Temporada 1970 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo
# Temporada 1970 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo

La temporada de 1970 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo fue la 22.º edición del Campeonato Mundial de Motociclismo.

## Desarrollo y resultados

Sin ninguna otra escudería importante luchando en la categoría de 500cc, las MV Agusta continuaron dominando con Giacomo Agostini ganando su quinto título mundial consecutivo. Kawasaki comenzó a vender la Kawasaki H1R a escuderías privadas. La H1R fue la primera moto multicilindro de dos tiempos en ser vendida comercialmente. Ginger Molloy acabó con esta moto en segundo lugar por detrás de Agostini.

El título en 350cc de Agostini fue más dura al tener que lucharla con Kel Carruthers y Renzo Pasolini con las Benellis y Rod Gould con la escudería Yamaha. Gould alzó su título de 250 para Yamaha, batiendo a Carruthers. El alemán Dieter Braun dio a Suzuki el entorchado de 125 cc mientras que Derbi con Ángel Nieto se alzó con la corona de 50cc por segundo año consecutivo.

Hubo seis fallecidos en la TT Isla de Man, incluyendo la del aspirante al título, el español Santiago Herrero, haciendo del 1970 el más trágico de la historia de la competición.

## Calendario y resultados

| Ronda | Fecha | Gran Premio | Circuito | Ganador 50cc | Ganador 125cc | Ganador 250cc | Ganador 350cc | Ganador 500cc |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 May | Gran Premio de Alemania | Nürburgring Nordschleife | Ángel Nieto | John Dodds | Kel Carruthers | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 2 | 17 de mayo | Gran Premio de Francia | Le Mans Bugatti | Ángel Nieto | Dieter Braun | Rodney Gould | | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 3 | 24 de mayo | Gran Premio de Yugoslavia | Opatija Circuit | Ángel Nieto | Dieter Braun | Santiago Herrero | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 4 | 12 de junio | TT Isla de Man | Snaefell Mountain | | Dieter Braun | Kel Carruthers | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 5 | 27 de junio | Gran Premio de los Países Bajos | Circuito de Assen | Ángel Nieto | Dieter Braun | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 6 | 5 de julio | Gran Premio de Bélgica | Spa-Francorchamps | Aalt Toersen | Ángel Nieto | Rodney Gould | | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 7 | 12 de julio | Gran Premio de Alemania del Este | Sachsenring | Aalt Toersen | Ángel Nieto | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 8 | 19 de julio | Gran Premio de Checoslovaquia | Masaryk Circuit | Aalt Toersen | Gilberto Parlotti | Kel Carruthers | Giacomo Agostini | | Artículo |
| 9 | 2 de agosto | Gran Premio de Finlandia | Imatra | | Dave Simmonds | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 10 | 15 de agosto | Gran Premio de Úlster | Dundrod Circuit | Ángel Nieto | | Kel Carruthers | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 11 | 13 de septiembre | Gran Premio de las Naciones | Monza | Jan de Vries | Ángel Nieto | Rodney Gould | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Artículo |
| 12 | 27 de septiembre | Gran Premio de España | Circuito de Montjuïc | Salvador Cañellas | Ángel Nieto | Kent Andersson | Angelo Bergamonti | Angelo Bergamonti | Artículo |

