 | | Ret | | 3 |
| 43 | Johnny Bengtsson | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | | | | 2 |
| = | Pentti Lehtelä | Yamaha | | | | | | 9 | | Ret | | | | 2 |
| 45 | Tom Dickie | Cowles-Matchless | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| = | Horst Dzierzawa | Yamaha | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| = | Giuseppe Mongardi | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | 2 |
| = | Donnie Robinson | Padgett-Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | 2 |
| 49 | John Dodds | König | Ret | 10 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | 1 |
| 50 | Emanuele Maugliani | Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 1 |
| = | Rob Noorlander | Norton | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| = | Stan Woods | Norton | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 1 |
| 53 | Brian Moses | Norton | | | 11 | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| 54 | Charlie Dobson | Seeley | | Ret | | | | | Ret | Ret | 11 | | | 0 |
| 55 | Werner Bergold | Kawasaki | Ret | 11 | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Larbi Habbiche | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Robert Graham | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 58 | Norman Price | Norton | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Alan Lawton | Norton | | | 13 | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 60 | Rolf Rott | Kawasaki | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Derek Lee | Matchless | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| = | Roger Nichols | Matchless | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Roy Reid | Seeley | | | 32 | | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| 64 | Roy Bisbey | Norton | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 65 | Geoff Barry | Oakley-Matchless / Seeley | | | 17 | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 66 | Brian Scully | Scott | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Ramsey | Seeley | | | | | | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| = | Jeff Wade | Tickle Manx Norton | | | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Chris Neve | Seeley | | | 30 | | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| 70 | Don Harris | Norton | | | 20 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 71 | Dave Foulkes | Norton | | | 21 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Jeff Boniface | Norton | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Brian Edwards | Norton | | | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Fred Walton | Velocette Metisse | | | 24 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 75 | Len Williams | Aermacchi | | | 25 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Tom Loughridge | Suzuki | | | 26 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 77 | Gordon Daniels | TWS Suzuki | | | 27 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Jim Ashton | Seeley | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 79 | John Stanley | Seeley | | | 29 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Trevor Armstrong | Norton | | | 31 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Gyula Marsovszky | LinTo | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Theo Louwes | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Hannu Kuparinen | Suzuki | Ret | | | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Martin Carney | Kawasaki | | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Christian Ravel | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Alan Barnett | Aermacchi | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Silvano Bertarelli | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Karl Hoppe | König | Ret | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Börje Andersson | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Vincent Duckett | Seeley | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Roberto Gallina | Paton | Ret | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Steve Ellis | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Sven-Olov Gunnarsson | Kawasaki | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Tony Jefferies | Arter-Matchless | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Kai Kuparinen | Suzuki | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Billy McCosh | Seeley | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Ginger Molloy | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Børge Nielsen | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Bill Smith | Seeley / Kawasaki | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | John Williams | Arter-Matchless | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Brian Adams | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Abe Alexander | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Tony Anderson | Matchless | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Martin Ashwood | Quaife Metisse | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Sergio Baroncini | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Jöram Blom | Seeley | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Hans Braumandl | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Clive Brown | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Paolo Campanelli | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Alistair Copeland | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Walter Dawson | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Terry Dennehy | Honda | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Derek Filler | Seeley | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | George Fogarty | Cunningham-Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Bill Fulton | Stafford-Matchless | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Denis Gallagher | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Alex George | Kawasaki | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Peter Gibson | Seeley | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Tony Godfrey | Tickle Manx Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Campbell Gorman | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Don Grant | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Terry Grotefeld | Padgett-Yamaha | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Billie Guthrie | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Osmo Hansen | LinTo | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Morten Hauger | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Harris Healey | Norton | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Bob Health | BSA | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Keith Heckles | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ari Heikkilä | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | John Hughes | Yamaha | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Albert Hund | Honda | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ted Janssen | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Malcolm Jefery | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Lasse Johansson | HM | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Árpád Juhos | Aermacchi | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Austin Kinsella | Matchless | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Ray Knight | Hughes-Triumph | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Udo Kochanski | BMW | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Otto Labitzke | BMW | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Horst Lahfeld | König | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Vasco Loro | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Alois Maxwald | LinTo | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ray McCullough | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Ian McGregor | Norton | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Stephen Murray | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Godfrey Nash | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Oiva Papunen | Kawasaki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Anssi Resko | Suzuki | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Walter Rungg | Aermacchi | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Hasse Rutgersson | HRS | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Reinhard Scholtis | Kawasaki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Alfred Schwander | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Bruno Spaggiari | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Bo Strandell | LinTo | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Claus Tarum | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ken Tilley | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Jupp Tröblinger | König | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Dennis Trollope | Seeley | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Brian Walsh | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Carl Ward | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Manfred Weingartner | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Max Wiener | Aermacchi | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Louis With | Kawasaki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ray Wittich | Saunders-Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Benedetto Zambotti | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bke | AUT | GER | MAN | HOL | BEL | DDR | SWE | FIN | ULS | NAC | ESP | Pts |
