Dieter Braun

Dieter Braun (born 2 February 1943) is a German former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from to . He won the 1970 FIM 125cc World Championship for Suzuki. In 1973, he rode a Yamaha TZ 250 to the 250 cc FIM world championship.

Braun was born in Ulm, Bavaria. His victory at the 1970 Isle of Man TT was notable because he was one of only seven riders to have won an Isle of Man TT race in their first attempt. Due to the circuit's 37.7 mile length, it usually takes competitors two or three attempts before they learn its nuances.

Braun is also known for an incident that occurred immediately after he won the East German Grand Prix in the 1971 season. As the West German national anthem was being played during the winner's ceremony, the East German crowd began singing the words to the anthem. The East German government reacted by making the following year's East German Grand Prix an invitation only race, and in 1973, the race was stricken from the Grand Prix calendar.

Braun also raced in cars, entering five races with Team Warsteiner Eurorace in the 1975 European Formula Two Championship (effectively starting the race on four of that occasions).

Braun ended his racing career after suffering serious injuries in an accident that also claimed the life of Hans Stadelmann at the Salzburgring during the 1977 350cc Austrian Grand Prix.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1950 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 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1968 125cc MZ GER4 ESP- IOM- NED5 DDR- CZE4 FIN- ULS5 NAT6 11 7th 01969 125cc Suzuki ESP- GER2 FRA- IOM- NED- BEL2 DDR- CZE2 FIN4 NAT- YUG1 59 2nd 1 250cc MZ ESP7 GER- FRA- IOM- NED6 BEL- DDR- CZE6 FIN5 ULS- NAT- YUG- 20 10th 01970 125cc Suzuki GER- FRA1 YUG1 IOM1 NED1 BEL- DDR2 CZE2 FIN- NAT- ESP4 84 1st 4 250cc MZ GER- FRA- YUG- IOMNC NED4 BEL- DDR- CZE8 FIN- ULS- NAT4 ESP- 19 14th 0 350cc MZ GER- YUG- IOMNC NED- DDR- CZE5 FIN- ULS- NAT6 ESP5 17 11th 01971125cc Suzuki AUT4 544th0 Maico GER- IOM- NED4 BEL3 DDR4 CZE- SWE4 FIN2 NAT- ESP- 250cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOM- NED3 BEL3 DDR1 CZE- SWE- FIN3 ULS3 NAT- ESP- 58 5th 1 350cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOM- NED- DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ULS2 NAT- ESP- 12 16th 01972 125cc Maico GER- FRA- AUT7 NAT- IOM- YUG- NED- BEL6 DDR- CZE5 SWE- FIN3 ESP- 25 8th 0 250cc Maico GER2 FRA9 AUT- NAT- IOM- YUG- NED- BEL4 DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 22 12th 0 350cc Yamaha GER- FRA6 AUT- NAT8 IOM- YUG2 NED4 DDR3 CZE3 SWE9 FIN- ESP- 54 4th 01973 250cc Yamaha FRA- AUT- GER4 IOM- YUG1 NED1 BEL- CZE1 SWE1 FIN2 ESP- 80 1st 4 350cc Yamaha FRA- AUT6 GER- NAT7 IOM- YUG2 NED5 CZE5 SWE- FIN- ESP- 33 8th 01974 250cc Yamaha GER- NAT- IOM- NED- BEL2 SWE5 FIN3 CZE3 YUG3 ESP3 58 2nd 0 350cc Yamaha FRA- GER- AUT3 NAT- IOM- NED2 SWE4 FIN3 YUG3 ESP2 62 2nd 0 500cc Yamaha FRA- GER- AUT5 NAT- IOM- NED- BEL3 SWE- FIN- CZE5 22 7th 01975 125cc Morbidelli FRA- ESP- AUT- GER- NAT- NED- BEL- SWE- CZE- YUG1 15 11th 1 250cc Yamaha FRA- ESP- GER8 NAT4 IOM- NED3 BEL8 SWE6 FIN4 CZE3 YUG1 56 3rd 1 350cc Yamaha FRA- ESP5 AUT- GER2 NAT4 IOM- NED1 BEL- SWE- FIN5 CZE- YUG- 47 4th 1 500cc Yamaha FRA- ESP- AUT6 GER6 NAT- IOM- NED- BEL- SWE5 FIN- CZE- YUG- 16 13th 01976 250cc Yamaha FRA- NAT- YUG1 IOM- NED9 BEL7 SWE2 FIN6 CZE7 GER4 ESP- 42 6th 1 350cc Morbidelli FRA- AUT5 NAT- YUG- IOM- NED9 FIN2 CZE- GER8 ESP- 23 11th 0 500cc Suzuki FRA8 AUT15 NAT9 IOM- NED- BEL6 SWE- FIN6 CZE- GER- 15 17th 0

Literature

Rönicke, Frank: Deutsche Motorrad-Welt- und Europameister - von Schorsch Meier bis Stefan Bradl. 1. Auflage, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, , p. 136–141