By Dan Moakes
October 13 2006

500cc Grand Prix leading entries for 1972: #

no.	rider	entrant	bike
501	Giacomo Agostini ITA	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
533	Alberto Pagani ITA	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
514	Jack Findlay AUS		Jada
518	Bo Granath SVE		Husqvarna
531	Billie Nelson ENG		Yamaha/Paton
536	Dave Simmonds ENG+		Kawasaki
555	Kim Newcombe NZL		König
565	Lothar John BRD		Yamaha/Suzuki
3	Rob Bron NED		Suzuki
4	Rod Gould ENG		Yamaha
5	Sergio Baroncini ITA		Ducati
8	Paul Smart ENG		Ducati
9	Bruno Spaggiari ITA		Ducati
11	Gianpiero Zubani ITA		Kawasaki
12	Paul Eickelberg BRD		König
14	Mick Grant ENG	Padgett	Kawasaki
18	Bruno Kneubühler SUI		Yamaha
34	Chas Mortimer ENG		Yamaha
35	Jerry Lancaster GBR		Suzuki/Yamaha
46	Kurt Ivan Carlsson SVE		Yamaha
53	Christian Bourgeois FRA	Sonauto	Yamaha
56	Guido Mandracci ITA		Suzuki
67	Sven-Olof Gunnarsson SVE		Kawasaki

# rider numbers were not fixed in this era:
Agostini also ran numbers 1, 8, 51; Pagani 4, 3, 36, 2, 62; Findlay 18, 56, 6
Granath 29, 16, 38, 61, 3; Nelson 62, 5, 36, 10, 9; Simmonds 4, 24, 9, 8, 10
Newcombe 38, 66, 7; John 14, 60, 20; Bron 4; Gould 85, 50, 16
Kneubühler 36, 30, 29, 80, 5, 1; Mortimer 6, 5; Lancaster 88, 14
Carlsson 64, 11; Bourgeois 10,42; Mandracci 8, 27; Gunnarsson 30, 25
+ Simmonds died following a non-racing incident

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500cc Grand Prix leading entries for 1973: #

no.	rider	entrant	bike
1	Giacomo Agostini ITA	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
2	Phil Read ENG	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
3	Jarno Saarinen FIN+		Yamaha
4	Hideo Kanaya JAP		Yamaha
4	Bo Granath SVE		Husqvarna
7	Kim Newcombe NZL+		König
14	Werner Giger SUI		Yamaha
14	Ernst Hiller BRD		König
16	Eric Offenstadt FRA		Kawasaki/SMAC
16	Christian Bourgeois FRA		Yamaha
17	Jack Findlay AUS		Yamaha/Suzuki
17	Peter Williams ENG		Matchless
25	Reinhard Hiller BRD		König
25	Charlie Sanby ENG		Suzuki
26	Bruno Kneubühler SUI		Yamaha
37	Gianfranco Bonera ITA		Yamaha
44	Paul Eickelberg BRD		König
47	Steve H Ellis GBR		Yamaha
48	Alex George SCO	Hermetite Ltd	Yamaha
52	Billie Nelson ENG		Yamaha
70	Guido Mandracci ITA		Suzuki

# rider numbers were not fixed in this era:
Agostini also ran numbers 10, 51; Read 29, 8, 12, 52, 3, 10; Saarinen 2
Kanaya 9; Granath 54, 6; Newcombe 8, 9, 28, 30, 11, 14
Giger 34, 46, 27, 19, 20, 21; Offenstadt 15, 67; Bourgeois 22, 38
Findlay 1, 26, 8, 56; R Hiller 42, 24; Kneubühler 53, 19, 11
Eickelberg 25; George 24, 49, 19; Nelson 7, 5, 9, 18, 8, 6
Mandracci 10
+ Saarinen died following an accident at Monza
+ Newcombe died following an accident at Silverstone

