Ángel Nieto
Nationality	Spanish
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1964 - 1986
Teams	Derbi, Morbidelli, Kreidler, Bultaco, Minarelli, Garelli
Grands Prix	186
Championships	50 cc - 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975-1977 125 cc- 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981-1984
Wins	90
Podium finishes	139
Career points	1782
Pole positions	16
Fastest laps	63
First Grand Prix	1964 50 cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win	1969 50 cc German Grand Prix
Last win	1985 80 cc French Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1986 80 cc Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix

Ángel Nieto Roldán born January 25, 1947 in Zamora, Spain) was a multi-time Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing World Champion. He is considered a national hero in his Spanish homeland.

He specialized in racing small displacement bikes such as in the 50 cc, 80 cc and 125 cc classes but many fellow racers, including former world champion Barry Sheene consider him among the greatest motorcycle racers of all time.^[1] Though he was never successful at the world level racing in the larger displacements, he won Spanish National Championships in the 50 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc and 750 cc classes.^[1] He retired in 1986 at the age of 39 with a total of 90 Grand Prix victories and 13 World Championships. His total of 90 Grand Prix victories is third only to the 122 by Giacomo Agostini, and the 100 of Valentino Rossi.^[2]

Later he operated a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team with his son, Ángel Nieto Jr. and Emilio Alzamora, who won the 125 cc title, as riders. He now commentates Grand Prix races for Spanish television. There is an Ángel Nieto museum in Madrid that displays some of his trophies and racing memorabilia. The FIM named him a Grand Prix "Legend" in 2000.^[3]

Contents 1 Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results [2] 2 Honours 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results ^[2]

Points system from 1964 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	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points	Rank	Wins
1964	50cc	Derbi	USA -	ESP 5	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -	FIN -	JPN -						2	10th	0
1965	50cc	Derbi	USA -	GER 5	ESP -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	JPN -							2	12th	0
1966	50cc	Derbi	ESP 5	GER -	NED -	IOM -	NAT -	JPN -									3	6th	0
1967	50cc	Derbi	ESP 6	GER -	FRA 5	IOM -	NED 2	BEL 4	JPN -								12	4th	0
1968	50cc	Derbi	GER -	ESP 2	IOM -	NED -	BEL 3										10	4th	0
1969	50cc	Derbi	ESP 2	GER -	FRA 2	NED -	BEL -	DDR 1	CZE 3	ULS 1	NAT -	YUG 2					76	1st	2
1970	50cc	Derbi	GER 1	FRA 1	YUG 1		NED 1	BEL 2	DDR 3	CZE -		ULS 1	NAT -	ESP 4			87	1st	5
	125cc	Derbi	GER -	FRA -	YUG 2	IOM -	NED -	BEL 1	DDR 1	CZE -	FIN -		NAT 1	ESP 1			87	1st	5
1971	50cc	Derbi	AUT 2	GER 3		NED 1	BEL 3	DDR 1	CZE -	SWE 1		NAT 2	ESP -				69	2nd	3
	125cc	Derbi	AUT 1	GER -	IOM -	NED 1	BEL -	DDR 1	CZE 1	SWE -	FIN -	NAT 2	ESP 1				87	1st	5
1972	50cc	Derbi	GER 2			NAT 2		YUG 2	NED 1	BEL 1	DDR -		SWE -		ESP 1		69	1st	3
	125cc	Derbi	GER -	FRA -	AUT 1	NAT 1	IOM -	YUG -	NED 1	BEL 1	DDR -	CZE -	SWE 1	FIN 2	ESP 3		97	1st	5
1973	125cc	Morbidelli	FRA -	AUT 3	GER 2	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED -	BEL 2	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 2			46	7th	0
1974	125cc	Derbi	FRA -	GER -	AUT 2	NAT 1	NED -	BEL 1	SWE -	CZE -	YUG 2	ESP 5					60	3rd	2
1975	50cc	Kreidler	ESP 1	GER 1	NAT 1	NED 1	BEL 2	SWE 2	FIN 1	YUG 1							75	1st	6
1976	50cc	Bultaco	FRA -		NAT 1	YUG -	NED 1	BEL 2	SWE 1	FIN -	GER 1	ESP 1					85	1st	5
	125cc	Bultaco		AUT 4	NAT 3	YUG -	NED 3	BEL 1	SWE 2	FIN -	GER -	ESP 2					67	2nd	1
1977	50cc	Bultaco			GER 3	NAT 3	ESP 1		YUG 1	NED 1	BEL 3	SWE 2					87	1st	3
	125cc	Bultaco	VEN 1	AUT -	GER 6	NAT 5	ESP -	FRA -	YUG 2	NED 1	BEL 2	SWE 1	FIN -	GBR -			80	3rd	3
1978	50cc	Bultaco		ESP -			NAT -	NED -	BEL -				GER 2	CZE -	YUG -		12	11th	0
	125cc	Bultaco	VEN -	ESP -	AUT -	FRA -	NAT 7	NED -									88	2nd	4
		Minarelli							BEL 2	SWE 2	FIN 1	GBR 1	GER 1		YUG 1
1979	125cc	Minarelli	VEN 1	AUT 1	GER 1	NAT 1	ESP 1	YUG 1	NED 1	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	GBR 1	CZE -	FRA -		120	1st	8
1980	125cc	Minarelli	NAT 5	ESP -	FRA 1	YUG -	NED 1	BEL 1	FIN 1	GBR -	CZE -	GER 2					78	3rd	4
1981	125cc	Minarelli	ARG 1	AUT 1	GER 1	NAT 4	FRA 1	ESP 1	YUG -	NED 1		SM 2	GBR 1	FIN 1	SWE -	CZE -	140	1st	8
	250cc	Siroco-Rotax	ARG -		GER 5	NAT -	FRA -	ESP -		NED -	BEL -	RSM -	GBR -	FIN -	SWE -	CZE -	6	23rd	0
1982	125cc	Garelli	ARG 1	AUT 1	FRA -	ESP 1	NAT 1	NED 1	BEL 5	YUG 3	GBR 1	SWE 6	FIN -	CZE -			111	1st	6
1983	125cc	Garelli		FRA NC	NAT 1	GER 1	ESP 1	AUT 1	YUG 11	NED 1	BEL 2	GBR 1	SWE -	RSM DNF			102	1st	6
	250cc	Yamaha	RSA -	FRA -	NAT -	GER -	ESP NC	AUT NC	YUG NC	NED -	BEL -	GBR -	SWE -				0	-	0
1984	125cc	Garelli		NAT 1	ESP 1		GER 1	FRA 1		NED 1		GBR 1	SWE -	RSM DNF			90	1st	6
	250cc	Garelli	RSA -	NAT NC	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -			0	-	0
1985	80cc	Derbi	ESP -	GER -	NAT -	YUG -	NED NC	FRA 1	RSM NC								15	9th	1
1986	80cc	Derbi	ESP 2	NAT NC	GER 4	AUT 8	YUG 4	NED 4			GBR NC	SWE -	RSM 5	BWU NC			45	7th	0
	125cc	Ducados	ESP -	NAT 2	GER -	AUT -		NED 10	BEL -	FRA 9	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -	BWU -			15	13th	0

