Takazumi Katayama
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Takazumi Katayama (片山敬済, born April 16, 1951) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion.[1]
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.
Motorcycle Grand Prix Results
| 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 | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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| 1974 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250 | GER - |
NAT - |
IOM - |
NED - |
BEL 3 |
SWE 1 |
FIN 5 |
CZE 2 |
YUG - |
ESP - |
43 | 4th | 1 | |||
| 1976 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250 | FRA - |
NAT 2 |
IOM 2 |
NED 2 |
BEL 3 |
SWE 1 |
FIN 2 |
CZE 3 |
GER 7 |
ESP - |
73 | 2nd | 1 | |||
| 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350 | FRA 4 |
AUT - |
NAT 10 |
YUG 3 |
IOM 9 |
NED - |
FIN - |
CZE 11 |
GER 4 |
ESP - |
28 | 7th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Yamaha | TZ500 | FRA - |
AUT WD |
NAT - |
IOM 4 |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
CZE - |
GER - |
8 | 26th | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250 | VEN - |
GER - |
NAT 8 |
ESP 1 |
FRA 8 |
YUG 2 |
NED 6 |
BEL 2 |
SWE 4 |
FIN - |
CZE - |
GBR - |
58 | 4th | 1 | |
| 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350 | VEN - |
GER 1 |
NAT 3 |
ESP 3 |
FRA 1 |
YUG 1 |
NED - |
SWE 1 |
FIN 1 |
CZE - |
GBR - |
95 | 1st | 5 | |||
| 1978 | 350cc | Yamaha | TZ350 | VEN 1 |
AUT 3 |
FRA - |
NAT 3 |
NED - |
SWE 3 |
FIN 2 |
GBR - |
GER 1 |
CZE - |
YUG - |
77 | 2nd | 2 | ||
| 500cc | Yamaha | TZ500 | VEN - |
ESP 3 |
AUT - |
FRA - |
NAT - |
NED 4 |
BEL 6 |
SWE 3 |
FIN 2 |
GBR 9 |
GER 5 |
53 | 5th | 0 | |||
| 1979 | 500cc | Honda | NR500 | VEN - |
AUT - |
GER - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
SWE - |
FIN - |
GBR NC |
FRA - |
0 | - | 0 | |
| 1980 | 500cc | Suzuki | RG500 | NAT 6 |
ESP 4 |
FRA 6 |
18 | 10th | 0 | ||||||||||
| Honda | NR500 | NED - |
BEL - |
FIN - |
GBR 15 |
GER 12 |
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| 1981 | 500cc | Honda | NR500 | AUT 13 |
GER - |
NAT - |
FRA - |
YUG - |
NED NC |
BEL - |
RSM - |
GBR - |
FIN - |
SWE - |
0 | - | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 500cc | Honda | NS500 | ARG 6 |
AUT 9 |
FRA - |
ESP 7 |
NAT 7 |
NED 8 |
BEL - |
YUG 5 |
GBR NC |
SWE 1 |
RSM NC |
GER 4 |
48 | 7th | 1 | |
| 1983 | 500cc | Honda | NS500 | RSA NC |
FRA - |
NAT 5 |
GER 2 |
ESP 3 |
AUT 4 |
YUG 5 |
NED 2 |
BEL 4 |
GBR 6 |
SWE 3 |
RSM - |
77 | 5th | 0 | |
| 1984 | 500cc | Honda | NS500 | RSA - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
AUT - |
GER - |
FRA - |
YUG - |
NED 8 |
BEL - |
GBR 8 |
SWE 4 |
RSM NC |
14 | 13th | 0 | |
| 1985 | 500cc | Honda | NSR500 | RSA - |
ESP NC |
GER 11 |
NAT - |
AUT 14 |
YUG NC |
NED NC |
BEL 8 |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
RSM - |
3 | 17th | 0 | |
References
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