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500cc Grand Prix leading entries for 1974: #

no.	rider	entrant	bike
1	Phil Read ENG	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
50	Gianfranco Bonera ITA	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
3	Giacomo Agostini ITA	Yamaha Motor Co.	Yamaha OW20
48	Tepi Länsivuori FIN	Yamaha Motor Co.	Yamaha
5	Jack Findlay AUS	Suzuki GB	Suzuki RG500
32	Barry Sheene ENG	Suzuki GB	Suzuki RG500
57	Paul Smart ENG	Suzuki GB	Suzuki
6	Billie Nelson ENG+		Yamaha
19	Pentti Korhonen FIN	Arwidson-Team	Yamaha
21	Phil Carpenter ENG	Norman Ball	Yamaha
23	Christian Léon FRA	Elf Kawasaki Team	Kawasaki
24	Edmund Czihak BRD	Zweirad•Michael	Yamaha
25	Karl Auer AUT	Teppichland ?	Yamaha
38	Patrick Pons FRA	Sonauto-Yamaha	Yamaha
51	Michel Rougerie FRA	Écurie HiT	Harley-Davidson
	Dieter Braun BRD	Mitsui Racing Team	Yamaha
	Paul Eickelberg BRD		König
	Alex George SCO	Hermetite Ltd	Yamaha
	Werner Giger SUI		Yamaha
	Bo Granath SVE		Husqvarna
	Tom Herron NIR	Thermo King Units ?	Yamaha
	Walter Kaletsch BRD		Yamaha
	Helmut Kassner BRD		Yamaha
	Tony Rutter ENG	Bob Priest ?	Yamaha
	Charlie Williams ENG	H. Dugdale Motors	Maxton-Yamaha
	John Williams ENG	Gerald E. Brown	Maxton-Yamaha

# rider numbers were not fixed in this era:
Read also ran numbers 3, 2, 4, 8; Bonera 43, 4, 2, 56, 12, 11, 7
Agostini 2, 1, 4; Länsivuori 2, 4, 64, 21; Findlay 6, 7; Sheene 5, 15, 30, 6
Korhonen 15; Auer 27; Rougerie 46
+ Nelson died following an accident at Opatija

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500cc Grand Prix leading entries for 1975: #

no.	rider	entrant	bike
0	Phil Read ENG	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
2	Gianfranco Bonera ITA*	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
41	Armando Toracca ITA	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1	Tepi Länsivuori FIN	Suzuki	Suzuki
7	Barry Sheene ENG	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki RG500
90	John Newbold ENG	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki
2	Giacomo Agostini ITA	Yamaha	Yamaha
3	Hideo Kanaya JAP**	Yamaha	Yamaha
5	Pentti Korhonen FIN	Arwidson	Yamaha
5	Jack Findlay AUS		Yamaha
6	Charlie Williams ENG		Yamaha
9	Stan Woods ENG		Suzuki
10	Karl Auer AUT		Yamaha
10	John Williams ENG	Gerald Brown	Yamaha
10	Mick Grant ENG	Kawasaki/GB	Kawasaki
18	Armando Toracca ITA		Suzuki
19	Chas Mortimer ENG		Yamaha
20	Alex George SCO	Hermetite Ltd	Yamaha
21	Michel Rougerie FRA		Harley-Davidson
23	Peter McKinley ENG		Yamaha
26	Christian Léon FRA		Yamaha
38	Horst Lahfeld BRD		König
44	Steve H Ellis GBR		Yamaha
46	Olivier Chevallier FRA	Gauloises	Yamaha
64	Patrick Pons FRA	Gauloises	Yamaha
48	Dieter Braun BRD		Yamaha
69	Christian Léon FRA	König	König
93	Thierry Tchernine FRA		Yamaha
	Billie Guthrie NIR		Yamaha
	Steve Tonkin ENG		Yamaha

# rider numbers were not fixed in this era:
Read also ran numbers 1, 2; Toracca 18, 20; Länsivuori 3, 6, 5, 8
Sheene 6, 9, 12; Newbold 14, 27; Agostini 4, 8; Kanaya 22, 11; Bonera 4
Korhonen 22, 7; Findlay 10, 52; Woods 75; Auer 12, 7, 26, 9, 10
J Williams 28, 8; Grant 29, 88, 11; Mortimer 24, 11
George 63, 12, 46, 14, 15; Lahfeld 10, 28, 36; Ellis 12, 27; Chevallier 38
Pons 51, 10; Braun 14, 6
* replacement rider
** did not race full season

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