János Drapál


János Drapál was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest. 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.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:
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Points864321

Points system from 1969 onwards:
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Points1512108654321


YearClassTeam12345678910111213PointsRankWins
1969350ccAermacchiESP
-		GER
-		IOM
-		NED
-		DDR
-		CZE
-		FIN
-		ULS
-		NAT
-		YUG
9		242nd0
1970125ccMZGER
-		FRA
-		YUG
-		IOM
-		NED
-		BEL
-		DDR
-		CZE
-		FIN
-		NAT
10		ESP
-		152nd0
1971125ccMZAUT
-		GER
-		IOM
-		NED
-		BEL
-		DDR
7		CZE
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		NAT
-		ESP
-		424th0
1971250ccYamahaAUT
5		GER
6		IOM
-		NED
-		BEL
-		DDR
-		CZE
1		SWE
-		FIN
-		ULS
-		NAT
-		ESP
-		269th1
1972250ccYamahaGER
-		FRA
-		AUT
9		NAT
-		IOM
-		YUG
5		NED
-		BEL
-		DDR
4		CZE
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		ESP
-		1616th0
1972350ccYamahaGER
-		FRA
5		AUT
5		NAT
-		IOM
-		YUG
1		NED
-		DDR
-		CZE
-		SWE
7		FIN
-		ESP
3		427th1
1973350ccYamahaFRA
-		AUT
1		GER
-		NAT
-		IOM
-		YUG
1		NED
-		CZE
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		ESP
-		309th2
1976250ccYamahaFRA
-		NAT
-		YUG
9		IOM
-		NED
-		BEL
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		CZE
-		GER
-		ESP
-		230th0
1977125ccMorbidelliVEN
-		AUT
7		GER
-		NAT
-		ESP
-		FRA
-		YUG
-		NED
-		BEL
-		SWE
-		FIN
-		GBR
-		427th0
1980125ccMBANAT
-		ESP
-		FRA
-		YUG
-		NED
-		BEL
-		FIN
-		GBR
-		CZE
6		GER
-		523rd0
1981125ccMBAARG
-		AUT
-		GER
7		NAT
-		FRA
-		ESP
-		YUG
-		NED
-		RSM
-		GBR
-		FIN
-		SWE
-		CZE
-		425th0