Börje Jansson

Börje Jansson (born 10 November 1942) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Sweden. His best years were in 1971 and 1972, when he finished third in the 125cc world championship riding for the Maico factory racing team. He won the 1972 125cc East German Grand Prix, marking the first Grand Prix road racing victory for the German motorcycle manufacturer. Jansson won four Grand Prix races in his career. Jansson is the only rider in history to win a Grand Prix riding the Derbi 250 twin (1972 Austrian Grand Prix at the Salzburgring), out of only two races with the Spanish machine.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results 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 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins1969 125cc Maico ESP- GER9 FRA- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR9 CZE- FIN- NAT- YUG- 4 40th 0 250cc Yamaha ESP3 GER- FRA10 IOM- NED8 BEL- DDR6 CZE- FIN3 ULS- NAT4 YUG4 45 5th 01970 125cc Maico GER- FRA2 YUG4 IOM2 NED6 BEL3 DDR3 CZE5 FIN- NAT- ESP3 62 3rd 0 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- YUG5 IOM8 NED7 BEL3 DDR9 CZE- FIN4 ULS- NAT- ESP10 34 5th 01971 125cc Maico AUT- GER- IOM2 NED3 BEL- DDR3 CZE2 SWE2 FIN- NAT4 ESP- 64 3rd 0 250cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOM9 NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- SWE8 FIN8 ULS- NAT10 ESP- 9 21st 01972 50cc Jamathi GER3 NAT- YUG- NED- BEL- DDR- SWE- ESP- 10 12th 0 125cc Maico GER3 FRA3 AUT4 NAT4 IOM- YUG- NED2 BEL4 DDR1 CZE1 SWE4 FIN- ESP5 78 4th 2 250cc Derbi GER- FRA10 AUT1 NAT- IOM- YUG- NED- 36 8th 1 Maico BEL6 ESP8 Yamaha DDR- CZE6 SWE10 FIN51973 125cc Maico FRA2 AUT2 GER6 NAT- IOM- YUG1 NED- BEL- CZE- SWE1 FIN3 ESP3 64 4th 1 250cc Yamaha FRA5 AUT8 GER5 IOM- YUG- NED- BEL- CZE- SWE8 FIN- ESP- 12 18th 0