František Šťastný

František Šťastný (12 November 1927 – 8 April 2000) was a Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Šťastný started his sports career as bicycle racer. In 1948, he competed in the Peace Race. He competed in his first motorcycle race in 1947 on a DKW motorcycle. In 1952, he competed in the Czechoslovak Grand Prix with a used Norton motorcycle, finishing seventh. In 1953, he became a member of the Jawa factory racing team. He was the Czechoslovak motorcycle champion five times (500cc in 1956, 350cc in 1958, 350cc in 1959, 250 cc in 1960, 350 cc in 1965). He won Czechoslovak Grand Prix eight times (1954 250 cc, 1956 350 cc, 1958 350 cc, 1959 350 cc, 1960 250 cc and 350 cc, 1961 350 cc, 1962 500 cc).

In 1957, Šťastný competed in his first Grand Prix world championship race. His most successful season was 1961 in the 350cc class – he participated in five races and won twice (German Grand Prix and Swedish Grand Prix), gaining third place twice and finishing the season with 26 points, second overall behind Gary Hocking. He was also multi-time competitor in the Isle of Man TT, with best results in 1962 and 1963 in 350cc class.

After end of active sport career, Šťastný was a sportscaster for Czechoslovak Television.

Motorcycle Grand Prix 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 italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1957 250cc Jawa GER- IOM12 NED5 BEL- ULS- NAT- 2 16th 0 1960 350cc Jawa FRA2 IOM- NED- ULS- NAT2 12 4th 01961 250cc Jawa ESP- GER- FRA- IOM- NED5 BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT5 SWE5 ARG- 6 10th 0 350cc Jawa GER1 IOM5 NED3 DDR- ULS3 NAT- SWE1 26 2nd 21962 350cc Jawa IOM3 NED4 ULS2 DDR- NAT4 FIN- 16 4th 0 500cc Jawa IOM- NED- BEL- ULS- DDR4 NAT- FIN3 ARG- 7 7th 01963 350cc Jawa GER- IOM3 NED4 ULS- DDR- FIN- NAT- 7 4th 0 500cc Jawa IOMNC NED- BEL- ULS- DDR- FIN- NAT- ARG- 0 – 0 1964 350cc Jawa IOMNC NED- GER- DDR- ULS- FIN- NAT- JPN- 0 – 01965 250cc Jawa USA- GER- ESP- FRA- IOM5 NED- BEL- DDR4 CZE6 ULS- FIN- NAT5 JPN- 8 11th 0 350cc Jawa GER- IOMNC NED- DDR4 CZE- ULS1 FIN- NAT4 JPN- 14 5th 1 500cc Jawa USA- GER- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE6 ULS- FIN- NAT3 5 10th 0 1966 250cc Jawa ESP- GER5 FRA- NED- BEL- DDR6 CZE6 FIN3 ULS- IOM4 NAT- JPN- 11 8th 0 350cc Jawa GER- FRA- NED6 DDR2 CZE4 FIN6 ULS- IOM9 NAT5 JPN- 13 4th 0 500cc Jawa GER- NED3 BEL- DDR1 CZE- FIN- ULS3 IOM6 NAT- 17 4th 1 1968 350cc Jawa GER- IOM- NED- DDR- CZE3 ULS4 NAT6 8 7th 01969 250cc Jawa ESP- GER10 FRA- IOM8 NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS10 NAT- YUG- 5 32nd 0 350cc Jawa ESP- GER3 IOMNC NED- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS5 NAT- YUG3 26 9th 0