## Resultados

### 500cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | GER | FRA | YUG | MAN | HOL | BEL | DDR | FIN | ULS | NAC | ESP | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 90 |
| 2 | Ginger Molloy | Bultaco / Kawasaki | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 62 |
| 3 | Angelo Bergamonti | Aermacchi / MV Agusta | | 4 | 2 | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 4 | Tommy Robb | Seeley | 3 | 11 | | Ret | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | Ret | | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Alberto Pagani | LinTo | | 3 | Ret | | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | | Ret | Ret | 30 |
| 6 | Alan Barnett | Seeley-Matchless | 2 | 7 | | Ret | | | 4 | | Ret | | | 24 |
| 7 | Christian Ravel | Kawasaki | | 8 | | | Ret | 2 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Jack Findlay | Seeley-Matchless / Seeley-Suzuki | Ret | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 24 |
| 9 | Martti Pesonen | Yamaha | 7 | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | | 8 | 7 | | 7 | 24 |
| 10 | Peter Williams | Matchless | | | | 2 | 7 | | | | 5 | | | 22 |
| 11 | Roberto Gallina | Paton | | | 3 | | Ret | | | | | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Martin Carney | Kawasaki | Ret | | | Ret | | | 3 | | 6 | | 6 | 20 |
| 13 | Gyula Marsovszky | LinTo / Kawasaki | 11 | 6 | 8 | | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 4 | Ret | 18 |
| 14 | Eric Offenstadt | Kawasaki | Ret | 9 | | | | 13 | 7 | 4 | | Ret | | 14 |
| 15 | John Dodds | LinTo | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 12 |
| 16 | Silvano Bertarelli | Kawasaki | | Ret | | | | | | | | 3 | | 10 |
| = | Bill Smith | Kawasaki / Yamaha | | | | 3 | | | | | Ret | | | 10 |
| = | Percy Tait | Triumph / Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | | 3 | | | 10 |
| 19 | Giuseppe Mandolini | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 10 |
| 20 | Dave Simmonds | Kawasaki | Ret | 12 | 6 | | 12 | 12 | 8 | Ret | | | 9 | 10 |
| 21 | Karl Hoppe | Münch-URS / Seeley-URS | 4 | 16 | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | 8 |
| 22 | Karl Auer | Matchless | | | Ret | | | 4 | Ret | | | | | 8 |
| 23 | Gianpiero Zubani | Kawasaki | | | 9 | | | | | | | 5 | | 8 |
| = | John Williams | Matchless | | | | 5 | | | | | 9 | | | 8 |
| 25 | Godfrey Nash | Norton / Manx | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 11 | 9 | 6 | | | | 7 |
| 26 | Billie Nelson | Paton | 9 | | | | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 7 |
| 27 | Ernst Hiller | Kawasaki | 8 | | | | Ret | 7 | Ret | | | | | 7 |
| 28 | Lewis Young | Honda / Matchless | Ret | Ret | 11 | | Ret | 5 | | Ret | | | Ret | 6 |
| 29 | Brian Steenson | Seeley-Matchless | 15 | 5 | | Ret | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 30 | Paul Smart | Seeley-Matchless | | | | Ret | 5 | | | Ret | Ret | | | 6 |
| 31 | Terry Dennehy | Honda | 10 | Ret | Ret | | 13 | 6 | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 32 | Tony Jefferies | Matchless | | | | 6 | | | | | Ret | | | 5 |
| = | Walter Rungg | Aermacchi | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 34 | Rob Bron | Suzuki | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 5 |
| 35 | Steve Ellis | LinTo / Matchless | Ret | Ret | 14 | | | 10 | Ret | 7 | | | | 5 |
| 36 | Ron Chandler | Seeley-Matchless / Triumph | Ret | | | | 8 | 9 | | | Ret | | | 5 |
| 37 | Selwyn Griffiths | Matchless | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 38 | Gerry Mateer | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 8 | | | 3 |
| 39 | Brian Adams | Norton | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | Giovanni Perrone | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | 3 |
| 41 | Vincent Duckett | Seeley-Matchless | | | | 9 | | | | | 13 | | | 2 |
| 42 | Hans-Otto Butenuth | BMW | Ret | | | Ret | | | | 9 | | | | 2 |
| 43 | Paolo Campanelli | Kawasaki | | | Ret | | | | | | | 9 | | 2 |
| 44 | Jean Campiche | Honda | | Ret | 10 | | | | 14 | 10 | | Ret | | 2 |
| 45 | Gordon Keith | Velocette | Ret | | | 21 | | | Ret | | | | 10 | 1 |
| 46 | André-Luc Appietto | Paton | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| = | Charlie Dobson | Seeley-Matchless | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 1 |
| = | Vasco Loro | Norton-Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | 1 |
| = | Steve Spencer | Norton | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 50 | Werner Bergold | LinTo / Seeley | | 14 | | | | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Malcolm Uphill | Suzuki | | | | Ret | 11 | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 52 | Emanuele Maugliani | Seeley | | | | | | | Ret | | | 11 | | 0 |
| 53 | Peter Berwick | Aermacchi | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| = | John Burgess | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| = | Jim Curry | Aermacchi | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| = | Keith Heckles | Norton | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Heinrich Rosenbusch | LinTo | 12 | | Ret | | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | Alan Lawton | Norton | | | | 14 | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 59 | George Fogarty | Shepherd | | | | 12 | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| 60 | Jouko Ryhänen | Matchless | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| = | Frantisek Srna | Jawa | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Pierre-Louis Tebec | Kawasaki | 26 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Gerhard Heukerott | Benelli | | | Ret | | Ret | | | 13 | | Ret | | 0 |
| 64 | Sven-Olov Gunnarsson | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 65 | John Blanchard | Seeley | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ken Tilley | Norton | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Alo Zanetta | Kawasaki | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 68 | Billy Andersson | Matchless / Crescent | | | | 39 | | 14 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Ferdinand Kaczor | Seeley-URS | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Harris Healey | Norton | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| 71 | Ken Kay | Aermacchi | | | | 28 | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| 72 | Bob Heath | BSA | | | | Ret | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Serge Jamsin | Norton | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Hervé Lansac | Kawasaki | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Norman Price | Norton | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Maurice Hawthorne | Norton / LinTo | 16 | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| 77 | Peter Gibson | Seeley | | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Cambell Gorman | Velocette | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| = | Terry McDonald | Matchless | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Jean-Claude Costeux | Aermacchi | | 17 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Peter Darvill | Higley-Seeley | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Stephen Millard | Matchless | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Franco Trabalzini | Paton | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | Chris Neve | Seeley | | | | 34 | | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| 85 | Bo Granath | Husqvarna | 18 | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 0 |