[edit] Honours

Nieto was in the crowd at the French MotoGP at Le Mans on 18 May 2008, dressed to ride with a special shirt congratulating Valentino Rossi for equalling Nieto's 90 wins. Nieto mounted Rossi's bike, and Rossi as a passenger held a flag aloft with "90 + 90", as they took a victory lap^[4].

[edit] External links

• A trip to the Museum Ángel Nieto in Madrid (Spanish)
• Ángel Nieto documentary film

[edit] References

v • d • e 125cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 – N. Pagani 1950 – B. Ruffo 1951 – C. Ubbiali 1952 – C. Sandford 1953 – W. Haas 1954 – R. Hollaus 1955 – C. Ubbiali 1956 – C. Ubbiali 1957 – T. Provini 1958 – C. Ubbiali 1959 – C. Ubbiali 1960 – C. Ubbiali 1961 – T. Phillis 1962 – L. Taveri 1963 – H. Anderson 1964 – L. Taveri 1965 – H. Anderson 1966 – L. Taveri 1967 – B. Ivy 1968 – P. Read 1969 – D. Simmonds 1970 – D. Braun 1971 – Á. Nieto 1972 – Á. Nieto 1973 – K. Andersson 1974 – K. Andersson 1975 – P. Pileri 1976 – P. Bianchi 1977 – P. Bianchi 1978 – E. Lazzarini 1979 – Á. Nieto 1980 – P. Bianchi 1981 – Á. Nieto 1982 – Á. Nieto 1983 – Á. Nieto 1984 – Á. Nieto 1985 – F. Gresini 1986 – L. Cadalora 1987 – F. Gresini 1988 – J. Martínez 1989 – À. Crivillé 1990 – L. Capirossi 1991 – L. Capirossi 1992 – A. Gramigni 1993 – D. Raudies 1994 – K. Sakata 1995 – H. Aoki 1996 – H. Aoki 1997 – V. Rossi 1998 – K. Sakata 1999 – E. Alzamora 2000 – R. Locatelli 2001 – M. Poggiali 2002 – A. Vincent 2003 – D. Pedrosa 2004 – A. Dovizioso 2005 – T. Lüthi 2006 – Á. Bautista 2007 – G. Talmácsi 2008 – M. Di Meglio 2009 – J. Simón

v • d • e 50 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1962 - E. Degner 1963 - H. Anderson 1964 - H. Anderson 1965 - R. Bryans 1966 - H. Anscheidt 1967 - H. Anscheidt 1968 - H. Anscheidt 1969 - Á. Nieto 1970 - Á. Nieto 1971 - J. Vries 1972 - Á. Nieto 1973 - J. Vries 1974 - H. Kessel 1975 - Á. Nieto 1976 - Á. Nieto 1977 - Á. Nieto 1978 - R. Tormo 1979 - E. Lazzarini 1980 - E. Lazzarini 1981 - R. Tormo 1982 - S. Dörflinger 1983 - S. Dörflinger