Takazumi Katayama (片山敬済, born April 16, 1951) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion.[1]
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Motorcycle racing career edit
Born in Kobe, Japan, he was the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc world championship aboard a Yamaha. In 1979 he accepted an offer from Honda to develop their exotic oval-cylinder, four-stroke NR500 race bike. After retiring from competition, Katayama became a motorcycle Grand Prix racing team owner.
Career statistics edit
Grand Prix motorcycle racing edit
Races by year edit
(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 | Pos. | Pts |
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1974 | 250cc | Yamaha | GER | NAT | IOM | NED Ret |
BEL 3 |
SWE 1 |
FIN 5 |
CZE 2 |
YUG Ret |
SPA Ret |
4th | 43 | ||
1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | FRA DNQ |
NAT 2 |
YUG Ret |
IOM 2 |
NED 2 |
BEL 3 |
SWE 1 |
FIN 2 |
CZE 3 |
GER 7 |
SPA | 2nd | 73 | |
350cc | Yamaha | FRA 4 |
AUT Ret |
NAT 10 |
YUG 3 |
IOM 9 |
NED Ret |
FIN DNS |
CZE 11 |
GER 4 |
SPA | 7th | 28 | |||
500cc | Yamaha | FRA | AUT DNS |
NAT | IOM 4 |
NED | BEL Ret |
SWE | FIN Ret |
CZE | GER | 26th | 8 | |||
1977 | 250cc | Yamaha | VEN | GER Ret |
NAT 8 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 8 |
YUG 2 |
NED 6 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 4 |
FIN Ret |
CZE Ret |
GBR Ret |
4th | 58 |
350cc | Yamaha | VEN | GER 1 |
NAT 3 |
SPA 3 |
FRA 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED Ret |
SWE 1 |
FIN 1 |
CZE Ret |
GBR Ret |
1st | 95 | ||
500cc | Yamaha | VEN | AUT DNS |
GER | NAT | FRA | NED | BEL Ret |
SWE | FIN | CZE | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
1978 | 350cc | Yamaha | VEN 1 |
AUT 3 |
FRA Ret |
NAT 3 |
NED Ret |
SWE 3 |
FIN 2 |
GBR Ret |
GER 1 |
CZE 6 |
YUG | 2nd | 77 | |
500cc | Yamaha | VEN Ret |
SPA 3 |
AUT Ret |
FRA Ret |
NAT Ret |
NED 4 |
BEL 6 |
SWE 3 |
FIN 2 |
GBR 9 |
GER 5 |
5th | 53 | ||
1979 | 350cc | Yamaha | VEN | AUT Ret |
GER | NAT | SPA | YUG | NED | FIN | GBR | CZE | FRA | NC | 0 | |
500cc | Honda | VEN | AUT | GER | NAT | SPA | YUG | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR Ret |
FRA DNQ |
NC | 0 | |
1980 | 500cc | Suzuki | NAT 6 |
SPA 4 |
FRA 6 |
NED Ret |
BEL | GER 12 |
10th | 18 | ||||||
Honda | FIN DNS |
GBR 15 |
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1981 | 500cc | Honda | AUT 13 |
GER Ret |
NAT Ret |
FRA Ret |
YUG | NED Ret |
BEL | RSM | GBR | FIN | SWE | NC | 0 | |
1982 | 500cc | Honda | ARG 6 |
AUT 9 |
FRA DNS |
SPA 6 |
NAT 7 |
NED 8 |
BEL Ret |
YUG 5 |
GBR Ret |
SWE 1 |
RSM Ret |
GER 4 |
7th | 48 |
1983 | 500cc | Honda | RSA Ret |
FRA Ret |
NAT 5 |
GER 2 |
SPA 3 |
AUT 4 |
YUG 5 |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
GBR 6 |
SWE 3 |
RSM DNS |
5th | 77 |
1984 | 500cc | Honda | RSA | NAT | SPA | AUT | GER | FRA DNS |
YUG | NED 8 |
BEL | GBR 8 |
SWE 4 |
RSM Ret |
13th | 14 |
1985 | 500cc | Honda | RSA | SPA Ret |
GER 11 |
NAT DNS |
AUT 14 |
YUG Ret |
NED Ret |
BEL 8 |
FRA | GBR | SWE | RSM | 17th | 3 |