János Drapál (3 February 1948 – 11 August 1985) was a Hungarian motorcycle road racer. He had little chance to race in the Grand Prix world championships during the Cold War, but still won four Grand Prix races. Drapál had his best year in 1971, when he won the Yugoslavian Grand Prix and finished the year in seventh place in the 350cc world championship, riding a Yamaha. In 1973, he won two Grand Prix races but slipped to ninth place in the 350cc world championship. Drapál was killed in 1985 after a collision with a Czech track marshal during a 250cc race at the Piešťany airfield circuit in Czechoslovakia.Drapál memorial
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1950 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 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1969 350cc Aermacchi ESP- GER- IOM- NED- DDR- TCH- FIN- ULS- NAT- YUG9 2 42nd 0 1970 125cc MZ GER- FRA- YUG- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- TCH- FIN- NAT10 ESP- 1 52nd 01971 125cc MZ AUT- GER- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR7 TCH- SWE- FIN- NAT- ESP- 4 24th 0 250cc Yamaha AUT5 GER6 IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- TCH1 SWE- FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP- 26 9th 11972 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT9 NAT- IOM- YUG5 NED- BEL- DDR4 TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 16 16th 0 350cc Yamaha GER- FRA5 AUT5 NAT- IOM- YUG1 NED- DDR- TCH- SWE7 FIN- ESP3 42 7th 1 1973 350cc Yamaha FRA- AUT1 GER- NAT- IOM- YUG1 NED- TCH- SWE- FIN- ESP- 30 9th 2 1976 250cc Yamaha FRA- NAT- YUG9 IOM- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- TCH- GER- ESP- 2 30th 0 1977 125cc Morbidelli VEN- AUT7 GER- NAT- ESP- FRA- YUG- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- GBR- 4 27th 0 1980 125cc MBA NAT- ESP- FRA- YUG- NED- BEL- FIN- GBR- TCH6 GER- 5 23rd 0 1981 125cc MBA ARG- AUT- GER7 NAT- FRA- ESP- YUG- NED- RSM- GBR- FIN- SWE- TCH- 4 25th 0
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