| 86 | Bob Biscardine | Norton | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Árpád Juhos | Matchless | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Roy Reid | Norton | | | | 35 | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| 89 | Paul Eickelberg | Matchless / Norton | 19 | | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Geoff Barry | Oakley-Matchless | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 91 | John Barton | Triumph | | | | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Nigel Palmer | Matchless | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Harry Turner | Norton | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | 0 |
| 94 | Gilbert Argo | Matchless | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 95 | Alois Maxwald | Matchless | 22 | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 96 | Don Grant | Norton | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 97 | Barry Randle | Seeley | 23 | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 98 | Brian Moses | Norton | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 99 | Willi Bertsch | Honda | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Dave Foulkes | Norton | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 101 | Brian Edwards | Kettle-Norton | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jean-Marie Grandidier | Matchless | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 103 | Brian Swales | Norton | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 104 | Gordon Daniels | Matchless | | | | 27 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jerry Lancaster | Aermacchi | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 106 | Rudolf Reinhardt | BMW | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 107 | Graham Sharp | Petty-Norton | | | | 29 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jupp Tröblinger | Norton | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 109 | Don Harris | Norton | | | | 30 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Walfried Weingartner | Matchless | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 111 | Ron Baylie | Triumph | | | | 31 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ted Janssen | Norton | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 113 | John Pepper | Norton | | | | 32 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 114 | Len Williams | Aermacchi | | | | 33 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 115 | Roger Fursman | Norton | | | | 36 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 116 | Dennis Trollope | Norton | | | | 37 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 117 | Carl Ward | Norton | | | | 38 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 118 | Mick Potter | Metisse | | | | 40 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 119 | Graham Penny | Honda | | | | 41 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Theo Louwes | Kawasaki / Matchless | | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Keith Turner | LinTo | | Ret | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Carr | Kawasaki | Ret | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Tom Dickie | Kuhn-Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | John-Tom Findlay | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Robert Graham | Matchless / Aermacchi | | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Pentti Lehtelä | Matchless / Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Renzo Pasolini | Benelli | | | | | | | Ret | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Philippe Schreyer | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stan Adams | Seeley | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tom Armstrong | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Ashton | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Barnacle | Triumph | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rex Butcher | Metisse | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Doug Cash | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Coombs | CRD | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Adrian Cooper | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Cooper | Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ake Dahli | Kawasaki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Walter Dawson | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charlie Dobson | Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Didier Dumesnil | LinTo | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Robin Duffty | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hugh Evans | CRD | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Filler | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Denis Gallagher | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Lou Geeson | Triumph | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mick Grant | Velocette | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chris Gregory | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | René Guili | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Osmo Hansen | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Knight | CRD | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hannu Kuparinen | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Lawson | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Lee | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Patrick Lefevre | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Marty Lunde | Crescent | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pat Mahoney | Kuhn-Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Percy May | Petty-Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray McCullough | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Gilberto Milani | Aermacchi | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Malcolm Moffatt | Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mustapha Moulay | Paton | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jean-Pierre Naudon | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Garth Neveling | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derryl Pandlebury | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dick Pipes | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Reynolds | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jacques Roca | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Barry Sheene | Bultaco | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Roy Simmons | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Stanley | Seeley | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | František Šťastný | Jawa | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Thierry Tchernine | Velocette | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rolf Thiemig | Ducati | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Franco Trabalzini | Paton | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Turner | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Walton | Velocette | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charlie Watts | Norton | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | John Wetherall | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Benedetto Zambotti | Bianchi | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bke | GER | FRA | YUG | MAN | HOL | BEL | DDR | FIN | ULS | NAC | ESP | Pts |
