Reinhold Roth


Reinhold Roth is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His most successful years were in 1987 when he won the French Grand Prix, and finished the season in second place behind Anton Mang, and in 1989 when he won the Dutch and Czechoslovakian Grand Prix and finished second to Sito Pons for the 250 world championship. Roth suffered severe injuries in a June 1990 racing accident and retired from competition.

The accident

Rijeka 1990 in the 250cc GP a series of events that started with Wilco Zeelenberg falling on Saturday, so he did not race on Sunday, hence there was a free space for the race, and Australian Darren Milner, whose time was out of classification, got a chance to race. Rain started and the race was stopped the completed lap before the accident, but the flags did not show up on time to stop the leading group. On a left hand curve, all the front pilots were at full speed despite rain, including Roth, who collided with Milner who was riding very slow. In fact Reinhold Roth got the 6th place for the race, in the last season he was intended to participate. 2 months after the accident he woke up from the coma.
20 years after, he is still hemiplegic.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1969 to 1987:
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Points1512108654321

Points system from 1988 to 1992:
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YearClassTeam123456789101112131415PointsRankWins
1979350ccYamahaVEN
-
AUT
-
GER
-
NAT
8
ESP
-
YUG
-
NED
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
FRA
-
328th0
1980250ccYamahaNAT
8
ESP
10
FRA
-
YUG
-
NED
-
BEL
-
FIN
-
GBR
-
CZE
-
GER
-
427th0
1982250ccYamahaFRA
-
ESP
-
NAT
-
NED
-
BEL
-
YUG
-
GBR
-
SWE
-
FIN
-
CZE
-
RSM
7
GER
-
426th0
1982500ccSuzukiARG
-
AUT
15
FRA
-
ESP
-
NAT
-
NED
-
BEL
-
YUG
13
GBR
-
SWE
-
RSM
-
GER
-
0-0
1983250ccYamahaRSA
-
FRA
18
NAT
11
GER
5
ESP
15
AUT
8
YUG
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
GBR
6
SWE
16
1417th0
1984500ccHondaRSA
11
NAT
9
ESP
8
AUT
7
GER
NC
FRA
8
YUG
12
NED
9
BEL
NC
GBR
12
SWE
NC
RSM
NC
1415th0
1985250ccRomer-JuchemRSA
22
ESP
5
GER
11
NAT
8
AUT
-
YUG
7
NED
-
BEL
-
FRA
-
GBR
2
SWE
13
RSM
10
299th0
1986250ccHB-HondaESP
13
NAT
15
GER
NC
AUT
11
YUG
10
NED
10
BEL
16
FRA
15
GBR
4
SWE
NC
RSM
14
1016th0
1987250ccHB-HondaJPN
3
ESP
8
GER
3
NAT
2
AUT
3
YUG
3
NED
2
FRA
1
GBR
5
SWE
11
CZE
10
RSM
9
POR
7
BRA
4
ARG
6
1082nd1
1988250ccHB-HondaJPN
-
USA
9
ESP
6
EXP
6
NAT
6
GER
5
AUT
2
NED
7
BEL
4
YUG
4
FRA
5
GBR
5
SWE
4
CZE
6
BRA
4
1585th0
1989250ccHB-HondaJPN
NC
AUS
5
USA
8
ESP
6
NAT
5
GER
2
AUT
7
YUG
2
NED
1
BEL
4
FRA
6
GBR
2
SWE
2
CZE
1
BRA
6
1902nd2
1990250ccHB-HondaJPN
NC
USA
4
ESP
-
NAT
7
GER
7
AUT
5
YUG
6
NED
-
BEL
-
FRA
-
GBR
-
SWE
-
CZE
-
HUN
-
AUS
-
5214th0